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How to improve the connectivity of your iPhone 4 for $1

Posted: 01 Jul 2010, 11:16, by Alan F.

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How to improve the connectivity of your iPhone 4 for $1

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By now, the solution to the iPhone 4's connectivity problem is clear-putting a rubber bumper around the unit will insulate the antennas that wrap around the phone. Apple itself offers such a bumper for $29 and had given some away to those who waited on line to pick up their phone on June 24th. But as other documents have shown, Apple reps have been told not to promise or give out free bumpers. And considering the price of the phone, why should you be on the hook for another $29 to correct a problem that is not your fault? A better solution has been offered up by one Oliver Nelson. Nelson received a green bracelet like the kind you see cyclists wear, for free when he ordered an iPad charger from crazyondigital.com. However, you should be able to pick up a similar bracelet for about $1 at a hobby store. You then stretch the band around the iPhone and you have a rubber bumper. And to allow space for the charger, Nelson took an unstretched bracelet and made a cut measuring 1.125″ long and about .125″ wide. He also made other small cutouts for the silent mode toggle switch on the side, and a small hole for the audio jack on top. A little snip here and a little snip there and you have a rubber bumper that costs a small fraction of the $29 that Apple charges.

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1. remixfa posted on 20 Oct 2010, 01:47 0 0

Anyone else think its sad that you have to buy accessories to make your "worlds greatest phone" work properly?

4. bng posted on 01 Jul 2010, 11:42 0 0

i do

6. alex_a posted on 01 Jul 2010, 11:45 0 0

I wanted this phone really badly, but after this..... I am not sure I want it anymore. Even $200 is too much for the phone that is not working properly out of the box.

19. matt1q2aw3 (unregistered) posted on 01 Jul 2010, 15:46 0 0

I love this....Apple goofed on something sooooo simple, this appears to be a design flaw not based upon computer programming or faulty components.... but simply improper design of the antenna as well as improper testing... Then again, how could Apple properly test their products when they can't even keep track of their prototypes. Those all end up in a puddle of spilled beer and redbull-vodkas. It would be an absolute disgrace if the employee who designed the antenna was fired for this and Jobs is still gets to water and fertilize his orchard of I-bitches. Somewhere on the product testing checklist there is a missing box for "does this phone drop more calls then would be expected?" Someone get me a whool shirt.

20. matt1q2aw3 (unregistered) posted on 01 Jul 2010, 15:48 0 0

excuse me... "wool shirt"

2. kellybl131 posted on 01 Jul 2010, 11:26 0 0

Maybe it's just me... but you shouldn't need to "improve connectivity" on a phone that costs $300.

3. clevername posted on 01 Jul 2010, 11:26 0 0

Too bad his has to be necessary but kudos to this guy. This was a bigger stoke of genius than the antenna itself.

5. PapaJay224 posted on 01 Jul 2010, 11:42 0 0

Wow, you hear that Apple owners, You get to wear a rubber while Apple is Fu**ing you, and it only costs 29.99! WOW! You should expect to see these in the mens room of bowling alleys and gas stations, late 2010.

7. jamess661 posted on 01 Jul 2010, 11:50 0 0

Now that was funny

9. dsg_cobra posted on 01 Jul 2010, 12:13 0 0

wow, thank you i needed that, actually made me laugh out loud.

8. nak1017 posted on 01 Jul 2010, 12:13 0 0

A couple inches of electrical tape will do the same thing and cost just about nothing... though it'll be ugly as sin.

10. iheartblueberry posted on 01 Jul 2010, 12:34 0 0

Where do you get this so called "free electrical tape"??? I want some.

15. nak1017 posted on 01 Jul 2010, 14:20 0 0

Fair point... I should have edited to just say 'tape'

29. wade1968 posted on 04 Jul 2010, 17:40 0 0

Cheaper electrical tape may be found at Walmart.

30. wade1968 posted on 04 Jul 2010, 17:40 0 0

please do not edit your words. You have the right words.

11. narley posted on 01 Jul 2010, 12:59 0 0

haha ha INCREDIBLE FTW!

12. zuno gyakusatsu posted on 01 Jul 2010, 13:04 0 0

hate to break it to you, but the droid incredible has known signal/grounding issues as well...

18. iHateCrapple posted on 01 Jul 2010, 15:36 0 0

Your holding it wrong zuno...

24. ILOVEIPHONE25 (unregistered) posted on 01 Jul 2010, 22:12 0 0

your a big ass hater, fag....why don't you ever say anything possible? just because you have acne all over your face don't hate us

25. HockeyDood posted on 02 Jul 2010, 02:46 0 0

All you do is on this site is hate on anyone who says anything positive about a non-iFail or anything negative about an iFail. You don't bring anything meaningful, insightful, intelligent, or amusing to any post on this site. Go take your Ritalin, wait for a pubic hair to grow, and then come back. Until then little boy, shut the fuck up. Nobody cares about you.