Question about an icon on my iPad

[bevo barry]

I've owned an iPad for about 6 months but don't use it that often, primarily as sort of a laptop when I am traveling (which isn't much). But last night as I was using it to surf the Web from the sofa while simultaneously trying to appease the wife by keeping one eye on her HGTV show (

) an icon suddenly appeared in the lower right-hand corner of the screen. It was a small rectangle and within it was a, I guess, flower symbol, or sort of a daisy or sunflower, for lack of a better description. Could not find an explanation in the iPad User Guide loaded on the device. What gives?

 

[Dionysus]

If you're talking about the icon on the home screen, it's to enable a rotating "photo album" using pics in your Photos app. Set this and it will randomly display photos.

 

[bevo barry]

No, not that icon...this was sort of a "stick figure" flower, for lack of a better description. Today, it is gone. The icon you describe has always been there. And this "renegade" one was all white.

 

[dang-str8]

Was it the AirPlay button? if you have your ipad, appletv, itunes, or other devices sharing a network, you can connect them and send pictures, video or music between them... it looks like this:

This icon only comes up when you're able to use it... so you must be using wifi and within the same network there has to be another compatible device... probably your itunes on your computer...

 

[bevo barry]

No, not the AirPlay button. And this weird icon is back. But it is (and maybe it was before...cannot recall) only on the opening screen shot when I boot up, the screen that has the "slide to open" bar.

 

[wherzwaldo]

Is it this icon?

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[Dionysus]

The Digital Photo Frame is the one I was referring to, but I mistakenly said the 'home screen' which is obviously wrong.

 

[bevo barry]

waldo...that looks like it...thanks!