“Proud owners of their new iPhone 3G are probably experiencing problems – not on the whole, but surely a certain group will have had experienced just one bar of 3G reception in areas where other devices offer strong reception. ”
“There are many possibilities involved – could it be a problem with a particular batch of iPhone 3Gs, or could it be AT&T’s rather shaky network? It might not be the latter since someone all the way across the pond has also reported a similar problem on O2.”
“So far folks have exchanged their iPhone 3G to no avail, the same thing still happens. Well, the problem remains to be ironed out.”
Additional Thoughts: I must agree that I too have experienced sub-par reception in certain areas that would ordinarily receive a clear signal. Although, often I find that even when I have one bar of reception, my iPhone 3G still tends to work great. For those of you that have been able to get your hands on one, please share with us how your device has been functioning in this respect.
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3 Comments to “One Bar Blues; iPhone 3G reception problems.”
I would suggest using the field test mode to check the actual levels.
*3001#12345#*
In the 2.0 software, the signal “bars” are replaced by the strength in negative decibels.
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Ok, so how would I go about doing that? I am a bit confused.
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Dial *3001#12345#* to bring up the iPhone’s Field Test tool, which will give you information about towers and signal strength, EDGE network, and more.
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