I don't have wi-fi on my computer and I don't see "bars" on my phone. I don't know the names of the icons or what they are for and cannot describe stuff. I once tried Googling about cell phone icons but could not find the information that I was trying to find. In the right corner I have a triangle, a battery (I know that one), the words "4 G LTE", and a vertical rectangle with wavy lines on each side of it. On my computer I have something that looks like a monitor.

I don't want to use wi-fi on my phone. I shut that off in my settings on purpose.

So, you connect your computer to the internet with an ethernet cable then? I thought I remembered you got a new router with WiFi... but that's probably my faulty rememberer!!

Ignore the rest, but look at this link just for the first two pictures of the icons on the upper right on your phone. By pulling down on that area, you can find out more about them. The vertical bars are your cell or LTE data and the "fan" looking thing is WiFi.

Phone Icons

If by "fan" you mean the one in the link that starts with a point and has curvy lines going up, I don't have that on my phone at all. If the "vertical bars" are my triangle, that's what I have but I don't see any "bars", just the triangle. The first time I pulled down on that area it didn't show me anything useful. I just tried it again and I do see some names with the icons. The vertical triangle with the wavy lines on each side apparently indicates my phone is on "vibrate" (which is how I set it on purpose).

My computer is not wi-fi capable. My phone router/modem is. I am connected to it with an ethernet cable.

Thanks.

Aha! So, you DO have WiFi in the house then. And yeah, that is the WiFi icon, but you won't have it because you are not connected to your WiFi. Unless you DO connect to your WiFi at some point in time, you will continue to get that prompt. There may be a way to turn it off, but I'm not sure. Curious why you don't have the vertical bars which show your LTE cell connection. The number of bars highlighted indicates the strength of your connection. Oh, well... as long as you can make and receive calls, that's all that matters.

ARGGHHH! This group chat is back and (of course) I can't remember how to get rid of it. I was hoping maybe I had posted the solution here. Assistant is not helpful this time, just telling me exactly what I read on Google, something posted on CNet which I cannot do, and I also saw something from TMobile which I cannot do. The one below - I cannot drag a chat to the left.

"To delete a contact, drag the contact to the left and choose Delete. To leave the group message, choose Leave this group. To Delete the group, choose Delete this group. Choose Done."

This one below - I don't see any chat threads on Google Messages.


"On an Android phone using Google Messages, visit the chat thread you want to leave. Tap the conversation's name to bring up the Group Details menu. At the bottom of the screen tap the Leave Group button. Unlike with iMessage, you can leave chats with as few as three participants.Dec 13, 2023"

Any help? If I just leave it, will it eventually go away? More importantly, is it harming something on my phone while it's going on?

EDIT: Clicking on the chat brought up something (I already can't remember what was on the screen because I get too anxious to get rid of it) but from there I was able to "trash" it.

Glad you were able to get rid of it, oldbroad!

Only took an hour

Thanks!

Sorry! I ran away for a hike in the Indiana Dunes this morning and I just got home in time to go to work!

That was not a reference to anybody here; just to how long it takes me to figure something simple out.

I hope you enjoyed your hike!

LOL! Glad you got rid of that thing. I HATE those! I am able to choose "leave the chat" on my Android phone.