[android-porting] WIFI - signal strength

2010-01-26 Thread linux newbie
Hi, In my target hardware, Android is running but the signal strength on top of the screen displays "No Signal" icon (i.e "x" on signal strength icon). I have wpa_supplicant running and it is associated with the Access Point. How to enable this icon? Can anyone let me know, which section of the

[android-porting] wifi - signal strength

2010-08-27 Thread guru
HI All, I ported(enabled) wifi successfully on froyo. It is connecting to AP and showing signal strength. But it is not showing any signal strength on the icon which displayed on the Notice Bar. Is this problem at application layer or down the layer? Where I need to look into? I need some info, n

Re: [android-porting] wifi - signal strength

2010-08-27 Thread Robert Greenwalt
You say it is "showing signal strength" yet it is "not showing any signal strength on the icon which displayed on the Notice Bar". Where *is* it showing signal strength? In the settings app? That is probably just in the scan results. There is a notification that the wifi code sends out for the

Re: [android-porting] wifi - signal strength

2010-08-27 Thread Gururaj BO
Hi Robert, Yes it is not showing signal strength on the icon which is displayed on the Notification bar. As you told it is showing signal strength in settings app which is scan results?. I checked the return value of Native command *getRssiCommand*() which is returning -1 which is not a valid val

Re: [android-porting] wifi - signal strength

2010-08-30 Thread Robert Greenwalt
If the supplicant is returning an invalid signal strength, it's a supplicant issue, not the applications fault. R On Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 9:32 PM, Gururaj BO wrote: > Hi Robert, > > Yes it is not showing signal strength on the icon which is displayed on the > Notification bar. As you told it is

Re: [android-porting] wifi - signal strength

2010-08-30 Thread Irfan Sheriff
Look at wpa_cli for checking on values returned from supplicant # wpa_cli driver rssi It could be that the driver ioctls are failing. On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 10:52 AM, Robert Greenwalt wrote: > If the supplicant is returning an invalid signal strength, it's a > supplicant issue, not the applica