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Apple on iPhone 4 Reception: Signal Strength Display Issue Only, Software Update Coming
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Android on my 1st gen iPod touch
Steve
Before I try this, pls educate me (non-Android lay person).
What does this "give" me? What does having Android on my iPT do for me that is different or better than what it does now?
I'm interested and curious.
Thanks.
Mary
Steve
Before I try this, pls educate me (non-Android lay person).
What does this "give" me? What does having Android on my iPT do for me that is different or better than what it does now?
I'm interested and curious.
Thanks.
Mary
Return or exchange your bad phones.
Also, have you tried the electrical tape fix on the sim cards in your bad phones ? It has corrected dropped signals for many users (the signal meter is a another issue).
May be it's a combination of
- different antenna design and thus the human affects more the signal (that is a fact with cell phones)
- poor signal seeing as good by the software in the phone or the reverse
- software in the phone about switching to different to another base tower (without actually need to do this) when the signal changes leading to a drop
a lot of things in cell phones are based in software (and how it is combined with hardware)
maybe a soft update will fixed it... if you can wait...
- different antenna design and thus the human affects more the signal (that is a fact with cell phones)
- poor signal seeing as good by the software in the phone or the reverse
- software in the phone about switching to different to another base tower (without actually need to do this) when the signal changes leading to a drop
a lot of things in cell phones are based in software (and how it is combined with hardware)
maybe a soft update will fixed it... if you can wait...
I hope you are lumping yourself in with the "stupid" as you pit it. Because you have clearly dismissed the reception problem as a non-problem because Apple says so.
Stop taking the crazy pills. Remove the blinders. People like you are the very reason companies like Apple get lawsuits. People search for answers and you insist there is a problem that they themselves have created. If Apple can swap out my current iPhone 4 for a phone that works (btw bumpers are showing no signs of help in many case - search around) and I'll gladly swap out. Don't tell me to stand with my arms spread out, curl my hands, and pray everytime I want to make a call because that's how the phone was designed.
Lastly don't call people stupid. It's not nice. My 4 year old niece understands that, why don't you? Be nice.
Actually, you're wrong and condescending (a particularly obnoxious combination). Whenever Apple is forced to fess up about this, the fix or replacement for the antenna issue will be covered by warranty.
It ruins their enjoyment and ability to fight Android fanboys. Just return it, shut up, and eliminate the datapoint. It's like killing the dumb kids in class to raise test scores.
No company, I don't care whom, after selling 1.7 million anything, in a week, is going to admit there is a major problem. Not even a Chinese Drywall compnay. I have not had issues with my reception to this point. I do have an iFrogz case on my phone that I bought for protection and not for the antennae issue. But, none the less, I am holding my phone the same way I have held my phone for 12 years. Just like everyone else. That was the suggested first fix. Then the comment that there is no issue from Steve, followed by, we are working on it, is ludacris. Why would you work on something that had no issue? Now the bars aren't right. I remember a fix on my 3G after I got it because the bars weren't right. So those little bars on the upper left corner are n't high enough or low enough and that is making people lose calls. Since this is my first post and I just checked the box agreeing to follow the rules, and not use obscene language, I will just say "something is rotten in Denmark" Does Denmark have the iPhone yet. I also find it inappropriate for other forum members to tell posters to stop their whining and just return the phone. For the price of the phone and a two year contract I will whine like hell. Every one acts like Jobs walks on water, and line up for hours to see his keynote speechs and then he won't man up when there is a real problem. To offer a software fix for onscreen bars, when calls are being dropped is bunk.
No one is forcing you to deal with it. Return the phone if you're unsatisfied. If you no longer own an IP4, then there is nothing to deal with. End of story. Now, go hold mommy's hand and get a tissue.
So the network outage last Friday had no effect on you whatsoever on 3G? Amazing! BTW, I am not talking "antenna issue" I am talking 3G DATA. Don't tell me you are getting perfect 3G data all day without outage without testing it.
Turn off your wifi for a day, and report back after some speed testing.
Kthx
indeed, the blind fanboys will follow and defend any move apple makes, and when left with no real argument they've nothing to say but "return it".
Were you doing all these tests in the same area? Sounds like an oversubscribed tower to me ( not that I defend apple in this.. I think they're one step shy of deceptive on this issue )
If your situation were an antenna problem you wouldn't have been able to run the speed test with any satisfactory results.
Retry your calls at around 9pm-10pm in the same spot. I bet you don't get any drops.
This.
I've gone back and forth but now I believe that I will have to return the iPhone 4 and go back to my 3G for a while. It will be interesting when the 4.5 comes out by Christmas and all the fanbois go rabid because they can't upgrade yet.
huh? you're arguing against yourself..if the update will measure the bars as they should REALLY be..what good would a case do?..after the update you should be reading 3 bars lets say..a case will get you 5?..I think after the update you read 3 bars....use a case and you will get 3 bars......whats your reasoning?
How will this resolve a dropped call when touching that area? Id REALLY like to hear your explanation for this one.
For you and I it might, but it's obvious to me that a lot of people are actually experiencing a high rate of dropped calls.
Before the antenna issue was discovered, I recall one of the early iPhone 4 posts a guy complained that he had dropped a ton of calls right off the bat. It concerned me quite a bit.
Or you can stick to your Steve Jobs felching fantasy threads and stop complaining about people looking for a fix to a legitimate concern. Clearly, they love the phone. If they didn't, they wouldn't put up with this flaw.
Actual connection affected
Apple is not telling the whole story. I'm normally getting 600k down/800k up in speedtest.net. If I slightly touch the bottom left corner with the tip of my finger, there's no reception, the speed goes down to 0/0. As soon as I release my finger, it goes all the way back up. It has nothing to do with the display of the bars guys. And there ain't such thing as death grip, it's just the tip of a finger at the right place.
Apple is not telling the whole story. I'm normally getting 600k down/800k up in speedtest.net. If I slightly touch the bottom left corner with the tip of my finger, there's no reception, the speed goes down to 0/0. As soon as I release my finger, it goes all the way back up. It has nothing to do with the display of the bars guys. And there ain't such thing as death grip, it's just the tip of a finger at the right place.
Don,
You are completely wrong. You need to go back and delete your post and then cancel your macrumors account and sell your computer. You don't deserve to be online. Try thinking for a change and re-read dz-015 post, maybe you will learn something.
dz-015 was completely spot on.