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iOS 7 Beta 4- odd cellular reception
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Its a setting within the radio parameters which define the range of signal reception for each bar ... its a number to visual representation which they seem to have now changed ... Nothing big to talk about here , it may change back in next beta or GM or never !
That was my original position too, that they'd changed the way they report signal strength.
I'm wavering, however, toward a radio tweak as I seem to be getting a cell/mobile reception in places I definitely had none at all before on iOS 6 or any of the betas until 4.
3 UK here iPhone 5 and I'm getting much better speeds since Beta 4. Used to get 3mb 2 bars now I'm getting 5 with 7/8mb - They've increased the power to the antenna by the looks of it, not a bug. That would effect battery life but getting much better results than Beta 3.
my verizon iphone 4 test unit im using shows the correct amount of bars for where i am now. ill see what my verizon iphone 5 shows once i finish the install.
EDIT: my iphone is reflecting the correct signal strength as well.
EDIT: my iphone is reflecting the correct signal strength as well.
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Just can't get it to indicate anything but 5 dots, when I know there should be less.
I'm on T-Mobile iphone5 I ran the field test ( just dial *3001#12345#* in phone app). It sows -106 even thou I have 5 dots.
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Did you guys tried turning on/off airplane mode? mine is been working fine after that...
I am the opposite. I have less bars (dots) and actually have No Service showing up every day since beta 3.
I see 5 dots while out (off my street) but never when in the house. I used to have 4 pretty consistently except in a corner of my kitchen.
iPhone 4S VZW.
I see 5 dots while out (off my street) but never when in the house. I used to have 4 pretty consistently except in a corner of my kitchen.
iPhone 4S VZW.
Here too, my school has really bad reception, either no service or only 1 bar and now in iOS 7 beta 4 it's either no service or 5 dots. nothing in between...
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Has anyone noticed a problem with tower switching and LTE. For example, I have an AT&T iPhone 5. Sometimes when I handshake from tower to tower I lose LTE and the phone just shows AT&T with full bars and no data. I can't access the internet
however, if I turn LTE off and then toggle airplane mode, the phone will come back up with 4G service and I can access data
I just put my iPhone 5 into a metallic box(which I tested before with a bunch of different phones, they usually either lose signal or have 1 bar left(in the -100 range).My iPhone 5 did drop bars, so it's definitely not stuck!
Yes still showing 5 bars in a crappy signal area here too. Only affects 3G though, not lte or 2g