[android-developers] Re: Getting cell signal strength for current cell vs neighboring cells

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 <doughywil...@gmail.com> 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.

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