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[Antti Kaijanmäki <antti.kaijanmaki@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Stock Android on Galaxy Nexus shows just empty cellular strength icon
when there is no SIM. Nokia N9 shows a cellular strength icon with a red
line drawn across the icon.

We have three situation where we show text instead of an icon:
  - No SIM
  - SIM Locked
  - SIM Error
  - No Signal


Showing text does not scale when number of modems goes up with multisim devices. IMO we need icons to replace the text in the indicator panel and show the textual descriptions in the indicator menu instead.

I would propose the following

No SIM: 
show nothing in the panel nor the indicator menu. The user should be pretty aware that he has not inserted a SIM to begin with. The greeter or the dialer app should already show "No SIM - Only emergency calls allowed."

SIM Locked:
show a SIM icon with a padlock. This could also be highlighted with blue color or something to make it more visible. The blue color would go away when the user opens the network indicator the first time.

SIM Error:
Show a SIM icon with X. 

No Signal:
Show signal strength icon with X.

I'll attach examples.

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1294256

Title:
  No signal takes up too much space

Status in Network Menu:
  Confirmed
Status in Ubuntu UX bugs:
  New

Bug description:
  When there is no signal, the indicator shows the text 'No signal'
  which takes up far too much space. It should use an icon, such an the
  network-offline icon from the system. This may be blocked by bug
  #1294251 as the network-offline icon is currently missing.

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