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06-12-2009, 05:41 PM
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Radio Signal Strength
To check the quality of your radio go to Options/Status. The number will tell you how good a signal you are receiving. It is opposite of what you might think, as the lower the number the stronger the signal.
I didn't know this until I was having trouble with Vlingo timing out and they sent me the following reply:
"Vlingo works best with a strong network signal. Click BlackBerry Options -> Status. Ideally you want to see Signal somewhere between 0 and -100 dBm. The closer to 0, the better (though you’ll probably never see much lower than -80 or so – this would indicate a very strong signal). A value beyond -100 dBm indicates a weak signal and you may experience timeouts. Move to an area where you have a better signal."
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06-12-2009, 05:43 PM
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Originally Posted by painlessone
To check the quality of your radio go to Options/Status. The number will tell you how good a signal you are receiving. It is opposite of what you might think, as the lower the number the stronger the signal.
I didn't know this until I was having trouble with Vlingo timing out and they sent me the following reply:
"Vlingo works best with a strong network signal. Click BlackBerry Options -> Status. Ideally you want to see Signal somewhere between 0 and -100 dBm. The closer to 0, the better (though you’ll probably never see much lower than -80 or so – this would indicate a very strong signal). A value beyond -100 dBm indicates a weak signal and you may experience timeouts. Move to an area where you have a better signal."
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Great tip!  Thanks for sharing 
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06-12-2009, 06:22 PM
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Thanks for posting this should help out a lot of people that didn't know about this.
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06-12-2009, 07:05 PM
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and here's a table that translates the numbers into bars
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06-12-2009, 07:12 PM
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and here's a table that translates the numbers into bars
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Outstanding find 
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06-12-2009, 07:31 PM
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Nice find but what I find a little odd is that I have never seen my phone less that -80 with 5 bars.
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06-12-2009, 07:32 PM
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Originally Posted by jlevy73
Nice find but what I find a little odd is that I have never seen my phone less that -80 with 5 bars.
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your such a downer me neither 
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06-12-2009, 07:33 PM
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your such a downer me neither |
Just pointing out the fact Idaho Bob 
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06-12-2009, 07:35 PM
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Just pointing out the fact Idaho Bob |
Speaking of Idaho I found a shirt for you what size are you?
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06-12-2009, 07:37 PM
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XL please that way I can hide my flux bluetooth capacitor under it
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Change Radio Signal Strength to Digital |
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06-12-2009, 08:11 PM
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Change Radio Signal Strength to Digital
Or you can change the display.
Change the display of the 'signal strength' to read in real numbers. While at the home screen, in landscape mode, qwerty keyboard, hold down the ALT key to lock it, then type !,""
To get the signal bars back, While at the home screen, in landscape mode/qwerty, hold down the ALT key to lock it, then type !,"" again.
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06-12-2009, 08:17 PM
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Originally Posted by cruznthru
Or you can change the display.
Change the display of the 'signal strength' to read in real numbers. While at the home screen, in landscape mode, qwerty keyboard, hold down the ALT key to lock it, then type !,""
To get the signal bars back, While at the home screen, in landscape mode/qwerty, hold down the ALT key to lock it, then type !,"" again.
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Thanks cruz. By the way, have you ever seen anything less than -80?
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06-12-2009, 08:18 PM
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Come to think of it, I haven't.
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06-12-2009, 08:18 PM
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Originally Posted by cruznthru
Come to think of it, I haven't.
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Yeah me either, oh well.
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06-12-2009, 08:21 PM
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Yeah me either, oh well.
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You made me test this when i first saw you post it and i havent seen it either
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06-12-2009, 08:21 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by cruznthru
Or you can change the display.
Change the display of the 'signal strength' to read in real numbers. While at the home screen, in landscape mode, qwerty keyboard, hold down the ALT key to lock it, then type !,""
To get the signal bars back, While at the home screen, in landscape mode/qwerty, hold down the ALT key to lock it, then type !,"" again.
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Nice Cruz I forgot about this tip
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