For those of you who sat in line (or hired someone, or bought one on ebay, or just went to the store on your lunch break) for an iPhone, this little tip might come in handy. It's called Field Test Mode, and it shows you a BUNCH of info about the cellular connections around you. Most cellular phones have this little feature and it comes in handy when you are troubleshooting connections and/or hacking your signal. The mode lets you track signal strength with more detail than a "bar."
To access the iPhone Field Test Mode (aka Debug) type this into the dial pad: *3001#12345#* then hit [Call] You will be presented with a menu. Strength is shown next to the RX header under the Cellular menu. And it looks like strength is shown as -dBm. For example, -80 is a good signal, while -110 is poor. The higher the number (negative number, closer to zero) the better the signal. A strength of -1 means you are sitting on the tower and need to move away before you or your phone melts. On the iPhone, Field Test Mode also shows you something like 100 other parameters (I didn't actually count). And I don't know what a lot of it means... yet. The neat part is how it shows you the cell towers to which the phone is connected... the highest signal strength is listed on top (and hopefully that's the one you are using). If you don't have an iPhone, here's a list of field test modes for your phone: http://wilsonelectronics.com/Files/PDF/PhoneTestModes.swf Fun stuff! -Mike -- Mike Outmesguine Company: http://www.TransStellar.com <http://www.transstellar.com/> Book: http://www.wifi-toys.com <http://www.wifi-toys.com/> Wireless Users Group: http://www.socalwug.org <http://www.socalwug.org/> Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tollfree: (866)778-TECH Direct: +1-818-889-9445 x102 AOL-IM: SOCALWUG Yahoo-IM: mikeoutmesguine Say: /OUT-mess-geen/ *Visit the www.BongoBeat.com Second Life MP3 Store http://tinyurl.com/3dv53t --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "SOCALWUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/SOCALWUG SOCALWUG website: http://www.socalwug.org -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
