From: John Navas on
On 27 Jul 2010 15:15:39 GMT, in <8b8bgrFi0vU2(a)mid.individual.net>,
"Thomas T. Veldhouse" <veldy71(a)gmail.com> wrote:

>In alt.cellular.verizon John Navas <spamfilter1(a)navasgroup.com> wrote:
>> On 27 Jul 2010 13:39:55 GMT, in <8b85tbF9jaU3(a)mid.individual.net>,
>> "Thomas T. Veldhouse" <veldy71(a)gmail.com> wrote:

>>>Signal strenght
>>>-82 dbM 0 asu
>>
>> It's wrong.
>
>Possibly ... I know nothing about "asu". However, if I were a betting man, I
>would bet that you are wrong just based on history. Good thing I am not a
>betting man. I do like to think that they tested the software on the phone
>such that such basic information is accurate (and this is the updated software
>release). I certainly can't say for certain without knowledge of what "asu"
>means.

You might want to actually learn something about it before making a
silly bad bet. ;)

Android API returns ASU (active set updates): dBm = ASU x 2 - 113
GSM Signal Strength, valid values are (0-31, 99) as defined in TS 27.007

--
John

"Assumption is the mother of all screw ups."
[Wethern�s Law of Suspended Judgement]
From: Thomas T. Veldhouse on
In alt.cellular.verizon John Navas <spamfilter1(a)navasgroup.com> wrote:
> On 27 Jul 2010 15:15:39 GMT, in <8b8bgrFi0vU2(a)mid.individual.net>,
> "Thomas T. Veldhouse" <veldy71(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>In alt.cellular.verizon John Navas <spamfilter1(a)navasgroup.com> wrote:
>>> On 27 Jul 2010 13:39:55 GMT, in <8b85tbF9jaU3(a)mid.individual.net>,
>>> "Thomas T. Veldhouse" <veldy71(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>>>Signal strenght
>>>>-82 dbM 0 asu
>>>
>>> It's wrong.
>>
>>Possibly ... I know nothing about "asu". However, if I were a betting man, I
>>would bet that you are wrong just based on history. Good thing I am not a
>>betting man. I do like to think that they tested the software on the phone
>>such that such basic information is accurate (and this is the updated software
>>release). I certainly can't say for certain without knowledge of what "asu"
>>means.
>
> You might want to actually learn something about it before making a
> silly bad bet. ;)

I said I wouldn't make that bet, did I not?

>
> Android API returns ASU (active set updates): dBm = ASU x 2 - 113
> GSM Signal Strength, valid values are (0-31, 99) as defined in TS 27.007
>

According to this definition, asu should be 16. Seems like a link quality
assessment to me.

--
Thomas T. Veldhouse

Religion is a crutch, but that's okay... humanity is a cripple.
From: Thomas T. Veldhouse on
In alt.cellular.verizon Thomas T. Veldhouse <veldy71(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> In alt.cellular.verizon John Navas <spamfilter1(a)navasgroup.com> wrote:
>> On 27 Jul 2010 15:15:39 GMT, in <8b8bgrFi0vU2(a)mid.individual.net>,
>> "Thomas T. Veldhouse" <veldy71(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>In alt.cellular.verizon John Navas <spamfilter1(a)navasgroup.com> wrote:
>>>> On 27 Jul 2010 13:39:55 GMT, in <8b85tbF9jaU3(a)mid.individual.net>,
>>>> "Thomas T. Veldhouse" <veldy71(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>>>Signal strenght
>>>>>-82 dbM 0 asu
>>>>
>>>> It's wrong.
>>>
>>>Possibly ... I know nothing about "asu". However, if I were a betting man, I
>>>would bet that you are wrong just based on history. Good thing I am not a
>>>betting man. I do like to think that they tested the software on the phone
>>>such that such basic information is accurate (and this is the updated software
>>>release). I certainly can't say for certain without knowledge of what "asu"
>>>means.
>>
>> You might want to actually learn something about it before making a
>> silly bad bet. ;)
>
> I said I wouldn't make that bet, did I not?
>
>>
>> Android API returns ASU (active set updates): dBm = ASU x 2 - 113
>> GSM Signal Strength, valid values are (0-31, 99) as defined in TS 27.007
>>
>
> According to this definition, asu should be 16. Seems like a link quality
> assessment to me.
>

Then again, you indicate GSM signal strength as an input, how about EVDOrevA?

--
Thomas T. Veldhouse

Religion is a crutch, but that's okay... humanity is a cripple.