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Look up at the top left corner of your iPhone… You see those little dots? As you should be aware by now, these dots are Apple’s way of representing something as complicated as a reception meter in a way a layman should understand. While this representation works for most users, it’s terribly inaccurate, and frankly doesn’t present much information.

What you may not be aware of however is that starting with iOS 4.1 Apple included a hidden app called “test app” that, when opened, enables a cool db meter where your traditional signal dots would be.

Jump over the break to learn how to enable numeric signal strength on your iPhone…

Continue reading “HOW TO: Enable Numeric Signal Strength On iOS 8”

Look up at the top left corner of your iPhone… You see those little dots? As you should be aware by now, these dots are Apple’s way ( Apple didn’t invent those dots ( or vertical bars on any other phone and iPhone pre-iOS7  – but they probably have a patent on it – but we’re talking about the iPhone now ) of representing something as complicated as a reception meter in a way a layman should understand. While this representation works for most users, it’s terribly inaccurate, and frankly doesn’t present much information.

What you may not be aware of however is that starting with iOS 4.1 Apple included a hidden app called “test app” that, when opened, enables a cool db meter where your traditional signal dots would be.

Jump over the break to learn how to enable numeric signal strength on your iPhone…

Continue reading “HOW TO: Enable Numeric Signal Strength On Your iPhone 5, iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c Running iOS 7”

Look up at the top left corner of your iPhone… You see those little bars? As you should be aware by now, these vertical bars are Apple’s way ( Apple didn’t invent those bars – but they probably have a patent on it – but we’re talking about the iPhone now ) of representing something as complicated as a reception meter in a way a layman should understand. While this representation works for most users, it’s terribly inaccurate, and frankly doesn’t present much information.

What you may not be aware of however is that starting with iOS 4.1 Apple included a hidden app called “test app”, then when opened enables a cool db meter where your traditional signal bars would be.

Jump over the break to learn how to enable numeric signal strength on your iPhone…

Continue reading “HOW TO: Enable Numeric Signal Strength On Your iPhone”