There is a significant number of posts on the internet regarding how people hate bloatware that comes bundled with their devices, how it eats at their precious internal storage space and how they would want to uninstall it (which is impossible w/o rooting your device). While I agree with one’s right to hate the bloatware,... Continue Reading →
How Android measures WLAN signal strength
Ever wondered how Android decides how many bars to show in the WLAN indicator? (Well, the “bars” are gone, but there’s still exactly the same number of levels) While going through Android source code I’ve found this: >> WifiWatchdogStateMachine.java * RSSI levels as used by notification icon * Level 4 -55 <= RSSI * Level... Continue Reading →