This "press release" seems very poorly worded for Apple. If it turns out to be real, I'll be surprised.
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Apple developing software 'fix' for iPhone, officialy
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This certainly explains Steve's "you're working from bad data. It's not your fault." email from a few days ago. I wondered WTF he was talking about at the time, but it makes sense now.
Of course, that entire convo could have been fabricated (it was shopped around for cash and denied by Apple PR), so who knows... but that part does seem suspiciously true now.
Of course, that entire convo could have been fabricated (it was shopped around for cash and denied by Apple PR), so who knows... but that part does seem suspiciously true now.
You beat my edit. "Not your fault" haha.
"Of course, that entire convo could have been fabricated (it was shopped around for cash and denied by Apple PR), so who knows... but that part does seem suspiciously true now. "
I did have a hunch something was up with the bars. I would constantly see 5 bars and 3g, but still drop tons of calls and have stalled data. The issue now becomes, what is up with the data issues? I'm having even more issues with stalled browsers, emails, apps like twitter and words with friends not transferring data, etc. Those issues have nothing to do with poor bar reporting.
lolz
Tightly gripped my ass, all I have to do is touch it in a low signal area.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5svZrgooUc
Again, this only happens in a low signal area for me, at work I can't recreate it.
Tightly gripped my ass, all I have to do is touch it in a low signal area.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5svZrgooUc
Again, this only happens in a low signal area for me, at work I can't recreate it.
The big story here is that Apple is basically admitting to gaming the whole "bar system" for the past few years and yet they're playing it off as some kind of mistake instead of something they did on purpose.
They cheated and now it's coming back to bite them in the behind.
Despite it sounding like a dumb apology now, I'm kind of thinking that Apple is finally telling the truth and that this is the main problem! (Not the only problem, but the main part of it.) All the review-site testing I've read seems to show that the iPhone 4 holds onto calls longer than the 3GS, even when its signal drops lower.
THAT'S the result that actually matters. I don't care what the signal says. I care about if the call drops.
That being said, I will be disappointed if this is the only change they make. But I suspect it's not. The change is coming "in a couple of weeks?" It doesn't take that long to make the pixels on the bars higher. No...they'll be making other changes they don't want to admit right now. Perhaps they'll speed up the rate at which the phone adjusts frequencies...something they allegedly reduced so the iPhone 4 would place less demand on the network. Or maybe they'll sacrafice some battery and send more power to the radio system. There are many things a software update could change.
So no...if this is taking weeks it's not JUST the bar change. They'll be doing other things...things they don't want to talk about in public. I'm betting that 3rd party reviews will find the updated iPhone 4 will perform better even when NOT looking at the bars.
They cheated and now it's coming back to bite them in the behind.
Despite it sounding like a dumb apology now, I'm kind of thinking that Apple is finally telling the truth and that this is the main problem! (Not the only problem, but the main part of it.) All the review-site testing I've read seems to show that the iPhone 4 holds onto calls longer than the 3GS, even when its signal drops lower.
THAT'S the result that actually matters. I don't care what the signal says. I care about if the call drops.
That being said, I will be disappointed if this is the only change they make. But I suspect it's not. The change is coming "in a couple of weeks?" It doesn't take that long to make the pixels on the bars higher. No...they'll be making other changes they don't want to admit right now. Perhaps they'll speed up the rate at which the phone adjusts frequencies...something they allegedly reduced so the iPhone 4 would place less demand on the network. Or maybe they'll sacrafice some battery and send more power to the radio system. There are many things a software update could change.
So no...if this is taking weeks it's not JUST the bar change. They'll be doing other things...things they don't want to talk about in public. I'm betting that 3rd party reviews will find the updated iPhone 4 will perform better even when NOT looking at the bars.
This is what I'm thinking, as well. Admit to a minor issue, such as incorrect bar graphic, but really fix a couple other issues (i hope!).
I cant wait to see Andertech's testing of with the dB showing after this software "fix" comes out.
Yeah, because the "couple of weeks" is not software writing...it's testing! So they'd be dumb to come out and talk about things they haven't fully tested yet.
So they'll just talk about "bars" for now until they know something more.
Another thought: They say the 3G is getting an update but I sure hope it's an update to iOS 3. They sure shouldn't force people with that phone to get iOS 4 just for these changes.
It's sad, but I feel vidicated by reading this after spending the past week defending the problems I was having with my phone. I guess people will have to accept that there is an actual reception problem.
I don't think a software fix is going to do much of anything.
I don't think a software fix is going to do much of anything.
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