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crunchgear.com - 8/28/2008

Straight from AT&T: We’re working on reception problems, but it’s your fault

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An internal source at AT&T discussed the problems fixed by the 2.0.2 update, explaining, in no uncomplicated terms, that the update controlled the UMTS power control in the phone. Each iPhone requires a small amount of power from the transmitter and that power is requested by the phone itself. If too many phones ask for [...]

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