Jan Zdarsa News is spreading around the world that the new iPhone 4 has serious problems with the signal and yellow spots on the display. Discussions are abuzz with comments that the new iPhone 4 is completely wrong and Apple will have to replace the phones en masse. But is it really necessary to write apocalyptic scenarios?
iPhone 4 loses signal when you hold it in your hand
There has been a buzz around the Internet that the iPhone 4 loses signal if you hold it by the metal middle part. Some iPhone 4 owners have come forward and said that the iPhone 4 not only loses signal, but then the call quality drops and calls are dropped.
However, this news should be taken with a grain of salt. A similar problem appeared on the iPhone 3GS and turned out to be just a software bug. The iPhone 4 does lose signal lines, but this does not affect the quality of the calls. Apple is aware of the bug, and Walt Mossberg of AllThingsDigital has already received a response that Apple is working on a fix. The same issue has previously occurred with the iPhone 3G and 3GS, as you can see in the video below. Apple fixed this bug, but it is likely to reappear in the new iOS 4.
As it seems, only those who have restored data from a backup have this problem. If they do a complete restore without restoring from a backup, then everything is completely fine. For now, there is no need to panic and order silicone cases for the iPhone 4.
In the discussion under the articles on Jablíčkář.cz, several users appeared who reported problems with their iPhone 3G / 3GS. It's probably really an iOS 4 bug and it's not just the iPhone 4 that suffers from this bug.
Yellow spots on the display
Some owners claim that they get yellow spots on the display. Although this may again appear to be a hardware error, it should be noted that the new Apple iMacs had the same problem. Apple fixed this bug with an update and the yellow spots are now gone.
So for now, you can rest easy, iOS 4 suffers from ailments like any other new operating system, and Apple will surely fix these bugs in a few days - assuming, of course, that these are really just software bugs.
well, in my opinion, there is a bold insistence in the "absolute advice"... if it were a matter for five kilos OK, but that's not the way it is in the advice
we'll see if it's a sw or hw bug
If it is enough to restore without restoring from a backup, then in my opinion it is absolutely fine.. iOS 4 is simply not what the first iPhone OS was in the iPhone 2G - with such a complex OS, errors will simply appear..
I was very amused by "perfectly fine" :-) I'd prefer to rephrase that it suffers from unfinished business like any new software/hardware.
I like your wording, well done! :))
I would see it the same way. Honestly, after I take the 3G in my hand and "hug it", I immediately lose two dots, which after a while come back up again, and as for the yellow spots, I wouldn't see it as a tragedy and wrote that it was a problem.
I don't have any bad spots on my iPhone 4, and during a call the signal is still good even without the case and in any position. Phew.
Yes, the iPhone 4 really does not have serious problems. Always use them as an iPod Touch :D
Every new product has problems, regardless of whether it's Apple or not... anyway, I was amused, but we'll see... just like the reports that the 3gs overheats, that its glass suddenly explodes, etc., etc. :)
Well, it's true that the 3GS can really heat up sometimes and I don't like it. I'll probably exchange it for an iPhone 4. :-)
I can confirm the signal loss on the 3GS. Since I have ios4, I lose the signal quite often, but the call quality is still good. I will wait for the new version of ios. There is no reason to stress.
Exactly as I thought, I will leave the transition until the app test for os 4.0 is available for everyone in use .. people, nobody remembers how crazy it was os 3.0 coupe people, homewifi was difficult for two things... and not only that... it was possible according to wait for me..
I already had two PS3 3g and os4 on which there was no app from the store, and my 3.1.2 is faster with an app that already has one gig in it... it seems to me that Apple really wants to get rid of 3g and older aluminum devices... see the programs on ram cleaning on AppStore..
I have a 3GS os4 and the signal goes normally, no error, it just goes a little crazy here and there in the applications, but only once a day...
So I'm also missing a few applications, but that's logical. Over time, updates will increase and errors will decrease. I don't have a problem with my 3G, but you can't pay much attention to it when its functions are limited in iOS4.
Yes, the application for iOS 4 is coming :-) ICQ demonstrated it to me today. I honestly expected the day after iOS 4 launch to burst with appek bag updates ready and the opposite is true. If so far I have updated 10 applications directly to support four... I am waiting for updates, multitasking simply does not work yet. An update would be useful in SMS, Mails and Calls, I have Yesterday instead of "Yesterday" and it's quite annoying :-)