iPhone iOS 4.01 incoming, fixes death grip issue

It looks like the death grip issue that hounded a lot of early iPhone 4 adopters will soon be a thing of the past as Apple is reportedly prepping to release iOS 4.01 early next week.

It looks like the death grip issue that hounded a lot of early iPhone 4 adopters will soon be a thing of the past as Apple is reportedly prepping to release iOS 4.01 early next week.

Early speculation about the reception issue assumed that the flaw was based on the phones new design, however, according to new reports, it looks like it’s a software issue that came along with the release of iOS 4. According to Apple Insider:

“Readers report that Apple’s tech support forums originally confirmed that a iOS 4.0.1 software fix addressing the issue would ship early next week (as early as Monday), before the comments were subsequently taken down along with all the other related discussion about the matter.”

“The fix is expected to address a issue in iOS 4 related to radio frequency calibration of the baseband. Readers who saw the original forum discussions say that the issue is believed to occur when switching frequencies; because the lag is allegedly not calibrated correctly, it results in the device reporting “no service” rather than switching to the frequency with the best signal to noise ratio.”

“iOS 4 introduced some enhancements to how the baseband selects which frequencies to use, so it makes sense that the error may have crept into those changes. Additionally, this explains why iOS 4 has also caused similar problems for iPhone 3GS users.”

So there you have it guys, stay tuned.

Via [Apple Insider]