Arigead wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Alastair Johnson wrote: >> Arigead wrote: >>> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >>> Hash: SHA1 >>> >>> Hello All, >>> I'm living in the land that mobile phone coverage forgot and >>> thinking of how to improve my sorry situation. Before I go down the >>> route of putting a GSM Antenna on top of the house and having a cable >>> connected to my FreeRunner I thought I'd check out the other 2 GSM >>> operators in my area and see what the signal strength is for them. Now >>> my Nokia phone will not permit me to connect to a non vodafone signal so >>> I've no idea how strong it is using the nokia. >>> >>> I'm not using the FR as a daily phone as yet but thought I could simply >>> use an AT command to do a quick check on the various signal strengths. I >>> tried "AT+WS46=?" but it has not come back to me and just hangs there. >>> Does anybody, with better knowledge of AT commands then me, know of a >>> likely command or if this is even possible. >>> >>> I was hoping that if I could find a stronger signal in my area I'd just >>> change operator. >> AT+COPS=? will list the visible providers, but not their signal strengths.
> Thanks for that. Yes I can confirm than AT+COPS=? lists the operators in > the area but according to the data returned they are forbidden networks > so I can't temporarily connect to them, and then use CSQ to get the > signal strength. Such is life. > > Thanks for your help though. If fso has this stuff built in I missed it > when searching. I'll look on the wiki again. Given that the networks are > forbidden don't think there's much can be done. FSO has those two - beware line wrap below. mdbus -s org.freesmartphone.frameworkd /org/freesmartphone/GSM/Device org.freesmartphone.GSM.Network.ListProviders mdbus -s org.freesmartphone.frameworkd /org/freesmartphone/GSM/Device org.freesmartphone.GSM.Network.GetSignalStrength _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community