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Is An Antenna Fix Just Around The Corner With iOS 4.01? by Tim Barribeau on June 26, 2010 AppleInsider is reporting a rumor that Apple is pushing through an iOS update at full speed, which will hopefully fix the reception issue that comes from holding the iPhone in the wrong way. The fix would arrive early next week (maybe as soon as Monday) in the form of iOS 4.01, as was discussed in a now deleted thread on the Apple support forums. So how is this going to fix what appears to be a hardware issue? The fix is expected to address a issue in iOS 4 related to radio frequency calibration of the baseband. Readers who saw the original forum discussions say that the issue is believed to occur when switching frequencies; because the lag is allegedly not calibrated correctly, it results in the device reporting “no service” rather than switching to the frequency with the best signal to noise ratio. Hopefully, it will also fix the poorly calibrated proximity sensor. PS - They are doing maintenance on the Forums at the moment. Later, I can post a link to a thread with real world experiences with this. As a left-handed user, I am concerned enough to stick with my GS on iOS 4 until things shake out. YMMV -- > > Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2010 09:05:22 -0700 > From: mike <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: iphone 4, running with the herd > > I've heard both, that is is dropping calls, but the fix is software not > hardware. > > On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 8:54 AM, Stewart Marshall < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> NO with these reports are the fact that calls get dropped when the person >> does this. >> >> Apple has confirmed that the antenna is in this area, and people should, >> hold their phones differently. >> >> Stewart >> >> >> >> At 10:48 AM 6/25/2010, you wrote: >> >>> There is speculation that part of the problem may be with the software >>> that displays the bars. >>> >>> Sent from my iPad >>> >>> On Jun 25, 2010, at 11:01 AM, mike <[email protected]> wrote: >>> > We did verify the same >>> > problem that is being reported everywhere, holding the phone as any >>> normal >>> > right handed person would hold it, in about 20 seconds all bars >>> disappear >>> > from the meter at the top of the phone, we didn't check to see how it >>> > actually affected use, spose that will come out later. >>> ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
