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Find The Strongest Nearby Cellular Signal
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ByRussell Kirkpatrick
Talk about a hidden feature! Forget waving your phone in the air and walking around to find the strongest cellular signal. Just use this trick and you\’ll get a clear indication of signal strength:
- Open the Phone app.
- Dial *3001#12345#*.
- Tap the call button.
- In iOS 6 through 10, this loads the Field Test screen and you can skip to step 7. On iOS 11 and up, it loads the Dashboard.
- Tap LTE.
- Tap Serving Cell Meas and look for the lines rsrp0 (your current cell tower) and rsrp1 (the closest backup tower).
- Tap the signal strength indicator in the top left corner.
- The lower the number, the better the signal. So -90 is a great signal, -110 is OK, and -125 is no signal at all. Walk around to see how the signal strength changes and use your phone where you have a low number.
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