iPhone 4 Drops Calls when Left Corner is Touched

iMattvfs said:
Apple has replied to the reception issue, stating in the following apple forum

http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=fake2475309&thr=45&f=1


[COLOR=#00e0]"We are aware of the reception issue, caused by bridging the two antennas.[/COLOR]

[COLOR=#00e0]Our manufacturing process is being reassessed and from now on will fix the issue, for those who have already purchased the iPhone 4, if you wish to fix the reception issue, please enable airplane mode."[/COLOR]
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lmao :rolleyes:
 
Should have made the entire outer ring the cellar antenna and left the (less essential) wifi/gps antenna inside. :/
 
I wonder what happens when you have change in your pocket and it shorts that location on the phone??!! Or how about a static discharge to the stainless band around the phone??!! POOFFFF!!!!!!!
:eek::eek::eek::eek:
 
solved on my phone

It happens on mine whenever bare skin touches the metal frame. With a silicone case installed, the issue goes away. :mad:
 
iMattvfs said:
Apple has replied to the reception issue, stating in the following apple forum

http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=fake2475309&thr=45&f=1


"We are aware of the reception issue, caused by bridging the two antennas.

Our manufacturing process is being reassessed and from now on will fix the issue, for those who have already purchased the iPhone 4, if you wish to fix the reception issue, please enable airplane mode."
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Invalid link. I take it you're joking?
 
Mine gets a stronger signal than my 3G, but....

When the signal is a strong five bars to begin with, I can't replicate this problem. When the signal is low to begin with, I can replicate this problem.

BUT, when the signal is low to begin with and I'm holding the iPhone without touching the lower left hand seam, the signal is still a lot stronger than it was with my iPhone 3G.

In short, if you hold the phone without touching the seam, you get a stronger signal in low signal areas. If you touch the seam in low signal areas, you might drop the call or lose your data connection. If you are in a strong signal area, this is all irrelevant. At least, that's the way it is for me.
 
UCF Sam said:
Should have made the entire outer ring the cellar antenna and left the (less essential) wifi/gps antenna inside. :/
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Or cover the antennas with a special coding to prevent bridging..

You think they would do it, but they didnt..

I wonder why?

Obviously they knew about the issue, but why havent they done anything about it?

It isnt like Apple to ship 2 million iPhones KNOWING theres a design flaw..

This is really bogglin me mind!
 
Only really happens when I use my LEFT hand...never with the right??? WTF...that's so weird. Hopefully some of ya'll have contact apple and they are aware of this
 
Guys it might NOT be an issue of shorting the antennas as if it were the case would somebody please explain to me why if you hold the phone normally, as in your thumb on the left side and your other fingers on the right side, that you don't have the problem even though the left side is one antenna and the right side is the other?

The left antenna goes from the left bottom gap to the right gap, the right antenna is the rest. The right bottom "gap" is just for show.
 
ReflexReact said:
On phone with apple. This is the first they've heard of it apparently.
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They ALWAYS claim it's the first they've heard of it, even if it's the 4000th call about the same issue that day. WTH, this issue is plastered all over the web... top news at MacRumors, Gizmodo and various other tech sites. Apple will keep denying until it's no longer possible. It's like those PowerMac G4's with a fan so loud it sounded like a blowdryer on full blast. Tons of people reported it but it wasn't until some guy started a website dedicated to this problem that Apple fessed up.

The reason they want everyone to complain to them directly is that it will contain the problem. People will believe they've done their part and shut up about it. Don't. Complain directly to Apple AND on third party forums etc.
 
iMattvfs said:
Apple has replied to the reception issue, stating in the following apple forum

http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=fake2475309&thr=45&f=1


"We are aware of the reception issue, caused by bridging the two antennas.

Our manufacturing process is being reassessed and from now on will fix the issue, for those who have already purchased the iPhone 4, if you wish to fix the reception issue, please enable airplane mode."
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Nice URL... (threadID=fake2475309)
 
A lot of people don't seem to understand... It IS a design flaw, not software. Software cannot change physics, no matter how much pixie dust it's compiled with.

Radio antennae have to be a certain size, or multiple of a size, in order to propagate waves of that certain size. The reason why the phone's antenna is unevenly sized (the UMTS/GPRS antenna is larger) is because of the size of the waves each antenna needs to propagate.

WiFi and Bluetooth operate on the 2.4 GHz band, while cell phone signals use lower frequencies (and thus larger waves).

I would imagine that bridging the two antennae together like this is causing problems because you (in addition to modifying the attenuation) are essentially increasing the size of the cell phone antenna, making it unable to properly transmit and receive at those frequencies.

You can't fix this with software. The only repair options are an unsightly bumper or a recall/redesign.

The ball has been dropped like nobody's business.
 
iMattvfs said:
Notice how during the keynote, Steve NEVER uses the iPhone 4 with his left hand? Even during the FaceTime chat with John Ive..

But if you watch his other iPhone keynotes, he ALWAYS has it in his left hand.

That sneaky son of a beach
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I watched the keynote he had the phone in his left hand during the facetime call.
 
ninelives said:
When the signal is a strong five bars to begin with, I can't replicate this problem. When the signal is low to begin with, I can replicate this problem.

BUT, when the signal is low to begin with and I'm holding the iPhone without touching the lower left hand seam, the signal is still a lot stronger than it was with my iPhone 3G.

In short, if you hold the phone without touching the seam, you get a stronger signal in low signal areas. If you touch the seam in low signal areas, you might drop the call or lose your data connection. If you are in a strong signal area, this is all irrelevant. At least, that's the way it is for me.
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This guy had a different experience.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03PQyWp0mWE&feature=player_embedded
 
just got my iphone4

full strength on bars without holding the phone in left hand..

after 5 secs of holding the phone in left hand, bars drop to 2 bars..

argh, wtf apple.
 
Why does using your LEFT vs right hand matter???? All you nerds contact apple and complain please.....this needs to be addressed and fix made available
 
I have tried to reproduce this problem with my iPhone 4 using every possible hand-to-phone contortion but have been unable to do so. No loss or degradation of 3G signal, no loss or degradation of wifi signal.

My iPhone 4 works perfectly. No yellow spots, no signal problems. I've yet to drop it on concrete several times to see if it will break though. ;)
 
This would be a complete disaster if it's truly a hardware issue.

With stock already being sold out, there will be even longer delays since so many people will need to return their first phone.

What a disaster.
 
People claiming Apple did this on purpose to force people to buy bumpers:

You're idiots. They want a high hardware failure rate, TERRIBLE PR, and many angry customers returning their phones just so they can sell a $30 piece of crap? They could've just raised the price of the phone by $30 and not included this issue if it was intentional.

Apple would not have lost one sale if the phone was $329.99 (subsidized). The implications of having this defect be a purposeful design flaw to force the purchase of accessories are so great that no company worth any weight would be dumb enough to attempt this.

"Get a brain, morans."
 
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