Poking around in Android the other day I found this nugget in Carrier Config manager; a flag (KEY_INFLATE_SIGNAL_STRENGTH_BOOL) to always report the signal strength to the user as one bar higher than it really is. It’s not documented in the Android docs, but it’s there in the source available for any operator to use. Notably … Continue reading Simple trick to increase coverage: Lying to users about signal strength→| Nick vs Networking