Following iOS upgrade, the signal strength meter, which was previously set to display dbm signal strength for the mobile phone signal has reverted to bars.
WHY?
http://www.zdnet.com/article/your-iphones-has-a-hidden-signal-strength-meter/
This no longer works after the iOS 11 upgrade! And using the previous code set of *3001#12345#* no longer works to activate this feature.
iPhone 6s Plus, iOS 11.0.3
There is a workaround to see the signal strength indicator. You can't get it to display in place of the bars at the top of your screen but you are at least able to see the measurements. Here is a video that describes the procedure: iPhone Field Test Mode Signal Strength Indicator - YouTube
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This has been discussed in many fora and the consensus is the feature has been eliminated.
My video is on an iPhone7 with iOS 11.1.1 and T-Mobile service. The menu is different on a Verizon phone and I just checked out Verizon on an iPhone 8. They all three have different menus. However, both of the Verizon phones have menus for Serving Cell Measurement - Measurement RSSI. The Measurement RSSI appears to be the signal strength indicator.
I do have that option (Verizon, iOS 11.0.3), but it does not reliably show any value. (Almost every time I enter the Serving Cell Measurements menu, none of the items display any value.)
Again, nice to know there may be a way to get the info at least sometimes, but it's not nearly as consistent or easy as it was before the feature was removed. :/ Fingers remain crossed.
I was SUPER disappointed to wake up this morning and find my overnight update had toasted this feature. I’m even more disappointed to find there’ve been rumblings of this for months and Apple does not seem to have addressed it. My bad for updating without checking on my fave features, but c’mon, Apple...
Pretty p*ssed off here too! It was working. Nothing required but to leave it alone. Someone at Apple has gone out of their way to actively disable the functionality. Then, to make everyone even angrier, no one from Apple has the decency to respond to explain. Disgraceful behaviour. At least have the decency to front up and say why you've done what you've done.
Thanks. That's semi-helpful -- it's good to know the info is hidden in there somewhere. Unfortunately, I am not seeing the same menu options as you. I found Serving Cell Measurements on my initial screen (not on an LTE menu), but it doesn't offer the same options underneath. There's an Average RSRP and a Measured RSRP, but those numbers are seriously different and I'm not sure I trust either. (Average RSRP is ~-139dbm, which seems to map better to the single bar I'm seeing than the Measured value of -63dbm...)
I'll keep digging, though. Thanks!
Thanks -- still no insights into why this very useful feature has been disabled. Would like to hear from someone at Apple. It's something I used routinely for work -- now have no substitute unless I go out and buy costly test equipment that effectively does the same thing. What a waste. Let's keep pushing the issue til someone from Apple responds. :-)
It's pretty obvious that the feature has been eliminated -- WHY? It was a perfectly functional and useful feature -- Why remove something that's working???
Do you see Measurement RSSI? That appears to be the signal strength.
Same here. I think the info posted by jasonsele is an older version of the FieldTest software and prior to IOS11. I don't see those menus either.
What happened to the dbm signal strength display following iOS 11 upgrade?
