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Quick-fire questions
How to flash the LED in my iPhone for alerts?
> If you can’t be sure that you’ll hear its alert sounds or feel its haptics, set your iPhone’s LED to flash in Settings > Accessibility > Audio/ Visual > ‘LED Flash for Alerts’. Enable ‘LED Flash for Alerts’ at the top, and choose whether you want them to happen when your phone is unlocked or in Silent Mode.
How to check iPhone Bluetooth signal strength?
> Our favourite is George Garside’s Bluetooth Inspector, which will scan and interrogate the devices it finds, and displays their percentage signal strength even in its free version. In-app purchase of its more sophisticated Pro version adds features including the sending of messages, detailed logs, and background scanning.