Signal problems and calling AppleCare-

I've noticed that a lot of people who have the infamous iPhone 4 "Death Grip"—lost signal and so on—ask questions online instead of calling Apple support for help. I've noticed that the more people resist the urge to call Apple support, the more Apple seems to be in the dark about a problem.
Just out of curiosity, how many of you have called AppleCare about your reception problems?

AppleIncSteve wrote:
this is what apple care says about it,
It is a non issue and all cell phones are due to
have some signal loss as you grip them.
IF you would like to lessen it you can buy a
bumper. Then they offer you one.
apple haven't said anything yet of any note

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On the iphone4 (not s)did they fix the signal problem and if they did when did they fix it how long ago (date roughly)

on the iphone4 (not s) did they fix the signal problem and if they did when did they fix it how long ago (date roughly)???????

Apple has not made any changes to the iPhone 4 since its release. The over 80 million people with the phones don't seem to think there's a serious problem.

Signal problems and MES

South Africa - Pretoria: I got my BB 9300 end February and since then I have a signal problem, it is always searching for signal, it will go on SOS and when somebody calls me I can talk for 30 seconds and then it say "call failed". They can't hear me when they call me and I can't hear them. I had the BB Curve 8900 before and had no problems. We have 5 Vodacom phones, 3 cell c, 2 mtn and 1 Heita and they have no problems with signal. My daughter has the bb 8520 as well with no problems. Secondly it is on BES in stead of BIS, I took it to Vodacom but they van't help me.

AppleIncSteve wrote:
this is what apple care says about it,
It is a non issue and all cell phones are due to
have some signal loss as you grip them.
IF you would like to lessen it you can buy a
bumper. Then they offer you one.
apple haven't said anything yet of any note

E6 belle call screeen problem and call log proble...

When making / receiving a call, I can only see part of the name (10 characters), if it is longer. Ideally, to see not only the name / surname as a whole, but also to other fields if they are (eg a company), for business is essential. Picture when I disconnected the call but did not help. Another problem: The Call Log contains only the last 20 , even if the settings of a month's worth.

Hi,
That's already by default. If the name of the contact is exceeding 16 characters, it will be cut off on the screen once you call/receive a call from the said contact. Also, the device can only show the name of the contact when receiving/making a call. Including its other information (eg company) is beyond the support of your device.
With regard to the Call logs, that is unusual. try to perform a soft reset by dialing *#7780#. It should fix the problem.
Hope this will help you.
Thanks,

Recurring iMac G5 Hard Disk problem and worthless AppleCare

Hello all! I have a recurring iMac G5 2Ghz (20-inch) Hard Disk problem.
I bought my parents, aged 52 and 55, an iMac last summer. Hoping this would be their solution to a hassle free and easy computer environment, since I would leave for China for about 1 year. But last month the hard drisk crashed and could not be fixed.
At first the start up speed slowed down, then the start up process would continue infinitely, then the computer just booted into a screen with a question mark.
I have a AppleCare Protection Plan (APP) and so I called the Help Desk and they put me in touch with a Service Center (Sittard, the Netherlands). Now I thought, since I live within the proper range of at least 3 service centers (Heerlen, the Netherlands), I could get on-site support (as stated in APP), unfortunately for unknown reasons, my parents had to drag the 20 inch monster to the service center.
Normally the repair should take 2 days, but instead it took 10 working days. My dad naturally asked, if they could restore the data on the disk. This was only possible if we paid about 2000 euro. So, no deal!
After picking the iMac up again, the computer booted into the Mac OS installation. This again surprised me, since according to the APP they should at least put some effort into restoring the applications. Not even iLife was pre-installed, which was of course on the computer when we bought it. Next to that the Service Center's Mac OS installation disc was still in the drive; how careless!
They were quite sad about the lost data, but accepted it, as we all know that these things can happen to electronics. BUT today, the same problem recurred! First the start up process slowed down and now (again) it tries to start up infinitely.
The hard disk is brand new (1 month), no strange programs and no abnormal use. According to the diagnostic tools the file structure is damaged, but it seems to keep getting worse. The Apple Help Desk guy was even surprised this happened to a brand new disk and installation. He recommended reinstalling the system.
But, I'm not happy with this solution! A hard disk breaking down, is one thing. But the same problem recurring 1 month later made a couple of alarm bells go off. I'm hoping Apple will consider replacing this machine from **** with a brand new iMac. Since my parents are scared ********, that whatever document they type today might disappear again tomorrow. This is not a comfortable computing experience.
By the way: the computer has only basic software: Microsoft Office, Skype and iLife and my parents only use those programs, surf the net and send email.
Any of you had a similar bad experience with the iMac's hard disk, AppleCare or any of Apple's Service Centers? Or does anyone know how to reach Apple by email?
iMac 20 G5 2Ghz Mac OS X (10.4.6)

I had a similar problem with my 20" 2Ghz iMac.
After replacing the HD and the next 'going bad' the tech realized there was a different problem.
After discussing it, and the distance to an authorized repairer he offered on-site repair.
After a lengthy parts delay I was offered an upgrade to a iSight iMac.
The tech narrowed my problem down to a faulty logic board before offering a replacement. He could have been wrong but it seemed logical with all of the same symptoms.
Press your AppleCare to replace this computer. They are going to try and repair but insist if this fix doesn't work you want a new iMac.
I hope everything works out for you.
Edit: There is a great program that Apple techs recommend called DiskWarrior. It did not fix my problem but it allowed me to get my most important info off of the computer before it went to computer heaven. Might not work for all but it works well for me as I still use it today.

Internet signal problems with new iMac?

Anyone, the motherboard on my 2007 iMac finally gave out, so I decided to replace it with a mid 2011 27-inch iMac. However, the internet breaks signal all the time. I have a macbook as well which does not have the same problem even when I have it placed in the exact same location. What could be causing this problem. The earlier iMac also had no problem with the internet at that location. Can anyone help? Thanks!

Maybe there's some help here:
http://osxdaily.com/2012/11/30/resolving-stubborn-wi-fi-connection-problems-in-m ac-os-x/
If not, and the Mac is only a month old, it's worth using your warranty and calling AppleCare - 3 months free phone support, or 3 years if you have the extended AppleCare.

Lenovo s820 Signal lost and often shows Roaming even in Home network

Hi,
From past 1month I am facing issue with the signal strength and calls automatically get disconnected while talking and it often shows roaming even though I am at the Home network. Pls help.
Earlier I thought the issue is with the network provider but later I found that the SIM works good in other Phones issue is with my Lenovo S820.
My Version information:
Model Number : Lenovo S820
Android Version: 4.4.2
Baseband Version: S820.ROW.V104, 2014/11/21 10:59
Build Number: S820_ROW_8G_S222_141121

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I meet a lot of 3G signal when a call signal disappears 3G! I read the manuals and anything I find the problem! I do so with other brands and other cell does not, the same goes when I receive a call!

I meet a lot of 3G signal when a call signal disappears 3G! I read the manuals and anything I find the problem! I do so with other brands and other cell does not, the same goes when I receive a call!

Who is your carrier? Are you actually on 3G?
Do you have 3G turned on or off? Settings > General > Network > Enable 3G

Fast busy signal with incoming calls and unable to connect to voice mail

We are using CISCO 2821. The system started to have problem connecting to voice mailbox (when dialing internally to the VM extension) and it used to take a reboot to bring it back. Now it will not connect to voice mail (gets fast busy signal), plus incoming calls get a fast busy signal after the first ring tone. To make it worse, the Call Manager Express web page does not load. Does anyone have any idea how to solve the problem? Thanks!

Called ATT...they verified the problem and said it was an intermittent signal problem....
only issue is I have to keep the phone off to make sure I received voicemails....
Definitely NOT an iPhone problem, but an ATT problem.

10g Signal Handlers and Dynamic Binding Problems on Mac OS X

I have the following env vars set up, and it seems the client libs show a deadl\
ock behavior post installation. SqlPlus exhibits a similar problem with 10g cli\
ent libs on the Mac, since it simply hangs for 20 secs before returning the pro\
mpt. I have G4 10.3.4 Mac, and 3.3 (1640) gcc, and still haunted by this probl\
em...
ORACLE_HOME=/Users/Oracle/10g/orahome
ORACLE=ORACLE_HOME/bin
ORACLE_BASE=/Users/Oracle/10g
DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH=/Users/Oracle/10g/orahome/lib
a) ktrace sqlplus user/pass@db
b) kdump -R | grep sigaction gives:
885 sqlplus 5.877734 CALL sigaction(0x2,0xbffff500,0xbffff570)
885 sqlplus 0.001252 RET sigaction 0
885 sqlplus 0.002032 CALL sigaction(0xd,0xbfff90f0,0xbfff9160)
885 sqlplus 0.001831 RET sigaction 0
885 sqlplus 0.001293 CALL sigaction(0x12,0xbfffb6e0,0xbfffb750)
885 sqlplus 0.001234 RET sigaction 0
885 sqlplus 0.001551 CALL sigaction(0x12,0xbfffbda0,0xbfffbe10)
885 sqlplus 0.001401 RET sigaction 0
885 sqlplus 0.001331 CALL sigaction(0x2,0xbfffd090,0xbfffd100)
885 sqlplus 0.001333 RET sigaction 0
This shows a 5.9 sec delay for the first sigaction, and a full response is received some long 20 secs later on the prompt.
Some feedback from engineering regarding this issue since the 9i release has been:
"This is a known problem with signal handlers and the lazy binding we have on Mac OS X. A small change to how Oracle library's signal
handler is installed using _signal_nobind(3) and
_dyld_lookup_and_bind_fully(3) could help to solve this problem.
The problem that we are trying to avoid is a possible dead lock from
code that could be called in a signal handler when the thread that
gets the signal is in the middle of lazy binding a symbol. So when a
signal handlers installed the default action is to cause it to be
bound fully. This is made very expensive by the mismatch of the
interfaces to signal(3) and segvec(2) like routines which are passed
an address and the dynamic linker that wants a global symbol name. So the end result is to call the routine _dyld_bind_fully_image_containing_address(3) with the address of the signal handler to be bound. Which binds everything in the image (in this case the Oracle shared library).
We have had problems like this before. For example: [This is what is
done in usleep(3)]
usleep()
/* code removed for this example */
setvec(vec, sleepx);
#ifdef __DYNAMIC__
_dyld_lookup_and_bind_fully("_usleep", NULL, NULL);
(void) _sigvec_nobind(SIGALRM, &vec, &ovec);
#else
(void) sigvec(SIGALRM, &vec, &ovec);
#endif
static void sleepx(int unused)
ringring = 1;
The use of _sigvec_nobind(2) (or _signal_nobind(3) ) and the use of
_dyld_lookup_and_bind_fully(3) will cause just the needed symbols used by the signal handler. "
It seems this issue hasn't been resolved in the most recent 10g client release.Can anyone shed some light one this issue?
For better demonstration, here is a series of steps we took here:
sigaction.c - C file produced by "proc sigaction.pc"
sigaction.pc - ProC source file
gcc_sig* - Shell script to compile sigaction.c
ktrace.sigtest - raw ktrace output from running sigtest
ktrace.sqlplus - raw ktrace output from running sqlplus
kdump.sqlplus - output of kdump -R on ktrace.sqlplus
kdump.sigtest - output of kdump -R on ktrace.sigtest
sigaction.lis - auxiliary file produced by proc
1. sigaction.pc:
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include "/Users/oracle/10g/orahome/precomp/public/sqlca.h"
int main(int argc, char **argv) {
char user[30], passwd[30], db[40];
char con_str[100], date[10], *icp;
strcpy(user, "XXXXXXXX");
strcpy(passwd, "XXXXXXXX");
strcpy(db, "db_name");
sprintf(con_str,"%s/%s@%s",user,passwd,db);
EXEC SQL CONNECT :con_str;
EXEC SQL SELECT SYSDATE INTO :date FROM DUAL;
printf("SYSTEM DATE = %s\n",date);
EXEC SQL COMMIT RELEASE;
2. gcc_sig:
#!/bin/sh
CFLAGS="-I$ORACLE_HOME/precomp/public -I/usr/include"
CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -I$ORACLE_HOME/lib -L$ORACLE_HOME/lib"
ORALIBS="-L$ORACLE_HOME/lib -lclntsh $ORACLE_HOME/lib/nautab.o $ORACLE_HOME/lib/naeet.o"
CC="gcc -g"
PROG=$1
OUTPUT=$2
$CC $CFLAGS $PROG -o $OUTPUT $ORALIBS
3. Generate the rest of the output files for your viewing of the results based on the commands provided above.
Thanks!

It's a delay, not a deadlock, that originatesfrom the way Oracle
libraries handle dymaic bindings.to "dynamic" bindings. Maybe prebinding could help ?
export DYLD_PREBIND_DEBUG=1ronr@[email protected]:/Users/ronr
sqlplus "/ as sysdba"dyld: sqlplus: prebinding disabled because library: /Users/oracle/product/server/10.1/lib/libsqlplus.dylib got slid
dyld: in map_image() determined the system shared regions ARE used
dyld: 2 two-level prebound libraries used out of 5
Ronald
http://homepage.mac.com/ik_zelf/oracle/

I can't make or take phone calls, but i can message and use data. Has this happened to anyone else? I've gone through three Samsung Galaxy S5's in the past three days, two of which have this problem and one just stopped working all together.

My phone doesn't have any cellular phone functions...but it CAN send text messages and access data. Has this happened to anyone else? I've gone through three Samsung Galaxy S5's in the past three days, the last two have this problem and the first stopped working all together. I've had new sim cards put in, ive done hard resets on the phone, i've rebooted the phone, done battery pulls, and tech support has reset the signal to my phone. Nothing has worked. (I just "upgraded" <- lol.... and my old phone IS turned off.)

Im in 79707. So to recap my whole case: I upgraded my device using the verizon wireless website. I received my phone and switched my old SIM card from my Droid Razr Maxx HD into the new Galaxy S5. Everything worked fine until the next morning (May 31st) when I woke up and the phone wouldn't turn on. I took the phone to the local Verizon store and they were also unable to turn it on. They issued me a new Galaxy S5 (referred to as phone 2) and switched my SIM card into that one.
With PHONE 2 i was able to make calls and receive calls, along with text and data for approximately four hours. After that, i was unable to use the phone function of the device, but text and data were still functioning. I took PHONE 2 back to the Verizon store where they attempted to hard reset the phone twice, they also installed two new SIM cards at the store. After this they would get the same error, which is the phone just reading "Dialing..." after attempting to make a call. The Verizon associate declared the phone "DOA" and issued me another Galaxy S5 (referred to as PHONE 3).
PHONE 3 worked well, with phone text and data featured intact from when I received it on the after noon of the 31st until approximately 2:30PM on June 1st. I contacted Verizon Tech Support via Gmail phone to attempt the correct the problem. They reset the connection, had me do a battery pull, had me close the "phone" application, and erase the data and catche, then restart the phone. All of which had no effect. My phone is still able to receive texts and use data (even with wifi off) it simply cannot make or take phone calls. all it says is "dialing..." when I attempt to make a call. When other phones call my device it rings once on their end and directs them to voicemail, PHONE 3 does not ring on my end.
I have made sure my old phone is completely powered down.

Hi I have a iPhone 4 and I seem to have a problem during calls. If I make or receive a call I can hear the person who is on the line with me but the other person can't hear me. This problem has occurred 1 week ago so please get back thank you

Hi I have a iPhone 4 and I seem to have a problem during calls. If I make or receive a call I can hear the person who is on the line with me but the other person can't hear me. This problem has occurred 1 week ago so please get back thank you

You use Restore to get the latest firmware build, not the Update button. You can only use the Update button, if there is an iOS update, say iOS 5.1.
this link talks about updating to 9A406 to fix the "No Service" issue with iPhone 4S:
http://iphone-and-i.blogspot.com/2011/12/fixing-iphone-4s-signal-problem.html

No service and signal problem on iPhone 4s

I recently bought an iphone 4s and it was working fine for a while but then I noticed that there are times whenever I try to send SMS the progress bar (the one that will let you know if the SMS was sent successfully) gets stuck, and my phone just looses service and so i have to turn it off and then back on everytime. Also, when i leave my phone for a while when i try to use it to send sms it suddenly looses service again. and most of the displays "no service". I already tried asking my carrier regarding this service problem and I also chenged my sim, but it still poses the same problem. Is this a hardware problem?
Please help. Thanks.

MarcH4s wrote:
My iPhone 4s keeps losing signal dropping calls and displaying no service when is apple goin to fix these issues what ever about a weak battery I think these other issues are far more important
Since you said MY IPHONE the answer is that Apple is never going to fix it unless you call them or take it to a store for diagnosis. MY IPHONE has none of these problems. And it doesn't have a battery problem either.

Apple needs more information to complete your iMessage registration. Please call AppleCare in your country (listed below) and provide them with the following validation code:

When I try to open imessage on my Macbook Pro I get the message "Apple needs more information to complete your iMessage registration. Please call AppleCare in your country (listed below) and provide them with the following validation code:" Then it makes me call a number for AppleCare whish then makes me buy a $19 incident care.
I message has worked on this machine and works on my macbook air. What is happening?
Charles

Hi,
Apple Care Level one responders are very Script Led.
This means they try to fit what you are saying into a Software or Hardware issue and into a Apple Care Period or not.
If you are having problems convincing them it is an Account/Apple ID problem (even though it only effects the Mac's use of it in iMessages) ask to speak to a Level 2 person who should be more knowledgeable because fixing and Id issue is free and not subject to Apple Care.
9:00 pm Monday; December 15, 2014
 iMac 2.5Ghz i5 2011 (Mavericks 10.9)
 G4/1GhzDual MDD (Leopard 10.5.8)
 MacBookPro 2Gb (Snow Leopard 10.6.8)
 Mac OS X (10.6.8),
 Couple of iPhones and an iPad

4s microphone has always malfunctioned (people can't hear me) for first 10 seconds of outgoing phone calls. I've synched w healthy Macbook Pro, replaced SIM cards, replaced iPhone 4s, called Applecare (no mic issue admitted). OS problem?

4s microphone has malfunctioned on most outgoing calls for many months. People can't hear me for first 10 seconds of outgoing phone calls. I've synched w healthy Macbook Pro, replaced SIM cards, replaced iPhone 4s when Apple Store thought it was probably a hardware problem, called Applecare (no mic issue admitted). OS problem??? I think so! [Possible] good news: for the past 2 days, since updating to 5.1.1, no one has reported problems hearing me!
I'm concerned Applecare folks did not admit to me that so many other 4s users also has malfunctioning mics.

Tornado Todd wrote:
I'm concerned Applecare folks did not admit to me that so many other 4s users also has malfunctioning mics.
Why would that even matter?
The device obviously has a hardware issue and is under warranty, take it to Apple for replacement and move on with life. No reason to make things difficult.

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