Re: [apple-iphone] Leaked: Apple's internal iPhone 4 antenna troubleshooting procedures
P K Saha, FIETE, FIE
On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 21:15, Ken Bandy <kbandy@iatse30.org> wrote:
> I don't know. From what it sounds like to me (and I don't have a 4 yet, so
> I could be completely wrong), the RF signal is being attenuated by
> "shorting" of the "hot" and "ground" of the antenna by a person's hand.
> The
> reason I say this is it sounds like putting the rubber bumper on the unit,
> and therefore insulating the antenna from contact with the skin, corrects
> the problem. Trying to correct this problem with a software "tweak" is
> analogous to attempting to correct a short in a household power circuit
> with
> the wave of a magic wand.
>
> Ken
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: apple-iphone@yahoogroups.com
> > [mailto:apple-iphone@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Roger Prokic
> > Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2010 7:23 PM
> > To: apple-iphone@yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: Re: [apple-iphone] Leaked: Apple's internal iPhone 4
> > antenna troubleshooting procedures
> >
> > It's not a hardware problem. Its a calibration issue that
> > gets tweaked with software.
> >
> > ---
> > Roger R. Prokic
> > -=[ This email was wirelessly beamed from my ? iPhone 4 on
> > the AT&T Network ]=-
> >
> > On Jun 29, 2010, at 7:07 PM, "Ken Bandy" <kbandy@iatse30.org> wrote:
> >
> > >>>>> SNIP
> > >>
> > >> Clearly Apple is taking the position that nothing is wrong with the
> > >>
> > >> antenna, although that's not surprising since most companies
> > >> will never
> > >>
> > >> willingly admit their flagship product is potentially
> > >> suffering from an
> > >>
> > >> unfixable flaw. But does anyone else find it interesting, if not
> > >>
> > >> troubling, that there is no mention of an impending software fix?
> > >>
> > >
> > > How can there be a software fix for a hardware problem?
> > >
> > > Ken
>
>
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