In case any of you missed Adam Frucci’s brilliant piece on Apple ruining his entire life by releasing a moderately buggy iPhone 3G, you may have also missed a tip he got from Apple. If you’ve been having trouble finding reception after losing it (say you go into a building and lose reception, but when you come out still no dice) try turning Aeroplane Mode on and off. This admittedly sad fix may just find you reception in a bind. And as for Adam, now he can continue bitching to the world about his sorry lot in life. Everybody wins! [image]
Stew
August 26, 2008 at 11:17 AM
The tone of this article tells me that the author (Mark Wilson) is (and I hate to say it because it’s like calling someone a witch or a heretic)… an Apple fanboy – offended by Adam Frucci’s “brilliant” piece (which I completely agreed with).
And yeah – this definitely isn’t a “fix”. It’s a temporary workaround at best.
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September 1, 2008 at 1:13 AM
I will try this fix. I work in a big complex at the Presidio in San Francisco. I thought there was no 3G in that area, since my updated iPhone would always default to “no service” when I activated it. That is, until a security guard showed me HIS iPhone got two bars just about anyplace he went. I held my iPhone next to his, side by side, and his would get 3G, but I got ‘no service’. Huh?
I’ve been testing this issue around The City and from what I can tell, my 3G might be busted. Not sure why, but it just cant’ receive any signal.
So, on Tuesday, I head to the Apple Store on Chestnut to give them a demo of my woes.
Other than that, I love this darn thing. Use it constantly.
-H
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