{"id":190,"date":"2009-09-16T15:31:47","date_gmt":"2009-09-16T10:01:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/live-42gears-site.pantheonsite.io\/blog\/?p=190"},"modified":"2023-01-03T13:25:09","modified_gmt":"2023-01-03T13:25:09","slug":"how-to-find-phone-signal-strength-in-windows-mobile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.42gears.com\/de\/blog\/how-to-find-phone-signal-strength-in-windows-mobile\/","title":{"rendered":"How to find Phone Signal Strength in Windows Mobile?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There is no API to determine the current signal strength of the phone radio on a Windows Mobile Phone Device. But as it changes the status is updated in the registry at the following location.<\/p>\n<p>[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESystemStatePhone]<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSignal Strength\u201d value represents the signal value (0-100). The operating system uses this value to show the bars on the taskbar representing the current signal strength.<\/p>\n<p>You might want to know in your application when the signal strength changes. Your application can poll the  registry but polling is a resource intensive operation and should be avoided. Instead you can use <strong>RegistryNotifyCallback<\/strong> function provided by <strong>State and Notifications Broker mechanism<\/strong>. This powerful feature is available since WM 5.0 and gives applications an easy way to get notified when status of registry value changes.<\/p>\n<p>Visit the following link for more information and sample code.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/msdn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/library\/ms894764.aspx\">http:\/\/msdn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/library\/ms894764.aspx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Native programmers should check out <strong>snapi.h<\/strong> file in the WM SDK. 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