Searching for phone carrier

I work in a building with very poor reception for my phone. My partner who sits across from me also has an iphone. We have both noticed in the last while that when we lose reception it sometimes won't come back on it's own once we are in a place that has good reception. We have both found that we need to power down the phone and then power up again to get the reception to come back otherwise it just continues to read "searching" where the carrier is displayed. My son who also has an iphone has reported similar findings on occasion when he happens to lose reception. It's hard for me to say how recent this is ... but I would certainly say it's since the last update. Anyone else out there noticed this?

I too have this issue. And my work building has poor reception as well. A lot of my co-workers have the iPhone and their signal seems fine where mine is sometimes either Searching.... or on E (Edge) service. If I reboot the phone, it seems to go back to a normal signal on par with the other iPhones my co-workers have until it happens again. I called Apple support tonight with a few questions and this was something I mentioned. The rep suggested that I do a hard reset and/or go to *Settings>General>Reset>Reset Network Settings*. I did what I thought was a hard reset (pressing both the home and power buttons at the same time), but it acted the same as a regular turning off of the phone, so I don't know if that worked. I haven't tried the other option yet. I'm curious to know if this is common or a Hardware/software issue?
It seems to have the issue mostly when I am at work. The area is a weird when it comes to cell service signal. Even for Verizon service. I even get this weird tone from my phone when calling out in the area until I get about a 1/2 mile or so away. There isn't anything unusual in the area to cause interference that I know of, but it's a wooded area, so there may be something around that I can't see.
I guess my biggest concern is why is my iPhone having signal issues when others seem to be fine.

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