Comments on: Tips for a great iPhone reception

By: Sharon O

Sharon O — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 04:26:33 +0000

If there is a redemption for cost of the bumper, who do I contact to get it?

When I purchased my iphone4 it wasn’t suggested that I should buy a bumper. I did purchase an apple brand silicon cover – that is what you are calling a bumper is it not?

By: Brendan - [Your Community Manager]

Brendan - [Your Community Manager] — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 02:29:55 +0000

Hello Scott, Try visiting Telstra World of Accessories here and drop them an email with your requirements.

By: Scott

Scott — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 07:55:49 +0000

I live in a rural area and only get a poor signal (1-2 bars outside – nothing inside) does anyone know if we can get a booster to mount on the house to improve the signal?? Have an iPhone4 and would like to make calls and use data. Cheers

By: kim

kim — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 09:05:41 +0000

so i’m confused is the iphone a good one to get or should i wait till the iphone 5 comes out. is it going to be better. i have a friend with an iphone and we live in a rural town in western nsw and she seems to get good reception. on her 3GS so should i buy a iphone3Gs or a iphone4. or just wait?
when is the new one coming out???

By: Newby

Newby — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 06:04:24 +0000

Hey, I think I read that because it needs a bumper it can’t technically be classed as ‘Blue Tick.’

By: iPhone4eva

iPhone4eva — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 00:24:20 +0000

Why can’t I find this phone on the Blue Tick section of the Telstra Website? Telstra are so unorganised.

By: Jackson

Jackson — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 01:29:19 +0000

Its funny to look back on this argument now, remembering how so many android users just happened to have an iphone 4 as their second phone or whose friends, school mate, Mum, Dad, brother or sister had one and they were basically unusable because of poor reception.
6 months down the track and millions and millions of iphone 4′s (virtually all with excellent reception) later, Telstra and their “Next G™ network testing” have been proved right.
I wonder what the iphone haters will come up with when the iphone 5 comes out.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Sat, 19 Feb 2011 10:13:18 +0000

I’ve had the same problem it hasn’t connected since 3hrs after I got it.

By: Rachel

Rachel — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 11:25:10 +0000

Have had my iphone 4 for 2 days and having loads of reception problems in a regional area already. So much for the ‘blue tick’.

My Motorola v9 had no issues with reception.

Its not just low bars – its NOTHING. Cant even find the network.

As the phone is for business use this is all very inconvenient and embarassing.

Does anyone have any suggestions? I have checked and the phone is set us as Karl suggested.

By: Karl

Karl — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 11:11:37 +0000

I’ve been in places where 3 mobile (3G 2100) and Telstra GSM have a much stronger signal than Telstra’s NextG. On the iPhone 4, you can’t really select 3G bands to start with. You can only select ’3G’ or ‘GSM’.

As long as you leave your ‘Carrier’ at ‘Automatic’, your phone should be able to connect to Telstra’s NextG network (Telstra – 3G 850MHz) or it’s other 3G network (3TELSTRA 3G 2100MHz). If you are having a constant problem, make sure your phone is connected to ‘Telstra Mobile’ rather than ’3TELSTRA’.

Otherwise, you might want to return the phone for a swap, either at Telstra or at the Apple Store (They exchange phones there even if you bought it from Telstra).