Category Archives: Mobile

5G Signal Strength

By | September 20, 2023

Excellent: -50 dBm to -65 dBm (or full signal bars) Good Signal: -66 dBm to -80 dBm (or 3-4 signal bars) Fair Signal: -81 dBm to -95 dBm (or 2 signal bars) Poor Signal: -96 dBm and below (or 1 signal bar or no signal)

Voicemail Delayed Delivery

By | October 27, 2021

The user misses a call and checks for a voicemail only to find none. The next day the voicemail finally shows up. The fix is to delete all the messages from the carrier’s system and start over.

iTunes & Drive Space

By | October 4, 2019

iTunes requires a great deal of free space when restoring an iOS device. Encrypted backups build an unencrypted copy of the data, as it loads it back to the device. You will need at least enough free space to match 200% of the backup you plan to restore.  Backups are located here: C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Roaming\Apple Computer\MobileSync\Backup or C:\Users\%username%\Apple\MobileSync\Backup