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Please explain how to interpert and use the data in this ap

So I'm assuming I am the blue dot on the map, and there is a line out from the the other surrounding circles with numbers in them. What do the numbers indicate is it strength? amount of other cellphone users ect?Or does it show how many cell phone users are connected to the tower? I'm really lost with this...I would appreciate a break down and a simple to understand explanation.
 
So I'm assuming I am the blue dot on the map, and there is a line out from the the other surrounding circles with numbers in them. What do the numbers indicate is it strength? amount of other cellphone users ect?Or does it show how many cell phone users are connected to the tower? I'm really lost with this...I would appreciate a break down and a simple to understand explanation.

The numbers are signal strength in dB.
 
The cell tower info wasn’t very useful and seems to usually not give me any info as to where these towers are. I also think it caused my battery to drain from the enablettydebug add-on to mobile substrate, so I deleted it.

Works 100% for me,

Those 2 responses sound quite contradictory to me.

I got it for the "geeky info" and I don't seem to get that from it. Definitely not necessary but neither is a $600 phone and $100/month in fees. :)
 
I think the issue is the reliability of the database. Signal uses Google's CellID database for tower information. That database is very good in some areas, but dreadful in others. I suppose this is because Google created their DB themselves without any cooperation from the cell carriers. They just travelled around, gathering info on towers and triangulating it to determine their coordinates. In some places, they have pretty accurate locations. In others they have no information at all. I was in Lititz, PA, last week, and found that it couldn't map my cell towers. Here at home it maps them, but it shows a tower about 200 ft from my house that I can assure you is not there.

Unfortunately, this is not something PlanetBeing has any control over. If Google doesn't have the tower in its DB or if it has the wrong location, there's nothing he can do to fix it. There are better, commercial CellID databases, but those are expensive...
 
Those 2 responses sound quite contradictory to me.

I got it for the "geeky info" and I don't seem to get that from it. Definitely not necessary but neither is a $600 phone and $100/month in fees. :)

Well, it works when I activate the app. Then when I'm done, I make sure the app isn't backgrounded or multi-tasking. So it doesn't drain my battery.

In other words, it's working 100% for me.

But, others may not have the same experience.
 
I think the issue is the reliability of the database. Signal uses Google's CellID database for tower information. That database is very good in some areas, but dreadful in others.

You hit it right on the head. That is exactly what's going on. I drove out of my (large) city and everything started showing up. Evidently cell service here is a hidden secret. It's not like I'm in a "new" remote area.

Oh well, another $5 shot to hell. They really need trial periods on apps like The Android Market does.
 
I have dowonloaded min and 5 min later I have NO service on my Iphone where normally I am get 3-4 bars. How long before it goes back into service?
 
I have dowonloaded min and 5 min later I have NO service on my Iphone where normally I am get 3-4 bars. How long before it goes back into service?

Reboot your phone. As a heads up, anytime you get an issue like that, don't post, just a reboot will almost always fix it.

The Signal app requires a reboot after install to get cell signal back.
 
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