Reception 'issue' variable depending on location...

I have just conducted a bit of a test whilst out to post some mail.
At home (where my signal is notoriously poor, and where my nokia was awful) my signal is ok on the iphone4, but definitely drops if i hold the phone in such a way as to cover the bottom left hand corner. So you could in fact argue that the iphone4 is doing an ok job of getting a signal. But you would also say that holding the phone effects the reception.
Whilst out to the post box I stopped where i had 5 bars 3G reception (in its car cradle), i stopped and held the phone in the death grip, no change, 3 mins later, no change. I removed the bumper (sorry, forgot to mention i have a bumper), so, i removed the bumper, and held again, ensuring i was doing my best to cause the issue, no change! No issue!!
So, i have to conclude from this unscientific test, that the phone is not effected to any great extent where the signal is good in the first place. Where the signal is poor (my house), the iphone seems to do a good job of getting one, but can then be effected by holding it!
Can anyone else try to repeat this type of test?
What do people think?

Hi everyone, I just got my iphone 4G a few days ago and I must say- this is the best phone Ive ever owned in my lifetime- although I havent tried any of the other new phones- I just wanted to share my experiance with this- First off I bought a case the day I got my new iphone 4G- I just think thats the logical thing to do after all- the first thing that ran through my mind was to protect the glass screens- Maybe some people don't want to invest money in buying a case but come on, $30 bucks is not alot of money and infact one of the employees at AT&T actually gave me one for free since i brought a friend with me who also upgraded to the new iphone-
I havent had any problems with reception except in certain areas that AT&T doesnt have good coverage but thats not the iphones fault- I don't understand why people have to make such a big deal with the new antenna- infact I tried to press down in the bottom corner to see if its true but nothing happened- maybe people purposely trying to make the antenna have a problem are trying to find a reason to make a deal out of it-
No product is going to be 100% perfect and seriously if you weigh out all of the cool features and everthing that the iphone 4G does- is the antenna issue really that unbareable-
Anyways putting a case over the phone does cover the metal bands and protects the back glass- so why wouldnt anyone wanna buy a case for their new iphone?
Thats like saying when you buy a pair of contacts, wouldnt the logical thing to do is to buy a case and a bottle of solution- and even though some people think its uneccessary some people buy the cleaner to clean their contacts?
Anyways- im only here to say that Im happy with my phone and I havent seen any problems what so ever- all this negative feedback- i decided to post something positive-
Remember back in the days when cellphones cost over $1,000- didnt have video recording especially HD recording didnt exist- no camera, no app store, horrible reception and battery life- expensive phone plan, no Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, no color, no touchscreen, no internet, extremely slow- very limited on storage space, extremely big and ugly in design...
And some of you guys out there complaining that you paid $199 or $299 for a phone with all these features and more listed above and making a big deal over something thats really not an unbearable problem that can be avoided =)
its so funny how quick the world forgets- personally i thank apple for stirring up the business world forcing all the companies to finally wake up and give us what weve been demanding- if apple never released the iphone in 2007, how long would we have to wait for someone else to do it?

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Antenna Issues appear dependent on location

Hi All, just wanted to weigh in on this. There are lots of posts about the "grip of death" however in my experience its totally dependent on where you are?
I'm at work now and my phone has full signal over GPRS (out in the sticks so no 3G). No matter how I grip or hold the phone i can't get the bars to drop, not even by one bar.
At home my signal is a very weak and I can get it to drop off by applying "the grip".
I have tried in varying locations and with varying signal strengths. Sometimes the phone will lose bars and others it wont.
Maybe I am just lucky in the South East of England but for the majority of the time the phone works great - unless I am in a poor signal area.
I'm not down playing or denying the issue - just speculating that it could be more to do with the area you live in and how many bars the phone says you have compared to how many it actually gets rather than a fault with the actual antenna.
I'll post again after the forthcoming update but for now I'll just say I am more than happy with my iPhone 4 - o2 just needs to improve their network coverage!

Yep, totally agree with you. I've experienced the same. I even did the so called 'Death Grip' on a Samsung phone the other day, Ha!

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Take it to an Apple Store for evaluation. If defective, you'll get a replacement.
Look at iOS Troubleshooting Wi-Fi networks and connections http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1398
Additional things to try.
Try this first. Turn Off your iPad. Then turn Off (disconnect power cord) the wireless router & then back On. Now boot your iPad. Hopefully it will see the WiFi.
Change the channel on your wireless router. Instructions at http://macintoshhowto.com/advanced/how-to-get-a-good-range-on-your-wireless-netw ork.html
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http://osxdaily.com/2012/03/21/fix-new-ipad-3-wi-fi-reception-problems/
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http://appletoolbox.com/2010/04/ipad-wi-fi-problems-comprehensive-list-of-fixes/
 Cheers, Tom

Nice updates/fixes but what about the reception issue?

Don't want to beat a proverbial dead horse, but what about making the IPhone 4 a better receiver of calls? My 3Gs was the BEST phone I ever owned. I rarely had a dropped call, I was able to make and receive calls in places where no phone I had owned previously could. When I read that this phone had the best reception of any IPhone (according to Apple) I went and made the switch. Yes, I read many posts where folks say just that, great phone. I am on IPhone 4 number three and all have been plagued with reception issues, thought the first two were worse than this one. I go to the same locations every day and the 3Gs sent and received calls remarkably better. Just sayin.....

n2speed125 wrote:
What ps issue? I have none!! The reception issue is real and I lose signal in places where my 3GS would not.. I can hold my 3gs any way I like and still use the internet.. While using my iPhone 4 in the same place, all I get is the spinning wheel of death and it does not connect.. I've had the bumper on it since I got it and while it may help a little, it does NOT make the issue disappear..
Just because an issue doesn't effect YOUR phone, doesn't mean it's not an issue for others..
if you are not using a case then you are just ... idk... slow or something.
because apple put the antenna on the outside of the phone it is easier to attenuate the signal but it also gives much better reception. i have not dropped one call on my iphone 4... i was dropping tons of calls on my 3Gs and i am in the same area.
i have tried to attenuate the signal on my phone and cannot with the case on no matter how i hold it. if i take the case off and hold the sweet spot it drops like crazy. maybe your bumper isn't covering the antenna well enough.
i got the incipio NGP for 19 bucks at walmart. if you put that case on and still have the issue then i think you are totally full of cr@p.
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4G LTE data reception issue in area of work building

Hi, I'm having a data reception issue in a certain area at work. The signal indicator at the upper right of the homescreen shows "4GLTE" but this is clearly inaccurate since I am not able to navigate to websites or send/receive multimedia messages. If I move ~30 feet east in the building, the reception is restored. Two people with iPhone 5 devices have the same issue. However, the Verizon iPhone 5 allows you to turn off LTE. Once this was done and the signal fell back to 3G, reception was restored, albeit with slower speeds, but at least reception wasn't completely blocked. I understand 4G is not available in all areas, but in this case, the phone is not automatically switching to 3G and there is no workaround because there is no option to turn off LTE on the Z10. In the "Settings" -> "Network Connections" -> "Mobile Network" -> "Network Technology" dropdown, the only values are:
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Any other ideas on the reception issue?

I am wanting to ask if anyone else has any other ideas on fixing the reception issue?
I just got off the phone with an Apple "Supervisor". He agreed with me that the software update will only correctly display AT&T's signal that I am getting. He agreed that it will NOT remedy the dropped calls that alot of us are now getting with the use of the new iPhone 4. He also agreed that I either need to hold the phone differently or pay extra money either to Apple or to another manufacturer for a case that I have never used on previous iPhones.
So, I am not going to return my beautiful new iPhone 4, but I do want to find out if anyone else has found anything else to remedy this problem without doing anything listed above. I am not trying to beat a dead horse, but I am tired of dealing with the big corporation that Apple has become. The same corporation that now, only cares about the number of iPhones and "Bumpers" sold as opposed to the customers satisfaction that purchased their iPhones.
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I don't have any problems either, with or without the bumpers on... it would be nice if ATT had mentioned where in particular their network was having the issues... also I've seen a lot of reports from the UK re the reception problems and one carrier's sim card (which is slightly too big and is shorting the antenna) seems to be the culprit in some cases...
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Re: Reception issues

were now experiencing the same issue. No recption in the house. We were going to dump verizon but can't take phones to ATT and in no mood to buy all new phones.
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You are right, nobody knows when the next iPhone will be released. Odds are almost certainly not before WWDC in June (WWDC is June 6-10) and that has been a popular forum for Apple to announce new stuff.
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Does The iPhone 4 Still Have The Reception Issue

hey guys i wanna know does the iphone 4 still have the "Death Grip" which is the reception issue (antenna issue) with iphone 4 when u hold ur hand (or fingers) near the antennas and the reception goes down to like 1 bar (n sometimes makes it go to no service).
i think someone said they have made newer models of the iphone 4 what have fixed it but i am not 100% sure
have they fixed it if i buy an iphone 4 now or does it still have the reception issue
here is what it is if u dont know what the reception issue is : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ixIHyEPO5g

My blackberry still has the reception / antenna issue. And always has. In fact, it is so bad that I can terminate the connection if I hold the phone with my head and shoulder.
My iPhone 4 (not s) on the other hand has never been a problem for me.
A lot of noise—not much benefit. However Apple did apply new engineering to the problem—which is great!
-Alan

IPhone 4 reception issues are not design related! Proof inside this topic!

Hello,
I conducted some very strict tests to verify the reception bug some people are reporting.
*Test 1:* Holding the iPhone 4 at a specific and precise position with a plastic protection and the left hand covering the bottom left corner making sure both antenna parts are connected by my hand.
*Test 2:* Holding the iPhone 4 at a specific and precise position WITHOUT any plastic protection and the left hand covering the bottom left corner making sure both antenna parts are connected by my hand, making sure my left hand is perfectly dry.
*Test 3:* Holding the iPhone 4 at a specific and precise position WITHOUT any plastic protection and the left hand covering the bottom left corner making sure both antenna parts are connected by my hand, making sure my left hand is wet (wetting it before the test)
*Tests duration:* 2 full minutes.
Here are the results:
*Test 1:* Full reception (5 bars), EDGE data network working. Calls are working perfectly as well as data operations (Safari).
*Test 2:* Full reception (5 bars), EDGE data network working. Calls are working perfectly as well as data operations (Safari).
*Test 3*: Full reception (5 bars), EDGE data network working. Calls are working perfectly as well as data operations (Safari).
Geographic location: Paris (France), Bastille district, inside my apartment. Note that I don't get 3G on this location, wathever phone I use (Veryfied with HTC Magic, iPhone 3G and iPhone 4, it's all the same on this aspect).
*So same exact result for all three tests!*
*_So what does it mean?_*
It either means that not all iPhone 4 are affected by this issue (as mine is not affected), or that this issue is not simply related to how you hold your phone and does involve also other elements, like the phone baseband firmware not dealing well with some GSM network configurations (different frequencies...etc) when adding noise (which is what your hand do when holding the phone) or something else.
This could give credits to the AppleInsider theory that it's related to how the BaseBand firmware is dealing with some GSM network situations and so that it's software related and that a fix is coming soon (see: http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/06/25/deathgrip_hysteria_may_end_monday_with_ios_401.html).
But it can also mean that it's still purely hardware related and that it's a production fault that affects only some units but not all.
But it's clearly not a design fault, otherwise all units would be affected and so I would be able to reproduce it with mine, which is not the case (as demonstrated by the tests I conducted).
_*My advice to those who are affected:*_
1) Wait a week to see if a software fix get released (as apparently, according to AppleInsider, it may come this very monday as part of an iOS 4.0.1 update), or at least for a confirmation that it's not a software issue in some GSM network configurations.
2) If it's confirmed that it's a production issues on some units, then get your phone exchanged.

Well documented post.
After reading through all the reports I found myself intentionally holding the phone in the "Death-grip".
I went out that evening and used the phone perfectly fine all day, holding it with a few things, which is actually the way I hold it anyway when texting / msging etc.
I have a lot of faith that Apple with resolve this with a software update, and hope the fault is related to the BaseBand firmware reported in the appleinsider.
I am angered by everyone accepting the bloggers so-called "OFFICIAL RESPONSE" as Apples 'Official Response'.
There is no way, that Apple (Steve Jobs), would use that response via email, back to a single customer.
Officially... Apple will direct their response to the news directly, or at least something on their website.
People need to stop jumping on the "Steve Jobs told us to just hold it differently" band-wagon, and wait for something thats actually "OFFICIAL"...
As i've said in previous posts, just because the news and this blogger has put the word "Official" next to it, does not make it so...
Rant over...

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