iPhone 4 Reception Issue: Does it effect you?
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- I still don't even know. Last night I was sitting with the phone still and watched the coverage bars go from 5 bars to 1 bar without even touching it which leads me to believe this is a software bug IN ADDITION to antenna touching issue, which I can replicate sometimes, but not all!
I'm confused!!! LOL06-25-2010 10:01 AMLike 0 - i have had my iPhone 4 for just over 24 hrs and i have yet to drop below 3 bars.
SN: i am 6'10" as you can imagine i have really huge hands. that being said i don't have much of a choice but to hold it by the metal band. i'm just happy i don't have the signal issue b/c i'd be screwed.06-25-2010 10:25 AMLike 0 - Not really. Sometimes I can reproduce the issue, most of the time I can't. I also know that my signal fluctuates a couple of bars normally, so that could be into play. At my apt, I go from 1-5 bars regularly on my old iPhones, normally around 3 or 4 bars. I don't have signal loss or massive data slowdowns. In other words, no, I am not affected by it where it affects my ability to use the phone.06-25-2010 10:27 AMLike 0
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- Is reception improved?
More bars than side by side test of 3GS ?
I have GRPS drop off at my house on my 3GS.. o2, London, UK
If I could have solid GPRS that WOULD be a plus!
EDGE a bonus
3G amazing06-25-2010 10:40 AMLike 0 -
But almost every other place in my house I get a drop to 1 bar!
John Gruber also is thinking this could be the issue:
Daring Fireball Linked List: Engadget on the iPhone 4's Reception
My best guess at this point is that the issue pops up in areas with spotty 3G coverage. With nothing covering the antenna, the improved reception of the iPhone 4 gives you more bars, maybe even up to 5. But when you cover the antenna in these areas with poor coverage, the phone is unable to get a strong signal. I’ve seen several reports from people who can reproduce the problem, but only from certain locations.06-25-2010 11:11 AMLike 0 -
- no reception issues in northern Delaware...i have tried holding the phone every which way and my signal does not drop, anywhere06-25-2010 11:30 AMLike 0
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- I'm living in NE Oklahoma and as you can imagine it's not a huge usage area. I'm on 3G and i made about 6 calls yesterday, every single one was dropped. I am left handed and so that may be part of my problem
the world is out to get us lefties!
I am happy with the phone. I had a 3G before and this one blows it out of the water. I am waiting for a jail break to get some of the features i'm use to having back.06-25-2010 11:45 AMLike 0 - Sometimes I can replicate this issue multiple times in a row...other times, not for my life.
I can NEVER replicate it holding the phone in my right hand, always in my left, but sometimes it just doesn't happen. My co-worker couldn't replicate it for the first day, but I could ( using his phone ), now he can too. My gf can replicate it as well, even with a case. I am trying to train her to hold it with her right hand.06-25-2010 11:48 AMLike 0 -
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From feedback I've got from some smart people, antennas work in a very different way then a regular wire would. So it's not so much the direct contact of the skin, but the proximity of the skin to the gap. Seems some current or something is still able to transfer with the tape or whatever on there.
Even using a bumper I still dropped signal, but from 5 to 3 instead of 5 to 1. The only thing that worked 100% for me was holding it with an ove glove. It's pretty thick and basically held my hand far enough away from the antenna to not cause the same interference.Last edited by Justin; 06-25-2010 at 12:17 PM.
06-25-2010 12:14 PMLike 0 - i can duplicate your experience Justin...
Latex glove (i actually used nitrile, no diff) = signal problem occured as expected.
Scotch Tape = signal problem occured as expected.
Electrical Tape = signal problem occured as expected.
Griffin case (similar to bumper w/ plastic back) = extremely diminished issues... 5>4, not 5>0 bars.
yes you are right... what i think is happening, im no expert, but since our cell frequencies are really high... the wave of the signal is quite short, thus the antenna is actually using a very small amount of the metal ring.. i believe the signal is being repropigated back into the phone, thus no signal... if the base of the antenna is at the lower left black seperator, than blocking the lower portion of the antenna would cause the most exaggerated results. Probably more exaggerated than we're used to, since were actually TOUCHING the antenna, instead of being separated by a plastic shell.Last edited by Libuff; 06-25-2010 at 12:44 PM.
06-25-2010 12:42 PMLike 0 - i can duplicate your experience Justin...
Latex glove (i actually used nitrile, no diff) = signal problem occured as expected.
Scotch Tape = signal problem occured as expected.
Electrical Tape = signal problem occured as expected.
Griffin case (similar to bumper w/ plastic back) = extremely diminished issues... 5>4, not 5>0 bars.
yes you are right... what i think is happening, im no expert, but since our cell frequencies are really high... the wave of the signal is quite short, thus the antenna is actually using a very small amount of the metal ring.. i believe the signal is being repropigated back into the phone, thus no signal... if the base of the antenna is at the lower left black seperator, than blocking the lower portion of the antenna would cause the most exaggerated results. Probably more exaggerated than we're used to, since were actually TOUCHING the antenna, instead of being separated by a plastic shell.
If you are always in an area where you will have a rock solid signal this likely won't be a problem, however there are many areas that this isn't the case and this will be a problem. The only solution now is the bumper or case. I had planned to do the bumper anyway.
It will be interesting to see how this shakes out! But a poll asking rather you have the issue or not is pretty worthless and unless everyone is testing under the same condition at the same distance from the tower it doesn't mean much.06-25-2010 01:35 PMLike 0 - 06-25-2010 06:01 PMLike 0
- Come on Obama get in here with a government inquiry call a special session and ask Steve Jobs to come to the White House and discuss this problem. This is a problem of national concern.06-25-2010 08:28 PMLike 0
- I haven't had any issue with reception, signal strength or dropped calls whatsoever. I live in a strong 3G area (Phoenix), and my iPhone 4 has behaved flawlessly... as has my daughter's and her husband's 3GS iPhones.
It also does not seem to be an issue with how I hold the phone... no case (yet), still no problem.Last edited by Fausty82; 06-26-2010 at 02:56 AM.
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