run the ap again and quit normally. On Oct 19, 2013, at 6:55 PM, Daniel McGee <venables134@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: What do you do if you want to go back to bars as a pose to numbers? On 19 Oct 2013, at 23:52, David Hilbert Poehlman <poehlman1@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > hold down the power button till it says power off instead of turning it off, > press and hold the home button till it is quit. > > On Oct 19, 2013, at 6:12 PM, John Harden <jharden01@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > This field test is quite interesting. Sitting here at my desk I get -63. I > cannot seem to make it stick no matter how long I hold down the power button. > Did I do some thing wrong? > > John Harden > Quality Brailler Repair LLC > > For professional Perkins Braille Writer repair. > > 386-238-5871 > jharden01@xxxxxxxxxx > 145 N. Halifax Ave. #605 > Daytona Beach, FL 32118 > > > > On Oct 19, 2013, at 8:39 AM, David Hilbert Poehlman <poehlman1@xxxxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > >> All, >> >> I found this to be useful so hope the author doesn't mind that I plant it >> here. >> >> BTW, >> Happy Catterday! >> >> ---begin quoted message:--- >> Hi all! >> Just wanted to throw in a quick tip for those of you who's not aware of this. >> To check your networks signal in a more accurate way, to check if it's the >> signal strenght that's bugging you, you can always use the iPhone Field Test. >> Just open the phone app, then the keyboard and type in: >> *3001#12345#* >> and then hit call. You'll now bring up the iPhone Field Test screen, which >> has a lot of information that I have yet to figure out. But the handy part, >> is that the bars that shows the signal strength on the left side of the >> status bar, has now changed to a number, with a minus sign in front of it. >> This is a much more accurate number than the 5 bars can give you, and you can >> also use it when calling your carrier to complain! >> Here's how it works: >> The lower the number, the better is your signal. You'll never get anything >> lower than -40, and that's the theoretical signal you may get when standing >> right beside a network base station. But considering that 5 bars is equal to >> around -80, you can get much more information from this. >> I think 2 bars is somewhere around -100, and above -100 you will find that >> your voice begins dropping out and making wierd noises while on a phone call. >> -110 is the place where the whole phone calls starts dropping out and you'll >> have to constantly try to call your conversation partner back, even though >> you'd probably not have any good luck doing that. >> At around -120 - -130 the network announced will fall out, and "No service" >> will appear in stead in the status bar. >> That's it, a lot more accurate information to get from this hidden iPhone >> feature than the common signal bars. >> Oh, and a last tip: >> If you want this to stick in your status bar, so that you can always switch >> between signal strength in bars or this number, which I believe is given in >> dBm's, you can do this: >> While the Field test screen is open, hold down the Sleep/On/Off-button until >> the slide to turn off appears. Then, don't slide to turn off the phone, but >> hold the home-button down for a few seconds, to force quit the field test >> app, and return to the home-screen again. >> Now you can double-tap the area in the statusbar where the signal strength is >> shown to switch between this dbm-number and the more common known bars. >> >> >> >> -- >> Jonnie Appleseed >> With His >> Hands-On Technolog(eye)s >> touching the internet >> Reducing Technology's disabilities >> One Byte At a time >> > > ************ You are subscribed to the mac4theblind mailing list. The url for this list, where one can unsubscribe or make any changes to their list subscription is: //www.freelists.org/list/mac4theblind The list archive is located at //www.freelists.org/archive/mac4theblind/ All emails intended for the list owner can be sent to: john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ************ You are subscribed to the mac4theblind mailing list. The url for this list, where one can unsubscribe or make any changes to their list subscription is: //www.freelists.org/list/mac4theblind The list archive is located at //www.freelists.org/archive/mac4theblind/ All emails intended for the list owner can be sent to: john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx