2.1 3G reception increased from 1 to 5 bars anyone having problems still?

I updated to 2.1 yesterday. Now I get no 3G signal anywhere I normally go in Indianapolis. My location services are nowhere near accurate anymore. VERY DISAPPOINTED. Phone worked much better before update. Used to get 3 bars of 3G pretty regularly in town.

Look I don't know what's going on at Apple, but my iPhone 3G worked better before any upgrades. That is as far as call quality and not dropping calls. Within 15 minutes of performing the upgrade, I received a call and it dropped 3 times within the first 5 minutes of the call. I continue to have dropped call issues on a regular basis. This is totally unacceptable. On the upside the texting keyboard responds much better. I guess that's important to calls.

I live in a densely populated part of Chicago, near Wrigley Field. There should be plenty of cell saturation near by. Before 2.1, I'd get 3G sometimes, Edge more often. Now, after 2.1, I can't get Edge at all and sometimes get 3G.

I resent paying $30 a month for a data network that I apparently can't access.

At least they cut the price of the phone in 1/2 (although we end up paying the full price for it through our monthly service fees)

http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1716679&tstart=15

Perhaps you guys should look at this thread (linked above) and reply ....

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Michaelab if you don't understand, ask somebody to translate it for you: The phone is having problems? Comprende? Therefore it should be recalled. (based on facts, read how many people are having problems)

Me, I don't have any problem with my iphone 3g.. 3g reception increased from no service to 5 bars of 3g...

I'm in the philippines.. and my Carrier is Globe.. try going to Settings>Carrier>pick the one with the 3g...

OK, one more time, the point is that the 3G DID go from zero to all the bars but STILL DROPPING THE CALLS!, really it is not difficult to understand.

The screen looks different, makes you believe that you have reception but the phone call DROPS!!! same as before.

I am not having any problems with 3G reception in the Northern VA area. However, AT&T has problems with 3G converge, despite their 3G viewer map showing total coverage in all metropolitan areas.

Apple changed the iPhone 3G display code in v2.1 to "properly represent the signal strength". This means they rewrote the display code to show more bars for the same signal strength as before on the iPhone. There has been some blogsphere that the code change was to align the display of bars with competing carrier displays. Who knows! However, I am getting about -30dB in my home in the burbs which is excellent signal strength. If you're getting about -100dB you should be seeing about 1-2 bars and obviously receive less signal strength and increase the chance for dropped calls or slow data transfers.

There is a keypad entry you could use to display the dB signal strength on your iPhone. See http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=8095609&#8095609/

I'm convinced Apple is working to finish getting the bugs out of the iPhone. Give them some time. High technology and the Wall Street pressure for ROI forces many high-technology companies to get things out the door quickly. Consider Windows, and the darkside still haven't gotten is right yet!

You bet I'm still having problems.

After updating to 2.1 I once again went to the center of town with a friend and compared the reception of his (inexpensive) Nokia with my (expensive) iPhone. No contest! The Nokoa always showed 3G while the iPhone kept switching from 3G to Edge to 3G to Edge...You get the picture.

At the very least MY iPhone has problems with 3G.

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Apple changed the iPhone 3G display code in v2.1 to "properly represent the signal strength".{quote}

So, before It wasn't? I have the same amount of dopped calls than BEFORE, now with all the bars. How do you explain dropped phone calls with all the bars?????? Hello!!!

The Iphone 3G reception is bad
The Iphone Battery life is a joke unless you turn off all the features
The 2.1 update is a con. There's more than enough evidence posted here and by my own tests.
The USA is not the only one with the problem and AT&T 3G does work on other devices

If anyone at Apple wants to contact me, I'm open to that. I'll show you what I have. I have been running software companies (and succssfully sold them) for over 20 years. I am a tech freak. I grew up in the industry as a benchmark guru.

Lying to your customers with the 2.1 update is what someone in your group has done. I am sure the boss's don't know (they are normally the last to know)... But time, enough, step up and go out and use the Iphone and see what we are all seeing..

im haveing the same issue i just bought my iphone yesterday and asoon as i got home the reception was terribal so i updated it to 2.1 and instead of getting no bars i get 1 to 3 bars but it goes off and on and turns 3g off and goes to edge.

but when i go outside my 3g coverage is great? i called at&t they said my area is fair for voice and 3g data not the best? but thers something ther im not buying i havent had a droped call or anything as far as the battery goes i havent tested it yet.

You misunderstand the issue. Apple rewrote the code to change the display of the signal strength. They didn't improve the signal strength!

I'm still having pretty much the same problems. Works for a few minutes, then kaput, its gone. I can hardly believe AT&T and Apple haven't permanently fixed this yet.

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