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Problems with saving Signal Strength of current cell in android

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telephonymanager

rssi

signal-strength

I'm trying to get the get the signal strength of the current cell that I'm connected to. So far, I've
found this example:
http://www.android10.org/index.php/forums/44-maplocation/868-tutorialget-gsm-signal
But that is only to get a Toast when the signal is changed. Is there any way to save the value of
the signal strength in a variable?
I tried this with the following code, by saving the value on a variable and getting it, but I keep
getting the "initial value". Here's the code:
package org.mode.gsm;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.content.Context;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.telephony.PhoneStateListener;
import android.telephony.SignalStrength;
import android.telephony.TelephonyManager;
import android.widget.TextView;
import android.widget.Toast;
public class GetGsmSignalStrength extends Activity {
TelephonyManager Tel;
MyPhoneStateListener MyListener;
@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
TextView abcd = new TextView(this);
abcd.setText(getRSSI());

And the manifest:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="org.mode.gsm"
android:versionCode="1"
android:versionName="1.0" >
<uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="7" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION"/>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION"/>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE"/>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_UPDATES" />
<application
android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher"
android:label="@string/app_name" >
<activity
android:label="@string/app_name"
android:name=".GetGsmSignalStrength" >
<intent-filter >
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />

I would really appreciate it if anyone could help me save the value of the Signal Strength, or
suggest any other way to do it...
Thanks

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modellero
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Mar 3 '12 at 18:41

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Jul 8 '13 at 22:47

Where do you want to save the signal strength to? File on an SD card, network, local database? qdot Mar 3
'12 at 18:43
first, I just want to save it in a variable, that I'll put on a database later, but that's not a problem... I just want to
be able to get it from my GetGsmSignalStrength class modellero Mar 3 '12 at 18:58

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GetRssi listener = new GetRssi();

protected int Rssi;
Rssi = 99;
private class GetRssi extends PhoneStateListener
{
@Override
public void onSignalStrengthsChanged(SignalStrength signalStrength)
{
super.onSignalStrengthsChanged(signalStrength);
Rssi = signalStrength.getGsmSignalStrength();
}
}

Rssi was declared in interger; So after you can create a function (String) which return
""+Rssi like that
public String getRssi(){
return ""+Rssi;
}

You have to convert the value in dBm. Hope that will help!!!

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