[mac4theblind] Re: field testing in iOS:
- From: John Harden <jharden01@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2013 07:21:57 -0400
I am using the iPhone 5.
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 8:45 PM, David Hilbert Poehlman <poehlman1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> 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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