Strange Icon apeared  ......

I just turned on my iphone and it had a strange little icon in the statusbar.
On the top right next to the battery was a small blue cicle with a cross in the middle of it. I turned it off and on but it didnt go away.
Nothing seems to be unoward with the phone, but its annoying.
After a hard restart it has gone, but i want to know what it was....... any ideas people ??

Hello, Welcome to discussions.
You may need to check and see if you are currently running an App from the App Store when you see this icon. Or see what kind of services you get from your cell provider that may product this icon.
If you can. Could you link a screen shot of what you see? It would help the community better assist you if we could see what you see.
You can snap a screen shot by holding the Home key & Sleep/Wake button down together till you see the screen flash.
The photo can be found in the Photos section of the iPhone once you snapped a photo.

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