One has around three bars and one has about full bars, the iPhone I was taking the picture with had two bars and they were all right next to each other except for the iPhone I was taking the pic with which was approximately 3 feet back
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Reception is different for each iphone... pics below
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One has around three bars and one has about full bars, the iPhone I was taking the picture with had two bars and they were all right next to each other except for the iPhone I was taking the pic with which was approximately 3 feet back
i think he is showing that even though they are very close to each other, they have different reception. so if he posted a screenshot, you wouldn't be able to see how close they were.
If reception is bad on a 3g iphone, is that reason enough for an exchange? What process would apple do to check it>? My phone is on edge alot and drops alotta calls. It also reboots at least once a day when i try to use an app.
1. My phone did the same thing with my girlfriends
2. Ipod kept pausing, then rebooting occasionally, and apps crashed.
3. I brought it back, told them what was going on, and they gave me a brand new one no questions asked. (except, did you restore it?)
to be scientific, you'd have to put them in the exact same place. so, put one down on the table, note how many bars, then move it and put the next iphone in the same place, facing the same direction, etc
void
it's void if you have one in a dock and the other in your hand. Especially as the antenna is plugged into the top of the phone but runs down the side (within the housing obviously).
I have also noticed reception fluctuations in different positions of how i hold the phone etc,
so as previously stated: on a table, same way, same position etc
it's void if you have one in a dock and the other in your hand. Especially as the antenna is plugged into the top of the phone but runs down the side (within the housing obviously).
I have also noticed reception fluctuations in different positions of how i hold the phone etc,
so as previously stated: on a table, same way, same position etc
I was about to say the same thing and quote Einstein at the OP.
On every single phone I have ever owned has changed signal with a tiny variation on where it was, even rotating it changed the signal. This is expected behaviour for the iPhone really.
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Please open the phone's keypad and type this in:
*3001#12345#*
It will tell you the signal as a number instead of bars. Tap the number to toggle with bars. (Hit home to revert back to just bars.)
They're negative numbers, so -80 is better than -90.
So if they both have the same number, but different bars, it means they're reporting innacurately. If the numbers are different, they're actually getting different signals. Right now I'm getting -95 to -99 and it reports that as 2 bars.
Actually, it would be nice if EVERYONE posted that info, so we can see if certain bars are accurately mapped to certain numbers across all phones.
Please open the phone's keypad and type this in:
*3001#12345#*
It will tell you the signal as a number instead of bars. Tap the number to toggle with bars. (Hit home to revert back to just bars.)
They're negative numbers, so -80 is better than -90.
So if they both have the same number, but different bars, it means they're reporting innacurately. If the numbers are different, they're actually getting different signals. Right now I'm getting -95 to -99 and it reports that as 2 bars.
Actually, it would be nice if EVERYONE posted that info, so we can see if certain bars are accurately mapped to certain numbers across all phones.
I'm getting 1 bar of 3G, then went into field test mode and am getting -97 to -101.
snverhallen
This matches up pretty well with what I've seen. I find that -109 or so is where I lose signal.
That happens a lot in the living room of my house.
My roommates all have iPhones, and it's not unusual for one of us to have 1 bar of 3G service while the others have 3-4 bars of 3G.
If you delve into the field test mode, you can see that the iPhone with 1 bar of 3G service is connected to a different tower than the other iPhone 3Gs that are sitting right next to it.
You're joking, right?
As to the iPhone reception differences I've been experiencing that between my friend's iPhone and mine since day one. Anyone's guess why - perhaps when in close proximity each iPhone interferes with the other's ability to pick up the signal.
