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Lack of antenna coating on some iPhones may be part of the problem
We recently reported how your body can be responsible for the bridging of two antennas on the iPhone 4 when you hold the phone on the bottom left of the device. There are reports circulating that a coating that was supposed to insulate the antennas and prevent your body from detuning them, was accidentally left off of some units. When an iPhone 4 user called Apple tech support, he was told that once the Cupertino based firm decides what the solution is to the problem, "defective" iPhones will be repaired or replaced. For now, what the company is telling users to do is to reset the network settings, flip the "Airport mode" on and off (which ironically is something that we have found works well when a Motorola DROID loses its 3G signal) and avoid holding the phone in the lower left corner. If the problem is indeed the lack of a coating, it can be easily fixed with new production runs. In fact, this might have saved a lot of agony for those who held out for the white iPhone 4, because when the production line rolls on that version of the device, all of the issues surrounding reception will probably be taken care of. On the other hand, the coating theory pre-dates Apple's announcement that the problem is related to the miscalculation of the signal bars on the phone, so it is possible that it is not responsible for the iPhone 4's reception problems at all, in which case we are back to square one.

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1. BlackberryUser posted on 20 Oct 2010, 01:47

This article was useful until the end. The two receptions issues are un-related. The software issue plagues the 3g, 3gs, and 4 models. The dropped call issues relate only to the iPhone 4.

12. PapaJay224 posted on 03 Jul 2010, 17:09

Software, Hardware, Rubber Bumper, Crossing signal, At&t WHICH ONE IS IT?!?!?!... The only thing this articles proves is that STILL no one knows what the issue is. period. ...And yet still people buy this damn thing?

13. E.N. posted on 03 Jul 2010, 18:21

Well technically not many people are buying this thing because it's been sold out for a while. Maybe you're talking about online sales?

16. PapaJay224 posted on 03 Jul 2010, 19:29

I really dislike you E.N., and if you re-read, which is possible because the article is just right up there above you..you'd notice i said "...And yet still people buy this damn thing?" People still "BUY" is different then "buying", my comment relates to every issue or lack of features that flood the phone itself and yet people still buy it. this was merely a comment on how, not only lack of features, and behind the curve this phone is now, is that the technical issues that are noticeably greater with every model that has came out. It boggles me that people still BUY it. So technically your still a random posting moron.

20. wade1968 posted on 03 Jul 2010, 19:58

hello PapaJay224. The problem how I see it. Is that with the aluminum body, they might have wanted to try and attach the antenna to the phone body.

22. E.N. posted on 03 Jul 2010, 23:20

Now I understand what you're trying to say but it can go both ways. You don't have to add "ing" to make it current/ongoing. Just a simple misunderstanding. And dude, I'm not here to make friends with you. As for you not liking me, I couldn't care less.

25. iHateCrapple posted on 04 Jul 2010, 11:10

PapaJay is gangsta haha

28. wade1968 posted on 04 Jul 2010, 15:02

Sorry E.N. I have friends. I just want to bounce around knowledge and ideas with other people .

30. DROID_FOR_LIFE posted on 04 Jul 2010, 19:05

YOU SOUND LIKE A BIG ASS DOUCH

32. BlackberryUser posted on 04 Jul 2010, 20:50

But I want you to be my friend ... I need friends...

45. *HOVA* posted on 05 Jul 2010, 06:40

As someone who works for ATT (and throuroughly dislikes them as a company, hey it's a job) I can tell you I haven't had a single person call in about this issue. I work in retention so I would think if it's as big of an issue as the news reports daily, I'd say we'd be hearing about it. We've received information about the whole iPad breach and other issues in the past but nothing on this, not one thing. Yes, I've seen the videos that prove there's an issue when you try to magnify the problem by cupping the phone with your hand, but obviously in the real world it's not causing much of an issue. Not for myself, and not from anyone else I've heard from. If it was as big of an issue as the media makes it out to be, I'm pretty sure people wouldn't be buying it, or I'd be hearing from all of them when they wanted to cancel because of it.

46. networkdood posted on 05 Jul 2010, 09:14

The drop call issue actually affected 3g also as a defective part was found and it was fixed with later releases - just like with MICROSOFT, always buy the iPhone after it has been around for 6 months.

2. ilia1986 posted on 03 Jul 2010, 07:38

Geez if I this is true - if I were Steve, I'd sue the damn holy mother out of those responsible for the phone's assembling and production. Maybe thats why some of the folks working there suicided - they realized that they forgot this component, thought of the consequences, and decided to do something about it.

4. NOVAinc posted on 03 Jul 2010, 11:05

It's not fun to play with that... they kill themselves because they feel like paying back their families with the money FOXCONN pays to them when the employee die...

33. BlackberryUser posted on 04 Jul 2010, 20:51

This went to far...

3. CHEFJEFF posted on 03 Jul 2010, 08:39

And if it were not for the lack of coating, my DICK would be 12 inches long.

8. easytochris posted on 03 Jul 2010, 12:59

More bars in more places.....where you need them the most.

5. richk posted on 03 Jul 2010, 11:20

hitlers views on iphone 4 signal problems well funny lolhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3h3Ogt2L44Q

14. E.N. posted on 03 Jul 2010, 18:32

That one wasn't really funny at all. It was actually pretty boring. I like the welcome to phonemart one better. That one actually made me laugh.

24. richk posted on 04 Jul 2010, 07:33

itmade me laugh :)

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