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How to Fix Your iPhone 4 Antenna with Scotch Tape

Jul 1, 2010 04:08 PM
Oct 13, 2015 08:42 PM
Hand using a smartphone with a decorative item nearby on a wooden surface.

The iPhone 4 is one of the most divisive pieces of consumer electronics ever released. Its defective antenna has ruffled the feathers of even the most diehard Apple enthusiasts. This video will show you how to fix the antennagate issue using only some Scotch tape, which when applied to the proper place, will keep the antenna from grounding itself on the metal piece below, which is what causes the phone to lose signal when you hold it.

Don't give Apple 30 more dollars for a bumper case, just throw some tape on you iPhone and you're good to go. Unless, of course, you're embarrassed about having to use tape to ensure the basic functionality of something you paid hundred of dollars for very recently.

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