Handset Phone Bars and BT System Phone Bars Not Correlated

JedN · 09-02-2008, 04:36 PM

So I've looked at the bars on my phone and the bars on my non-idrive bluetooth phone system and they're not the same...or even close. What's up with that? This is while the phone is paired and connected, btw.

What is the system reporting as opposed to the phone? Is that the reception I would have if I had a nifty snap-in adapter? Or is it just gobbledegook that means nothing? Placebo-bars?

2006 e90 330i w/premium package (+sport +mt6 +ca, but they're not relevant)

tintivilus · 09-02-2008, 08:16 PM

We've gone over this before, but I'll summarize.

The signal strength displayed on the car (MID or iDrive) is what the phone tells the car when the car asks. If it's wrong, it's because your phone is returning a bad response to the query.

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JedN Private 3 Rep 63 Posts Drives: 2006 330i 6MT Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Seattle, WA iTrader: (0)	Handset Phone Bars and BT System Phone Bars Not Correlated So I've looked at the bars on my phone and the bars on my non-idrive bluetooth phone system and they're not the same...or even close. What's up with that? This is while the phone is paired and connected, btw. What is the system reporting as opposed to the phone? Is that the reception I would have if I had a nifty snap-in adapter? Or is it just gobbledegook that means nothing? Placebo-bars? 2006 e90 330i w/premium package (+sport +mt6 +ca, but they're not relevant)
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tintivilus Lieutenant Colonel 26 Rep 1,826 Posts Drives: E92 335i Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Lake County, IL iTrader: (0) Garage List 2007 E92 335i [0.00] 2003 325i [0.00]	We've gone over this before, but I'll summarize. The signal strength displayed on the car (MID or iDrive) is what the phone tells the car when the car asks. If it's wrong, it's because your phone is returning a bad response to the query.
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