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iPhone 4 Reception Issue? [Video]

WhySoSerious said:
Can someone actually videotape themselves MAKING a call, THEN touching the iphone and letting us here the call drop out?
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Is there something wrong with you? What happens after someone posts the video? Will you then demand that they call you? Will you then accuse them of faking it?
 
solideliquid said:
This is also happening to me. I hold it and the signal goes to Searching... then when I set it on the table, full bars 3G.

Shiii

Calling the Apple Store...
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let me know how you make out, i called apple 5 hours ago, after 2 hours on hold, (thank god for my land line and speakerphone)
They told me it is an At&T issue, i said but my 3G works great and i can cover it with both hands.
They told me again it is an at&t issue , they said at&t has to upgrade all their towers to work with 4G
then i said if I put it down on the table and it can make and receive calls, provided i dont hold it in my hands, so how can it be AT&T ,,
they said again it is the latest and greatest phone on the market and call at&t lo
i hung up
 
SiskoKid said:
So let me get this straight.

The bars go down, but folks are still able to make calls and do speed tests, the phone still functions properly.

So how is that not a software issue?
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You dont own the phone. And you havent read this thread. I've posted numerous times that IT DROPS MY CALLS. It also refuses to allow out-going calls (duh, calls cant be made when it says SEARCHING).

If I pick up the phone at full bars and then start calling my home number, the bars will slowly tick down while the call is being made. My home phone rings, I pick it up and by that time I'm at no bars and then boom, SEARCHING and the call gets dropped. Do the same exact thing with the iPhone just laying on the counter, no drop.
 
ravensfan55 said:
It could be a user problem, with the person using the phone not grounded. Someone needs to try this, while touching something like a sink pipe or your electrical ground for your house.
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Too bad we can lug out house around to keep ourselves grounded. Its a phone fault if other AT&T phones including the iPhone 3GS don't have this issue.
 
I started a call holding the phone via the usb connector, i told my friend i was going to switch to holding the phone naturally, 5 seconds later our call was dropped. No software can fix that, and it's not just a visual bars error. Maybe the bumper case is the fix, if so apple has about 600,000 to hand out.
 
Nocaster said:
With some phones exhibiting this issue and some not, its time to start comparing serial numbers if you ask me.
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You would think though that since all have been delivered the same day they'd essentially been produced around the same time. Not too sure though.

You create the thread I'll post my SN.
 
Top not as noticeable

jbuck777 said:
When you actually think about it, the antenna is not like an electrical circuit...there's RF energy running through it, not electricity. Realistically, if the two have been bridged together, they're should be minimal effect, if any. Wifi and 3G are completely different RF frequencies and should have no effect on each other.

I want someone to film this problem, but instead of bridging the lower left side...i want to see them bridge the black band at the top of the phone. If it does it there as well, it may be a hardware issue...or simply a software issue having trouble sorting through the noise of both signals and panicking.
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I tried this right now and it appears that the touching across the black band at the top of the phone only lowered the number of bars by one bar and even then it was not as consistent as when I bridge across the black band on either side of the new iPhone. I noticed that on my phone it takes about 20 seconds n average for my phone to fall from full bars to one bar when bridging across the black bands on the sides of the phone. and it took about 15 seconds to return to full bars after moving my hand off of the black band on the sides.
 
btdvox said:
If 3GS owners can chime in. I had the same issue.
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My 3GS has the same crappy reception it had before 4.0. I even took it out of the case and tried it. When my hand blocks the antenna it does drop a bit but it always did that. Contact with the case didnt make any significant difference.
 
InfinitiG said:
ROFL
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He actually has a point. I use this technique when my car remote won't reach my car. I stick the remote in my mouth and point my mouth towards my car. Push the button, and I can lock my car from nearly half a mile away... Think of your mouth as a satellite dish.

I wouldn't do this to an iPhone though.

I can't test the reception problem though... I didn't get my iPhone today. :(
 
ravensfan55 said:
It could be a user problem, with the person using the phone not grounded. Someone needs to try this, while touching something like a sink pipe or your electrical ground for your house.
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You call that a user problem? As in "You tried to place a call without wearing your iPhone shoes?? Please educate yourself!"...?
 
I am getting the complete opposite where I live.
I live in a super secluded town near the Bay Area and there are 0 cellphone towers in my suburb and the nearest one is about 1 mile away and in my house, nobody gets reception on any network, and on any other phone, including the 3GS. However, I currently have 3 bars and a steady 3 bars. I can receive calls, make calls, text etc. I have tried the hand wrapping test and it does not affect the signal in any way for me.

These new metal antennas are a godsend for me.
 
emodro said:
I started a call holding the phone via the usb connector, i told my friend i was going to switch to holding the phone naturally, 5 seconds later our call was dropped. No software can fix that, and it's not just a visual bars error. Maybe the bumper case is the fix, if so apple has about 600,000 to hand out.
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did you try holding the phone with one hand and by using your index finger on your other hand gently place it on your nose?

If that doesn't give you better reception try standing on one leg while doing the above steps.
 
ravensfan55 said:
It could be a user problem, with the person using the phone not grounded. Someone needs to try this, while touching something like a sink pipe or your electrical ground for your house.
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I can't tell if you are being serious or sarcastic. Not being properly grounded is now user error? I'm supposed to find a stop sign or other pole to grab hold of when I need to make a call in public?
 
I'm sorry folks, but it has to be a hardware issue. I know you just dropped a lot of money on this phone...but you need to stop kidding yourselves.

the question everyone should be asking is...what the heck is apple going to do to fix it?
 
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