That doesn't sound very promising at all if you have 2 units that both have this problem.
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iPhone 4 Reception Issue? [Video]
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That doesn't sound very promising at all if you have 2 units that both have this problem.
Absolutely great.
I have left HTC to get away from useless hardware and now it seems Apple's quality control has gone down the pan in their last few products aswell (iMac screen issues, iPad wifi issues, iPhone cracking issues)
I got so sick of holding my HTC Hero by the corner to get signal because of the positioning of the antenna, I am NOT putting up with it in this phone.
I have left HTC to get away from useless hardware and now it seems Apple's quality control has gone down the pan in their last few products aswell (iMac screen issues, iPad wifi issues, iPhone cracking issues)
I got so sick of holding my HTC Hero by the corner to get signal because of the positioning of the antenna, I am NOT putting up with it in this phone.
I watched the video and was able to get my iphone 4 to do the same things.... good news tho.... I'll break out my camera to demo if needed but i just put my iphone 4 into my 3GS "Speck" case (more or less fits) and tested it out... holding my hand around my phone in the same manor as in the video (and testing it my self with out a case on) there is NO deviation in signal!
i just confirmed that when the phone shows no service, it doesnt even ring when someone calls..
Hmm, I wonder why that is, SHERLOCK?
Mine does the exact same thing. It's outrageous that this was not caught in testing. It is clearly a problem of our hands connecting the two antennas.
I remember hearing that when field testing, Apple put covers on the iPhone 4 test units to make them look like iPhone 3GS phones... I feel like that disguise cover would prevent this issue from occuring during testing.
Not pleased at all.
I remember hearing that when field testing, Apple put covers on the iPhone 4 test units to make them look like iPhone 3GS phones... I feel like that disguise cover would prevent this issue from occuring during testing.
Not pleased at all.
Wow this is insane. If gloves do remedy the issue it gives more case for a bumper, but why at all would the antenne be blocked by a human hand?
Not here
I saw this behavior when I first got the phone and was connected to iTunes and installing apps. However I am now at the pool holding the phone in the same position as the video and have tried holding all three not he's and am not seeing this happen. I am consistently at 5 bars and using 3G data without an issue.
I saw this behavior when I first got the phone and was connected to iTunes and installing apps. However I am now at the pool holding the phone in the same position as the video and have tried holding all three not he's and am not seeing this happen. I am consistently at 5 bars and using 3G data without an issue.
Can you explain to me how a software glitch is affected by the way someone holds a phone?
dude do you have a problem?? if you cant contribute then you dont need to say anything at all.. i was making a statement that on a callers end, their phone wont ring when dialing..
this is strange.
By my understanding, when you touch the iphone, your whole body should act like an antennae and boost the signal, but it seems like the cellular radio waves have some trouble passing through the human body, and since water is more conductive than air, all the cell radio waves choose to pass through the body, make the signal poor.
By my understanding, when you touch the iphone, your whole body should act like an antennae and boost the signal, but it seems like the cellular radio waves have some trouble passing through the human body, and since water is more conductive than air, all the cell radio waves choose to pass through the body, make the signal poor.
Someone at an older thread pointed out some issues with signals and hand blocking them on an iPhone as well. He provides a pretty good analysis for that phone, but this may be a different case.
When the calls are dropping, 3G is dying, and text messages aren't being sent I don't need some software to tell me what sort of signal I have.
Apple's testers used phone cases
My guess is that Apple's testers missed this because the phones were housed in rubber/silicone cases to hide the fact that they weren't 3Gs phones.
My guess is that Apple's testers missed this because the phones were housed in rubber/silicone cases to hide the fact that they weren't 3Gs phones.
If you press your thumb across the lower left black notch, it causes the same thing. When you don't touch below it, nothing happens. So it seams to me that it is touching the left antenna, and also touching the bottom (unused?) metal strip. I guess the best solution would be to cover up the bottom metal strip with something that would resist grounding or something like that?
Probably missed it because they all had those stupid 3G disguise cases on them!
this is sh#t i dont care if it works WITH a bumper - i dont want a gayass bumper. i expect it to work as it is without spending £25 on a bit of 
rubber
rubberNo difference for me.Just a wild guess, but does it make a difference if you have rubber soled shoes on, or just bare feet?