How to return the month view format on IPhone to show text of events and not dots?

The month view in my IPhone ICal is now filled with dots to let me know I have an event as opposed to the former view where I could see text at a glance and know what I had to do on certain days. The month view of days with dots is now worthless to me unless i can change it back to see text. Also, you have to scroll through to see all the hours in a day. Is this really necessary? Who has time to enter in so much activity on their daily calendar that is reqires scrolling through the hours? Can I make the entire day appear on one screen if I'm in day view?

Thanks for your help.