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  • japlytic
    Badcaps Legend
    • Oct 2005
    • 2086
    • Australia
    #1

    Cellular signal bar scales

    I have noticed on Windows Phone and Apple devices that the cellular signal bar scales have five bars while Android devices only have four, and I am curious why.
    Fortunately, my automotive audio system has a five bar scale.
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    • goontron
      5000!
      • Dec 2011
      • 4108
      • US
      #2
      Re: Cellular signal bar scales

      Really? Mine has 8....
      Things I've fixed: anything from semis to crappy Chinese $2 radios, and now an IoT Dildo....

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        • stj
          Great Sage 齊天大聖
          • Dec 2009
          • 31200
          • Albion
          #3
          Re: Cellular signal bar scales

          pointless anyway,
          is it showing strength, or BER??
          because that second reference is the important one.

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            • CapLeaker
              Leaking Member
              • Dec 2014
              • 8327
              • Canada
              #4
              Re: Cellular signal bar scales

              On the iPhone you can show the signal strength in dB I stead of bars.

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                • stj
                  Great Sage 齊天大聖
                  • Dec 2009
                  • 31200
                  • Albion
                  #5
                  Re: Cellular signal bar scales

                  again, not much use - you need to know the quality rather than strength.
                  the tuner can pull a signal from almost nothing, but if it's corrupted by noise then it's not much use.
                  a BitErrorRate percentage would be more usefull.

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                    • CapLeaker
                      Leaking Member
                      • Dec 2014
                      • 8327
                      • Canada
                      #6
                      Re: Cellular signal bar scales

                      I know that too, that the BER is more useful for an RF junkie looking at a digital signal, but the signal strength is a simpler useful tool. Not everyone knows about BER what is actually represents and why it is important. However, signal strength understand everyone. At the end of the day, either it works or: “Whaaat? You’rebreaking Up on me!”

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                        • stj
                          Great Sage 齊天大聖
                          • Dec 2009
                          • 31200
                          • Albion
                          #7
                          Re: Cellular signal bar scales

                          so your saying it's good to have a placebo-guage?
                          like the fake pull-out antenna's on early motorola handsets!!!

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                            • CapLeaker
                              Leaking Member
                              • Dec 2014
                              • 8327
                              • Canada
                              #8
                              Re: Cellular signal bar scales

                              stj, your da hoot! I've had some good laughs with you! I remember the placebo antennas in various items, not only cell phones.

                              Last edited by CapLeaker; 11-19-2017, 07:05 PM.

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                                • mariushm
                                  Badcaps Legend
                                  • May 2011
                                  • 3799
                                  #9
                                  Re: Cellular signal bar scales

                                  There's no standard for what those bars represent, see : https://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile...ked-an-expert/

                                  This may also be very informative (shows bar thresholds for iphone 4 ) : https://www.anandtech.com/show/3794/...one-4-review/2
                                  Last edited by mariushm; 11-19-2017, 07:28 PM.

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