[iMore Question]

Up on the left corner, where you usually have your phone carrier name like T-mobile etc. it changes to app name when you are using one! Has someone ever had an app name there (like twitter, facebook, tinder etc) even though you don't have that app on your phone???

[Rob Phillips]

Welcome to iMore! Can't say I've ever had an app that I didn't have installed appear like that.

[nikkisharif]

It usually changes to the app you were using before you pressed a hyperlink. Never seen it change to an app I didn't have in my device.

[Larry Cook1]

My 7 plus doesn't put the app name in using in the left corner. Sprint remains there when I am in an app.

[Annie_M]

I've never noticed this on my 6s before!!!

[Ledsteplin]

I've never seen an app name in my status bar. Ever!

[Tartarus]

I've never seen an app name in my status bar. Ever!

Then you don't open apps within another app.
Like when you're on twitter and there is a link to an Instagram photo or Facebook post.

[Ledsteplin]

Then you don't open apps within another app.
Like when you're on twitter and there is a link to an Instagram photo or Facebook post.

I have many times. I guess I never noticed the status bar.

[Ledsteplin]

Then you don't open apps within another app.
Like when you're on twitter and there is a link to an Instagram photo or Facebook post.

Oh, wait! You're talking about the "go back" button thingy. I thought the reference was something more permanent.

[Tartarus]

Oh, wait! You're talking about the "go back" button thingy. I thought the reference was something more permanent.

Yup, the go back thingie is indeed what I meant.

[Just_Me_D]

Like the others, I've never seen the carrier info change to an app...EVER!

[nikkisharif]

Like the others, I've never seen the carrier info change to an app...EVER!

It happens when you click a link inside an app to open another app or when you use search.

[Ledsteplin]

Like the others, I've never seen the carrier info change to an app...EVER!

I was on Facebook and clicked a link to YouTube. The "go back" to Facebook shows in the upper left.

[Just_Me_D]

It happens when you click a link inside an app to open another app or when you use search.

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...aeebb6b74a.jpg

I was on Facebook and clicked a link to YouTube. The "go back" to Facebook shows in the upper left.
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...17d0ddbdb6.jpg

Oh heck. I misunderstood what the OP was referring to. I thought he or she meant the actual carrier name changed to that of an app. My bad, and thanks for the clarification.

[nikkisharif]

Oh heck. I misunderstood what the OP was referring to. I thought he or she meant the actual carrier name changed to that of an app. My bad, and thanks for the clarification.

You're welcome...I read it a few times myself before I commented.

[Ledsteplin]

Oh heck. I misunderstood what the OP was referring to. I thought he or she meant the actual carrier name changed to that of an app. My bad, and thanks for the clarification.

I thought the same at first.

[Annie_M]

It all makes sense now! Yes, I have seen that before, I just didn't understand the OP's post!

[metalchick719]

Yes, of course. That's completely normal when you go from one app to another from the original app. But it's not really replacing your carrier's name.

[Lory Gil]

If you don't have the app **on your iPhone** then there is no way that the app-back icon (where the app shows in the upper left corner next to your carrier info) will show it. It is, however, possible that, if you tapped on a link while you were in an app, like Facebook, and it took you to a website outside of the app, you *might* mistake the link-back for the app-back icon.