I have this problem & have reported it to Apple.
I am right-handed however, but I hold the phone in my left hand whilst typing with my right...
I am in the UK on O2.
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iPhone 4 Drops Calls when Left Corner is Touched
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I have this problem & have reported it to Apple.
I am right-handed however, but I hold the phone in my left hand whilst typing with my right...
I am in the UK on O2.
Yeah, that guy was an idiot and was very irresponsible. Just from seeing pics of him that popped-up after the incident, I can tell you I never would have trusted him with the prototype. And besides, I'm sure they had many many more people testing this device in the wild. They should have been able to pick up on this.
This thread is just annoying cause no one is really trying to narrow anything down to determine if there is a real difference between those who have the problem and those that don't.
I asked a friend who got his iPhone 4 today to try and replicate the problems in this thread. He was unable to accomplish a signal drop...but I'm sure that'll just be blamed on good signal or less conductive skin instead of seeking details that might show it was from a different batch or something from the ones that seem to so easily replicate the problem.
I swear people don't know how to properly troubleshoot and it drives me nuts in situations like this.
I've yet to see that anyone has even tried a clean restore because everyone is so convinced that CAN'T be it without ever even testing it.
Do I think a restore will fix it? Nope...but do I know for sure? Nope...so test it instead of making assumptions people.
I asked a friend who got his iPhone 4 today to try and replicate the problems in this thread. He was unable to accomplish a signal drop...but I'm sure that'll just be blamed on good signal or less conductive skin instead of seeking details that might show it was from a different batch or something from the ones that seem to so easily replicate the problem.
I swear people don't know how to properly troubleshoot and it drives me nuts in situations like this.
I've yet to see that anyone has even tried a clean restore because everyone is so convinced that CAN'T be it without ever even testing it.
Do I think a restore will fix it? Nope...but do I know for sure? Nope...so test it instead of making assumptions people.
I also noticed last night that when I held it in my left hand that I could reproduce loss of 4 bars of signal. I would only lose 1 or 2 bars when I held in my right hand and tried to touch as much of the metal edge as possible.
This morning I actually got signal for the first time on a cell phone in my office which is deep inside a metal building with the phone held gently in my right hand so I wouldn't touch the bottom of the metal edge.
So Apple's claims of better reception are true if you don't hold the phone in your hand.
This morning I actually got signal for the first time on a cell phone in my office which is deep inside a metal building with the phone held gently in my right hand so I wouldn't touch the bottom of the metal edge.
So Apple's claims of better reception are true if you don't hold the phone in your hand.
Hey dummy, and you other dummies.
Right handed people hold their phone in their left hand, so that they can hit the buttons with their right.
Any of you nerds ever play baseball? If you're right handed, the mitt goes on your left hand.
NERDS!
All three of mine are ok, no problems whatsoever, no signal issue, no yellowing. Apple store only has black bumpers btw. Facetime rocks.
Like I said in another thread, I fear it may be a massive failure with FoxConn's assembly process during mass production. Or another hardware provider.
So says the person who doesn't have the said problem because he doesn't even have an iPhone 4. Thanks, but sorry, game over, play again.
So, this is AT&T's problem? Sure, I can hop aboard that ship.
But, seriously, the antenna was supposed to improve the signal in signal-poor areas, not diminsh it even more.
Galvanic skin response and bridging of antenae
If your hands are sweaty, you are more likely to bridge the antenae... If you bridge them you will change impedance. The real question is how long do the bars stay down? Most modern signal processors will compensate.
If your hands are sweaty, you are more likely to bridge the antenae... If you bridge them you will change impedance. The real question is how long do the bars stay down? Most modern signal processors will compensate.
...and when I get mine, I'll properly troubleshoot the damn thing before thinking I know 100% that I know exactly what the problem is.
How my having or not having the phone changes the lack of eliminating all possibilities in this thread is beyond me.
The bold? When I wrote "...when their systems crash like mad" I was referring to the analogy with the early adopters, not Apple's products.
A simpler example of the risks involved with ignoring the laws of physics in favor of being "different" is Lady Gaga who decided to wear these platforms...
...only to fall flat on her nose...
It reminds me of her performance on SNL where she was wearing some kind of gyro-outfit with planet rings spinning around her. They kept hitting her in the face. The obvious solution to the problem would be to wear normal clothes, but I'm sure she solved it by putting rubber bumpers on the rings...
A fresh restore was the first thing I tired.
As did I try turning off all other radios.
When I'm outside, it seems to hold the call, but still drops down to one bar. It would seem the signal strength is a relevant variable.
Well, to the people he said it's an OS issue and doesn't affect calls, watch the videos carefully...
My Sanyo phone also loses signal
Out of curiosity, I wondered how much people's hands always affect cell phone signal. After all, your hand is going to block the signal to some degree, right?
So, I tried it with my Sanyo S1 phone on Sprint.
That phone, which never drops calls, also loses a bar or two of signal if you wrap your hand around it. Probably I never noticed because when it's in my hand it's next to my ear. (Since it's not dropping calls, I'm also not stopping to look and curse at the bars after a call drops.)
My iPhone 3G, which often drops calls, does not seem to be as affected by "hand-blockage", but the signal bars bounce around so much it's hard to tell.
I've suspected that my iPhone 3G drops are related to the phone deciding to switch towers when there are two or three towers in range with mediocre signal. Maybe the phone tries to jump to a tower that's already full or ends up jumping to one with worse signal.
Out of curiosity, I wondered how much people's hands always affect cell phone signal. After all, your hand is going to block the signal to some degree, right?
So, I tried it with my Sanyo S1 phone on Sprint.
That phone, which never drops calls, also loses a bar or two of signal if you wrap your hand around it. Probably I never noticed because when it's in my hand it's next to my ear. (Since it's not dropping calls, I'm also not stopping to look and curse at the bars after a call drops.)
My iPhone 3G, which often drops calls, does not seem to be as affected by "hand-blockage", but the signal bars bounce around so much it's hard to tell.
I've suspected that my iPhone 3G drops are related to the phone deciding to switch towers when there are two or three towers in range with mediocre signal. Maybe the phone tries to jump to a tower that's already full or ends up jumping to one with worse signal.
Not what I meant, just meaning that if you have a strong signal, the antennae aren't affected as badly.
Because it very easy to play armchair quarterback instead of actually doing something. With thousands of people having this problem, I'm pretty sure many different solutions have been tried, but nothing has been reported yet.