MoMo Productions / Getty Images Smartphones . Smartphones show both cellular and Wi-Fi connection status in the Notification bar at the top of the screen. On the right side of the Notification bar, look for the network status icon. If the vertical bars in this icon are greyed out, the signal is weak and this results in a low-quality connection.As the number of bars increases, the signal gets ...
App education: By manually checking for updates, you're aware of which apps were updated.; Get app updates quickly: Manually initiating an update check is useful when you want a new version of a specific app minutes after an update has launched.; Slow internet or hardware: Automatic updates can slow down older devices and internet speed if several apps update at the same time.