Ledsteplin
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Agreed, it's the number of marks that'll be somewhat of a pain to get used to, not their shape. Fortunately I can continue to have my iPhone show dBm numbers (right? they aren't taking that away, are they?) but it doesn't appear to be possible on the iPad. No dialer function even though it's cellular and has its own phone number.
Sadly, they did take this feature out . In beta 1, dBm isn't in field test anymore, so you can't use the glitch to make your iPhone show dBm anymore. Bummer, because I used this feature a lot!
The numeric field test is not an Apple feature. Your carrier provides that. If it no longer works, it could be Apple has blocked it either intentionally or unintentionally. Or the carrier no longer offers it.
The numeric field test is not an Apple feature. Your carrier provides that. If it no longer works, it could be Apple has blocked it either intentionally or unintentionally. Or the carrier no longer offers it.
Really? I always though it was Apple that controlled it, but I can see how it would be carrier related. I saw it in a video, and the person had T-Mobile, so maybe it's just on that network.
Do you know if dBm will still be on AT&T?
The numeric field test is not an Apple feature. Your carrier provides that.
Do you have a source for this? I am almost 100% sure that this is just reporting the signal strength directly from the radio in the phone. I'm not sure exactly how the carrier would be able to tell the received signal strength of every device that is connected to a cell tower radio, or why it would waste bandwidth to broadcast what it thinks the received signal strength is.
I agree that this is not an "Apple feature" - it's in the firmware of the cellular radio.
Aw man. Hopefully this doesn't stick.
I remember everybody making a big stink when Apple went from the bars to the dots. I tell you Apple can not win no matter what they do ...