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View Poll Results: Death grip on networks - effecting regular use ?

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  • Vodafone Death grip Yes

    7 3.38%

  • Vodafone Death grip No

    14 6.76%

  • Optus Death grip Yes

    7 3.38%

  • Optus Death grip No

    34 16.43%

  • Telstra Death grip Yes

    19 9.18%

  • Telstra Death grip No

    122 58.94%

  • Three Death Grip Yes

    1 0.48%

  • Three Death Grip No

    3 1.45%
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  1. 30th July 2010, 09:35 AM #1
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    Lightbulb iPhone 4 Death Grip - Any Effect?

    Is your phone effected? Please let us know yes or no.
    Maybe let everyone know what carrier you are using.

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  2. 30th July 2010, 09:37 AM #2
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    Not yet on Telstra.
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  3. 30th July 2010, 09:58 AM #3
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    I'm on Telstra. Been clutching it like a basket case and it's not dropping below five bars. I'll have to try it when I'm in a weak area.
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  4. 30th July 2010, 10:02 AM #4
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    I found an area where my Telstra signal was one bar, and tried to "death grip" it to drop the signal. No matter where or how tightly I gripped the phone I couldn't make it drop.
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  5. 30th July 2010, 10:06 AM #5
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    Quote Originally Posted by Vzzzbx View Post
    I'm on Telstra. Been clutching it like a basket case and it's not dropping below five bars. I'll have to try it when I'm in a weak area.
    I've managed to make mine drop a couple of bars, but I'm in somewhat of a regional area. Has never dropped that last bar, though.
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  6. 30th July 2010, 10:10 AM #6
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    In an elevator, I can death grip it from 3 to 1 bars. Can't do so in the office where I have strong signal.
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  7. 30th July 2010, 10:18 AM #7
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    I got it down one single bar from 5 to 4 in Hobart. However, I used to only get 4 bars at my house with iPhone 3G, so this is an improvement!
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  8. 30th July 2010, 10:27 AM #8
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    No effect for me, and I am even on Optus!
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  9. 30th July 2010, 10:47 AM #9
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    I just found a part of the office with three-bar signal and death-gripped it. It went up to four bars. Consistently. I've no idea why.
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  10. 30th July 2010, 10:49 AM #10
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    Quote Originally Posted by Vzzzbx View Post
    I just found a part of the office with three-bar signal and death-gripped it. It went up to four bars. Consistently. I've no idea why.
    You must have rabbit ears :laugh:
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  11. 30th July 2010, 10:58 AM #11
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    Quote Originally Posted by Vzzzbx View Post
    I just found a part of the office with three-bar signal and death-gripped it. It went up to four bars. Consistently. I've no idea why.
    I tried it twice... first time dropped 4 to 3 bars... second attempt, it dropped to 3 but quickly went back to 4 and stayed there. I am in a good reception area of Hobart (generally 4 bars, often 5)
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  12. 30th July 2010, 11:01 AM #12
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    On Telstra, and it dropped, by one bar.. luckily I'm right-handed :P
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  13. 30th July 2010, 11:06 AM #13
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    Telstra, death grip doesnt work for me...
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  14. 30th July 2010, 11:07 AM #14
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    Nup. All good here too. Once again, over-hyped issue due to AT&T's poor network and people already being in a bad coverage area. Loving the new phone, although the Dev beta software is buggy as hell (had to put it on; old phone was running it and it won't let you re-sync unless the s/w versions are the same :S)
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  15. 30th July 2010, 11:09 AM #15
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    No effect for me, just moved over to Telstra and I'm sat in the office with 5 bars of 3G (in Blackburn). Will try at home where I always had an atrocious Optus signal.
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  16. 30th July 2010, 11:12 AM #16
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    Default death grip on optus... what death grip!?

    A work colleague just come in with his new iphone 4.

    My 3G gets one bar in this office, his iphone 4 gets 4, we both death gripped it.. it went UP to 5... WTF!?!?!?

    So, we put the iphone 4 in the case.. no affect, no up or down on the bars with a death grip.

    Looks like we have the media to blame of the usual beat up over this one!
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  17. 30th July 2010, 11:18 AM #17
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    Quote Originally Posted by NORMANDY View Post
    My 3G gets one bar in this office, his iphone 4 gets 4, we both death gripped it.. it went UP to 5... WTF!?!?!?
    People's bodies are different, they have different skin resistance (sweaty skin? dry skin?), the humidity of different areas varies (dry air? humid air?).

    These (and other) factors effect what happens when you grip the phone (and more so when you grab it at the antenna gap point).

    It is possible (and I've seen it with other types of antennas) to actually increase signal at times by grabbing some antennas... basically your body becomes part of the antenna system.

    Most times it makes the antenna system less effective but a smaller random number of occasions it can improve things.
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  18. 30th July 2010, 11:20 AM #18
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    At home I can go from 5 bars to 3 bars by gripping the phone.
    However it's still 3 more bars than I had when I was with Vodafone.
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  19. 30th July 2010, 11:43 AM #19
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    Optus - No death grip here!
    Who doesn't love camping out in the freezing cold, infront of an Apple Store, tbe day before a new product is released ;)
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  20. 30th July 2010, 11:44 AM #20
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    Not at all on Telstra.

    An Apple rep told me that the whole time everyone was queuing a few of them were standing around for the entire 3 hrs holding the phone all sorts of different ways and they didn't lose any service.

    I've tried it all sorts of ways on mine and it hasn't lost any at all. It's perfectly fine =D
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