Samsung Galaxy S9 And Galaxy S9 Plus: Circle With Dash Symbol – Meaning

Some Galaxy S9 and S9 Plus users have been worried about a symbol popping out on their screens. This symbol appears to be a circle with a dash on screen, without any indication of what it’s for.

Questions have been accumulated like, “What was it?, “Will it harm my phone?”, “Is that a bad sign?”, “What am I suppose do with it?”. Many Samsung Galaxy S9 users have related and asked the questions to themselves, too.

In line with that concern, we have thought of doing some series of troubleshooting tutorials regarding those concerns on the symbol. The symbol that they are pertaining to is the circle that has a line in the middle of it. This signifies that your phone is in a ‘Do Not Disturb’ mode.

The Do Not Disturb mode feature is one of a special mode which blocks communication on your Samsung Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9 Plus. If you happen to see this kind of symbol, it might give you the worries especially if you aren’t receiving any calls, messages, and notifications. Having your Samsung Galaxy S9 and S9 Plus in this mode normally effects to that.

It is by default that the Do Not Disturb mode lets you enjoy your time without having to be disturbed by all the calls, notifications, and messages. This feature gives you the relaxation and a break from the world.

However, if you wish not to have this feature enabled for you. For example, you are expecting calls and messages from other people, you can always deactivate this and activate it later if you need it.

Disabling the Do Not Disturb Feature on Galaxy S9

You can disable the Do Not Disturb feature on your Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9 Plus. Follow the steps below:

Switch on your Samsung Galaxy S9
Open the Menu application
Click the Settings
You will notice the Do Not Disturb option
Click that option to disable it
Upon deactivating it, you will notice that the symbol circle with a dash disappears from your Notification bar
On the Settings, you will see the option named “Enabled as planned”, click it to disable this feature as well. In case that someone might accidentally make some changes to your settings and make that feature automatically enabled again

By this time, you should know by now the meaning of that strange symbol you have been noticing on the Notification bar of your Samsung Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9 Plus and how you can get rid of that symbol. This mode might be useful and beneficial in some time but take note with all the exceptions it will do to your Samsung Galaxy S9 or S9+.