Hi, I'm curious to know approximately how many neighboring cells you typically detect Obviously this will vary with location but are we talking 1-2 neighboring cells or are there many more? Thanks.
On Jan 5, 11:38 pm, Doughy <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm writing an android application that collects cellsignal > strengths. I am having trouble getting the "current" cellsignalstrength, but > I don't have any problem getting the "neighboring" cellsignalstrengths. > > To get the current cellsignalstrength, I created a > PhoneStateListener and implemented the onSignalStrengthChanged > callback. It works, but not very well. It seems like > thesignalstrengthhardly ever changes, and resolution jumps to only a few > numbers. I would accept the answer that the resolution of > thesignalstrengthhardware is coarse, but when I use the TelephonyManager's > getNeighboringCellInfo() method, it works much better. > Thesignalstrengthreadings from neighboring cells change frequently, and they > have much better resolution. > > So, how can I get the current cellsignalstrengthin the same way > that I am getting the neighboring cell strengths? It seems odd to me > that the functionality of the neighboring cells is better than the > current cell. Am I missing something here? > > I would also like to directly call a method from the telephony manager > to get current cellstrength, as opposed to a listener, if possible. > If anyone knows how, please let me know. Thanks. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
