Apple Releases iOS Updates for iPhones and iPads
The new, improved way to display real reception on the iPhone.
Apple released iOS 4.1 to developers this week, but the fix that the company promised to "fix" the signal bars is now out for those with an iPhone 3G, 3GS and 4 on the eve of the press conference that's happening on Friday morning.
This update brings it up to just 4.0.1. The small bump in version numbering implies that this is just a small tweak in how signal is calculated and presented in bar form.
- Improves the formula to determine how many bars of signal strength to display
Funnily enough, one of the most noticeable effects of the tweak is that now the leftmost three bars have grown in height. See the image from Engadget (old on top, new on bottom):
For all of you who depend on a carrier unlock, beware that 4.0.1 brings with it a baseband update for the 3G and 3GS that it's not yet unlockable, so don't play around with that update button in iTunes just yet.
Apple has also released an update for the iPad to iOS 3.2.1, giving it the following improvements:
- Improved Wi-Fi connectivity
- Fixed an issue that could prevent copy and paste of single-page PDF attachments in Mail
- Addressed an issue that could cause video playback to freeze
- Improved reliability of video-out when using iPad Dock Connector to VGA Adapter
- Added Bing as an option for Safari's search field
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So what they're saying is they programmed the phones to always show full bars. Genius, problem solved.
I called it!!!
http://kotaku.com/comment/25423159/
it's close to what I said before....
Didn't Apple release a software update that improved signal strength a year or two ago? Isn't this the 'bug' they are fixing now...
When are they going to freaking put a click-to-top in mail so we dont have to scroll up every time we open the mail app? I mean seriously?!?!?! WTFFFFFF
When are they going to freaking put a click-to-top in mail so we dont have to scroll up every time we open the mail app? I mean seriously?!?!?! WTFFFFFF
Actually just like in Safari when you open your mailbox if you are at anywhere other than the top, you can click the bar on top of the screen (tap the time) and it will take you to the top of the page........
You are welcome!!!!!
so fanboy now can fool themselves with the 5 bar full all time. genius ~ LOL ~
haha... Jobs was right: "There is no reception issue. stay tuned"
My reception is worst with this update. O_o
The new bar looks silly.
If you can't solve it, then just mask the problem. Problem solved! /sarcasm
Awesome, the apps is not responding, page not refreshing and it still show 5 signal bars. A phone call unexpected termination but the signal bar is still show good old 5 signal bars.
That will make our Apple Fans feel better!
Awesome, the apps is not responding, page not refreshing and it still show 5 signal bars. A phone call unexpected termination but the signal bar is still show good old 5 signal bars. That will make our Apple Fans feel better!
Actually you are less likely to see a full 5 bars with the new formula. If you look at this article on MacRumors (http://www.macrumors.com/2010/07/15/apples-signal-strength-display-changes-in-ios-4-0-1-and-4-1-detailed/ ) you'll see that the range for the 5th bar is actually smaller than it used to be. The new formula doesn't "improve" the shown signal strength, it actually shows a truer signal strength.
Basically the new formula no longer hides AT&T's shoddy network. It now shows it for what it is. This will do nothing to make people's iPhones look like they get a better signal, it will actually look worse in a lot of areas. It does, however, give you a better idea of how good your signal really is instead of how good AT&T wants you to believe it is.
Me: You're fixing it wrong.
Sweet. I now get to use Bing more easily on my iPad. Yes, I understand how backwards it seems, but I like my iPad and I like Bing!.
OOoooh, taller bars means better reception!? WOW!!!
It looks like iJobs is looking to fool iSheeple with pointless iFixes.
This is exactly the reason why I have kept my 3GS. In fact, I mostly regret upgrading to 4.0. Typing is stupid slow now... and that's probably a software limit just to make me think the iPhone 4 is an actual improvement.
haters gonna hate..