What is this weird icon in the menu bar?

[ramuman]

Since last night, I've been seeing this weird icon in the top right of my iPhone near the battery charge status (circled in yellow below). A power cycle hasn't removed it. Does anyone know what it might be?

I have the default 2.0 firmware that came with my iPhone 3G out of the box.

 

[CharQuake]

check your email!

 

[chadamorrill]

Something to do with VPN connection or something? Looks like an old phone handset.

 

[soberbrain]

You have TTY enabled

Settings > Phone > TTY

 

[Ferris23]

Tty

 

[chadamorrill]

You have TTY enabled

Settings > Phone > TTY

Sure enough! You beat me to it (by a couple menus)

 

[Cynicalone]

Look at the iPhone manual

"Shows that iPhone is set to work with a TTY machine."

http://manuals.info.apple.com/en_US/iPhone_User_Guide.pdf

Page 18

Several people beat me to it, sorry.

 

[ramuman]

Gah...thanks guys. I glanced through the manual but missed it.

 

[Rybold]

It means your battery ran out and you have switched over to nuclear power.

 

[sibruk]

It means you have to lay your iPhone down on a bed of gravel.

 

[viggen61]

Apple Tips...

Here's Apple's online tips & tricks:

http://www.apple.com/iphone/tips/

Open it with Safari on the iPhone, and you will be asked if you want to save it as a "Web Clip". This will give you an icon on your home screen of the iPod, so it's never more than a press of the home button and a tap (and maybe a flick or two...) away.

The icon is grey with 1,2 & 3 in a vertical line.

Very handy!

 

[Kepesk]

It's the Cthulhu symbol. The iPhone displays it when you're about to go insane, for your convenience.

 

[Van Wildonher]

It means radiation from the iPhone is going to start hurting your leg soon.

 

[thevol]

take it back and get a new one.

 

[SFStateStudent]

The sacred manual says "DEFCON 3" in military terms or "Elevated Security Threat" (Yellow): Homeland Security Advisory System Chart USA

 

[darklyt]

I think it's the meteor shower warning.

 

[CharQuake]

It means radiation from the iPhone is going to start hurting your leg soon.

i keep my iphone in my shirt pocket and its making my nipple sensitive and raw could this be from the radiation as well??

 

[TuffLuffJimmy]

i keep my iphone in my shirt pocket and its making my nipple sensitive and raw could this be from the radiation as well??

time to invest in some tin foil pasties.

 

[Mad Mac Maniac]

I think that means you have crysis running in the background.

 

[benflick]

needs an oil change...

 

[iphonesarecool]

TTY: Shows that iPhone is set to work with a TTY machine.

TTY: Shows that iPhone is set to work with a TTY machine, see pic below.


Here's the link:


http://www.apple.com/iphone/tips/

 

[poolish]

ha the ones about the gravel and nuclear power were good

 

[friekunater]

What is TTY and what does it do?

 

[BergerFan]

This is TTY:

 

[iphonesarecool]

Apple iPhone TTY Adapter

Apple iPhone TTY Adapter


Link: http://store.apple.com/uk/product/MA854G/A