[mac4theblind] Re: field testing in iOS:
- From: Samuel Negron <samuel_negron@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2013 20:54:18 -0700
Works like a charm on the iPhone 5s. It just gives the numbers now, though, and
I can’t toggle between the bar readout and the numeric representation.
I used to have this enabled when I jailbroke my iPhone. Glad to figure out how
to have it back.
From: David Hilbert Poehlman
Sent: Saturday, October 19, 2013 5:45 PM
To: mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [mac4theblind] Re: field testing in iOS:
what phone are you using?
On Oct 19, 2013, at 8:43 PM, John Harden <jharden01@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
It's still stuck on bars. Can't seem to make it change after exiting the field
test mode. Now that the sun went down I get -56.
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 6:52 PM, 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.
--
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