closes #4211

public/src/client/account/edit/username.js

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ define('forum/account/edit/username', ['forum/account/header'], function(header)
 			}
 			var btn = $(this);
 			btn.addClass('disabled').find('i').removeClass('hide');
-			socket.emit('user.changeUsernameEmail', userData, function(err) {
+			socket.emit('user.changeUsernameEmail', userData, function(err, data) {
 				btn.removeClass('disabled').find('i').addClass('hide');
 				if (err) {
 					return app.alertError(err.message);
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ define('forum/account/edit/username', ['forum/account/header'], function(header)
 				if (userData.username && userslug && parseInt(userData.uid, 10) === parseInt(app.user.uid, 10)) {
 					$('[component="header/profilelink"]').attr('href', config.relative_path + '/user/' + userslug);
 					$('[component="header/username"]').text(userData.username);
+					$('[component="header/usericon"]').css('background-color', data['icon:bgColor']).text(data['icon:text']);
 				}
 
 				ajaxify.go('user/' + userslug);

src/user/profile.js

@@ -74,10 +74,6 @@ module.exports = function(User) {
 
 					var userslug = utils.slugify(data.username);
 
-					if (userslug === userData.userslug) {
-						return next();
-					}
-
 					if (data.username.length < meta.config.minimumUsernameLength) {
 						return next(new Error('[[error:username-too-short]]'));
 					}
@@ -90,6 +86,10 @@ module.exports = function(User) {
 						return next(new Error('[[error:invalid-username]]'));
 					}
 
+					if (userslug === userData.userslug) {
+						return next();
+					}
+
 					User.existsBySlug(userslug, function(err, exists) {
 						if (err) {
 							return next(err);
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ module.exports = function(User) {
 						return callback(err);
 					}
 					plugins.fireHook('action:user.updateProfile', {data: data, uid: uid});
-					User.getUserFields(uid, ['email', 'username', 'userslug', 'picture'], callback);
+					User.getUserFields(uid, ['email', 'username', 'userslug', 'picture', 'icon:text', 'icon:bgColor'], callback);
 				});
 			});