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Antenna problem completely solved for my iPhone 4!

Problem 100% solved!
No dropped calls for 24 hours!

Had problem described.
I am left-handed.

Bought Body Glove iPhone 4 case at local AT&T store.
No more dropped calls. Problem 100% solved!

Alan
Pittsburgh, PA

iPhone 4, 32Gig, iOS 4

Posted on Jun 30, 2010 9:51 AM

39 replies

alanpgh Author

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Jun 30, 2010 5:08 PM in response to iNello

iNello,

We both live in Pittsburgh. That may be a clue. We generally have very good AT&T coverage here.

I see you bought the iFrogz case. AT&T Store had that one in addition to the Body Glove case.

One thing: I did have horrible problems is my left hand was near the bottom. The case caused all problems to go away.

Good Luck!

Alan

Jun 30, 2010 5:13 PM in response to Lloyd Lawson

Lloyd Lawson wrote:
I have owned the Original iPhone, 3G, 3GS and now the iPhone 4. I have also had a case on each and of them within a week of owning them. I have the iPhone 4 cellular signal issue, I bought a $20 case for it not for the signal issue but to protect it. Since putting the case on I have had no cellular signal issue so far. As far as 3G speed issues i didn't notice any problem before putting on a case. Here are the cellular speed test results I just ran. I was at my desk, wifi was off, case on, Oklahoma City to Houston.

Test Date: Jun 30, 2010 4:15:43 PM
Connection Type: Cellular

Download: 2311 kbps
Upload: 1148 kbps
Ping: 2486 ms

ping is high. throughput is good. But APPLE to HOUSTON: WE HAVE A PROBLEM.

" .. a phone that is not a phone... is... uh... not a phone..." FIX IT.

alanpgh Author

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Jun 30, 2010 5:14 PM in response to deftonesfool

BagelBacon,

I do not work for AT&T, Body Glove, or Apple!

In fact, the exact second an iPhone is available from Verizon, I will likely switch to Verizon! Verizon has much better coverage than AT&T where I live.

AT&T coverage is good in Pittsburgh but not as good as Verizon. AT&T still has some deadzones; Verizon has very few deadzones/dropouts in the Pittsburgh, PA area.

I'm just trying to be helpful here.

Good Luck!

Alan

Jun 30, 2010 5:18 PM in response to Madvillain

Rather than curse the darkness, just go ahead and light a candle.

D.A.M.O.N

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Jun 30, 2010 5:46 PM in response to Madvillain

Agreed.

Jun 30, 2010 5:55 PM in response to Steven.Wilson

Steven.Wilson wrote:
Rather than curse the darkness, just go ahead and light a candle.

You've hit the NAIL ON THE HEAD, Steven. A little melted candle wax over the offending lower left end. PERFECT. 🙂

Message was edited by: Dan Slocum

Jun 30, 2010 6:07 PM in response to alanpgh

I did order some colored bumpers, but I've not had the signal issues posted all over the forums. I can degrade signal but have to cover more than 50% of outer band and this does not drop the call.

I believe Speedtest (and similar programs) test results are not only related to the phone hardware chip, but most importantly to the network configuration and capacity. A phone may be capable (iPhone 4 is) of sending and receiving at speed X, but the network may only allow data to go at speed 25% of X. My iPhone 4 is very fast on 3G network and wifi unless the wifi is overloaded with users.

Jun 30, 2010 7:13 PM in response to Stephen 1964

Stephen 1964 wrote:
I did order some colored bumpers, but I've not had the signal issues posted all over the forums. I can degrade signal but have to cover more than 50% of outer band and this does not drop the call.

I believe Speedtest (and similar programs) test results are not only related to the phone hardware chip, but most importantly to the network configuration and capacity. A phone may be capable (iPhone 4 is) of sending and receiving at speed X, but the network may only allow data to go at speed 25% of X. My iPhone 4 is very fast on 3G network and wifi unless the wifi is overloaded with users.

just keep that pinky up in the air Stephen and you'll be fine. No problem. BTW, Los Angeles Times has a new article about the 'troubled antenna' issue with some good information. It's on their business page via web.

Jul 13, 2010 9:52 AM in response to alanpgh

I really hope the link below will fix the iPhone 4 antenna problem

http://www.techzipper.com/2010/07/13/iphone-4-antenna-problem-and-some-quick-fix es/

cheers

Antenna problem completely solved for my iPhone 4!