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How good is your signal strength?

  • 01-07-2009 1:55am
    #1
    Purple Gorilla
    Closed Accounts Posts: 865 ✭✭✭


    Open up your Phone and dial the following:
    *3001#12345#*

    Then hit Call.

    The Field Test mode will come up and if you look in the top left where signal bars should be, you'll see a negative number instead. Anywhere below -100 is reasonably good. Anywhere around -50 is the best signal you can get.

    I'm in my house and I'm floating around the -95 mark ;_;


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  • #2
    Victor_M
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,608 ✭✭✭Victor_M


    -109 in work for me, crappy reception just where I sit, if I move 10 ft in any direction it's fine


  • #3
    Hagar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,793 ✭✭✭✭Hagar


    -75 fluctuating to -79.


  • #4
    mad muffin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,034 ✭✭✭mad muffin


    I get anything thing from full bars to no service at my house. :(

    At -87 atm and now -79. But I will frequently get no service.:eek:


  • #5
    seamus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 68,317 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    -79 here in work. Have to try this when I get home :D


  • #6
    TinCool
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,894 ✭✭✭TinCool


    -51 for me here in work. Will check out same when I get home.


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  • #7
    Dades
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 25,558 Mod ✭✭✭✭Dades


    Getting anything between -99 and -113 in work.

    So the closer you are up toward -50 is better?

    Was going to save that number from "recently dialed" but it seems it doesn't actually dial it. Will have to cut and paste it in from a wee note to try it later.


  • #8
    mad muffin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,034 ✭✭✭mad muffin


    Dades wrote: »
    Getting anything between -99 and -113 in work.

    So the closer you are up toward -50 is better?

    Was going to save that number from "recently dialed" but it seems it doesn't actually dial it. Will have to cut and paste it in from a wee note to try it later.


    No the lower the number the better.


  • #9
    anoble66
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,096 ✭✭✭anoble66


    weird.....i am getting full signal but its going between -103 and -89


  • #10
    slinky2000
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,287 ✭✭✭slinky2000


    in work on meteor -51!


  • #11
    Tom Dunne
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,212 ✭✭✭✭Tom Dunne


    On Meteor, in Downtown Dublin, getting -71.


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  • #12
    Delirium
    Moderators Posts: 51,917 ✭✭✭✭Delirium


    -87 on 02 in Limerick city centre

    If you can read this, you're too close!



  • #13
    Dades
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 25,558 Mod ✭✭✭✭Dades


    mad muffin wrote: »
    No the lower the number the better.
    Are you sure? -113 being lower than -50 etc...
    Little confused here with the OP.


  • #14
    mad muffin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,034 ✭✭✭mad muffin


    Dades wrote: »
    Are you sure? -113 being lower than -50 etc...


    In this instance disregard the - Next time your signal is weak check it out the number value will be high.:cool:


  • #15
    Dades
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 25,558 Mod ✭✭✭✭Dades


    mad muffin wrote: »
    disregard the -
    Preposterous!
    Anyhoo, the closer to 50 you get the better. Like I suspected originally.


  • #16
    mad muffin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,034 ✭✭✭mad muffin


    Dades wrote: »
    Preposterous!
    Anyhoo, the closer to 50 you get the better. Like I suspected originally.


    Good man yourself!! You are now ready to join the Church of Scientology.:pac:


  • #17
    Purple Gorilla
    Closed Accounts Posts: 865 ✭✭✭Purple Gorilla


    Dades wrote: »
    Are you sure? -113 being lower than -50 etc...
    Little confused here with the OP.
    Sorry, I meant as in the closer you are to -50, the better. Anywhere over -100 isn't the best!

    Also the number fluctuates when you switch between Edge and 3G. You can get -60 while on Edge but may only get -95 while on 3G. The range you get on you signal will always be between -50 and -115dBm with -50 being the best and -115 the worst. You'll only ever really get -50 if you're standing right under a Cell Tower or if you're really close to one.


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