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iOS 4.01 next week to fix reception issue
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Damn you Apple.....damn you all to hell!
I wanted a free bumper!
i was hoping for that too
Damn you Apple.....damn you all to hell!
I wanted a free bumper!
Haha, me too. I missed that boat apparently! A lot of people got them when they called to complain, but I guess I called too late because they'll supposedly have a solution announced on Monday.
My understanding of that article is that the iPhone is constantly searching through the entire frequency spectrum and switching between the strongest ones.
From what that article says, it's currently a little slow in doing so. So when you cover up that part of the phone (Or short the metal, whatevers happening), it loses connection to certain frequency ranges, and doesn't connect to alternative ones fast enough to keep the connection.
I think what Apple is hoping to do is speed up this process. So if my understanding is correct it could be quite fixable.
I just hope whatever they do with the minor update does NOT mess up my iPhone 4, which has NO reception issues whatsoever.
It's out I used one from spirit I think it was? went to back the original though no need to jailbreak anymore, at least for me. Well maybe for free apps, but I don't mind paying for em.
So are there actually people who wound up getting free bumpers because of the reception problems they had? Wow.
So let me get this straight:
They will update the OS so that the bars don't drop -- thereby rendering the problem only visible to those that don't bother to do speed tests.
Speed tests also have more variables, and thus this whole update make makes the problem a little more fuzzy, and will get it out of the news.
This is not customer service. This is a farce.
They will update the OS so that the bars don't drop -- thereby rendering the problem only visible to those that don't bother to do speed tests.
Speed tests also have more variables, and thus this whole update make makes the problem a little more fuzzy, and will get it out of the news.
This is not customer service. This is a farce.
Apple successfully fixed an intermittent screen flicking problem with the 27" iMac with a firmware update - and I swore up and down it was a hardware issue. Let's see what they do with this...
You do realize that a phone actually adjusts settings based on what signal it believes it's receiving, if the software thinks it has a bad connection, regardless of how strong the signal actually is, you still will get bad performance.
Also if you actually read what they are saying, they are implying there are issues with the new system to choose the best (not strongest) channel for the phone where it's getting a drop in quality on a channel, but due to some flaw in the coding, it's going to no signal, instead of simply switching to the next best channel.
Cell towers in sight.... don't you think the towers are so close that its so powerful to overcome the poor reception?
I tried today with a mess of phones at the Apple store. They all showed 5 bars. But if I held them against my palm with either left OR right hand, and waiting, it would slowly lose bar after bar until they were down to 1 bar. All the phones behaved the same way.
I borrowed someone's iPhone 3G w 3.1.3 and it always showed 5 bars. Couldn't make it drop.
I'm still very intrigued by this possible update. Has there been anything official from Apple about this?
Or do you all think we can expect them to quickly redesign the iPhone 4 and start replacing them?
Or do you all think we can expect them to quickly redesign the iPhone 4 and start replacing them?
People are saying that with OS4 on older iPhone models, they're experiencing the same issues along with the iPhone 4 owners.
I can't replicate the issue with my 3GS for instance, but the problem is very real for my iPhone 4 model. At first I thought people were exaggerating, but it's definitely real and I've easily replicated the issue as well. Let me tell ya, I was damned surprised. No wonder AT&T tried getting me and my dad to buy iPhone 4 cases on launch day!
oh I'm not doubting that the problem isn't real, saw the videos and was amazed myself. Just saying since there are a good number of macrumor iphone 4 users that don't see this problem, there must be a bad batch (it could be the majority of the production). But now that u mention that eople with 3gs is going through the same issue on i0S4, it could be software related. i dunno, I'm just glad with my iphone 4 and glad that i don't have issues.
Today, bunch of my friends tried to hate on my iPhone by saying that it already has problems, i let them take my phone and hold it however they want to see if bars dropped, it didn't.
Software fix my azz !
Only thing software update will do is show a false increase in signal strength.
Recall is the only fix for those with the problem , then again that would require Apple to man up.
Which is asking alot from the man that told you dont hold it like that , LMAO
Only thing software update will do is show a false increase in signal strength.
Recall is the only fix for those with the problem , then again that would require Apple to man up.
Which is asking alot from the man that told you dont hold it like that , LMAO
A software fix absolutely could fix the issue.
When the first generation Intel Mac Books came out, there was a problem with them shutting down randomly. It turned out that it was a sensor reading being tuned too closely to the shut down temperature as written into the software. Apple issued a software and firmware update that adjusted the temperature level that would cause a shutdown. I had one of those units and was absolutely thrilled once the fix was applied.
With the iPhone, the bars displayed are relative to the strength of the signal as registered by the software. If the level is detected to be too low, the software would force a dropped call. Once the update is released and applied, that threshold would be adjusted so that the call would not be dropped as quickly.
I have not experienced this issue, but my signal has always been strong with AT&T in the areas that I travel. I used my iPhone 4 naked for the first day until I got my case, but even before the case was put on, I didn't have any dropped calls.
Here's hoping that software fix is quick in coming and does indeed work.
When the first generation Intel Mac Books came out, there was a problem with them shutting down randomly. It turned out that it was a sensor reading being tuned too closely to the shut down temperature as written into the software. Apple issued a software and firmware update that adjusted the temperature level that would cause a shutdown. I had one of those units and was absolutely thrilled once the fix was applied.
With the iPhone, the bars displayed are relative to the strength of the signal as registered by the software. If the level is detected to be too low, the software would force a dropped call. Once the update is released and applied, that threshold would be adjusted so that the call would not be dropped as quickly.
I have not experienced this issue, but my signal has always been strong with AT&T in the areas that I travel. I used my iPhone 4 naked for the first day until I got my case, but even before the case was put on, I didn't have any dropped calls.
Here's hoping that software fix is quick in coming and does indeed work.
Not to mention the 27" iMac intermittent flickering issue! I was convinced that was a hardware issue but Apple fixed it with a firmware update.
