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My iPhone 4 signal issues are gone...
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I would appreciate this as well, I can't seem to figure out what everyone is exactly talking about, also when people are talking about shaving it down or bending it, if those people that did this and it worked could post images I would really appreciate it!
(i tried but still am having signal problems).
I bet people that had this work for them won't want to fiddle with the SIM tray again.
You got that right. I got it to work. when I posted this thread it worked flawlessly, I tried to do the video just to screw the thing up.
I did again and now it works as it did from The Apple Store. I ain't touching it again!!
same scenario with my sim, this is how noticed the tiny piece of plastic which looked as if it was lifting the microsim off the tray and causing it to scrap along the iphone while being inserted.
Also, this may very well be why Apple is no longer issuing free bumper cases. They may have identified a sim tray to microsim fit/placement issue...
Facinating. I'm looking forward to trying this tomorrow. I'm currently in a "no bar drop zone" but where I'm working I can make the phone lose signal. I will post back then (this thread will probably be huge by then).
You got that right. I got it to work. when I posted this thread it worked flawlessly, I tried to do the video just to screw the thing up.
I did again and now it works as it did from The Apple Store. I ain't touching it again!!
So you're back to losing signal?
You got that right. I got it to work. when I posted this thread it worked flawlessly, I tried to do the video just to screw the thing up.
I did again and now it works as it did from The Apple Store. I ain't touching it again!!
come on, be a hero for us!!!
I bet people that had this work for them won't want to fiddle with the SIM tray again.
Yeah I just did it and its kinda screwy now haha. I'm fiddling again til I figure something out.
God damnit its back now! why did it pull out the tray again -_-
This is my fix....
I just put that yellow price tag over the area that touched the tray and trimmed off the excess so it fit back in.
This is what mine used to do:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xU6878akO8I
I just put that yellow price tag over the area that touched the tray and trimmed off the excess so it fit back in.
This is what mine used to do:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xU6878akO8I
You’re doing a lot of extrapolating to come to that conclusion. I’m not saying this won’t be the fix, but more testing is needed. Jav, post this stuff in the Apple website, okay? Also, I wouldn’t recommend people trimming the sim card. Jav, didn’t trim anything, and his worked.
It could just bad sim tray design or weirdly cut sims.
I think this explains why not every phone has this death grip issue but also doesnt really explain why it works in some areas and not in areas. Unless it is totally arbitrary meaning if you have a weird sim/tray alignment, it just depends if you are gripping it in a way at that time that moves the sim somewhat so that it is touching the metal. Either way, it is design related and not software fixable. (I assume)
Some send this to steve jobs for investigation.
I think this explains why not every phone has this death grip issue but also doesnt really explain why it works in some areas and not in areas. Unless it is totally arbitrary meaning if you have a weird sim/tray alignment, it just depends if you are gripping it in a way at that time that moves the sim somewhat so that it is touching the metal. Either way, it is design related and not software fixable. (I assume)
Some send this to steve jobs for investigation.
I went to an AT&T store to inquire about the MyCell thing they have now and read on MR that it stopped the signal being lost (in a probably buried forum). He asked me to demonstrate it in the store and I couldn't for the life of me get it to drop at all but could an hour earlier at the Apple store (loving the BT keyboard for iPad). He had the issue too but not in his store.
Sort of thinking the existing 3G coverage has been shoddy at least in my neighborhood but next to a good signal it's not noticeable? Anyone else? MyCell seems interesting.
Sort of thinking the existing 3G coverage has been shoddy at least in my neighborhood but next to a good signal it's not noticeable? Anyone else? MyCell seems interesting.
have you tired doing speed tests? ill get around 3 mbps with out my hand on it and around 300-700 kbps with it
Even if this doesn't work for everyone (it didn't for me) it does explain why not everyone had the problem to start with and that a more reliable fix might not be impossible (and in reality could be incredibly cheap).
My signal issues went away last Friday. I could put my hand on left side and it would go from 5 bars to 2 bars in my house.. now it doesn't fall at all. All I did differently was discharge battery and recharge.. restore phone to a clean slate.. and had a case on it for a couple days. When I took the case off.. it didn't drop service. And I checked it again last night.. still good!
So my phone is working great except the proximity thing.. which I can live with.
No, I am back as I was, perfect signal. I am just stating, although I wish to make the video, I won't. It was a smal scare though.
I am sticking to the old saying "Not broken, don't fix it".
It could just bad sim tray design or weirdly cut sims.
I think this explains why not every phone has this death grip issue but also doesnt really explain why it works in some areas and not in areas. Unless it is totally arbitrary meaning if you have a weird sim/tray alignment, it just depends if you are gripping it in a way at that time that moves the sim somewhat so that it is touching the metal. Either way, it is design related and not software fixable. (I assume)
Some send this to steve jobs for investigation.
If the sim connected to the antenna is causing additional interference, it would explain why sim interference + hand interference = too much interference.
Exactly same. It moves faster. What happens?
As already stated that could be a 'good' sign that it is the sim card that is causing this.