Hi There
I've searched and tried a few programs to display my Network signal strength on my today screen as a percent.
PhoneAlarm was too bloaty and I couldn't find a skin that displayed just the signal percent. (plus the skins are dog ugly)
I found CommsManager Pro, but it had nothing to display on the Today screen.
The other thing that would be just as good is to turn the bar strength icon on the title bar at the top of the screen into a percent.
If anyone knows of a program, cab or hack to get either of these things that would be excellent.
Thanks in advance.
From what i know, even if you find such a program, it would be useless. signal strength is very "relative"...
Edit:
http://www.dansdata.com/gz084.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signal-to-noise_ratio
BatteryStatus today plug in does it... pretty well at that.
I used battery Status for a while, but for some reason found that it caused my battery to run down much quicker.
Over night it would go from 100% to 78% with Battery Status installed, with out it it would go from 100% to 97% in the AM.
I thinnk that was with my 8525 , so never used it on my Tilt. Just check for that, and see if it causes you the same issue.
I've noticed that the Sprint/CDMA guys have got some custom status bar icons going on, could these be ported over to the GSM Hero? The 6-bar signal meter looks pretty good.
Since it is just graphics and tied to the same input, it would not be any more accurate. In fact, since 6 can not be divided by 4 and leave you with a whole bar, would it round up, or down - with 1 signal strength with a 4-bar display, would it show 2 or 1 bar on 6 and be less accurate as a result?
I could be wrong but surely the signal bars get their strength info in the form of a percentage (the exact dbm can be viewed in settings), therefore 6 bars would be more accurate and have less of a rounding error than 4.
Ah, I see. Then a radial display would be even more accurate.
IMHO, it all just depends on how many 'images' there are to display. If you only have 6 segments in a display, then it's accurate to (100/6)% = 16%. ie. you could be at -69.5dB, but as that is literally only just above -70dB (bearing in mind the logarithmic scale), you have a false perception of signal strength, as it's really weaker than you think...
Ideally, a numerical percentage indicator would be great, although impractical and the number of pngs needed silly, and I don't even know if you can have a 100-bar signal meter, with each 'bar' image just being a different number...
Food for thought for someone maybe???
anon2122 said:
IMHO, it all just depends on how many 'images' there are to display. If you only have 6 segments in a display, then it's accurate to (100/6)% = 16%. ie. you could be at -69.5dB, but as that is literally only just above -70dB (bearing in mind the logarithmic scale), you have a false perception of signal strength, as it's really weaker than you think...
Ideally, a numerical percentage indicator would be great, although impractical and the number of pngs needed silly, and I don't even know if you can have a 100-bar signal meter, with each 'bar' image just being a different number...
Food for thought for someone maybe???
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I've actually wanted a signal strength meter with more precision than just bars; a percentage measure in the notifications bar would be perfect, but it does seem a bit unwieldy.
I like the idea it sounds neat
developing said:
I've actually wanted a signal strength meter with more precision than just bars; a percentage measure in the notifications bar would be perfect, but it does seem a bit unwieldy.
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I agree,, a percentage meter would be worth paying for...
I'm sure there must be an app which relays the signal strength in dBm to a widget or something similar.
If not im sure it wouldnt be hugely difficult to make.
Weekend challenge for any devs?
I think it'd be great if somebody could come up with a new battery gauge to replace the current icon with just a percentage being shown. Seems like that'd be simple??
Actually, I think the gauge is not correct. I looked at the status and it indicated the battery are about 40% left while the gauge shown over 50% ~ 60%. Very inaccurate.
I also noticed this issue. The visual display of the battery icon looks like there is more battery left. The percentages are always lower. I also would love to get the percent of battery left instead of the icon.
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Sign me up if we can figure this out! there are apps in rhetorically marketplace that add this to the notification bar but a complete replacement would be nice.
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My battery gauge is wayy off too. It shows like 75% and I have like 40% remaining.
Nm, can't read tonight
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There are several apps on the marketplace for that: Gauge Battery Widget, Battery Monitor......
saint168 said:
There are several apps on the marketplace for that: Gauge Battery Widget, Battery Monitor......
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I use a free app called "battery Idicator." works perfect.
I think the battery icon is only showing 4 or 5 stages of battery life, and it's very underhanded because it shows more than what it actually has.
a full battery is > 75%
slight sliver is 74% - 50%
orange is 49% - 25%
red is < 25%
I would love to have the icon replaced with something more accurate.
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I use a free app called "battery Idicator." works perfect.
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I agree, battery indicator is great but I would prefer an icon replacing the actual incon instead of having two battery icon
yeah same, would be better!
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I agree, battery indicator is great but I would prefer an icon replacing the actual incon instead of having two battery icon
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yea, i dont know that ive seen that tho, only on custom ROMs. Im sure someone will chime in to correct me if im wrong tho!
Battery Level is pretty handy. Not a lot of features, just puts a percentage in the notification bar. What I like about it is that it's a box with the number, and not a stylized battery, so it looks less redundant with the stock battery meter still displayed.
The battery indicator sucks. It shows 80% charge at 41%, and 50% at 39. The steps it takes are way too large.
I use Battery Status Pro to get a status bar icon with an accurate percentage, and would love to figure out how to get rid of the stock icon.
There is a mod here:
http://forum.sdx-developers.com/themes/(mod)remove-battery-icon-from-status-bar/
...but the odds of it working on our Captivate are low. I haven't tried it out of fear of bricking the device, even though it's exactly what I'm looking for.
This is nothing new with samsung. It was the opposite on Eternity 50~60+% showed 2 out of 5 bars.
I use battery widget, shows 5 bars on the home screen with the percentage clearly overlapping the bars for easy read ability and when you tap it, it pops up a window with 4 buttons that are shortcuts to the settings page that will allow you to turn off wifi, gps, and bluetooth and a button to bring you to the display settings.
I no longer have to go into settings -> about phone -> status just to chekc my actual battery percentage.
It will never get fixed by samsung so no sense in complaining, find an alternative you like.
When I Have Fewer Battery Bars, My Power Drops Quickly Why Is That On My SGH-i897 (Captivate) Phone?
The battery icon display consists of seven visible levels. Some levels have different values depending upon on pattern of use.
From a fully charged state, L6 is 100%, L5 is 80%, L4 is 60%, L3 is 40%, L2 is 25%, L1 is 10%, and L0 is 5%.
Guys, I am using a metamorph theme called ClearBar http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=743358
The battery icon there changes according to colour etc. and seems more fair and accurate, though still a little optimistic.
The problem I think is because the steps are too large: 100, 80, 60, 40, 20 and 0.
I have 'Gauge battery Widget' (1x) on my main home screen. I calibrated against the Captivate's own gauge (Settings > About Phone > Status ... see Battery level) and they match 100% (perhaps the widget just reports that value graphically?). But, the cartoon of the battery status in the banner at the top of the screen overstates battery life until one get unto the orange and red zones (above those zones, who really cares?).
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Guys, I am using a metamorph theme called ClearBar
The battery icon there changes according to colour etc. and seems more fair and accurate, though still a little optimistic.
The problem I think is because the steps are too large: 100, 80, 60, 40, 20 and 0.
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In addition to this you can also use the BlackBar theme that was posted here a little while ago, it uses the same metamorph theme so it changes your icon completely. Ill throw up a link when i get on my desk top but the tread should be towards the top of the apps theme forum.
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Hi guys,
Just wondering if anyone has noticed that the stock android reception gauge is very low?
I know it's only a small thing, but it's quite inaccurate when compared to my actual signal strength, showing 0 bars of antenna on the task bar, (sometimes 1) while it shows about 50% of max according to the 'network signal info' app... And I Was wondering how dependable this app might be, or whether it is gauging it compared to other phones which have lesser antennas.
I'm on an Australian delivery Z1, 4.2.2, stock kernel, with no updates installed or available (stock Australian build).
As long as data transfer is lightning fast I don´t care how many bars (if any) the status-bar shows ..................