I freaking hate that with cell networks. It shows I have a good signal, which is fine between the tower and myself. But the backhaul is so saturated your packets aren’t going anywhere.
It’s almost as if some simple bars aren’t enough information to accurately convey connection quality. I really wish someone would come up with a better system. At the very least, there should be a way to convey more than just signal strength.
At the very least, we should also be able to see signal-to-noise, tower saturation, connection speed, and the modulation scheme being used. All useful information for determining how good of a connection you’re really getting.
(Edit: I also wish there was a way to automatically drop down to LTE when 5G becomes too saturated, and not just when the signal is weak. I’m tired of having to toggle between 4G/5G manually.)
You can still do that. It’s called a “field test”. From your phone app dial
*3001#12345#*
And it’ll bring up a menu of all that information. I used to use it a lot back in the Nokia 2G days and it’s still around.
My issue though isn’t signal strength to the tower. That is good and would show as much. My issue ends up from the tower to the telco is so saturated you can’t get anything effective. It’s like being connected to your WiFi, but your gateway is offline.
Edit: the command I gave is for iOS. There are versions for Android too.
I freaking hate that with cell networks. It shows I have a good signal, which is fine between the tower and myself. But the backhaul is so saturated your packets aren’t going anywhere.
It’s almost as if some simple bars aren’t enough information to accurately convey connection quality. I really wish someone would come up with a better system. At the very least, there should be a way to convey more than just signal strength.
At the very least, we should also be able to see signal-to-noise, tower saturation, connection speed, and the modulation scheme being used. All useful information for determining how good of a connection you’re really getting.
(Edit: I also wish there was a way to automatically drop down to LTE when 5G becomes too saturated, and not just when the signal is weak. I’m tired of having to toggle between 4G/5G manually.)
You can still do that. It’s called a “field test”. From your phone app dial
*3001#12345#*And it’ll bring up a menu of all that information. I used to use it a lot back in the Nokia 2G days and it’s still around.
My issue though isn’t signal strength to the tower. That is good and would show as much. My issue ends up from the tower to the telco is so saturated you can’t get anything effective. It’s like being connected to your WiFi, but your gateway is offline.
Edit: the command I gave is for iOS. There are versions for Android too.
I meant in the notification bar, without having to install a 3rd party tool, either.
I mean that’s a lot of info for the notification bar. But it is all available without 3rd party utilities.
Yes I know that. But again that’s not my point. The point is that we need to come up with a better method than bars.
I get “Unable to complete your call” when I dial that?