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buc

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Question out there for IP4 owners (ie not trolls who just look at internet vids):

Can you replicate the reception issue merely with the touch of a finger in the "magic spot"?

I have tried and tried to do this, and not once have i been able to lose bars with one finger. Yes, i can lose up to 2 bars using the death grip...(which doesn't affect me since it's very unnatural for me to hold it that way on a call, have to cock my hand at a 90 degree angle from my forearm).

I'm sure it can be done, i've seen the internet videos demonstrating it. I just wonder how often this happens or how many users it really affects. This seems to be the rallying cry for the anti-iphoners and what makes the iphone so much worse than other cell phones, but i simply can't make it happen and my guess is that the "one finger" problem affects an extremely small portion of the user base.

But what do i know...maybe i'm just lucky.
 
buc said:
Question out there for IP4 owners (ie not trolls who just look at internet vids):

Can you replicate the reception issue merely with the touch of a finger in the "magic spot"?

I have tried and tried to do this, and not once have i been able to lose bars with one finger. Yes, i can lose up to 2 bars using the death grip...(which doesn't affect me since it's very unnatural for me to hold it that way on a call, have to cock my hand at a 90 degree angle from my forearm).

I'm sure it can be done, i've seen the internet videos demonstrating it. I just wonder how often this happens or how many users it really affects. This seems to be the rallying cry for the anti-iphoners and what makes the iphone so much worse than other cell phones, but i simply can't make it happen and my guess is that the "one finger" problem affects an extremely small portion of the user base.

But what do i know...maybe i'm just lucky.
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maybe you are, was it really necessary to start a thread about this, why not just enjoy your phone brother.
 
If I don't have my case on and my finger even touches that area I will drop the call. The 3g in my area is crap though and I'm lucky to even have one bar of service.

With my case on I have no issues at all, other than the 3g data speed.
 
I went into an apple store and did the one finger touch of signal death... lost 4 bars.

Absolutely pathetic by steve jobs trying to spread the blame around other companies when it's just an apple issue.
 
Phokus said:
I went into an apple store and did the one finger touch of signal death... lost 4 bars.

Absolutely pathetic by steve jobs trying to spread the blame around other companies when it's just an apple issue.
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I'm at 3 bars in my office right now. Just tried it again and actually got it to go down a single bar.

Having said that, why can i "sometimes" get it to go down a single bar (and not with great reception to start out with), or not at all, yet you walk into an Apple store and get it to lose 4 bars? And, coincidentally, you're obviously not an apple fan.

I'll never understand the troll mentality.
 
Simple solution. Put a piece of tape over the bars and enjoy the phone. Maybe the bars are too accurate now after the update? I was always seeing 5 bars. Now I get 3 to 5 all the time. Doesn't matter. Works great. :D
 
NO

I tried putting my finger on the "hot spot" and held it there for several minutes, with no drop in bars.
However, if I rest that corner in my palm, I do lose one (1) bar out of the 5 my phone normally shows.
In real world use, I don't notice any of that. And I don't have a bumper/case on.
 
tRY THE SPEED TEST APP LIKE THE POSTER ABOVE. Very dramatic results.

Chunkycat said:
NO

I tried putting my finger on the "hot spot" and held it there for several minutes, with no drop in bars.
However, if I rest that corner in my palm, I do lose one (1) bar out of the 5 my phone normally shows.
In real world use, I don't notice any of that. And I don't have a bumper/case on.
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The girl who sits next to me at work has the new iPhone.

I managed to replicate the issue by bridging the gap with my penis.

How everyone laughed.

Except for the HR manager to whom I had to explain my actions some time later.
 
wrkactjob said:
The girl who sits next to me at work has the new iPhone.
I managed to replicate the issue by bridging the gap with my penis.
How everyone laughed.
Except for the HR manager to whom I had to explain my actions some time later.
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I laughed, haha! Great post.
 
buc said:
Can you replicate the reception issue merely with the touch of a finger in the "magic spot"?
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Omit the word "reception" and this can be a phenomenal sentence...to which, my answer would be time and time again!

But on a serious note and to have more of a contribution to this thread, I can replicate the reception issue with this method. Although I am not left handed, my right hand still bridges the gap with my fingers on the left side. Annoying issue for me. I find myself at times clawing my phone so delicately holding the top and bottom of steel bezel, because sometimes I feel like the mere presence of my hand in that location affects the signal in some way.
 
Replicating this with your finger is highly dependent on location. At work and at the local Apple store I can easily replicate this (on all iphone 4 display phones). At home it is quite a bit more difficult. Sometimes I can easily replicate, other times I can not. At home it seems like it won't quite go to zero bars but data throughput is zero. Try it with your finger being slightly moist see if that makes a difference.

I don't really care as I use a case (I would have anyway).
 
I don't agree. On my phone I can touch the spot and lose ALL service. The phone can be held or sitting on my desk and if I touch that area it loses all cellular service.

I have also tried to put a piece of tape over the left area and that makes NO difference.

At this point I think I have one of the really bad versions.

I went to my local Apple store and looked at 8 different iphone 4s. Some would lose signal by touching the area and some would not.
 
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