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Antennagate 2.0? Iphone 4S dropouts on data and voice

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flitter

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Apr 6, 2008
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Hi,

Everyone I know with a 4S is having dropouts with their phones and there seems to be very little discussion about this on the forums ... does anyone else have a situation that the phone seems to lose (dropout) data coverage yet retain voice, then drop voice and reconnect to the cellular network?

Has anyone found a fix?

I'm running SignalAlert overnight at the moment and even sitting in the cradle with 5 bars of real good (8Mbit/sec download speed) i've had 3 dropouts overnight.

Is it specific to Telstra and Vodafone (Australia)?

Anyone else seeing this? Anyone had a fix?
 
I've noticed that my 4S sometimes takes longer than my 4 did to get bars when I leave an elevator or come back from the basement
 
My first 4S dropped a lot of calls for some weird reason but I took it to Apple and got a new one and my new 4S rarely drops calls, actually I don't think it has dropped a call yet.
 
not a single issue with my 4s, haven't had a dropped call at all.

Plus Antennagate 2.0 sounds like you're still having problems with a certain way you hold your phone and then it dropping calls. Sounds like you just have bad service.
 
My 4S is amazing when it comes to call quality. I have good signal in places that I didnt have any reception with my galaxy S 2 or my iphone 4.
Antenagate 2.0 is bogus.
 
oGu said:
My 4S is amazing when it comes to call quality. I have good signal in places that I didnt have any reception with my galaxy S 2 or my iphone 4.
Antenagate 2.0 is bogus.
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this thread should be deleted immediately.

Just don't feed his ego anymore. he had one post back in April 2008, then one now trying to "coin a phrase", waste of a thread
 
flitter said:
Everyone I know with a 4S is having dropouts with their phones and there seems to be very little discussion about this on the forums ...
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As stated above that's because it's not a common issue. If everyone you know with a 4S is having this problem then what's common to all of them? Start with that rather than trying to make a broad, sweeping generalization about "Antennagate".
 
I had no issues with bars. Still get dropped calls though. It may be wishful thinking, but it's better than it was with my 4. I have had two dropped calls since I've had it (since launch). I talk about an hour or two a day. Would have had 4-8 with the 4 by now.
 
It's only happened a couple of times but I have dropped calls with 2 bars of signal. Only thing I can think of is that the iPhone's definition of "1 bar" of signal is smaller than other phones' definition.

So 4 bars on an iPhone might = 2 or 3 bars on another phone. :confused::confused:
 
flitter said:
Hi,

Everyone I know with a 4S is having dropouts with their phones and there seems to be very little discussion about this on the forums ... does anyone else have a situation that the phone seems to lose (dropout) data coverage yet retain voice, then drop voice and reconnect to the cellular network?

Has anyone found a fix?

I'm running SignalAlert overnight at the moment and even sitting in the cradle with 5 bars of real good (8Mbit/sec download speed) i've had 3 dropouts overnight.

Is it specific to Telstra and Vodafone (Australia)?

Anyone else seeing this? Anyone had a fix?
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Sounds like its just in your area hence why all the people you know have similar issues? I haven't had any drop outs and from online consensus the reception & drop rate is actually better on the 4S now.
 
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