iPhone 5 has issues connecting to AT&T network. Cycles from no bars to 3-5 bars of Edge only and back to no bars over and over. AT&T reset the connection and told me to turn off WIFI. Anyone else with this issue?

Yes, same problem here in Pittsburg KS. It's happening on every person's iPhone 5 I've asked including my wife's and 2 coworkers. We got 3G here in April 2011 and ever since I have never seen my previous phones (4 and 4S) ever go back to Edge until we got out in the country where there was only edge. However since getting my iPhone 5 it keeps going into Edge around town or even at home or at the office, and it will sit there and keep flipping back and forth between Edge and just nothing until I power it off and on and then it connects at 4G. Very frustrating and I already sold my 4S so I can't go back, kinda stuck with this until there is hopefully a fix!

I'm having the exact same issue as Artbran on my iphone 5. It enters this signal loss cycle/stuck on edge cycle when im in my work buildings in northern NJ that has little to no signal. notorious for not having any cell signal in these buildings and it requires a toggle of airplane mode once i return to the outside when there is very strong signal. It's been an annoyance since i got my iphone 5 on launch day but only now did i suspect its my phone as several co-workers with iphone 5's are NOT having their phones stuck in this loop or on edge. I'm going to try a restore as new phone (not from backup) then see how it goes. if not ill just have to hit up the genius bar for replacement.

I'm in Detroit area, having the same issue with my iPhone 5. Never had a problem with my 4.

All,

I documented the issue twice yesterday with screen shots showing the cycle when i leave low coverage buildings and go outside to strong coverage. showed airplane toggle from on to off will allow iphone 5 to connect to AT&T 4G immediately. I took to apple store and after capturing my issue and running through a diag the Genius replaced my phone. I won' t know if new phone solves problem until next week but hopefully it does.

I suggest if you are still having this issue, log some screen shots of when it does it and visit your local apple store or call AppleCare. While i think this issue is affecting a very small number of phones its unclear if its a baseband bug or a HW abnormality.

Trifster

Update:

After having one iPhone 5 replaced in early December and a new nano sim i went back to the Genius bar and the Genius suggested a restore but to setup as new iPhone. I did that last week (10 Jan 13) and am still having the same issues with an Edge, no-data, Edge data loop. iPhone 5 will not re-connect to the 4G network (HSPA+ as my AT&T location does not have LTE yet) once i return to a 5 bar area. Have another Genius appointment today. Will see what's happening....

Trifster

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