iPhone signal strength

conolan

After a trawl I found this is the code (combined with the call button) to show signal strength.
*3001#12345#*

Quote from http://www.cellsignalreception.com/cell-signal-strength.html

Signal strength is actually measured in a negative numeric range of -50 dB to beyond -110 dB. If your cell signal strength is -50 dB you would have a fantastically strong signal, on of the best. In fact almost perfect. If your signal strength is -100 dB then you have a very poor signal and are probably ready to drop the call.

time42play

Mine goes from -87 in the upstairs front window to -113 anywhere downstairs in the house. That's the only reason I'm thinking of switching to Vodafone.

conolan

Mine is about 95 upstairs, and often loses signal. Need a similar test for a standard phone to understand how much poorer iPhone reception is.

Gryzor

just tried it at work where i always get full bars, with perfect call quality, and its reading -77, probobly need to be sitting on the mast to get close to -50..

on a side note, if you have sbsettings installed, you can turn on "Numeric GSM" through "Extra & Options"...

antodeco

Mines sitting at -55

EDIT: -51

Gryzor

antodeco wrote: »

Mines sitting at -55

EDIT: -51

get off the feckin mast, you're blocking our signal!! :eek:

antodeco

Gryzor wrote: »

get off the feckin mast, you're blocking our signal!! :eek:

I have a few modifications :P