[QtMoko] Mokofaen red signal strength icon

Ben Wong lists.openmoko.org at wongs.net
Wed Nov 14 22:05:30 CET 2012


Yes, I too had thought red meant "super duper must be 110%" signal strength.

On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 10:55 AM, Neil Jerram <neil at ossau.homelinux.net> wrote:
> I've been wondering for some time what it means when the GSM signal
> strength icon goes red, and whether/how that's different from the icon
> disappearing altogether, and whether/how either of those are related to
> modem crashes.
>
> After consulting the code, I see that:
>
> - disappeared completely => 0% signal strength
> - all red => 1-20% signal strength
> - 1 blue bar => 21-40%
> - 2 blue bars => 41-60%
> - 3 blue bars => 61-80%
> - 4 blue bars => 81-100%
>
> Now that I know that, I suggest that the all red icon is quite
> unintuitive, and that it would be more intuitive if changed to the same
> grey colour as used in the blue bar icons.
>
> Thanks,
>         Neil
>
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