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cperchard

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Jun 15, 2010
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Then are we even sure this really is a TRUE reading???? Surely if it was a true reading....some people would be on 2....some 4, some 5 some 1 etc etc....but 95% of ppl seem to be showing 3 bars like me.

God knows what to think any more :(
 
Then are we even sure this really is a TRUE reading???? Surely if it was a true reading....some people would be on 2....some 4, some 5 some 1 etc etc....but 95% of ppl seem to be showing 3 bars like me.

God knows what to think any more :(

I went from 5 to 4.
 
Mines still at 5, but I do have the bumper on it. I'll take it off when I'm home to see if it changes.
 
I still have 5 where I previously did. They didn't just reduce everything by two bars.
 
Just tried it. Death Grip goes from 5 to 3 bars, instead of 5 to 2 bars on 4.0.
 
Mine fluctuates anywhere from 3-5 in my office now when I'm holding it. When it's on my desk it stays on 5. It used to only be on 5 no matter what.
 
Then are we even sure this really is a TRUE reading???? Surely if it was a true reading....some people would be on 2....some 4, some 5 some 1 etc etc....but 95% of ppl seem to be showing 3 bars like me.

God knows what to think any more :(

im on constant 2 i drop to one with deathgrip
 
Are you saying those who lose signal, just go from 5 to 3 for 95% of those people?

no i meant just when it's resting on the table mine and most others are showing 3 now.....which would be good if it does actually represent a true figure.....but it's just made me suspsicious that most people i have seen talking to on here have 3 also......i would have thought since everyone is somewhere different that we would have a much more variance of figures.
 
I still have 5. Never been able to replicate the death bar issue, in any location.
 
Yes and it's probably a combination of AT&T being not very good and the iPhone also not being very good as a phone. It's never really been a good phone ("phone" as in something you dial and talk on, everything else about it is unbelievable). Ever.
 
I just put 4.01 on my phone, still 5 bars most places I go, still have to go out of my way to kill my signal.
 
for the record mine used to be 5 resting on table and about 3 or 4 with death grip......now its 3 resting on table and 2 or 3 with death grip........but then i never had any issues with it b4, never had dropped calls or anything so i aint really that bothered either way.....just thought it was a bit suss why most ppl had 3
 
It can't vary that much though. There are only five bars. There's some wiggle room in each bar for slightly different signals to be represented similarly.
 
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