sam henri goldhey wanna see something kinda interesting? this was the entire fix to the iPhone Antennagate in 2010. 20 bytes.
(this is going to be a very long thread 🧵)
Ben Zanin@samhenrigold cc: @mhoye 👀↑↓
mhoye@gnomon @samhenrigold The incredible thing is that they rush-shipped rubber bumper cases to anyone who asked for them when it was really a display error fixed in a lookup table.
Andy Norman@mhoye @gnomon @samhenrigold it wasn’t just the display “error”. In the right circumstances it definitely did drop in actual signal level dramatically when you bridged the antenna gap (which I every time with my natural grip). It dropped calls a lot of the time. The bumper fixed this for me and it was a non issue on the 4s with the extra antenna gap. It was probably more of an issue when you spent time in marginal signal level areas.
Cassandrich@mhoye @gnomon @samhenrigold It wasn't "really a display error".
Rather, they modified the display code to cover up the physical design bug.
Jeremy@mhoye @gnomon @samhenrigold
I had some former SEMC colleagues in T&V who moved to silicon valley to work at Apple. We made lots of fun at their expense when the "hold your phone wrong" problem was revealed. Of course, they were still working at Apple and we at SEMC, so obvz we were the real dumbasses and even we knew that at the time.
I had some former SEMC colleagues in T&V who moved to silicon valley to work at Apple. We made lots of fun at their expense when the "hold your phone wrong" problem was revealed. Of course, they were still working at Apple and we at SEMC, so obvz we were the real dumbasses and even we knew that at the time.