How Many Things Can Be Wrong With My iPhone?

Question

Let's count:
1) It doesn't ring. Ever. If I have an earpiece in, it will sometimes ring in it. It rarely vibrates. And, yes, I have checked that it is set to ring.
2) It gives message notifications late . . . VERY late. I can get a notice of a voice mail message up to four hours after the message was left. Text messages frequently arrive 1/2 hour or more after they were sent.
3) It cannot connect to any WiFi network. It doesn't see them. I have tried both resetting the phone (holding home-sleep/wake until the apple logo comes on) and resetting network connections (in settings). No effect.
4) This is the best: It doesn't keep the time. If I have it configured to set time automatically, it drifts to become incorrect. I have seen it be up to an hour off. I even showed it to a disbelieving Genius at an Apple Store. He was impressed. Two things about this: (a) if I turn OFF set time automatically, it keeps time perfectly and (b) I have seen the time correct itself after the phone has been plugged in for recharging. This brings us to:
5) My battery performance is unimpressive. Not horrible. But far from good.
I am wondering if I have too weak a battery and if the phone, to conserve power, goes into some super-sleep mode in which even turns off network connections.
The Genius Bar guy told me to restore settings, which I have done. In fact, I completely switched settings with those of a working phone (This had been my wife's phone. She thought I was more worthy of this problem than she. So we swapped and she got my perfectly working G3.)
Does anyone have any idea of what could cause this? Does anyone have any idea on how I can escalate the problem to a level which might be interested in such a unique combination of failures?
Thanks!
Message was edited by: gbeberman to list attempts to fix the phone.
Message was edited by gbeberman to fix grammatical errors (more probably remain))

Answer 1

gbeberman wrote:
Let's count:
1) It doesn't ring. Ever. If I have an earpiece in, it will sometimes ring in it. It rarely vibrates. And, yes, I have checked that >it is set to ring.
Try adjusting the volume with the headphones disconnected.
If the iPhone shows (headphones) even though they are disconnected, there may be debris in the headphone jack.
This article: http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1630 provides more information about the issue and other tips.
2) It gives message notifications late . . . VERY late. I can get a notice of a voice mail message up to four hours after the >message was left. Text messages frequently arrive 1/2 hour or more after they were sent.
Does the iPhone lose service when this happens?
3) It cannot connect to any WiFi network. It doesn't see them. I have tried both resetting the phone (holding home-sleep/wake until the apple logo comes on) and resetting network connections (in settings). No effect.
Did the iPhone see and join the Wi-Fi network at the Apple retail store?
4) This is the best: It doesn't keep the time. If I have it configured to set time automatically, it drifts to become incorrect. I have seen it be up to an hour off. I even showed it to a disbelieving Genius at an Apple Store. He was impressed. Two things about this: (a) if I turn OFF set time automatically, it keeps time perfectly and (b) I have seen the time correct itself after the phone has been plugged in for recharging. This brings us to:
This may be an issue with the cellular network connection or tower.
+"If iPhone is set to update the time automatically, it gets the correct time over the cell network, and updates it for the time zone you're in."+ http://support.apple.com/kb/TA38641
5) My battery performance is unimpressive. Not horrible. But far from good.
This article: http://www.apple.com/batteries/iphone.html provides tips that will help increate the iPhones battery life.
Make sure the iPhone is updated to the latest iPhone software available. This article: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305744 provides more information about updating and restoring the iPhone.
If you are using the iPhone with any accessories try testing it without them.
Try restoring the iPhone and setting it up as a new phone if you haven't already.
Also you can ask the cellular service provider for a replacement SIM, which may resolve the service issues.
You can always contact AppleCare to troubleshoot the issue and or setup iPhone repair.
U.S. iPhone technical support: 1-800-MY-IPHONE (1-800-694-7466)
-Jason