Interesting, I remember I had this enabled once a long time ago, it may have been on my 5S, just now when Mark posted this I tried it on my 6S Plus and while it brought up the Field Test, I could not get it to display the signal strength this way at all. If somehow the Plus phones can't do that it would make sense.
Regards, Sieghard -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Paul Sandoval Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2017 7:55 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: How to Display Your iPhone Signal Strength in Numbers in iOS 11 Mark, In my experience the plus sized phones have trouble with this trick. Just curious, do you have a plus phone? > On Sep 19, 2017, at 1:36 PM, M. Taylor <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello Everyone, > > Below, I am going to paste in the text that, up until now, it seems, > would place iOS in a permanent field test mode. This would allow one > to see the strength of the cell signal in numbers, rather than in > bars. For example, instead of displaying 1 of 5 bars it would display > -92. The numbers are much more accurate in determining how much > signal strength is actually available. > > However, after updating a Sprint phone, the following steps do not > appear to work. > > I am wondering if this is just a Sprint issue or is this option no > longer available in iOS 11. > > To be clear, the steps below do place the phone in field test mode > but, so far, I cannot get the setting to remain permanent. > > Can anyone please confirm this for me? > > Please let me know what cell network you're using also. > > Thank you,. > > Okay, below my signature, you will see the steps to take. > > Just so you know, these steps, will in no way damage your device or > service for it is used by service technicians from time-to-time. > > Mark > > How to Display Your iPhone Signal Strength in Numbers Info > > I have seen 2 different methods of putting your iPhone in Field Test > mode permanently in iOS 7, a short one and a long one. > > The short way: > > 1. > Open your phone app and dial *3001#12345#* and press send/call. (I > recommend putting this in your Notepad so can copy and paste it. You > will need it several times.) > > 2. > Press and hold the power button until the slide to close appears. > 3. > Hold the home to kill the Field Test mode app (In iOS 7 it will > restart, in iOS 6 it is now permanent.) > > 4. > Repeat step 2 and 3 a couple of times. > > 5. > Tap the home button to close Field Test mode. > > 6. > Repeat steps 1-3 (With a little bit of luck it will work the first > time here. I am usually able to get it the first time here. If not > keep > repeating.) > > 7. > When it works you will see the Field Test mode actually close and NOT > restart. When this happens it is now permanent. > > The long way: > > 1. > Open your phone app and dial *3001#12345#* and press send/call. > > 2. > Press and hold the power button until the slide to close appears. > > 3. > Slide the slide bar to turn your phone off. > 4. > Turn your phone back on. > > 5. > It should now be permanent. > > > > > > > > Here are the instructions from Redmond Pie: > > 1. > Dial *3001#12345#* on your iPhone then press Call. > > 2. > You'll now enter Field Test mode. You'll notice a signal strength > indicator on the upper left hand corner of your screen. You can toggle > between signal strength bars and a number by simply tapping on it. At > this point, press the home button to exit the app or if you would like > the feature to be permanent, continue on. Don't worry, the process is > completely reversible. > > 3. > Hold down on the Power button until you see the 'slide to power off' > bar. Do not power off the device. > > 4. > Press down on the Home button until the app closes and you return to > your home screen. > > That's it. Even when restarting the iPhone, the signal strength can be > toggled between bars and numbers. The closer your number is to zero, > the stronger your signal is. > > The lower your number, the stronger your signal but don't include the > minus sign when evaluating (so, if the signal says -60, that's better than > -90). > > To return to the default bars permanently, follow these steps: > > 1. > Dial *3001#12345#* on your iPhone then press Call. > > 2. > Press on your Home Button once. > > This trick may come in handy when you're in a dead zone and need to > know where to move to for a better signal. > > > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: > [email protected]. 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