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 10:11:44 +1000 Lines: 44 Message-ID: References: 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 qu5VEmr1/ub1p82DzLvNfwdxwYL+JBrClMoV74MBq2cBdicLE= Cancel-Lock: sha1:D6m2kQbHzfrYuVhOgExvo+2i6DY= 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:14400 comp.mobile.android:20669 misc.phone.mobile.iphone:75302 "Paul B. Andersen" wrote in message news:mn4g9c$cb$3@news.albasani.net... > "Paul B. Andersen" wrote in message > mn4g0m$cb$2@news.albasani.net > >> You hit the little button that says 5G or 2.4G at the top left, >> and then it gives you lovely little parabolas for each WiFi >> access point it sees. > > One more bit of detail. > That little button at top left that says 5G or 2.4G > doesn't show up for more than a second or two. It never shows up for me. > But, if you tap the middle of the phone, it shows up. That doesn't happen either. > If you ask me, that's not the best user interface, because you > have to actually know it before you'd do it. But, it's easy > enough to do once you know it. True. > So, with the Moto G, you probably can *see* the 5G graph > also. Another of my kids has a Moto G (first generation), so, > I can test it tonight when he comes home (he's way more technical > than my daughter, and he is years younger, so he probably > wouldn't have these kinds of issues that she's having). > At least neither is as slow as the other kid in Europe > with the Apple-only equipment. She's almost not worth > talking to for details, since she expects it all to just > work and, well, it would, if they had better signal > strength. > At least my daughter is roaming around the place with the > signal strength meter trying to find the best location to > get signal (which is something positive, instead of just > moaning that it doesn't work).