diff --git a/services/java/com/android/server/status/StatusBarPolicy.java b/services/java/com/android/server/status/StatusBarPolicy.java
index 44e0dad4231e9..55840e2721442 100644
--- a/services/java/com/android/server/status/StatusBarPolicy.java
+++ b/services/java/com/android/server/status/StatusBarPolicy.java
@@ -991,10 +991,10 @@ public class StatusBarPolicy {
             // asu = 0 (-113dB or less) is very weak
             // signal, its better to show 0 bars to the user in such cases.
             // asu = 99 is a special case, where the signal strength is unknown.
-            if (asu <= 0 || asu == 99) iconLevel = 0;
-            else if (asu >= 16) iconLevel = 4;
+            if (asu <= 2 || asu == 99) iconLevel = 0;
+            else if (asu >= 12) iconLevel = 4;
             else if (asu >= 8)  iconLevel = 3;
-            else if (asu >= 4)  iconLevel = 2;
+            else if (asu >= 5)  iconLevel = 2;
             else iconLevel = 1;
 
             // Though mPhone is a Manager, this call is not an IPC