Hi. New here. I'm wondering if there is an application that will make my Touch Pro display the actual signal strength at the top rather than the bars.
I've done a fair amount of searching and haven't seen anything much but maybe I'm not looking in the right place.
Thanks!
nactownag said:
Hi. New here. I'm wondering if there is an application that will make my Touch Pro display the actual signal strength at the top rather than the bars.
I've done a fair amount of searching and haven't seen anything much but maybe I'm not looking in the right place.
Thanks!
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Actually, it's not quite that simple. The display of 'bars' is actually the result of a fairly complicated algorithm, that takes into account signal strength, quality, and transmission diagnostics. And it isn't the same for all providers either. Each cell provider installs their own application/algorithm to determine and display bars. There was an article about this on the Wired site a few months (or so) ago. And here's one that's similar...
http://www.switched.com/2008/01/15/what-do-cell-phone-signal-bars-really-really-mean/
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I hope somebody can help me with this. I have a T-Mobile Wing and I can't get a signal in my office. I have no office phone to use either, so its really annoying because I miss some important calls. I'm not going to be able to opt out of my contract either. So I was wondering if anybody knows of any tweaks that can boost your signal strength. I'm willing to try anything and I'm only a slight noob (I recently just flashed my rom, first time I tried I bricked my phone but I got it back up and the second time i worked like a charm). So if anybody knows of any hacks or anything like that, that could work I will thank you forever.
P.S. No those little stickers on the phone don't work.
What type of office building is it? Take a good look at the construction of it and a T-Mobile coverage map. If that building used a lot of concrete & rebar + steel in its construction then that will dampen your signal strength. It also depends on your location within the building. If a huge line of power cable is run near where you are that will cause a ton of interference screwing your signal over as well (depending on if they insulated that run).
Other things can cause interferance but primarily those are it. If T-Mobile doesnt have superb coverage in that area that ontop of the building can be brutal.
I dont know of any software tweaks that will help your signal itself, and most of those stupid gadget addon's are gimmicks anyway. If your building has it tap into the wifi and try some VOIP action.
Lastly, try the T-Mobile wing forum, since they use your phone they might have more options and things you can try. This is the s730 wings forum
Try this one, on ebay not so expensive and suitable for very small office (80 m2)
http://www.qx-tele.com/enpro_list.asp?BigClassName=Mobile Phone Repeater&ID=601
Did anyone tried this out?
http://blog.whitesites.com/How-to-Increase-Reception-on-Sony-Xperia-X1__633958291637656250_blog.htm
Better try to flash an other radio version before doing this to your Xperia.
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At home i have just 2 bars of reception, but anyway it has a very good connection. Only HSDPA reception could be a little more.
If i am outside my house, i mostly have full reception even with HSDPA.
If you're getting a weak signal from your provider, there's no way to magically make reception better other than the provider giving better coverage.
Being that my Nokia's all have full reception in house and the Xperia loses connection in the same location...
rickysio said:
Being that my Nokia's all have full reception in house and the Xperia loses connection in the same location...
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Try to change U'r radio version, that's totaly work
xicloe said:
Try to change U'r radio version, that's totaly work
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I've changed 5 times already.
The issue is not whether it can be resolved or not, it is how slipshod the SE radio firmware is.
Nokia gets it right 100% of the time, so why can't SE?
The blogger on that link may be onto something (ie hardware related, not firmware) - but I'm not going to do that!
I changed the radio f/w to 1.16 - it's better than before, still not perfect in terms of the number of bars, and I sometimes lose the signal in the local supermarket...
X1 signal quality is poor/below average - but not poor enough to take the phone apart like that, or to actually change it for another.
I have already re-shelled my phone, so I have no fear of this. It is actually very easy to get to that part, but I would think that the rubberized coating would help to prevent corrosion on the copper antenna. Correct me if I am wrong, but wouldn't a cell signal have no problem passing through a millimeter of rubber compound?
I would be more than willing to mod this to get a few more bars, but I don't want to cause damage and not actually have any benefit.
If anyone here has tried it please post your results.
i just did this mod so far there has not been any noticable increases in reception but it seems to be more stable with less drop outs
Hi all,
I am using 2.22.27.08, wondering what would be the difference between 2.22.27.08/2.22.28.25, and if should go to 2.22.28.25.
Would it crash my current setup?
Heeter
Supposedly better reception in general and connects to towers faster in low signal area situations. I'm not sure what else for differences.
As far as "Crashing your setup" ... no they are interchangeable and most newer Rom's can use either as such. Although if your current setup works good and you don't have signal issues you really don't need to change.
Some say it eats the battery faster... Could be, but I use background data sync for 2 gmail accounts and sip calling with a 2300 mAh battery charging once a day so I don't really notice it much.
A few posts about the two can be found at the links below.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=843454&page=2
http://forum.cyanogenmod.com/topic/11138-2222708-or-2222825/
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Supposedly better reception in general and connects to towers faster in low signal area situations. I'm not sure what else for differences.
As far as "Crashing your setup" ... no they are interchangeable and most newer Rom's can use either as such. Although if your current setup works good and you don't have signal issues you really don't need to change.
Some say it eats the battery faster... Could be, but I use background data sync for 2 gmail accounts and sip calling with a 2300 mAh battery charging once a day so I don't really notice it much.
A few posts about the two can be found at the links below.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=843454&page=2
http://forum.cyanogenmod.com/topic/11138-2222708-or-2222825/
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Thanks for your response
Heeter
Hi all,
Within the past week or so, I've noticed a fairly large drop in the signal strength from both my wireless lan and 3g signals. With the cell signal, it was even dropping to edge sometimes when I was outside in an area which used to give me full bars. Wireless isn't much better, and it seems to be fluctuating between 4/5 signal and 2/5 signal even though I'm close to my router. Again, I used to have full signal in the same location. Nothing really would have changed.
Yesterday I tried flashing Continuum (2.3.4) instead of running the stock 2.2 that I had before. The 3g signal seems to be *slightly* more consistent, although I'm still not at full bars, whereas I always was before.
Is this a common occurrence? Is it my hardware, and can I fix it myself, or do I need to send it in to Rogers? I've only had the phone for about 6 months now. I wonder if it's under warranty still (assuming I flash back the original ROM and bootloader).
If anyone has any suggestions it would be much appreciated. It's odd, but the wifi signal almost gets boosted when I'm trying to use the internet, but not to full bars even when I'm near the router.
Bump. Is this the wrong place to ask this question?
Cheers
My AT&T Captivate has similar issues. Mine started about a month ago. I haven't put any effort into figuring out the root cause.
Yeah, I'd really like to figure out what's up though. Does the hardware just crap out after a few months of use? Thanks samsung!
Lucky75 said:
Yeah, I'd really like to figure out what's up though. Does the hardware just crap out after a few months of use? Thanks samsung!
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This trend happened with my HTC Aria as well. I don't believe its anything related to Samsung hardware crapping out.
So, if it's software, what would be consistent across a ROM and kernel flash?
I recently fixed a network error effecting call quality by flashing a new modem. I know our issues are different, but since you did flash new ROM i dont think it could hurt.
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Stumbled across this article on Toms Hardware today and felt like it was a good read for this thread.
http://www.tomshardware.com/picturestory/571-wi-fi-beamforming-networking.html
Unfortunately it's not just my wifi that has issues, but 3g as well.
Lucky75 said:
Unfortunately it's not just my wifi that has issues, but 3g as well.
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Have you tried flashing a different modem? The one that came with your current rom may be different than you had before which would account for your weaker signals. Different modems work better in different areas. Try something else and see if it doesn't help, such as JK4 or JL3.
I haven't yet, but I actually had the problem before I flashed the ROM.
Where are you located. I have absolutely ATROCIOUS reception in Atlanta, and ATT says they have some 50 towers down. Your area might be the same. In my basement where I used to have 3 bars consistently, i know have to run around the basement struggling to get one bar to send a text. ATT needs to get their act together or everyone might start switching to Verizon.
In Toronto, Canada. We usually have good reception. It's only recently that I have had issues.
check with other people such as your family and see if they have bad service too, if so call your service provider, there may be an issue on their end. Other than that all I can suggest would be a full reset to factory and a master clear and then restart from there. While that is annoying, it might be worth it to solve the problem.
Hello. I updated the Android Beta and it seems I don't have that one mega-useful icon on the top screen that tells me if the signal is strong enough to make a call. Anyone had this very thing? Seems no one in the world noticed and it seems so weird to me.
If anyone knows how to make it appear again... well, very appreciated :')
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Hello. I updated the Android Beta and it seems I don't have that one mega-useful icon on the top screen that tells me if the signal is strong enough to make a call. Anyone had this very thing? Seems no one in the world noticed and it seems so weird to me.
If anyone knows how to make it appear again... well, very appreciated :')
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Well I have one signal icon now on beta 3 but I'm using dual sim and there is no way I can add other icon
shishimaru1000 said:
Hello. I updated the Android Beta and it seems I don't have that one mega-useful icon on the top screen that tells me if the signal is strong enough to make a call. Anyone had this very thing? Seems no one in the world noticed and it seems so weird to me.
If anyone knows how to make it appear again... well, very appreciated :')
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Looks like a conscious design decision to only show your current internet connection whether it be wifi or carrier.
Dropping down the shade reveals your carrier connection strength if currently on wifi.
I can't get it to appear with the standard System UI tweaker either. In a way it makes sense, in another way it is annoying.