That sucks... It's strange that Apple chose now to make it so difficult to mod the boot panel.

Made it work. The new pdf must be exactly the same size (bytes) as the original. My new one was smaller so it was padded with nulls before the $EOF. \n's will also work. I don'…

Can you describe exactly how you made the edit? What tool did you use?

how do you crack the executible open to get at the .pdf? -Andrew

hex dump was used in this case but any number of other approaches will work. The key is be sure the new image is exactly the same size as the original image.

I used Photoshop and Resorcerer (HexEdit would do just fine). I'd be interested in better methods for reducing the size of a pdf image. Don't forget the progress bar: http://forum…

Nope. None on a 12" 1.5GHz.

my airport base station is downstairs. when i am downstairs i get full signal. in my room (up stairs, far away from the base station) i used to get about 2 bars. yesterday i not…

i posted a comment regarding this issue about a week ago in another thread also regarding airport reception... i personally have noticed increased signal strength (similar setup a…

Yes, they recalibrated the signal strength--I've seen it in multiple laptops with multiple wifi sources.

Definitely improved my airport reception on my Rev. C 15" PB

Quote: Originally Posted by gametime10 Definitely improved my airport reception on my Rev. C 15" PB same here.

Quote: Originally Posted by mrmister Yes, they recalibrated the signal strength--I've seen it in multiple laptops with multiple wifi sources. By "recalibrated the signal st…

I understand its down to the fact that the icon is now showing signal quality not signal strength. An un scientific simplified example for a 100% signal, you don't have any noise…

12in Rev c 1.33 Powerbook and my reception has improved. I'm happy.

^ Same here, I get 4 bars all around the house, I used to get 2 bars in my room (the router is one floor beneath me).

remember your signal reception has not actually changed, the 4 bars are just showing something different now. only thing that really would increase your strength is an ext antenna…

Are you really sure it's a purely cosmetic enhancement? I've got some more bars too. But i've also got slightly increased transfer speeds. Example: Used to transfer stuff at ab…

Can't remember where I heard it, but I was told that the signal strength remains the same, but tiger helps to reduce noise, which is represented by more bars. In short, you should…

I get all 4 bars as opposed to 2. My AX is about 100 ft. away.

Signal strength has gone down for me. I'm 3m from a D-Link base station and getting 3 bars. With Panther I had full strength.

I used to barely be able to connect to a near-by AP with maybe one bar. Now it has full strength but I can not connect to it at all. Apple may have changed some of the baseband p…

i'm up to four bars everywhere in my house.

same. 4 bars everywhere.

They have changed how they rate the signal, and they have also changed (to a smaller degree) how receptive the systems are. Overall it appears to be a change for the better.