Path: csiph.com!aioe.org!news.mixmin.net!news2.arglkargh.de!feeder.erje.net!1.eu.feeder.erje.net!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: "Rod Speed" Newsgroups: alt.internet.wireless,comp.mobile.android,misc.phone.mobile.iphone Subject: Re: Is there a way to get WiFi NOISE levels for a mobile device? Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2015 09:32:40 +1000 Lines: 43 Message-ID: References: <99h9patnm9s3cicvb8dt1543og9llhfqa2@4ax.com><7hcbpad70fu8u5cijde679bstk39pe7pmf@4ax.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net tqzXuUsEwM0qtngAu+fTRQSX+mIh6tE4RCa4A9wye4lW+dGME= Cancel-Lock: sha1:RggRmd5v6J2OPLubyQxcYbOKWRk= In-Reply-To: X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal Importance: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Windows Live Mail 14.0.8117.416 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V14.0.8117.416 Xref: aioe.org alt.internet.wireless:14399 comp.mobile.android:20668 misc.phone.mobile.iphone:75299 "Paul B. Andersen" wrote in message news:mn4d3k$4da$3@news.albasani.net... > Jeff Liebermann wrote in message > 7hcbpad70fu8u5cijde679bstk39pe7pmf@4ax.com > >> Any chance you're rooted the tablet and/or are running a custom ROM? > > Hey Jeff, > I love the WiFI SNR app you found, and I don't know HOW you found > it without me having known about it prior, but I'm glad you did! > > Rest assured, I have been playing with it for two days straight > now, and I can't get over how it tells me such useful information. > > One question only of you, which is maybe a device-specific problem, > and I don't want you to research it but just to let me know what > you "see" on your screen. > > QUESTION: Do you "see" the yellow SNR graph? > > Here is a test I just ran now: > http://i.imgur.com/Lm9Xhbz.png > > I don't "see" the yellow SNR graph on my Samsung Galaxy S3: > > I had to go into the WiFi SNR settings to turn on the option to > "Display results in text" (which you can see in the shot above). > > So, it's not a big deal (since the SNR *value* is what matters). > But, I'm just wondering why I don't see the yellow graph? > > Does anyone else see that yellow graph? I did see it yesterday when I first installed it but haven't seen it today for some reason. Uninstalling and reinstalling made no difference, still don't see it. Maybe its been snooping on my usenet posts and has turned it off to spite me, even tho I don't do usenet on my tablet.