That didn't really answer what I wrote.... I said why do you keep repeating your self....
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Lightning cable = new Antennagate?!
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That didn't really answer what I wrote.... I said why do you keep repeating your self....
There's a lot of whiners on these boards. Look, I can understand if your phone has blemishes or what not when it comes out of the box but seriously, some of the posts on these boards are getting ridiculous.
If someone doesn't like the earphones, iOS 6, the external speaker, or anything else, take your phone back and get a droid or something else. It's as simple as that.
If someone doesn't like the earphones, iOS 6, the external speaker, or anything else, take your phone back and get a droid or something else. It's as simple as that.
I agree.
I shouldn't have let it but reading some of the threads on here and other forums did unsettle me at first.
Now after getting my head past all the background noise on here I'm awaiting my new phone.
Don't get me wrong some of the issues raised on here will help me know what to look at when opening the box.
1. iPhone 5 is unplugged - getting 3 bars of AT&T's 4G, and [relatively] good tethering speed.
2. Connected cable to charge.
3. Signal IMMEDIATELY drops to 1 bar and data speed drops to 0. No data at all. (haven't tried making a call)
4. Disconnected the cable. Signal is back to 3 bars and good data speed.
5. Repeated steps several times, seems to be consistent behavior.
WTF?!
Is Lightning cable shortening the antenna?
Do you have similar experience?
Besides this issue, I find iPhone 5 as prone to Antennagate as iPhone 4 - if you're "holding it wrong", the signal is noticeably attenuated.
I'm insulted by this comment. This is the new incarnation of The Antennagate acknowledged by Steve Himself, not just some "glitch"!
How many bars you have that you see no difference?
Uh, iPhone 5's signal VERY MUCH depends on how you're holding it. Just remember that there's big difference between 5 bars and 3 bars. EXPONENTIAL difference.
I haven't used 4s, only 4 and 5, but with 4 I'm very aware of how I'm holding it when the signal is not strong in the first place. It's sad that after upgrading to 5 I still have to be aware of how I'm holding it... after supposedly it was fixed in 4s.
Remember, there's an EXPONENTIAL difference between 5 and 3 bars. After original Antennagate, Apple adjusted the bar/signal formula to differentiate more between strong and week signals. So that when you get 5 bars, you don't see Antennagate or only see it dropped to 4 bars. But when you get 3 bars or 2 bars, oh boy, the signal drops to 1 bar which means "NOTHING". No signal.
Antennagate = anything that you normally do with your phone (holding it in your hand, plugging the cable) drops the signal. If this is the case, YOU DESIGNED YOUR DAMN PHONE WRONG!!! If it's 5 bars and you built in the algorithm to still show 5 bars when antenna is attenuated while the signal is attenuated, and when it's 3 bars and it drops to 1 bar and no data trickling through because the signal is attenuated - THIS IS ANTENNAGATE!!!
Because there's no such thing as you're holding it wrong or you plugged in the cable - but there's such thing as YOU DESIGNED IT WRONG.
Any told you that you are quite "excitable"?
And no, I have no problem with plugging the cable in with 1,2 or 3 bars.
I couldn't even make calls on an iPhone 4 from one room where the signal was so poor, the iPhone 5 will hold a perfectly good call from the same place. Cable plugged in or not.
Have you considered maybe you are faulty?
Do you suffer from excess static electricity in your body?
This must be an AT&T thing. I've never had an issue on any of my iPhones with signal quality regardless of how I hold it, plugged in or not, indoors or outdoors. /shrugs
It's not an AT&T thing. It's a "samiznaetekto" thing.
I'm on AT&T, have 3 bars at home on LTE, and have noticed no change in reception while the cable is plugged in, nor when I hold the phone in any particular way.
I have 3-4 bars with "4G," (depending on where I am in the house), and have noticed no change in reception while the cable is plugged in, nor when I hold the phone in any particular way.
I'm on AT&T, have 3 bars at home on LTE, and have noticed no change in reception while the cable is plugged in, nor when I hold the phone in any particular way.
I have 3-4 bars with "4G," (depending on where I am in the house), and have noticed no change in reception while the cable is plugged in, nor when I hold the phone in any particular way.
No change. Did it in Field Test Mode to be certain. Plugged, unplugged.. didn't matter. On AT&T.
Switch to Verizon, problem solved. Just switched myself. Used to get none to one bar of signal in my house with iPhone 4 and AT&T. Would drop calls all the time. Now have iPhone 5 and verizon and get 3-4 bars of service.
Also tested the lightning plug and loss of signal issue. Nothing. Same signal plugged in as unplugged.
It's not a network issue. Sometimes the phone goes from 4 bars to no service at random. Doesn't matter where I am, whether I'm moving or stationary.
The overall design did not change but there were changes made to the design of the 4S antenna to fix the issues with the 4. I think later model 4 iPhones were different to fix the issue as well. So don't say nothing changed.
EDIT: as an example, when I touched the two separate section on the left side of the AT&T iphone 4 together, I would lose bars or service. I just tested this out on my iphone 5 (verizon model), connected all 4 sections together while my fingers at each point (two top and two bottom) and zero bar/signal loss. I even held the phone in my left hand to see if it would lose bars as well and nothing. Same 3 bars of service that I normally get in my house.
Like everyone is saying, it might be an issue with your phone or with your lightning cable but not a design flaw. I get better signal and coverage now with the iphone 5 and verizon than I ever did with my iphone 4 and AT&T (And I loved my JB iphone 4. I only upgraded to the 5 because I switched carriers).
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i swear the next time Apple releases a product a lot of you crazy OCD's need to re-fill your meds.
Signal attenuation when plugging Lightning cable
After one full year of use, i'm noticing this issue. Being in a place where cellular signals are barely received, I was struggling to get three bars to be able to use tethering. Finally I found a place, and when I plugged the Lightning cable... signal went from three to one bar, and no data.
I removed the cable and instantly signal jumped to three bars, with very decent data speeds.
I bought my iPhone 5 the first day it went on sale. May the glitch be present on early models?
I don't really know, but I swear this is real.
After one full year of use, i'm noticing this issue. Being in a place where cellular signals are barely received, I was struggling to get three bars to be able to use tethering. Finally I found a place, and when I plugged the Lightning cable... signal went from three to one bar, and no data.
I removed the cable and instantly signal jumped to three bars, with very decent data speeds.
I bought my iPhone 5 the first day it went on sale. May the glitch be present on early models?
I don't really know, but I swear this is real.