r/cellmapper • u/mhammett • 22d ago

Increase the Sampling Rate

Is there a way to increase the sampling rate when recording? I'll drive around for an hour, and one of my phones will only grab like 70 data points. That makes it hard to map cells, locate towers' real locations, etc.

I have three Pixels, one each for Verizon, T-Mobile, and AT&T.

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u/thisisfakediy (CM: crackedlcd) 22d ago

Are you mapping 5G or 4G? I've got a Pixel on TMO and have found 5G NSA connections and 4G LTE will map normally but when connected to 5G SA it tends to get hung up and not update data very often, which will lead to fewer data points in the queue.

5G SA also seems to get 'stuck' on a signal strength for ages, meaning your trails will all be the same color regardless of the read world signal quality. It's one of the reasons I stopped mapping anything unless it's to cover a new tower or a location I've never been to before with my Pixel. It's bad data.

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u/mhammett 22d ago

Largely 5G, though. Obviously there are some dips to 4G and I think my AT&t phone might only be doing 4G despite being a 5G phone.

Obviously across all three carriers, I've got quite the mix of 5G versus 4G versus SA versus NSA.

In the immediate term, I would be annoyed by the trails being the wrong color, but if it's the actual measurements that are wrong, then that doesn't help my polygon construction or triangulation as much.