Reception Loss with iPhone 4 with Optus 3G in Australia

[86Blessed86]

My 3g sign has just dropped out in the last couple of days and is now only showing the o with the clock rotating around it next to the signal bars, i can't get into the internet and when i do it is slow as, fuck phone companies, next g was suppose to be great, now we're up to 4g and it is still shit.

[tombell12]

I usually have 4 bars solid Optus 3G in my room and I have a bumper case on my iPhone4. Without the death grip it varies between goes to 3-5 bars. With death grip it will go down to 3, sometimes 2 bars. Not like your dramatic signal drop so I think the bumper must help :-))

[seamily01]

My wife has an iPhone 4 with telstra and mine is with Optus. I have done the same test with both phones and there is not even one bar lost with Telstra, and with Optus I lose all bars. I do not like Telstra but it is soooooo much faster than the Optus 3G network. Hate to admit it but it's true.

[sammieebroz]

this happened with every iphone it doesnt matter what mobile carrier u are on. apple have released the 2nd batch of iphone 4 anyway which has the problem fixed.

i have no idea why people everywhere on the internet are saying that optus is shit everyone i know who is on optus says it it beautifull and cant get better. i have ordered my iphone 4(with optus) and is coming in in around a couple of days :)

[Jullzzzz]

optus is shit

[TurkeymenProductions]

Interesting... have had no issues at all with mine. You should check out our parody of an iPhone 4 unboxing video :D feedback would be helpful also. Just go to our page to check it out

[tomgrady321]

what do i type in to google images to get your background ?

[Buddha1992Pascoe]

my 3gs does that 90% of the time even when im not even holding it & im outus

[xiNicks]

Isnt this one from the UK anyway? all my friends with australian ones say there fine

[boldziga]

dude that was when the ios 4.01 and 4.1 is  going to be released as well lol

[T3koo]

Noobs

[Djluv5]

its hardware not software.....

[xbillion101]

It isn't a software fix... Your touching the 2 antennas together creating a bridge and destroying the signal, They would need to do a huge recall to fix it..

[DROLL30]

why does australia get everything last compared to the rest of the fucking world

[lovemusic2187]

I'm getting the 3gs instead

[troy5690]

this really puts me off getting one

[acrichton11]

@troy5690 good make me get one quicker :)

[TheJafari1]

hey guys puting any case or even sticker vinyls(bottom left corner) on your iphone 4, would solve te issue, its no big deel unless your going to grip it really hard and, your left handed, updating to iOS4.0.1 also helps.

[Rafdaganga]

@TheJafari1 I assume you're a fanboy. It is an issue. Don't be so ignorant, it's a huge issue. The iphone 3g doesn't have that issue.

[TheJafari1]

@Rafdaganga instead of making false assumptions and saying that its ant an issue without backing your response, i think it would be better if you kept your comment to your self, and just for the record im not a fanboy and never owned an apple product, except an ipod nano. i just thought that a big hype was being created out of something which only the minority are experiencing.

[TheAtakhan]

Dude I found out that the bumper cases that are made by apple also helps this problem from happening.

[benny52000]

how is it unlocked?!?!

[kiwiboy2012]

farr out lol

[tohey]

Look the bars mean nothing.

The real question is.. do you get dropped calls?

If you let us know that then people will be happy.

[offroad259]

update to 4.0.1 it fixed the problem

[eduillan90]

Not to tighten iphone 4 is not normal to tighten a telephone so hard

[sarahashlee13]

does using a case fix this problem at all?? please reply!

[The0rkus]

@sarahashlee13 unfortunately I have been unable to receive a "Bumper Case" from America as of yet. However, I am sure that it does fix the issue. I will be trying to get someone to send me a Bumper Case from overseas as soon as possible.

[Du4No]

Do you actually lose signal or just the graphic of the bars go out on the screen?

Could you please test by talking with your right hand and then switch to your left hand and see if the phone goes out?

Thank you.

[The0rkus]

@Du4No I will test it out as soon as possible.

[salgurdar]

@Du4No there's no way holding the phone a certain way would cause the display to fault. The issue is in the design and placement of the antenna array inside the phone. When you're hand is in a certain position covering a particular area of the phone's rear plate, the antenna becomes insulated by your hand causing it to lose reception performance. I really fail to see how a "software fix" could possibly remedy this.

[salgurdar]

@salgurdar sorry, it's not the rear plate, it's actually the side of the phone that becomes insulated. Rumour has it a case can remedy this by isolating your hand from the stainless surround.

[pgpete]

only problem if you are left handed.

[carlos0on0drums]

wtf next to battery bar, is it '@' ?

[The0rkus]

@carlos0on0drums Its the rotation lock, comes with iOS4.

[carlos0on0drums]

wtf, how u get in aus, if it cum out in aus in another couple of weeks lol. ebay?

[The0rkus]

@carlos0on0drums Got it straight from the UK. Arrived Monday. Four days after release.

[pkerry12]

I am having second thoughts on getting an iphone 4 now. thats for sure.

[mitchishell]

I'm thinking about getting it one off eBay where did you get a micro sim from?

[krayzie24]

@the0rkus thanks! that would be heaps good, the forums on whirlpool are wondering if it could be replicated on the NextG network

[The0rkus]

@krayzie24 ahk, wanna send me a link to these forums?

[krayzie24]

@the0rkus hey can you replicate this with a telstra sim if you have one available and post the results?

[The0rkus]

@krayzie24 I can try and grab a pre-paid SIM tonight and cut it up and give it a shot, no promises though.

I'll have one up by the weekend though.

[MrNattyp]

iPhone sucks!! HTC HD2 forever!!!

[Jolinator]

its a hardware issue, not a software issue, due to the fact it uses the stainless band for the aerial, when you touch this it changes the sensitivity of the aerial, best option is to put it in a case.

[The0rkus]

@Jolinator it is software. Apple will release the update in the coming days.

[perryjames123]

@The0rkus Wishful thinking

[The0rkus]

@perryjames123 very wishful, I'm struggling to get a bumper case sent over from the states. eBay here I come.

[Tongteh]

how did you get the iphone 4?

[The0rkus]

@Tongteh Shipped over from the UK. It's detailed all in one of my other videos which I've uploaded.