Apple please address Iphone 4s Antenna Problems/Hiss/Static

Why hasn't Apple addressed and released any statement on this problem that is apparently broad based on the 4s with many people expeirencing the static/hissing interface on phone calls? Phone replacements are expereincing the same problem. Users are reporting that the static/hiss interference can be stopped by placing hand and covering the top two antenna bands. When calls have completed/ended the nosie can be heard from the back of the phone. Is there any more confirmation on this? Will Apple please speak up?

Presumably you know this is not the place to address Apple ... But you can (and have) asked us other users about their situation.

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Apple, please address this issue!!! Searching and special characters

I've found at least one other topic here regarding this issue, but Apple has yet to address it, or even confirm that it's in fact an issue.
A big portion of my library consists of international artists, many who have special/nonstandard characters in their names (e.g. "Tiësto"). In previous versions of iTunes, I could search for "Tiesto" (note the absence of the umlaut over the 'e') and all of those tracks would appear. However, after upgrading to iTunes 9, I'm forced to search for "Tiësto" in order to view those tracks.
Thinking about this issue, it would seem that this is normal behavior, as an artist named "Pàz" isn't necessarily the same as "Paz". But the reality is that NO ONE wants to take the time to search for the alt-code of a special character, and then type it in. Additionally, most people (including me) have a number of reasons for not renaming the artist to conform to standard characters.
Clearly, something has changed between iTunes 8 and 9. And it's incredibly frustrating. A big chunk of my library is virtually inaccessible to me now, unless I search for terms that don't contain special characters.
Apple, **PLEASE** address this issue. I'm not the only one with the problem and it's become a huge pain in my side to have to work around this.

I don't see how it's sloppy or why there should be any reason that it shouldn't have given you both.
Even putting aside that gracenote and others don't have consistent spelling in their databases, that when you download from the iTunes store, who knows what you're going to get, so that one's library could be all over the place and one might not even notice it, accents and other markings don't change the fact that a u is the same letter as ú.
Yes, it's pronounced different. Yes, the difference is very important. But it's the same base letter. And even if it's considered a different letter in another language, in English we have 26 letters and all the accents and tildes and umlauts don't make them a new letter, which is what we're talking about here.
It's a huge pain that looking for an album that has "Zürich" in the field and I type in "Zurich" I can't find it. I have to think about if I really do have that album, maybe I deleted it by accident, etc. And then I think to type "rich" and then it pops up.
That's way too many steps. I don't know keyboard shortcuts and I don't want to learn them. In English, it should be letters, not characters, that count.

HT204406 Since updating to ios6 on my iPhone 4S iTunes Match has not worked. The app stays open for about five seconds before crashing. With ios5 it was great and worth paying for. Now it is utterly useless. Apple, please listen and fix this problem.

Ever since I updated to ios 6 on my iPhone 4S, iTunes Match has not worked.
I have been through the process of deleting my iTunes control files, and that worked temporarily, but now I cannot listen to music through the service.
It shows my artists and albums, then takes forever to access the songs (often more than 10 minutes - and yes, that's using WiFi), more often than not crashing before it gets to that point, then repeatedly crashing when I try to open the Music App, so I can't even access things I've downloaded.
Has anyone else found a solution?
Apple, please listen up - I am paying you for the iTunes Match service that is utterly useless. Fix it please.

After some troubleshooting, I decided to order a new battery. I replaced the battery and was then able to get it to restore, however--after I restore it and it comes time to restart the phone, it gets stuck and doesn't turn on.
Sorry, your repair ruined the iPhone.
She does not have apple care and even though she loved this device, she isn't going to buy another iPhone because of all the problems shes had with this one (it's just over a year old).
After you ruined the iPhone with DIY, Apple won't touch it anymore. You should have asked before all these had happened.
I'm an android user myself and I love rooting/flashing new ROMS, so if jailbreaking her phone or doing some kind of super-restore with 3rd party programs might help, I'm all for it-
Yeah, all Android user can think of is Jailbreaking, read this: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3743

Does Apple read these? Well if they do. My iPhone 6 keeps restarting randomly after I updated it to iOS 8.1. apple PLEASE UPDATE AND FIX THIS PROBLEM!!

my iPhone 6 randomly restarts now. After I uplayed it to iOS 8.1. APPLE PLEASE RELEASE A PATCH TO FIX THIS PROBLEM!

my iPhone 6 randomly restarts now. After I uplayed it to iOS 8.1. APPLE PLEASE RELEASE A PATCH TO FIX THIS PROBLEM!

Iphone 4 antenna problem not so fix

ok so you guys fix the problem with the iphone 4 bumper case , the problem is that my iphone 4 cost too much money to put it in a case that doesn't protect that much , i have my iphone 4 in a really protective case , and i have problems with the antenna , not to much , but i have them , so i suggest to make a really really protective iphone 4 case , that will fix the antenna problem , and i hope you guys do it , dont wait until the iphone 4g or 5

This is a user to user help forum ONLY. You are not addressing Apple here.
The only thing a case does in this regard is prevent you from bridging the small gap in the antenna at the lower left of the iPhone with skin. The only thing. If you have a problem when using any case that prevents this and there are a number of 3rd party cases to choose from - the case industry for the iPhone (all models) is a significant industry by itself, call AppleCare or make an appointment at an Apple store if there is one nearby.

Please help iPhone 5 sound problems

iPhone 5 sound problem: my iPhone 5 noise is only coming out thru the ear speaker and will not come out of any of the other speakers on my phone i say again it will ONLY come out my ear speaker it does it in games and in videos in music in everything! Ive reset the phone and went thru all the settings and everything to try to fix with no luck at all please help me!

fdisk formated and reinstaled windows 3 times. fresh install each time i installed a sound card. so I dont think lingering drivers is the problem which also means dx9 has been installed fresh each time.also I have been dealing with this for nearly a month and I am at a loss.

HT4623 Iphone 4s antena problems

I been having this problem for a while now I even have taken to a repair shop they charge me £90 replace the speaker and told me if I still got the same problem to go back so they can replace the mic for another £60 I still go the problem but didn't go back as I new I just been ripped off....
I live in Jersey channel islands so here there is no Apple shop normal I upgrade my phone with Jersey telecom but comes up very expensive so I ask A friend to buy it at apple shop in england June last Year, how can I get this fix I think the problem started when I update my phome to version 6.0 now updated to 6.0.1.
This is my 3rd apple I started with 2G, 3GS and now Iphone 4s.
Can you please help to fix it?
Kindly regards
Nick Gomes

Ok Joe,
You have probably resolved your issue by now. However, I had the same issue. It was not the case (since I do not use one), it was not that it needed to be hard re-set. The noise cancellation in some of the more recent updates seems to be atleast in part the culprit. Oddly, not only do you have to turn off the noise cancellation, but also turn on the hearing aide mode. Sort of surprising Apple has not had a good fix for this as of yet. Hope this works for you.

I can live with iphone 4 antenna problem but not with proximity sensor...

I did not face much trouble with antenna issue.. may be I am having good signal.. but certainly I am facing proximity sensor issue.. out of every 5 calls I have problem with at least 2 to 3 calls going to mute or starting facetime or opening address book etc...

I feel 100% the same. I am wondering if all these people complaint of the signal strength issue are really actually experiencing the proximity problem and just don't know it. This is beyond annoying.

Iphone 4 antenna Problem?

Hi
Can anyone with an iPhone 4 confirm if the reception issue (antennagate) occurs ONLY if the *gap between the two antennas (wifi and 3g) is bridged (connected)* with your finger?
OR if it *happens even* when you touch the bottom left corner of the phone without bridging the gap between the two antennas?
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Both. The issue occurs most notably in poor outdoor reception areas or indoors where most testing was done (CR, PhoneDog, etc tested indoors). Mostly tested with 3 bars in 4.0.1 or 4-5 bars in 4.0. If you use a smartphone as covering the whole phone on the left palm, this can interrupt the signal unless you keep away from the black line.
The typical way people hold normal phones is by the fingertips, not the palm, during phone conversations. Just avoid putting your fingers on the black line and put it in the center of the sides and you won't have the issue.
Data entering, people would cover the phone when texting or surfing the web. This would lower the bars significantly while surfing the web.

I went to Apple to ask about the Antenna problem and this is what they said

I spoke to their head technician and he said that the problem with the bars going down while you hold the phone is simply cosmetic and it will be fix with am update they are already working on. Furthermore he said that even if you have one bar left it is still the same signal strength you had when you originally placed the call, apparently is a problem that will be fix in the next update. what do you guys think?

Most of these technicians or "genius" have no idea what they are talking about.
I went to the apple store yesterday , explained the problem also spoke to a manager when I realized that the 1st person has no clue.
Long story short they did not want to give me a replacement because they wanted to take care of new customers in the line due to limited supplies.
For that they are willing to ignore us early adapters and loyal customers.
They even asked me to try and get a new SIM from AT&T.
Long story short they are either not trained well or are training to act as if it is not a widespread issue and downplay it.

Riddle me this about the iphone 4 antenna problem....

I upgraded to an iphone 4 from an iphone 3g. My wife still has an iphone 3g.
We were having dinner at a restaurant which is in the basement of a building. My wife didn't have any bars with 3.12 firmware while I had bars on my iphone4. I actually received a couple of text messages during our dinner. (that's how I noticed I had coverage).

I would like to further state that in surrounding towns where I live, I have experienced the death grip issue in weaker signal areas.
I believe that (at least in the US), ATT cel towers either need a hardware upgrade or software upgrade to fully be optimized for the iphone 4.
Essentially, I think the death grip issues are tower specific.

Apple, please fix your connectivity problem for the iPad Air 2! Your OS 8.2 did nothing to fix this!! Very frustrating to not be able to connect to wifi some days!

can someone from apple please address the wifi connectivity problems with the iPad Air 2??

thank you for responding. My specific wifi issue is that my connection will disconnect then reconnect in a matter of minutes of each other. After an hour of this back and forth dance of connections it finally stays disconnected. I can go two weeks without this issue then it will start up again for a day or 2. I have done all the basic troubleshooting.. Including checking and restarting my modem and router. Our iPad mini does not have these issues. None of our laptops/iPhones or xbox have connectivity issues. I have found many other iPad Air 2 users complaining of the same iconnection problems on various blogs. One blog had even discussed the ios update and how they were surprised it did not include a bug fix for this connectivity problem.

Wrong CD Titles Displayed THIS IS A BUG IN OSX APPLE PLEASE FIX

I've been having this same problem for YEARS. Can comeone at Apple please address this issue? Here's what happens. I load a custom CD that has never been in the machine before and it should just display this CD as "title" or some other generic notation. Instead, the operating system displays the CD NAME OF THE LAST CD I BURNED. The system also ASSIGNS THE TRACK NAMES OF THE LAST CD BURNED. The tracks will continue to be mislabeled when importing into a digital editor. WHY HASN'T APPLE FIXED THIS? This has been going on since 10.2.8 fercrissakes.
Where is CD title information stored? I've gone through my ~/Library/Cache folder and couldn't find anything there.

The information is stored in "CD Info.cidb" in your preferences folder.
It will also look on the internet if the option is enabled in the "Importing" tab of iTune's "Advanced" preference.
It looks up the track names based on the combination of all the track lengths. If you make more than one CD with the track lengths the same, it will think they are the same CD.

Help! IPHONE 4S SOUND PROBLEMS!

My iPhone 4s is making hissing/static sounds. I turned it off and it stopped, when the screen goes to sleep it stops like after a minute so, what's wrong? Also, I cannot play music from my library, but when I go to settings and play my ringtone, I can hear that.

Hi teebossy,
If you are having issues with Siri, or Siri appears to not be available, you may find the following article helpful:
iOS: Troubleshooting Siri
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS4079
Regards,
- Brenden

TS1559 I have problem with my iPhone 4s, the problem is i can't turn on wifi, when i go to the setting then to the general and then to the about, i see there is wifi address for my iPhone but still i can't turn it on, please help me

I have problem with my iPhone 4s, the problem is i can't turn on wifi, though i have wifi address in my iPhone setting when i go to the general then about option, i tryed many options like turning of iPhone in airplan mode, reset options, but still the same, its gray button of wifi, please help me.

Hello Pllumb,
It sounds like you are unable to turn on Wi-Fi because the option is grayed out in Settings. Use these steps from the following article named:
iOS: Wi-Fi settings grayed out or dim
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts1559
Restart your iOS device.
Make sure that airplane mode is off by tapping Settings > Airplane Mode.
Reset the network settings by tapping Settings > General > Reset > Reset Network Settings.
This will reset all network settings, including Bluetooth pairing records, Wi-Fi passwords, VPN, and APN settings.
Make sure that your device is using the latest software. To do so, connect your device to your computer and check for updates in iTunes.
If you still can't turn Wi-Fi on, please contact Apple for support and service options. If you can turn Wi-Fi on but are experiencing other issues with Wi-Fi, please see these steps.
Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.
All the very best,
Sterling

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