[mac4theblind] Re: field testing in iOS:
- From: David Hilbert Poehlman <poehlman1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2013 23:26:28 -0400
to return to bars, open the connection and double tap the numbers toggling them
to bars and close.
On Oct 19, 2013, at 11:54 PM, Samuel Negron <samuel_negron@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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.
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Jonnie Appleseed
>> With His
>> Hands-On Technolog(eye)s
>> touching the internet
>> Reducing Technology's disabilities
>> One Byte At a time
>>
>
>
>
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