apples24

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brilliant brilliant amazing bit of kit does everyhting i want it to do apart from fecking make phone calls!!! it drops calls or people cant here me or i cant here them fecking really crap, is this the usual? playing up all day today couldnt here them they had to shout, then this evening its fine

its a iphone 4 i have

andy97

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Stick to the wills thread, throw the iPhone in the river and get an Android.

apples24

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pmsl, i had a iphone 3g before it was perfect, wondering if its a iphone 4 thing

mystery_machine

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It was a Known thing with the iphone 4, thought to be made better if it has a bumper case? it's something to do with the aerials (the metal strips each side of the phone).

apples24

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really? so its terminal then lol unless i buy a bumber case? they should be giving them out for free

peter zippy reid

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They did give them out for free i got one

stevebt

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Check the mic out, mine was the same way then I took it into the shp and they cleaned the mic which took seconds and it was working again

apples24

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yes checked that someone else told me to look for stuck pocket fluff lol

just reset netword settings and a newer update is downloading from apple, only done it the other month too!! nearly fecking 2 hours to download...... nice


i might have to seriously consider ditching the iphone, but i really love its camera and video, the app system is brilliant as are the apps

mystery_machine

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are you updating using the phone or itunes? because doing it through just the phone should be a lot quicker as it does incremental updates, whereas itunes downloads the whole thing each time...

apples24

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oooooo didnt know that

hodgy0_2

I am posting this on an iPad, great bits of kit, sure, but I had even less luck making calls than you with the iPhone

Been trying for 3 days to make a call, still no joy and its quite tricky to get in your jacket pocket to boot

Not quite sure what all the hype is about tbh

apples24

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lol i migt well go back to a 3gs and swap the 4 for an older ipad

lordharding

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Phone calls

That's so nineties like texts

Think I've only made a quids worth of calls of my 4s since Xmas

That's why emails photos, and iPhones messengers for

Those. That watch the pennies retire earlier

RobsyUK

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Was the rason I ditched mine. apps were brilliant.. but it would ring and for love or money i couldn't swipe it to answer the thing. used to wind me up so much @!

dpb

Sucker

nizmo80

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my wife's 3g works perfect

and my iphone4 works perfect as well

but I hear some people have problems with them too
like the no service problem's

Frosticles

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Have a 4S. Same problems as the OP. Does everything brilliantly apart from make calls.

Gear Head

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I thought the call/reception problem was with the 4s?

Ant

I don't have problems, I get the odd dropped call but so does my blackberry

Simon K

I have a HTC Desire HD. Yes, may be able to run the world from it but making a call is painful. Infact all these new Smart phones, all good but the phone function is poor.

I have a Nokia Classic for work, never drops a call, all has reception, battery last for ever.

SBK

Gear Head

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My HTC Desire S on the o2 network has been excellent for calls over the last 12 months.
I don't remember having dropped any calls.

Jamescsti

Can honestly say I've never had an issue making calls from my iPhone 4.
Can't be bothered debating it all though as I can see how this thread will go, either locked or merged with the trollfest thread.

marshall332bhp

Never had any problems with mine

Simon K

Its not just call dropping, but if I dail a number, the phone can just seem to wait and do nothing, then bip and go back to the number pad screen. Or it can seem to take ages to connect, like the phone is sleeping for 10 seconds.

Ive tested this a number of times. I often do reboots, to clear everything up. I suppose its a PC at the end of the day, so depending on what else is running, phone can be slow to react.

Also, I hate touch screens, my wide fat fingers seem to press lots of buttons, and can be a pain.

SBK

Flaps

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Make an appointment to see the technical guys in their store, if it's in warrenty and has a genuine fault they will probably swap it for a new one there and then.

dpb

Get a refund . Buy a proper phone and use the wedge left over to go on holiday , to recover from your ordeal

Devildog

Problem was with the 4 not the 4s. My 4 had some issues, got a replacement sim card (genius bar suggestion) and its been perfect ever since.

Apparently dropping calls can be a sim issue so try that.

apples24

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what do i have to do or ask for to me an appointment? that sounds a lot better popping to a store than sending the phone off for days

Flaps

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I phoned up Apple Customer Support, they organised the appointment and then I popped through to store to do the rest. They should be able to give you some sort of indication as to what their answer will be over the phone, ie new phone or repair.

apples24

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done it got to go to town in an hours time, he said its not uncommon, they will look at it for ten mins but most probably they will give me a new phone


now the question is if all iphone 4's do this no point keeping it ill sell the bugger