What are the options for making information on an Android phone available to a tethered machine?
<p>End goal: be able to see what level and type of cell connectivity my phone currently has on the laptop that is tethered to the phone (e.g. 4g:two bars, 3g:4 bars, etc.).</p>

<p>I don't really care how I achieve this.  My first thought was either a server on the laptop that the phone pings every X seconds or vice versa, but since my knowledge of Android development is next to zero, I figured it was worth finding out what my options were.</p>
