Android is amazing in that it is very flexible and has many settings options. Mobile phone manufacturers take advantage of this, adapting it to their own needs and then releasing their own extensions based on it. But mobile operators also have the ability to do magic with mobile phones. And that is not entirely fair to users. It has been shown that some of them artificially increase the strength of mobile signals. And in fact, they are lying to our eyes.
The Nick vs Networking portal has pointed out that mobile operators are artificially increasing the strength of mobile signals. Apparently, this They are abusing a hidden feature in Android., which shows the signal indicator with more bars than it should actually have. Users live in the blissful impression that they have a signal, their mobile internet will be fast enough and they can call anyone at any time without any problems. But this does not have to be the case at all.
It turned out that the operators AT&T and Verizon, but this dubious trick may be used by many more operators. And they did not prepare this deception for their customers themselves – according to available informationmacI worked with them directly. Google and allowed them to display fake signal strength on their phones. All they had to do was find a module in the Android source code Carrier Config Manager and in it a flag that serves to fictitious signal amplificationThe mobile phone then automatically shows one more linethan the actual mobile signal in the location.
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On Android phones, this feature is disabled by default, but operators can simply do a simple OTA update and the magic is done. And why? Because then they can boast that they have better coverage than the competition, people have better internet access and so on. And most users don't notice the difference in practice. Still, it's an unfair practice and people can hardly complain that they have a weak signalwhen it appears strong to them on their mobile.
