The operators want to hide the Android information about the strength of the communication signal

2017-12-25 09:27

The operators want to hide the Android information about the strength of the communication signal
The largest cellular operators, especially in the USA don’t have a very good reputation among users.

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The icon connection in the status bar will remain in place, but the strength of the cell signal just to learn will not work, reports Rus.Media.

The largest cellular operators, especially in the USA don’t have a very good reputation among users. The reason for this is locking bootloaders on many smartphones. In addition, overseas operators often determine when you will receive the update and what features will be available to you.

According to the information of the resource XDA Developers, some operators want to hide the data signal of cellular communication in Android. Discovered commit (commit changes in the code) shows that this option may be hidden in system settings. User will be satisfied only by an icon in the status bar, although it says nothing about the signal strength, measured in decibels-mlata (dBm).

Perhaps the average user this feature is unnecessary, but this parameter is very important for understanding the quality of communication, data transfer speed and time of Autonomous work of the device. Producers previously restricted some features of Android, but this time things could be different- some options will be hidden automatically as soon you insert or replace the SIM card.

The change does not affect API, so you know the strength of signal you can use third-party applications, such as Cell Signal Monitor. However, it is likely that the operators will later push Google to restrict the use of the corresponding API. Now discussing the innovation can appear in the Android P.