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Screenshot of nickvsnetworking.com: Simple trick to increase coverage: Lying to users about signal strength

Simple trick to increase coverage: Lying to users about signal strength (nickvsnetworking.com)

365 points by tsujamin 11 months ago | 142 comments

A blog post on Nick vs Networking about an Android carrier config option (KEY_INFLATE_SIGNAL_STRENGTH_BOOL) that lets carriers inflate displayed signal bars.

android signal-strength carrier-config mobile-networks

Screenshot of nickvsnetworking.com: Bell Labs gave up its roof to patch the Statue of Liberty

Bell Labs gave up its roof to patch the Statue of Liberty (nickvsnetworking.com)

280 points by jmurphyau 3 years ago | 73 comments

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Simple trick to increase coverage: Lying to users about signal strength(nickvsnetworking.com)

Bell Labs gave up its roof to patch the Statue of Liberty(nickvsnetworking.com)

Simple trick to increase coverage: Lying to users about signal strength (nickvsnetworking.com)

Bell Labs gave up its roof to patch the Statue of Liberty (nickvsnetworking.com)