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<DIV>For Iphone users.. Dan W5AOV</DIV>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px; LINE-HEIGHT: 20px"><FONT face=Helvetica><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt">Ever find yourself questioning how accurate those little
signal strength dots are on your iPhone?</FONT></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px; LINE-HEIGHT: 20px"><FONT face=Helvetica><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt">Luckily, there's a trick to reveal your iPhone's true
signal strength, and it takes less than a minute to enable.</FONT></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px; LINE-HEIGHT: 20px"><FONT face=Helvetica><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt">First, you'll need to access a hidden app on your phone
called Field Test Mode. To do this, you'll need to open up your Phone app and
dial the following number, *3001#12345#* , including the asterisks and hashtag,
and tap "Call."</FONT></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt">This opens up Field Test Mode, which is mostly filled
with menus of cell signal jargon that you don't need to worry about. What you're
interested in is the tiny number in the upper left-hand corner of your iPhone,
which should have replaced those cell signal dots.</FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px; LINE-HEIGHT: 20px"><FONT face=Helvetica><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt">Here, for example, my iPhone is showing my cell signal to
be -59.</FONT></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px; LINE-HEIGHT: 20px"><FONT face=Helvetica><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt">While that number can vary anywhere from -40 to -130, it
will always be negative, and the closer that number is to zero, the better your
cell signal, </FONT></FONT><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt"><A
style='href: "http://osxdaily.com/2012/08/20/field-test-mode-iphone-signal-strength-numbers/"'><FONT
color=#00709a><FONT style="TEXT-DECORATION: none" face=Helvetica>according to
OSX Daily.</FONT></FONT></A></FONT><FONT face=Helvetica><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt"> The best signal you can get would be -40, and no signal
at all would be -130.</FONT></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px; LINE-HEIGHT: 20px"><FONT face=Helvetica><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt">To exit Field Test Mode, you can simply tap the home
button and you'll be brought back to your iPhone's home screen, no harm
done.</FONT></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px; LINE-HEIGHT: 20px"><FONT face=Helvetica><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt">Now, you can always repeat this process to enter Field
Test Mode and see your true cellular signal, but if you'd like the ability to
always check that number without going through that hassle, you can set things
up so your iPhone will display both numbers if you just tap the signal dots in
the future.</FONT></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px; LINE-HEIGHT: 20px"><FONT face=Helvetica><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt">To be able to peek at your true signal strength number
you need to get back into Field Test Mode by redialing </FONT><SPAN><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt">*3001#12345#* and tapping
"Call."</FONT></SPAN></FONT></P>
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face=Helvetica><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt">You'll be brought to the Field Test
App, but instead of using the home button to exit, hold down your iPhone's
power/sleep button until it shows the "Slide to power off" screen and then hold
the down your iPhone's home button, which will force quit Field Test
App.</FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px; LINE-HEIGHT: 20px"><SPAN><FONT
face=Helvetica><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt">You'll be back to your iPhone's
homescreen, but this time you should notice that your signal strength number has
replaced your signal strength dots.</FONT></FONT></SPAN></P><SPAN
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style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt">Read more: </FONT></FONT><A style="COLOR: "
href="http://www.businessinsider.com/how-to-see-your-iphones-true-cell-signal-strength-2014-11#ixzz3jEF1FA9x"><FONT
face=Helvetica><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt" color=#003399><FONT
style="TEXT-DECORATION: none">http://www.businessinsider.com/how-to-see-your-iphones-true-cell-signal-strength-2014-11#ixzz3jEF1FA9x</FONT></FONT></FONT></A></SPAN><BR></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>