My phone is stuck in searching

I have rebooted, reset, turned airplane mode off and on, no luck.

I have the same problem. Going to do a full restore tonight, see if that works. I already tried network reset and a couple of reboots.

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My phone is stuck on "searching" for network after power down - help!

I uploaded the new 6.0.01 software 2 weeks ago and my phone flipped out so I took it into Apple store and they gave me a new SIM card and the ATT rep told me to power down my phone every week or so. So I powered the phone down last night and since I turned it on this morning it is stuck on "searching" for network. I have WIFI in the hoouse so I have email use but no phone or texting. How do I get my phone back on track and connected to the Netwrok?
Thanks so much!

Hello Andres.J,
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
Take a look at the following article, specifically steps 3-7 since you have already restarted the iPhone.
iPhone: Troubleshooting No Service
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS4429
Take care,
Alex H.

My iphone 4s stuck in searching mode

Hi
I have iphone 4s ios 5.1.1 stuck in searching mode
i tried removing sim card still says searching , restarting , searching...
can you help ? Please

Yesterday my phone shut off due to a low battery warning - like less than 10%. So as I normally do, I plugged it in to be charged by using my car charger. Anyway, I noticed that my phone was stuck in "Searching..." mode once it finally got enough charge to run.
We called AT&T and they tried to reset network settings - that didn't work. They asked if we had another iPhone 4 on hand to test if my SIM card worked in that device (but no such luck). I also did a manual reset and that did not work either.
I took my phone to the Genius bar today and they tested the SIM card and it was working fine. Then, the guy ran some sort of diagnostic test to look at the logs and he said I had a lot of software corruption messages.
So, long story short, he ended up reinstalling the OS and that resolved the problem.
Now if only I could find my Photo Stream pictures and other data that I backed-up via iCloud....... I digress.
So far my phone works fine. I could have done this myself but instead I wasted an hour of my time at the darn store. 30 minutes of it was spent WAITING even though my appointment was at 2 p.m. and I was on time - I wasn't seen until around 2:30 p.m. - actually it was almost like 2:40 p.m.

Iphone 4S stuck in "Searching..." numerous times

Hello apple users,
I recently acquired an iPhone 4S, but ran into a problem I cannot seem to solve.
For an unknown reason the iPhone often displays "Searching..." and has no reception, nor 3G signal. this has happened 3 times now.
Restoring the iOS fixed this problem, the first time it took about 2 months, then 1 month and now only 5 days until it got stuck in "Searching..." again.
After digging around on the net I found out this is likely a problem with iOS6 and an iPhone 4S, numerous solutions were posted but only the "last resort" helped.
I've tried:
- Restarting the iPhone
- Hard resetting
- Airplane mode, as well as restarting with Airplane mode and hard resetting
- Turning off cellular data
- Removing the SIM and reseating it
- Trying a different SIM
- Restoring a backup made from when the iPhone was still working
- Restoring the entire iOS and putting the most recent backup back
Putting the SIM in a different phone worked fine while my iPhone was stuck in "Searching..." on the same SIM.
The iPhone runs on iOS 6.0.1, was factory unlocked and has never been "tinkered" with.
Quite frankly, I don't feel like having to restore my iPhone on a weekly basis and would be really glad if any of you are able to help me out.
Thanks in advance!

Yesterday my phone shut off due to a low battery warning - like less than 10%. So as I normally do, I plugged it in to be charged by using my car charger. Anyway, I noticed that my phone was stuck in "Searching..." mode once it finally got enough charge to run.
We called AT&T and they tried to reset network settings - that didn't work. They asked if we had another iPhone 4 on hand to test if my SIM card worked in that device (but no such luck). I also did a manual reset and that did not work either.
I took my phone to the Genius bar today and they tested the SIM card and it was working fine. Then, the guy ran some sort of diagnostic test to look at the logs and he said I had a lot of software corruption messages.
So, long story short, he ended up reinstalling the OS and that resolved the problem.
Now if only I could find my Photo Stream pictures and other data that I backed-up via iCloud....... I digress.
So far my phone works fine. I could have done this myself but instead I wasted an hour of my time at the darn store. 30 minutes of it was spent WAITING even though my appointment was at 2 p.m. and I was on time - I wasn't seen until around 2:30 p.m. - actually it was almost like 2:40 p.m.

My bluetooth is stuck on searching. Need help on this issue?

I have been facing issues with the Bluetooth on my iPhone 4. I recently upgraded to 6.1.2 and the bluetooth is stuck on searching and never shows up phones around. Can you please provide a solution or fix for this. I did restart the phone and resetting all the settings.

It will not connect to other phones. This has never been a feature of iphone.
It will stop searhcing when you hit the home button or back out of the bluetooth screen.

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Turn the phone off and take the SIM out and put it back in. The other possibility is that your SIM is defective.

Hi- I keep getting an error message show up when I sync my iPhone to my Mac Book Pro. the message is that I can't copy to the Macintosh disc because I don' have enough access privileges. Then when I click ok my phone gets stuck syncing. any thoughts?

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Sounds like a possible permissions issue, try repairing the permissions using Disk Utility.
You can open Disk Utility several ways.
1. Use the Spotlight in the Upper Right corner of the screen and search for it, then click it to open it.
2. Open a new finder window (File> New Window)
- Applications>Utilities>Disk Utility
3. Click on the Finder
- Click 'Go' in the menu bar across the top of the screen.
- Click Utilities, then double click on Disk Utility.
Once Disk Utility is open there should be a column on the left side, the name of your hard drive should be listed there.
(By Default it is named Mac HD or Macintosh HD)
Click on it to highlight it.
There should then be a few buttons you can click
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Iphone 6 stuck on searching.. No signal

My iPhone suddenly got stuck on searching, Ive tried everything changed sim restored etc etc.
Its defiantly the phone Ive tried it in another phone.. It stopped working when I updated to 8.1.2
What do I do?
Thanks guys

Have you tried to reset your phone?
Restart or reset your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch - Apple Support

IPhone 5S stuck on Searching after poor or lost antenna signal

My 2 weeks old iPhone 5S , AFTER installing the "latest update" from Apple, start acting abnormal: it's geting stuck in Searching… mode after passing by a low signal area or after signal was complete lost.
Is this a hardware issue, should I return it to the store, or is an software issue and we have to wait for Apple Guys to fix it?
This is so bad as I use it primary for EMERGENCY calls, second for business and then for pleasure. Today being busy and not staying with my eyes on the phone , I was on Searching mode for the entire morning, for 5 hours. It's unacceptable to not be able to be reached all this time.
APPLE, you should have this issue as TOP PRIORITY on your table as I'm sure a lot of customers have the same problem.

Howdy dvasqz18,
The article linked below details a number of steps that can help stabilize your iPhone's connection to your cellular provider's network.
If you can't connect to a cellular network or cellular data
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201415
All my best,
Allen

TS3694 Swapped phone with wife had "searching" error then get 1669 on restore.

Bought wife a 5S for Xmas - She took backup to itunes of old 5 & restored to 5S then swapped sim from 5 to 5S - was working fine for about a week now phone sits at "Searching" and wont make/take calls.
I put new sim into her old phone, restored my last backup (of my iphone 4) onto it and it was fine until the same day her phone stopped working now I get "searching".
So I performed a factory reset & now get the dreaded 1669 error on updating firmware and phone is stuck in reset loop.
So I put sim back into 4 and it works fine.
Only possible problem is we both forgot to delete the phones from icloud "find my phone" when we swapped sims - which I've now done on the 4 but obviously she can't on the 5 as its stuck.
So is this a IOS/icloud find my phone security bug or are both phones broken?
BTW both phones worked fine until 02-JAN-2014.

No joy...
I had already tried "recovery mode" restore to get iphone 5 working, just get 1669 after "updating firmware" status message (with progress bar 3/4 across).
Tried DFU method 1 at work this afternoon and get same message "1669" but that was using iTunes V 11.1.3.8
Due to work's Internet proxy I can't test method 2 until I get home as I can't download any software at work.
Last night we both logged into iCloud and deleted all the phones stored in there (as wife's phone wouldn't let her de-register on the 5S even though she had never registered it in the first place).
This has sorted the problem I had on the 4 where I couldn't turn off "find my phone" - I can now register & de-register the iphone 4 from the phone.
The wife can also register & de-register the 5S from the phone too now but it still wont make any calls.
Going to the local apple store tonight to see if we can get any help.
This smacks of an IOS 7.0.4 + a "find-my-phone" authorisation issue which blocked my initial restore thinking the phone was owned by someone else and leaving it in an unusable state.
I'll post an update later.

Stuck at Searching iPhone 5

So, it's day 3 with a not working iPhone 5 !
It started when I turned on the Airplane mode one day, the other day I turned it off .. and until now, It's searching, even with no SIM card !
I tried every thing, restarting, resetting and now I'm stuck at the activating point where you should active the iPhone.
So, I can't active the phone and I'm stuck at searching, and activating with iTunes doesn't work either.
It says We're sorry, we are unable to continue with your activation at this time. And that's it, nothing else.
It's a new iPhone, bought it in a month maybe, with no Jailbreak.
and I got the iPhone warranty but since I live in Saudi Arabia, there is no Apple store, and no Apple Authorized Service Provider for the iPhone I belive.
and I don't think that the carrier will be able to do anything since I didn't bought the iPhone there.
and the place where I bought the iPhone says that we can't do anything, you should reinstall the ios by your self !
and I can't because iTunes is not activating or helping with any thing !
So, is there any thing I can do about it ?
Thanks !

Well as I said, They won't help if you didn't bought that device dircetly from them ..
Any way, I solved the problem !
I didn't knew about the Recovery mode (Clicking the Home and the On/Off buttons together for a while and then leaving clicking the home button alone for another while)
so I did that and downloaded the ios and now it's working !
I just used the SIM to activate the phone and then removed it .. it seems that it's damaged and may caused the problem
anyway, Thanks

Stuck on searching for network

i have an at&t 4s and its stuck on "Searching" for a network. I've tried everything but removing the sim card. Cant send text or make calls while searching and inputting text is really slow when it switches to searching.

I also would love to know whats going on im having the exact same issues alot matter of fact its goes into search mode quite often sometimes it then goes to NO SERVICE and its def the phone not the carrier, i have to do a full power off to restore service again usually that works..Sometimes the phone is deemed unuseable...ugh so frustrating..

Syncing iphone and now phone is stuck and wont power off or do anything

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Reboot the phone: hold down the power button and the home button at the same time until you see the Apple logo. Ignore the "slide to shut down". When the screen has been completely black for a few minutes, press the power button again.

I just downloaded version 7.1.1 and my phone is stuck on a screen showing me to plug phone into computer and go to iTunes. When I do this, iTunes says my phone is in recovery and I need to do a hard restore. Doing this, it says it will go back to factory

how can I keep my data doing a hard recovery on my phone? I uploaded newest version and phone is stuck on a screen telling me to plug phone into computer and go to iTunes, when I do this, iTunes says my phone is in recovery and I need to restore, Can anyone please help me get my phone back without losing anything?

You shouldn't have to restore your phone to keep your data. But first press home and on button at the same time until phone shows up Apple logo an boots up normally. When the phone comes back on plug into ituens and back it up by selecting "Back Up Now". Once backed up, you can press update and install 7.1.1 and it will restore and recover all your previously backed up data. You can also press "update" and itunes will automtically back up the phoen and install 7.1.1.

My phone is stuck on apple screen and i've tried to reboot it and connect it to my computer many times but it doesn't work. Can anybody help me?

My phone is stuck on apple screen and i've tried to reboot it and connect it to my computer many times but it doesn't work. Can anybody help me?

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