Iphone 4 shows "No services " or "No Sim Card Insert"
Hi all,
I have this problem with my iphone 4 recently.
When my phone is not in use for more than an hour, it either shows no services or no sim card insert. I yet to experience dropcall yet but i have miss several calls because of this.
Everytime if i experience this, i would on airplane mode and off it to regain back the network.
Im using starhub, call starhub but they say its not their network problem, so it prolly my sim card or iphone problem. Anyone facing the same problem ??
Please help, thanks.
Get a new SIM card. If it fixes the issue than it was the problem, otherwise it could be a hardware issue. If switching SIMs doesn't work then try the standard troubleshooting methods restart, reset & then restore. See if any of that works...
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Symptoms
In certain situations, iPhone may present one of the following symptoms:
"Invalid SIM" or "No SIM Card installed" alert appears intermittently.
Status bar displays "No SIM" when a SIM card is installed.
Resolution
If you encounter any of the above symptoms on your iPhone, try these steps to attempt to resolve the issue:
Update your iPhone to the latest version of iOS.
Toggle Airplane mode On and Off.
Try turning iPhone off and then on again.
Check for a carrier settings update. Tap Settings > General > About. If an update is available, a prompt will appear.
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I tried again to back up & restore the phone 3 or 4 times, no success. I have also allowed 24 hours for the unlock process to complete. Still no luck.
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