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 ..................
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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
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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.
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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?
If anyone has looked at Torch 1.5, they can see that Ryude used a proper signal meter (it shows difference in 3g and H network) and a battery meter with a number in it (not just a very inaccurate icon of a battery). Does anyone know where to get those two things in cwm to add to stock froyo?
Hey all
I get pretty bad signal on my SGS. I live in NZ and am with 2Degrees and my average signal strength at home is -90dBm to -101 dBm. While at work it ranges from -97 to -113dBm. I know this is quite a bad signal and it pretty much never gets any better. I have tried several modems including XXJPY, XXJQ1, BUJP5, ZSJPE and they all appear to be very similar.
I think this affects my battery life as I have never had more than ~24hrs battery life even with 3g disabled for most of the day. I currently use JuiceDefender set to enable data for 1min every 15mins and only get ~12 hours out of my battery (with 2 hours of screen usage). When I check my battery usage stats screen usage is always above 90%
Is this typical or am I doing something wrong?
If you want to know my config I'm running Doc's XWJS8 2.2.1 with Speedmod K13E kernel. Auto brightness, 3g on, Wifi turns off when not connected (juicedefender does this), and I have facebook/twitter updating hourly.
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Try UGJL2, worked well for me in Melbourne Australia,. I am now trying XXJVO.
I thought UGL2 was 850mhz
lokhor said:
Hey all
I get pretty bad signal on my SGS. I live in NZ and am with 2Degrees and my average signal strength at home is -90dBm to -101 dBm. While at work it ranges from -97 to -113dBm. I know this is quite a bad signal and it pretty much never gets any better. I have tried several modems including XXJPY, XXJQ1, BUJP5, ZSJPE and they all appear to be very similar.
I think this affects my battery life as I have never had more than ~24hrs battery life even with 3g disabled for most of the day. I currently use JuiceDefender set to enable data for 1min every 15mins and only get ~12 hours out of my battery (with 2 hours of screen usage). When I check my battery usage stats screen usage is always above 90%
Is this typical or am I doing something wrong?
If you want to know my config I'm running Doc's XWJS8 2.2.1 with Speedmod K13E kernel. Auto brightness, 3g on, Wifi turns off when not connected (juicedefender does this), and I have facebook/twitter updating hourly.
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Not sure about signal strength - although I know at my home office it is bad - 2 bars (will read it and update this post) - but I get similar battery performance - even screen power use percentage. I am not running Juicedefender btw and wifi is running. At least you added or are aware that 3G operation and signal strength affects modem power , wish more persons did.
Oh I am running on 850MHz most of the time and yes JL2 is 850 capable.
Hello,
I subscripted to a data plan with my carrier and I was wondering what is the best way to handle this situation to remain always online.
I have wifi and 3g on so when I'm home or in a place where wifi is available it connects to that network and disable mobile data and opposite when I go outside wifi coverage.
But I noticed two major problems
- I went out for 30 minutes, the phone switched to 3g and the battery went down 7% without turning the display on! I walked and the coverage is extremely good where I went plus I noticed that the wifi icon was still on so it wasn't really disabled
- When I came back the phone didn't go back to wifi connection and kept staying in 3g until I open wifi settings manually. This is a bug with cm7 I already reported!
Those things don't happen always but they do happen. Does 3g in "idle" consume so much battery power?? If yes The phone would die in 8h without even using it if I used it according to this rate it would die in 3h
My guess is that some of the phones may have some hardware issues, because the software is identical, but only a small part of them drain the battery when using 3G.
I have a similar issue: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1501047
edit: my Froyo drain was normal, 1% per hour, vs GB (stock, CM7, etc) which takes 5% per h. This would be an argument against a hardware defect...
Hey xda folks, how you doing?
Big thanks for everyone collaborating in the forums.
I've P7 L10-B121SP01, and i'm satisfied with overall performance; I heard of the B126 update, actually I downloaded it.
I wonder if those who updated to B126 had any performance drawbacks (my main concern is the battery).
THX in advance.
BTW: When we will see the P7 toolkit?
First thing I noticed was in phone manager; the phone accelerator is pointing at 31% where in the new update B126 it was always over 43% ( readings were taken under the same conditions. Memory readings before update was 580MB, and after was 760MB but thats ok because of the updated apps.)
The strange thing I noticed again in phone manager / power saving that google search where consuming too much amperage at 14 mAh, in the B121SP01 it was sometimes consuming power at a rate of 3 mAh and most of times at 1 mAh strange.
Collaborate, PLZ, and share your findings.
With the battery life I'm happy with it. Almost I need charge the phone after two days.
This update have removed some options.
The startup manager was removed.
My opinion: it's okay.
The protected apps was changed (the most system apps I can't unprotect, before it was going).
My opinion: It's sad, but acceptable.
The mobile network mode options changed. before I could set 4G/3G auto, 3G only..... now I set wcdma, gsm, evdo etc....
My opinion: Bad. I don't know where is 4G etc. And what is evdo!!!
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With the battery life I'm happy with it. Almost I need charge the phone after two days.
This update have removed some options.
The startup manager was removed.
My opinion: it's okay.
The protected apps was changed (the most system apps I can't unprotect, before it was going).
My opinion: It's sad, but acceptable.
The mobile network mode options changed. before I could set 4G/3G auto, 3G only..... now I set wcdma, gsm, evdo etc....
My opinion: Bad. I don't know where is 4G etc. And what is evdo!!!
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from your photo, 4G is LTE