Cycling--Searching, No Service, Signal!!!! Maybe a fix!
I think I figured out this problem. At random, my iPhone4 hits a snag. It will say AT&T 3G > Searching > No Service > 3G > AT&T and so on. This has happened to me at least 4 times already in the last 3 months. For several hours, it will do this and I can't call or text.
FIX (and a safe fix):
Back up the iPhone4 in iTunes. Then perform a restore as a NEW iPhone4. Once the software is installed, right click on your iPhone4 in iTunes and click "Restore from Back up." Choose the backup you just made. This will copy all settings from all Apps back to the iPhone. It's like nothing ever happened to your phone. All texts, emails, games and all settings are back to normal.
I know why it breaks...maybe
Now, I think I figured out why this is happening and I'd like feedback on this matter. I just discovered that my best friend was texting me with a photo attachment. Every time he does this, it knocks my phone service out of comission. I get the cycling Searching, no service, signal. Normal texts seem to work. Only attachment photos in the text break my iPhone4.
He has a Droid (I don't know his model number) through Verizon.
Can anyone help or comment on why this could be happening? Only his phone does this and I can't think of any of my other friends that use a Verizon Droid to test this.
Help?!? Maybe? Flaw?
I have this problem, started yesterday. After an hour of the constant cycling I called AT&T. They said they're aware of this problem and can fix it. They couldn't tell me how it gets fixed but did tell me mine will be fixed by the 25th. I asked them to just switch my service back to my old iphone but they said it is not the phone, it's the network and I'd still have the issue. They said they think it is caused by texting media to another carrier or 2G phone, it gets our phones hung up on it and they continuously bounce back and forth between 2G and 3G. Call your carrier to get the fix, although mine is still broken till the 25th. What a nightmare! I have an useless iphone4 besides the 30 second window of connection. I hope this helps.
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Here are some observations and a suggestion.
1) I mentioned before, that the number of views of this discussion forum is fast approaching 100,000. I suppose relative to all iPhones sold that is not a great percentage, but 100,000 still sounds pretty impressive to me. Consider also that many people probably have this same Sim problem and are not viewing this discussion forum because thay do not know it exists. How many people are REALLY experiencing this problem? Who knows. But I suspect it is more that 100,000.
2) To the best of my knowledge, Apple does not consult these forums as a guide to awareness of product performance. It may be company policy, but most of the time when I speak to an Apple employee they seem remarkably unaware of the "Top Stories" in the Apple Discussion Forum. This, despite the fact that my personal experience with customer service at Apple is excellent. So, as much as we of this discussion forum are confident SOMEONE important at Apple is reading all our posts and taking them to heart...I am not so sure.
3) I have been told over and over that the best way to gain Apple's attention regarding a problem is to post a comment on their Feedback Site. One comment about a problem is pretty worthless. 100,000 comments on the same issue, I'm guessing, will really get their attention.
4) Some folks have mentioned a recall to address this problem. Although such a thing is always a possibility, I don't see it happening. Why? When the brakes on a Toyota don't work, or that Toyata starts to accelerate without driver intention...well, that involves human life and the stakes are quite high. For many reasons you would see the automotive industry eventually be forced into a recall program under such a situation. But, a phone APPEARS to not nearly be such a life and death device. Or is it? My daughter's iPhone 4S developed a "SIM FAILURE" on the same day her car broke down in the middle of the very rural area we live at around 10:00 pm. She is 17 years old and was coming home from high school play practice. You can imagine the anxiety I and her mother felt when she did not arrive home on time. She eventually walked about a quarter mile to a house of a stranger and had to ask to use their phone to call us. Now, I am not saying that strangers where I live are not to be trusted. But, in addition to being worried out of my mind, I was not happy that an inoperative iPhone 4S caused my daughter to be put in this situation. My biggest concern now is...when will my daughter's iPhone become inoperative again due to SIM FAILURE?
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The link to feedback site is: http://www.apple.com/feedback/
Feel free to use copy/amend/whatever the following as you wish:
Dear Apple,
I wish to register a strong concern about my iPhone's unpredictable inoperability due to failures somehow associated with it's SIM technology. For me, I do not consider this just a significant lack of convenience, but a significant safety issue. Should I need my phone in an emergency situation where it is experiencing a SIM FAILURE, I believe the iPhone will have put me at risk. I would ask you to please give fixing this problem your greatest priority and effort.
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Hello Jpahlphoto!
I'm sorry to learn about the issues mentioned in your post. Let's fix this for you OK?
Please restore your iPad and see if that does the trick. You'll find the steps here:
http://bit.ly/16hQAlr
Thanks,
ChristinaB_VZW
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Samsung Note 3 Lollipop Stuck at Searching For Service...
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siyang99,
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JohnB_VZW
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Everytime I am in library, my cellphone doesn't have a signal. So my phone only gets wifi.
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Thank youI will do it soon. Thank you
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If none of those help hard reset the phone
Hold down the Home button and the Power on/off button "at the same time"
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http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nwce711/helpdata/en/48/0c886211e525cde10000000a42189c/frameset.htmI
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I changed my configuration following this tutorial,
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Thanks
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SU
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