Exactly what I was going to say. Which is ridiculous. I want the bars to reflect an accurate reading of my signal, not 5 bars for show.
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iOS 4.01 next week to fix reception issue
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Exactly what I was going to say. Which is ridiculous. I want the bars to reflect an accurate reading of my signal, not 5 bars for show.
I am so tired of all "other phones do this." Yes they do but with the iphone 4 it is a double wammy. Anytime you pick up a phone, your hand/body degrades the signal a bit but with the iphone 4, in addition to this, bridging the antenna causes the signal to drop even worse. This is why people still see the degregation with the bumber. With the bumper installed it is like any other cell phone. The antenna bridging part is resolved.
I hope 4.01 can make some imporvments to keep the bare backers happy; but I will always use protection on my phone.
I hope 4.01 can make some imporvments to keep the bare backers happy; but I will always use protection on my phone.
it sounds like ios 4 antenna signals are clocked too slow, increase the wave lengths, add a little R&D and send it out... I see it working..
It will be pretty obvious that a software update is a purely cosmetic fix if calls are still dropped and data signals are still lost.
If that happened I'd be claiming my refund. Here's hoping everything turns out well for all involved though. In the end, Apple and the community both want to be pulling in the same direction. There's just a few things that need to be cleared up first.
If that happened I'd be claiming my refund. Here's hoping everything turns out well for all involved though. In the end, Apple and the community both want to be pulling in the same direction. There's just a few things that need to be cleared up first.
I don't know if a software patch will fix this, but I'm sure every iPhone 4 has the capability of not having this problem. We got 2 new iPhone 4s and at our house, each one of them has the problem. We were pretty bummed, to say the least. However, when we bring them to a friend's house (who has a 2 cell towers in plain sight), the issue resolves totally. So, it may involve fixing cell signals and not just the phone.
Exactly. If "all phones do this", then why didn't we here the same outcry/complaints with the original iPhone through the 3GS?
i've held it in numerous ways, i've even squeezed the sides of the phone.
isn't the 3G/3GS antenna location different?
The RF performance on my iPhone 4 has been pretty stellar. If a software update comes out that's great for those who are having RF issues.
excuse me, I'm going to chime in and say if you want ANY PHONE, not just the iPhone to reflect the ACCURATE READING of a radio signal, you will see lots of phones with really fluctuating bars. Actual signals in real time are never constant. The bar reading you see on all phones are never a proper representation of the signal. It is just the collective avg normalized to prevent normal people from freaking out.
This is true even Martin Cooper even said that the bars really do not properly represent the signal.
I seriously feel like there must be a bad batch of phones out there....because for the love of god, I can't manage to replicate this problem. I did it once where 1 bar went down from 5 bars to 4 bars, but ever since then I couldn't. I've been trying all day today in different locations, places where bars did go down, other people didn't even have service. I tried palming the whole left side, just putting my fingers right above the two seams...nothing.
I feel bad for the people that are facing this issue because it's really a good phone and it's deterring them from keeping it. Just know that not all iphone 4s are doing this so there should be a fix or a recall coming soon. Good luck guys!
I feel bad for the people that are facing this issue because it's really a good phone and it's deterring them from keeping it. Just know that not all iphone 4s are doing this so there should be a fix or a recall coming soon. Good luck guys!
Did I offend you by saying that I want an accurate signal reading?
I'm sorry, I understand why they do it, I'm just saying that I'd rather have an accurate representation.
Are you a radio frequency expert or a electrical engineer or a software engineer with actual design knowledge of the i4?
No?
Please ****.
Hey hey there now, up till just last week, they were all petroleum engineers. Takes more than a few days to mail that online diploma!
I can't get it to happen on our two phones either. No matter what Apple does to address it, it won't be good enough for people here, even if it completely eliminated the issues.
Of course! I just want this thing to work like it's supposed to. EVERYTHING else about the i4 is AMAZING and it was made to work with ios4. very excited ab the phone!
Dude, this is a REAL issue for A WHOLE lot of people. Enough for it to become international news. So stop trying to put everyone in the same bag of trolls and complainers.. I LOVE my iPhone4. It's the best piece of technology I own. I just want to be able to hold it without having to worry about dropping calls. Is it too much to ask for from a $600+ phone? I don't think so..