this is so stupid. i was happy with my signal reception and didn't have any death grip problems so far. i just updated to the new software and now i have low reception when i try that death grip thingy. i just... don't know what to think of this! :\
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having signal issues after the update
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No, now you can actually SEE the signal problem. I think apple has created way more complaints by doing this.
It's because you always had lower reception with the death grip, just before it wasn't showing it. As long the phone is performing like it was before, if you were happy then you should be happy now, the only difference is that now the bars are actually showing what's going on.
like i said i had no low reception problems and the voice quality didn't change when i was on phone with death grip or whatever position i held it. i haven't tried calling up and testing the voice quality with the upgrade yet though.
Couldn't have said it better myself
Now all the flamers saying there is no issues will come crying back.
No, you THOUGHT you had no low reception problems BECAUSE the bars weren't showing you what was going on. So before when you did the death grip, the bars wouldn't move, but your signal was actually lower it's just the bars didn't reflect this signal change. Now they do and you can see what other people have been talking about. But your voice and data quality shouldn't be any different because your true signal hasn't change at all.
If I was an Apple Genius right now, I would be letting out the world's longest exasperated sigh. The Apple store is probably flooded with moms and other non-tech people. "Well, it asked me some sort of question when I put it in the computer and it did something. Now I don't get as many bars!"
um... okay i buy this. i'll repost if i find that the quality varies drastically after trying out.
man i just tried posting an observation... not crying or nething lol.
um... okay i buy this. i'll repost if i find that the quality varies drastically after trying out.
man i just tried posting an observation... not crying or nething lol.
What are you talking about? This whole board is nothing but crying and complaining.
duh ... do some thinking
before you went from high 5 (no pun intended) to low 5
now you're going from low 5 to a 3 ...
just an example ... same signal distortion, same data throughput, the bars just now properly reflect the effect
Great picture, but one thing confuses me. This would seem to indicate that with updated firmware, you will have a *minimum* of 1 bar at all times? The other configurations show a white space to the left of 1 bar (I assume that's the "No Signal" range), but the iOS4.01 graph shows the red 1-bar zone extending all the way to the left. Am I missing something or are they making it to where you think you have 1 bar but really have no signal?
I think it's been mentioned that the iPhone 4 is able to hold calls at low signal strengths where other phones drop more regularly. Perhaps the new configuration takes this into account and lowers the threshold before the phone shows no service?
lol i'm updating now...probably going to regret it as I never really had much issue yet. Is there any way to go back to 4.0 if this is worse???
okay okay cut it out. sorry if i sounded like an idiot. i was just wondering why i didn't have the reception issue before the update like everyone else!
This would explain why I can now stand in the same location where I was getting "No Service" prior to the firmware update, and now get 1 bar, but still incoming calls will go straight to voicemail. I think they're basically lying to you so you don't get the dreaded "Searching/No Service" message when you in fact don't have a viable signal. However, I can't seem to force the phone to drop a call like I could before either...
Basically, pre-update I could drop a call or force the phone into "Searching" mode at will via caseless death-grip in a certain location. Now, the most I can do is force the phone down from 3/2 bars down to 1 bar, can't force it to drop a call, but can make it so incoming calls go straight to voicemail. Very odd...
Supposedly (according to apple), the iPhone 4 gets better signal and can maintain a call in lower signal. Thus the chart shows 1 bar at a lower signal than other phones. We'll see if that claim holds up.
Right but I'm referring to the difference between the iPhone 4 iOS 4.0 graph and the iPhone 4 iOS 4.01 graph. Same hardware, but there is "white space" to the left of the red-1-bar-zone for iOS 4.0, and no white space to the left of the 1-bar zone for iOS 4.01. So either I'm missing something obvious, or they have hard-coded it to where the minimum you can get with iOS 4.01 is 1 bar.
Edit: In other words, with iOS 4.01 you now have 1 bar with -121 dBm, whereas with iOS 4.0 you would be beneath 1 bar (i.e., "No Signal")..
Sneaky sneaky. So now this will shift the issue back to AT&T as people will say there phone is still showing one bar but can't get service.
Very sneaky indeed. At the same time, as I said, I'm no longer able to drop calls at will like I was before via death-grip. I can make it so incoming calls go direct to voice mail (with 1 bar), but if I already have a call established and death-grip, I now maintain 1 bar and can't force the call to drop. And due to their visual trickery, I never see less than 1 bar period. Maybe this solves slightly more than people are giving it credit for in terms of dropped calls in certain cases...
Bar ranges are changed in the software including the minimum for 1 bar. You may be thinking of the "minimu" as zero signal, which is not the case. The minimum is simply defined as the attenuation as which the device can no longer maintain a connection. It's not a "hard coded change" just a software display change, doesn't mean it'll actually hold a call with that low signal.