Apple releases iOS 4.0.1 for iPhone
Apple has released iOS 4.0.1 for iPhone. Looks like the rumors were true. Go grab it and enjoy your new bars. Let us know if it fixes any other problems you might have been having.
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Why, does it make it any better having 2 more bars?
Do you have penis envy?
Well, in my house with iOS 4, I used to get no service from 5 bars after holding the iphone4 with my left hand. I was unable to make calls. Now, with iOS 4.0.1, I get as low as 1 bar and I can make calls and use the Internet.
So 4.0.1 fixed something for my iPhone 4.
i downloaded 4.0.1 and now it's updating. now i have the loading bar on my iphone 4 and it's hasn't moved in a hour. wtf is up, i'm getting really pissed off
I don't like how the new bars look
they look weired !!!!!!
After updating to iPhone 4.0.1 my iPhone 4 still displays full bars. Death grip only knocks me down to 4.
It looks like they just made the first bar into the size of the second and the second into the size of the third and so on until the fifth is the size of.....
Listen - this is the deal. Whether or not you're experiencing the issue, the fact remains that there IS a signal attenuation error when the outer band is held – this was proved with numerical signal readings and not just through the graphical display of bars. If you’re not experiencing this problem stop commenting because you’re completely trivializing the issue everyone else is having. That being said, Apple DOES NOT have to do anything. However, customer loyalty, which is very important to Apple, is dependant how the customer is treated. In this case it's how Apple will handle this colossal screw up. They can either; recall all iPhone 4s or issue free bumpers. A recall would cost Apple approximately $1.7 billion according to Bloomberg rendering that option impractical. The bumper/case solution is the only practical solution aside from returning the phone and going back to the 3GS. Should Apple subsidize the cost of the case and give users carte blanche as far case choice, absolutely.
Didn't fix proximity sensor issue. This really is getting to be a pain it's nearly every call.
My iPhone 4 hasn't had any problems that's why I think it's weird and must be a batch of them.
What a sham, now I only have 2-3 bars where I always had all of them. On my 3GS.
It is a simple matter, the poster a little ways up from me summarized it well with three sentences. As for a recall - the antenna is an integral part of the form AND function of the phone, how exactly are they going to fix that lickety-split?
I'm still mystified as to how this antenna quirk somehow negates every other fantastic capability and great interface of the phone, prompting self-righteous outrage and consummate dissatisfaction. It's hilarious, really.
@blueridgesniper....Let's try this, and I'll use small words for you. Let's say you go buy yourself a brand new pickup truck. It has everything (big mud tires, gun rack, those big 'ol CB whips) and the FIRST time it rains, the inside of your brand new truck gets wet. So, you roll on down to the dealer that sold it to you, and let him know. He talks to his boss, and comes back and tells you to just not drive in the rain. See?? Problem solved. And, I'm SURE you would be Ok with that, right?? Cuz it really is a cool truck, except for the rain part, and one of the tires leaks, and your "sniper" rifle falls off the gun rack from time to time. But, I guess you should just SHUT UP and live with it, huh??
I barely use the iPhone as an actual phone so I don't really care about the antenna or this update. Having said that, I've never had an issue when I have used it to make calls. And Motorola phones stink. I don't know how anyone can like the software on those things. My wife has a Droid and it's horrible.
I'm still getting good signal !
Okay... I just updated and my phone is now at 4 bars when not held (when it was at 5 before the update)... and now when I hold it (I'm a lefty) it goes down to 1 bar (when it went down to 1 bar before the update). Hooray... it only goes down 3 bars now when held!!! note the sarcasm
Be careful. My iPhone 3GS just crashed, and cannot be restored or upgraded.
I'm having a similar problem..my iPhone has been updating to 4.0.1 for about an hour now..and the bar has seemingly stopped moving.
I just tried to update my iPhone and after downloading & updating I received an error message that said my phone could not be updated. It deleted all of my information and now I'm stuck trying to do a restore.
If it doesn't fix the proximity sensor issue, then this update is a non-issue, pointless, because as i've said in other posts' altering the signal bars will not negate the hardware issue the phone has, but for me, the proximity sensor is the greater issue...
My google maps location is also not near as accurate.
i used have zero 3g bar, but now gets 3 bar of Edge...
Maps use to spot me dead on, now it's puts me about four blocks away. This under the same conditions as before the update.
@Daniel
The bumper helps to MITIGATE the problem. It doesn't solve it. Therefore, in certain conditions, you're STILL prone to declining reception.
Apple needs to: a) recall b) in-store fix (if they are able to find and deploy a quick fix) c) partial reimbursement
$1.7b is a lot of money, I agree. The iPhone, however, is Apple's new flagship product. It's no longer the iMac or the iPod. The iPhone is IT. Apple needs to do the right thing to maintain it's customer base, customer satisfaction, and reputation.
*prone to declining reception when the phone is held "incorrectly."
@scott
Not that I completely disagree with you, but that's a bad analogy. Adusting your grip is significantly easier to do than not driving in the rain.
...This is why Geohot left the Iphone scene!! Because of a bunch of self absorbed entitled, whiners!!!!! If you actually researched Rf and listened to experts talk about the situation, in a digital world the bars do not really mean a whole lot of anything you have "on" and you have "off" so the bars fix is just to appease the masses who are stuck in an analog world!!! Why don’t you all just start charting dropped calls and to be fare compare them to how many you had before ....make some nice "BAR" graphs and maybe some spreadsheets or anything to keep you busy so you will some dishing this self entitled attenuation!
OWNED!
"@blueridgesniper….Let’s try this, and I’ll use small words for you. Let’s say you go buy yourself a brand new pickup truck. It has everything (big mud tires, gun rack, those big ‘ol CB whips) and the FIRST time it rains, the inside of your brand new truck gets wet. So, you roll on down to the dealer that sold it to you, and let him know. He talks to his boss, and comes back and tells you to just not drive in the rain. See?? Problem solved. And, I’m SURE you would be Ok with that, right?? Cuz it really is a cool truck, except for the rain part, and one of the tires leaks, and your “sniper” rifle falls off the gun rack from time to time. But, I guess you should just SHUT UP and live with it, huh??"
What, no update for the ipods? My Ipod Touch 2g is buggy as hell after the 4.0 update and location services no longer works at all on it.
I think I'll stick with my misleading 5 bars cuz it makes me all warm inside...
@Tezza my sides bricked to and technical support didn't know what to do
the bars look terrible now
Version 4.0.1 SUCKS!!!! I used to have 5 bars at home, now 2-3 THANK YOU ATT FOR THIS MAGICAL FORMULA!!!!!!!!
.....I apologize for my rant. I am suffering from iphone media overload
@Incredulous: I’m still mystified as to how this antenna quirk somehow negates every other fantastic capability and great interface of the phone, prompting self-righteous outrage and consummate dissatisfaction.
Here, let me explain it to you. It's a phone, that... can't make phone calls. All the other fantastic bells and whistles don't change the fact that for a lot of people, it can't reliably perform its primary mission. Frankly, I'm mystified that you're mystified. And for the people who've shelled out a hundreds of dollars for the phone, and are locked into an AT&T contract for $80 or so per month, and still can't manage to reliably make calls? I'm betting they don't think it's too hilarious.
Installed the update, and could finally get the death grip magic touch to actually effect my signal! At home I now saw a drop from five bars to four, and in my local, (a previous blackspot for signal) was able to get the signal to drop from 5 bars to 2 by applying the death grip. However, my iPhone 3G used to be lucky to get 2 bars in my local in the first place, let alone 5, AND usually when not trying to deliberately drop signal I keep my iPhone4 in a case anyway.
My conclusion, yes, the iPhone4 gets better reception than my old iPhone, and yes, if you hold a phone in anyway to cover the antenna, its going to interfere with signal. Try having a conversation via a V3 RAZR with your hand clasped over the plastic bottom and see how well you get on
Some people are having a death grip problem. But, if a cellphone has only 1 bar signal, you KNOW you're in a bad signal area, and hold the phone accordingly. Once on my old phone, in the middle of nowhere I had to call my bank, no signal, the phone was fine on speaker phone in my hand with 1 bar, the whole 90 seconds it took me to enter all my details and press the right options. As soon as I was through to an operator, turned off the speaker phone, and placed the phone to my head, Call dropped.
If that Happened when I had five bars I would be fuming! but knowing it was with one bar... I expected it.
Bad signal happens, Apple has now provided the information to deal with it. Man up and do so!
This update sucks it never loads YouTube Mobile Faster in HQ. When I had 4.1 always had 5Bars at Home And YouTube HQ in 3G was Fast 2 load now it's slow and Boooooo!!!
im not updating im waiting for the jailbreak ..i dont want more bars i want less dropped calls!!!!they should admit the design is beautifully flawed !why the hell would they put the attenna outside the phone anyway!!? recall this crap and redesign the phone RIGHT!!!
Update fixed it for me.
No more "no service"
Using phone NAKED an gripping tightly with my left.
Works great!!
Thanks apple!
Anybody else notice a change in FaceTime performance under 4.0.1? My FaveTime calls froze and "failed" shortly after freezing 3 times in a 20-minute call since "upgrading" to 4.0.1. Nice work, Apple.
This update sucks!!!! I am in Afghanistan, and now am experiencing a dropped call every few minutes! How do I go back???
This update is a fail, so when I touch the side before bars would go to 0 then drop call, now they only show I lose 2 bars but still drop call, I think this is another way to hide there bad design flaw.
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