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-rw-r--r--telephony/java/android/telephony/SignalStrength.java7
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/telephony/java/android/telephony/SignalStrength.java b/telephony/java/android/telephony/SignalStrength.java
index 7b58755..f02d109 100644
--- a/telephony/java/android/telephony/SignalStrength.java
+++ b/telephony/java/android/telephony/SignalStrength.java
@@ -469,7 +469,12 @@ public class SignalStrength implements Parcelable {
}
/**
- * Get signal level as an int from 0..4
+ * Retrieve an abstract level value for the overall signal strength.
+ *
+ * @return a single integer from 0 to 4 representing the general signal quality.
+ * This may take into account many different radio technology inputs.
+ * 0 represents very poor signal strength
+ * while 4 represents a very strong signal strength.
*/
public int getLevel() {
int level;