Signal Strength Indicator?

[bAxon]

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]

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]

Thank you for your reply.. so for uninformed people like me I go to terminal window and just enter the above?

[qwerty12]

Yes. Or just look at the one with the bars in the status menu area. =)

[bAxon]

Originally Posted by qwerty12

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]

Perhaps you have no signal there then....?

[Alan_Peery]

Originally Posted by qwerty12

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]

Originally Posted by qwerty12

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:

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]

Originally Posted by cliffr39

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]

Originally Posted by qwerty12

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