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"Searching..."

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rdstoll

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Jul 15, 2008
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I swear the next time I see this message on the top left corner of my iPhone 4 I'm going to blow. Seriously. The 3GS with AT&T was not great shakes in terms of getting good coverage but I knew where the dead spots were around the places I go and could count on reduced coverage in those areas. With the iPhone 4 it's like a free-for-all. I can have the phone sitting right in front of me and the signal strength varies from five bars of 3G to two bars of Edge to the aforementioned "Searching...."

I've never seen an iPhone "Searching..." as much as this one.
 
I've never seen any iPhone (including the iPhone 4) say "searching" where I live. Sounds like your in a bad coverage area to me.
 
Happened to me yesterday and I REALLY needed to use my GPS, ASAP because I was approaching a corner and I wasn't sure to turn left or right. Luckily, I guess right. Ugh.
 
nfl46 said:
Happened to me yesterday and I REALLY needed to use my GPS, ASAP because I was approaching a corner and I wasn't sure to turn left or right. Luckily, I guess right. Ugh.
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GPS doesn't use the cellular network.
 
nfl46 said:
Happened to me yesterday and I REALLY needed to use my GPS, ASAP because I was approaching a corner and I wasn't sure to turn left or right. Luckily, I guess right. Ugh.
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Actually I am more shocked that you were trying to use GPS on the IP4 while you were driving!
 
nfl46 said:
Lol. I text, talk and use the GPS while driving. Its possible.
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I'm guilty about this as well, been trying to stop this habit :eek:

OP sound like a pain what you are going trough, maybe is time for you to go into "searching" mode and get a new phone... sorry that you are experiencing this problem :S
 
spades1412 said:
When would be a good time to use your GPS then? I usually don't have a need for GPS unless I'm driving.
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It's the whole notion of using your phone while driving. If you use a GPS, then your destination should be already entered and not being punched in as you are driving. I've just seen too many bad drivers swerving all over the road as they are texting/calling.
 
Ok folks, I apologize for hijacking this thread.

Back the original topic....

I seem to have signal strength problem only with the IP4. I place both the IP4 and 3GS on a counter side by side. The IP4 gets nothing where as the 3GS has 4-5 bars. This baffles me. The genius at Apple said that this is possible as the 2 devices might have joined differed cell towers. Is this BS?
 
If I don't have the phone in its Bumper case, it often goes to "Searching ..." or "No Service" when I'm in my bedroom. My 3G and 3GS never did - not once - in more than two years. :mad:

I'm glad Consumer Reports told the truth on this design flaw and I hope more media outlets run with the story. I think that's the only possible way we'll see a fix from Apple, if one is even possible.
 
Mine goes from 0 bars to 3 or 4 to 0 randomly it seems. I don't recall my original iPhone having so much trouble.
 
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