2.2.1 update and call issues

Question

Hi all,
I was very happy with my iPhone and the 2.2 software update, things were running nicely and I hadn't had any troubles, which is why I decided to go ahead and install the 2.2.1 update when it was released - and I have had nothing but trouble...
I live in an area where Vodafone coverage is not great, there are however certain areas where I can go to get almost full reception; this was the first problem that I noticed - I no longer get full reception here, it's now two or sometimes three bars.
The second problem I have is when I go to make a phone call, when the call is establishing it now takes sometimes up to 40 seconds of silence to get to the ringtone! With 2.2 it almost seemed instantaneous, and now there is this massive delay which is infinitely infuriating!
I think this second issue may be linked with the third, which is pretty much the opposite. When I end a call there is another long delay, though not normally as long as the setup delay - 15-20 seconds. Pressing the home button takes me back to the home screen with the green bar at the top saying the call is in progress, pressing the green bar takes me back to the call and allows me to press the end call button again, to no avail. All this whilst the call timer is still counting.
The last issue is with the calls itself... Now when I make a call, about 50% of the time it will drop out in the first 30 seconds of the call, I will not get a call failed message (which I had seen a couple of times in the past); it will just sit there like the person on the other end of the phone has gone silent and the call timer will still be incrementing. This coupled with the call end and redial delays make for an almost 1 minute round trip from the call dropping out to me calling back - this is extremely infuriating!
Now, I thought I could just roll back to the 2.2 update when everything was peachy... How wrong I was; it appears that the baseband has been altered in such a way with the 2.2.1 update that the 2.2 update cannot be restored to the phone, I've even gone to the lengths of jailbreaking the phone only to realise that the baseband cannot be rolled back, even if the firmware is.
So, this puts me in a situation where I have an infuriating phone to use because I cannot roll back to the last known good update for it - it was reasons like these call issues that I moved away from Windows Mobile and Symbion devices. My iPhone was great until this update - I just want it back to good working order!
I've tried restoring the phone, rebooting the phone, restoring to a 2.2 release (gives a #1013 error when trying to update it). Is there any way I can get this back - or is there a 2.2.2 release planned that will solve any of these issues?
Cheers,
--ryan

Answer 1

Have you done a reset (hold the sleep/wake & home button until the Apple logo appears)? A reset will often correct many issues you may have with the phone.
If a reset or restore does not correct the issues, you could try a new SIM from ATT or make an appointment at the Genius Bar to have the phone looked at.
This is a user to user forum. No one here knows when or what the next update will contain.