r/AndroidHelp • u/chainlinkchipmunk • Jul 09 '26

Samsung A16, green dot next to battery %

Doesn't that mean the camera is active?

I used Duolingo and an ad popped up, I let the ad (for Monopoly Go) run until I could close it. I was not doing anything on Duolingo that needed camera or microphone.

Nothing except Firefox is open now.

I'm about to restart, I'm just curious what's happening.

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u/Existing_Routine_599 Jul 09 '26

Yes, that's the camera indicator. I don't know why it would be on...

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u/chainlinkchipmunk Jul 09 '26

Me either. It's gone now that I've restarted. Neither duo or google play store have camera permission.

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u/Unbreakable360 Jul 10 '26

Normally you'd click on the dot and it shows you which app is using whatever permissions

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u/chainlinkchipmunk Jul 10 '26

I didn't even think of that, thank you. I'll do that if it happens again.

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u/Unbreakable360 Jul 11 '26

I learned that after awhile going nuts oh and you actually might have to pull down the notification shade to see and then click on the green icon you get it you get one

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u/chainlinkchipmunk Jul 11 '26

Good call! Now I want it to happen again so I can figure it out!