iPhone 4 Reception Issue Replicated on iPhone 3GS Running iOS 4

[lastmortal]

focus... focus...

[SamsungGalaxysusers]

You could buy some 5 bar signal stickers they are now selling iphonecase com/iphone-signal-fix-stickers­-5-bar-singal Just put them on your screen where you have 1-2 bars to get a full 5 bars of signal again if you dont have the firmware always 5 bars signal fix.

[98AWDTSi4g63]

I just did it to my 3GS by holding it the same way people are holding the iPhone 4

[level1280]

Your right. I was going to post a video also. I held the bottom of the phone on my 3gs and my bars dropped from a full 5 to zero so I guess it's just not the new iphone.

[bikeriderPL]

i have the same result on 3.1.3 so i dont know

[lockoutpmp]

it's a iOS 4 issue not antenna DO NOT UPGRADE

[quakermaas]

You are blocking the signal, this happens on most phones.

This is not the same problem as the iphone4 , the antennas are on the outside and are being shorted.

[metalhaze]

@quakermaas While I agree the issue is much more prevalent on the iPhone 4, I would just like to mention that you aren't "shorting" anything. You are just degrading signal strength. Shorting something deals with electrical currents, not cell signals. If you shorted it, there would be severe damage to the phone.

[quakermaas]

@metalhaze Fair enough ..It is causing a bridge between the two antennas and detuning them, this is not what is happening with the 3G and 3GS

[videoreborn]

@metalhaze iPhone 4's "genius" antenna design is suffering from using human hand acting as a stub where it changes the length of the antenna to detect the correct frequency. It's a hardware issue but not sure if software is able to compensate the human hand acting as a stub effect. Apple has designed a flawed phone. I also experience Bluetooth voice being muffled reglardless of the bluetooth headset. The headset works perfectly on any other phones except iPhone 4.

[AndresRoddick1]

you are covering the antenna... of course its gonna drop the fucking signal. same with the Iphone 4. the upper left-ish side of the the metal band is the antenna so covering that will drop signal. just dont grip the phone i guess,

[tylerk927]

This will happen to any phone, if you ground the antennas you will loose bars, it's just that the iPhone 4 has an antenna that this is very easy to do so. I am very surprised Apple will design something like this and hope they will have a fix.

[Norwaynumber1]

yeah happens on my 3gs now too, but only on 3g network not if im just on edge

[metalhaze]

@Norwaynumber1 I tried turning on Edge and doing it that way as well. It still did it but the results weren't as drastic and I could only get it down to two bars instead of one.

[ICON7T6]

I'm thinking about switching to AT&T just for the iPhone but I'm not sure if I want the iPhone 4 or the 3GS. Im with Sprint right now and I have the HTC Hero. So I thought I would give this a try with the Hero and sure eneough I can get two to three bars to drop. I was hoping this wasnt going to a hardware problem for the i4 but it looks like that might be the case.

[bucko06]

@ICON7T6 I don't really get what you mean. So you can create the same problem with the HTC or not??

[reviewthis1]

@bucko06 he can, "I have the HTC Hero. So I thought I would give this a try with the Hero and sure eneough I can get two to three bars to drop."