trouble making calls after 3.1 update

I am having same problem here,while my phone is ON, I am not able to receive or make calls unless I shutdown and restart my phone. It is happening like almost every day. I realize this problem when I try to make calls outside.

How would I fix this problem? I've been missing important calls.

Turn off 3G or try the 3.1.2 patch Apple have just released.

Michael

I downloaded and installed the 3.1.2 version patch last night. It did say that this patch would fix the issues that most of us have been experiencing but we will see. I have however not had any problems thus far after the install but from reading some previous posts, this may not mean much. I guess we will all have to wait a week or so and only then see if none of us are having problems anymore!!

Good luck y'all!!!

3.1.2 doesn't solve the problem. I reproduced it this morning 7 times in a row.
Looks like Chiburb2 hit the mark in an earlier post! I could reliably reproduce the "searching..." issue on 3G. I'm in Canada on Rogers. Just called Rogers this morning. Worked my way to 2nd level support and spoke with technician. Asked him to remove my phone from the network completely and recreate the profile.

Just tested it out 5 separate times and the problem has not recurred.

I'm keeping my fingers crossed but it seems that may be the solution.

OK.
Proper terminology when calling Rogers. Not sure about AT&T.

Ask the technician to "resend the switch". It has nothing to do with the actual handset. It's a profile within the switching system of the carrier. Resending the switch deletes the available profile and recreates it from scratch. The handset must be turned off while they do it.

Hopefully this helps somebody else.

Just a note that the 3.1.2 appears to have fixed the problem for me. I turned 3g back on after the updated and have not had a problem since (going on a week). I did not phone the carrier or have them do anything on their side. Rogers, Iphone 3g, Canada.

Swapping out the phone did not work for me. Still having the same problem with the new phone. Apple tech support says they are unaware of anyone having problems with the 3.1 update. Nothing works! I'm still going through these posts to see if I can find a solution.

3.1.2 didn't the fix the problem for me.

Gary Fox wrote:
Apple tech support says they are unaware of anyone having problems with the 3.1 update.

I'm sorry but... what? I'm reading the correct thread here right?

_+*Pages : 8*+_

Fair enough, probably nothing wrong here. Just the usual one-off user error. (/sarcasm)

I'm also having this problem, I have a 3G with the 3.1 update. Its happened to me twice, as far as I can tell, and only at work where its like a Bermuda Triangle for cell service. I have had my phone for over a year with no problems except the occasional "push" to my email not working on a rare occasion. Clearly this is a software issue.

Will try the software update and reply back if it works for me.

Just for the record 3.1.2 totally cured my problems introduced by 3.1 like coma and sudden disappearance of data and voice.

I had multiple calls with Apple support over this trying various things, for those late to the party, you only have 3 options:

A)Wait for a fix which may or may not ever come, because Apple still doesn't acknowledge that the problem exists.
B)Turn off 3G
C)Get a new phone.

It's clear from my support calls that people at Apple don't really care. I talked to 5ish different people and they all told me that it's my own problem. When I told them about this thread, and the hundreds of replies, they simply told me "Well, there are 40 million iPhones out there so you are still the minority". Wow, what a great way to treat your customer. Luckilly I'm still under warranty so I'm just going to get a new phone and not update it.

The small print in the 3.1.2 update said the release was intended to fix the problem of loosing network conections and it did for me. Also there was a carrier update (I think that was the term) just like when ATT gave us MMS that was installed. Did you get both? My problems are gone.

wooooohh woooohhh woooohhhh

ive had thins problem, UK-side, and today ive had a warrenty replacement, brought it home, did a restore from backup and the same problem occurs!!!!! :o( i wipes the iphone (on the off chance it was something wrong with my backup settings??) and STILL THE SAME problem!!!

seiriously! this is becoming a joke! ive got a nice new iphone 3GS but intermittently cant make or recieve calls, txts etc..... someone, ANYONE, with advice please do so! :o$

im now of the FIRM belif this is definitely a OS issue, there is a way of downgrading to version 3.0 (where none of these issues seemed to happen) but its both a little bit complicated and difficult (just google iphone downgrade 3.1 to 3.0)

ive HAD a nice new iphone from the O2 store and done my own reset, the problems just keep on going, with version 3.1.2...... because i need my phone for work and cant really afford to miss calls im now using a crappy little LG thing, well when i say crappy, at least it works unfortunately unlike my lovely iphone sitting in its BOX!

APPLE - PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE realise there is some random MAJOR flaw with versions 3.1, 3.1.2 where some people CAN NOT MAKE OR RECIEVE CALLS, TEXTS ARE DELAYED by hours! and it still shows 5 bars of signal.

The major issue here is that the whole problem is totally intermittent some times it works, sometime it doesnt! but also when its NOT working you DONT KNOW ABOUT IT! also its not happening to everyone, which worries me that Apple arent taking this seriously enough and we could be waiting weeks or even months for an update! :o$