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bAxon 2009-12-21 09:03
Signal Strength Indicator?
 
while traveling overseas (Europe) I am experiencing some dropped calls.. where is the place that I can see current signal strength - something like bars?

Tks

qwerty12 2009-12-21 09:11
Re: Signal Strength Indicator?
 
Method call and variable names stolen from telephony-maemo.c:

dbus-send --print-reply --system --type=method_call --dest=com.nokia.phone.net /com/nokia/phone/net Phone.Net.get_signal_strength

First value is the value used by the signal bar in telephony-maemo.c. It adds 20 to that number and divides it by 21 to get its final result.
Second value is the RSSI in DBM.

bAxon 2009-12-21 09:16
Re: Signal Strength Indicator?
 
Thank you for your reply.. so for uninformed people like me I go to terminal window and just enter the above?

qwerty12 2009-12-21 09:17
Re: Signal Strength Indicator?
 
Yes. Or just look at the one with the bars in the status menu area. =)

bAxon 2009-12-21 09:32
Re: Signal Strength Indicator?
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by qwerty12 (Post 436170)
Yes. Or just look at the one with the bars in the status menu area. =)
I guess that is what I am missing.. I have no bars in the status area?

lardman 2009-12-21 10:39
Re: Signal Strength Indicator?
 
Perhaps you have no signal there then....?

Alan_Peery 2009-12-22 09:42
Re: Signal Strength Indicator?
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by qwerty12 (Post 436168)
Method call and variable names stolen from telephony-maemo.c:

dbus-send --print-reply --system --type=method_call --dest=com.nokia.phone.net /com/nokia/phone/net Phone.Net.get_signal_strength

First value is the value used by the signal bar in telephony-maemo.c. It adds 20 to that number and divides it by 21 to get its final result.
Second value is the RSSI in DBM.
Marvelous. With this an a little bit of work with the Location API, and we could have an app that would log signal strength. This would give us a proper tool to discuss 3G coverage with our providers...

cliffr39 2010-01-04 14:27
Re: Signal Strength Indicator?
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by qwerty12 (Post 436168)
Method call and variable names stolen from telephony-maemo.c:

dbus-send --print-reply --system --type=method_call --dest=com.nokia.phone.net /com/nokia/phone/net Phone.Net.get_signal_strength

First value is the value used by the signal bar in telephony-maemo.c. It adds 20 to that number and divides it by 21 to get its final result.
Second value is the RSSI in DBM.
I just entered all of that in to Terminal and received:
Quote:
method return sender=:1.17 -> dest=:1.743 reply_serial=2
byte 100
byte 84
int32 0
The numbers never change so this doesn't seem right to me.
Isn't there an easier way to get to some type of debug screen to see the signal level in dBm?

sharmi1206 2010-01-20 23:15
Re: Signal Strength Indicator?
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by cliffr39 (Post 452522)
I just entered all of that in to Terminal and received:

The numbers never change so this doesn't seem right to me.
Isn't there an easier way to get to some type of debug screen to see the signal level in dBm?

Hi,

I also receive the same numbers and this do not change. How is it possible to obtain signal strength.

sharmi1206 2010-01-20 23:18
Re: Signal Strength Indicator?
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by qwerty12 (Post 436170)
Yes. Or just look at the one with the bars in the status menu area. =)
Need some api or method call to get the signal strength . Does anybody know it

siperkin 2010-02-13 22:07
Re: Signal Strength Indicator?
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by bAxon (Post 436178)
I guess that is what I am missing.. I have no bars in the status area?

The phone bars do not always show the recieved signal strength, they will only show this if you have made a successful registration on the network. So its possible that you are unable to register (logon) on the network, so it maybe that you have no roaming agreement with the network you are seeing.

roose 2010-02-13 23:53
Re: Signal Strength Indicator?
 
There is a great app in extras-testing called netmon. Displays signal strength, cell info and battery status very comfortable.

as always ... keep in mind that extras-testing repository is for testing only and can break ...


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