Hmm - I have a V3 (GSM) and I cant seem to get the instructions to work for me.
Thanks for the info! --- On Mon 07/09, Mike Outmesguine < [EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: From: Mike Outmesguine [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [email protected] Date: Sun, 8 Jul 2007 23:49:57 -0700 Subject: [SOCALWUG] iPhone signal strength, debug, field test mode - Lookit numbers instead of bars <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD><TITLE id=ridTitle>Blank</TITLE> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <STYLE>BODY { MARGIN-TOP: 25px; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 25px; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica } P.msoNormal { MARGIN-TOP: 0px; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; COLOR: #ffffcc; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica, "Times New Roman" } LI.msoNormal { MARGIN-TOP: 0px; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; COLOR: #ffffcc; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica, "Times New Roman" } </STYLE> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16481" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=ridBody background=""> <P><SPAN class=453493006-09072007><FONT color=#0000ff>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 </FONT></SPAN><SPAN class=453493006-09072007><FONT color=#0000ff>signal strength with more detail than a "bar."</FONT></SPAN></P> <P><SPAN class=453493006-09072007><FONT color=#0000ff>To access the iPhone Field Test Mode (aka Debug) type this into the dial pad: *3001#12345#* then hit [Call]</FONT></SPAN></P> <P><SPAN class=453493006-09072007><FONT color=#0000ff><SPAN class=453493006-09072007><FONT color=#0000ff>You will be presented with a menu. <SPAN class=453493006-09072007><FONT color=#0000ff><SPAN class=453493006-09072007>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.</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></P></FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN> <P><SPAN class=453493006-09072007><FONT color=#0000ff><SPAN class=453493006-09072007><FONT color=#0000ff>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). </FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></P> <DIV><SPAN class=453493006-09072007><FONT color=#0000ff>If you don't have an iPhone, here's a list of field test modes for your phone:</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=453493006-09072007><FONT color=#0000ff><A href="http://wilsonelectronics.com/Files/PDF/PhoneTestModes.swf";>http://wilsonelectronics.com/Files/PDF/PhoneTestModes.swf</A></FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=453493006-09072007><FONT color=#0000ff></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=453493006-09072007><FONT color=#0000ff>Fun stuff!</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=453493006-09072007><FONT color=#0000ff>-Mike</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=453493006-09072007><FONT color=#0000ff></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff></FONT> </DIV><!-- Converted from text/plain format --> <P>--<BR>Mike Outmesguine<BR>Company: <A href="http://www.transstellar.com/";>http://www.TransStellar.com</A><BR>Book: <A href="http://www.wifi-toys.com/";>http://www.wifi-toys.com</A><BR>Wireless Users Group: <A href="http://www.socalwug.org/";>http://www.socalwug.org</A><BR>Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]<BR>Tollfree: (866)778-TECH<BR>Direct: +1-818-889-9445 x102<BR>AOL-IM: SOCALWUG<BR>Yahoo-IM: mikeoutmesguine<BR>Say: /OUT-mess-geen/<BR><BR>*Visit the www.BongoBeat.com Second Life MP3 Store <A href="http://tinyurl.com/3dv53t";>http://tinyurl.com/3dv53t</A><BR><BR></P> <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff></FONT> </DIV><br> </BODY></HTML> <br> <p> _______________________________________________ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
