IPhone signal issues driving me mental - not techy at all, please help :-(
Hi
I have an iPhone 16gb 3GS and I'm having major issues with it, this is the 2nd phone that has gone wrong on me, apple replaced this one less than a month ago. Basically, the signal keeps dropping off and then it spends ages 'searching' then I get No Service. It keeps coming and going. If I switch off and on it comes back but also keeps saying restore required. I have done this numerous times using different USB ports and setting up as new iPhone but it doesn't seem to help!! I've turned of 3G services and reset network settings but it's still doing it. I'm not a techy person so please don't blind me with Science. Is there ANYTHING I can do????
Thanks
Gemma
When that happens to me, I'm usually in an area where the signal is low. It'll drop to Edge (E) and Search and No Signal.
To "force" the phone to find the signal faster and avoid having to turn it off do this:
Go to Settings
Turn on Airplane Mode for one sec, then turn it off. You phone will search for the strongest signal again.
Just a little short cut.
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