Monday, July 12, 2010

IPhone 4G Death Group Problem Solved: Duct Tape?

Now this seems like something that should have gotten ironed out in the testing or prototyping phase but what can you do?

The main culprit appears to be a gap in the band separating the Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and GPS segment of the antenna from the section for cellular GSM and 3G reception. Experts believe that if you touch the gap and "bridge" the two antenna segments, you may lose reception and even drop calls.

So here is what you do to get around that problem:

That said, Gikas notes that there is an "affordable" fix for iPhone 4 owners other than Apple's $30 Bumper cases: duct tape, or "another thick, nonconductive material." "It may not be pretty," Gikas says (now there's an understatement), "but it works."

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