Problems with new Bell/Telus Network in Canada

I've had my Bell iPhone in Vancouver for about a two weeks.
So far so good.
I lost the 3G net work but rebooting the iPhone fixed it for now.

Claytonic

I would also like to know what this is about as my phone does this too when I turn it on. other then that it seems to work great.

I'm also experiencing the same problem in Ottawa Canada with my Iphone 3GS with Telus. my connection drops suddenly in the Ottawa downtown core all the time and comes back a few minutes later in other areas. It's very inconsistent.

A.C.

I'm on bell and having the same issue. If I reboot the phone th network comes back.

Same here in NL having the same issues. Getting "No Service" or no bars. When I reboot the iphone I get full bars again. This only started happening in the last week or the last two weeks. Have to keep powering it down and then powering back on again.

Same crap here in Halifax on Telus....full bars and then no service....then reboot and full bars again...starting to wonder if it is an OS issue with the iphone or a problem with the network??

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Same thing here in BC Okanagan Full netowrk then no service, really frustrating, I also have an iphone on Rogers and am not having any trouble with their network come on Bell get it together they released this network before it was ready :P

I have had my Bell iPhone on Nov 30 and started loosing the network on day 3. At first it would not come back unless I did a power cycle.

Bell opened a trouble ticket

Now it seems that if I wait 15 minutes it finds itself on the network.

Slow progress.

I am having the same issue with drops in service here in St. John's, NL since activating my iPhone five days ago. My friend has an iPhone on the Bell network and my iPhone is on the Telus Network. We both notice drops in service all over the main core of the city with the 'No Service' being more frequent on my Telus iPhone despite Telus and Bell sharing the same network. Once I power off and restart the phone, the coverage returns to full bars. Telus is saying it must be a phone issue and to contact Apple for service... Very frustrating!

I'm in NB with an iphone on Bell since the Launch on Nov 4th. First issue I had was Visual Voicemail not working and not getting any notification of voicemails at all. This was fixed as soon as I finally got around to syncing with iTunes which advised me there was an updated 'Carrier Settings' file from Bell. I let it update and bam! my visual voicemail starting working perfectly.

I also was not able to receive calls from some friends' cells (Telus and their partners only I think). They would get 'Call Failed', etc. before it would even ring. The was resolved in most if not all cases by programming/dialing my number with the area code in front of it like 506-xxx-xxxx and then they could get through.

I had an issue which started 2-3 weeks ago with the phone dropping to no bars but still able to make/recieve calls and use data. The bars would reset if I rebooted the phone and switched Airplane mode on then off again, but within an hour the bars would drop off again. Also would occaisionally get No Service in areas with perfectly fine service and a reboot would correct it. Well about 3 hours ago I tried the fix I found on page 1 or 2 of this thread that said go to Setting > Carrier > 'Wait for it to load' > Choose 'Bell 3G'. Since then I have bars and they go up and down with respect to service but don't go to zero anymore. So far so good.

I still have the issue where it takes a full 8 seconds of dead air before anyone calling me hears the ringing sound. It seems to wait until the exact moment my phone starts to ring before the person calling hears a ring. If anyone knows a fix.....

Edit: Sorry I had said I fixed my Visual Voicemail problems with a Sync but it was actually after I choose to Update my iPhone that it informed me there was an updated 'Carrier Settings' file I could choose to install. And I installed it.
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Markis7276, I am having the exact same problem. I'm in St. John's, NL and I have a 32gb 3gs. I'm a constantly losing service. When I reboot, I'll have full signal, then literally 2 minutes later I'll have "No Service" again. The phone was working perfectly up until last week (Purchased on Nov 9). The only time I'd have no service was a couple of spots on the Trans Canada Highway. The funny thing is I'll have no service, and my girlfriend sitting right next to me in the car will have full bars on her 8gb 3G. Other times she'll have no service and I'll have full signal strength. I have tried restoring my phone and re-inserting my SIM card. I have just removed all my applications and will see if that helps. If not I'll try restoring my phone as "a new phone". And if that doesn't fix the problem I'll be calling apple. I'm out of my 30 day exchange from Bell, but still with in the Apple Care Coverage. Unfortunately we don't have a "Genius Bar" here in St. John's.

ITS A NETWORK ISSUE, THERE IS NO PROBLEM WITH THE SAME PHOEN ON ROGERS, BELL & TELUS NEED TO WORK OUT THE ISSUES, CHANGING THE PHOEN WON'T HELP, I TRIED.

I have a feeling the network issues will only get worse before they get better. Once all the iphones that are under all those Christmas trees get opened the network will only get more stressed. I love my Iphone as a pocket computer. But as a phone, the network is leaving much to be desired.

When Bell became an ISP, they had lots of problems and until the newspapers got a hold of the story, Bell just dragged its feet.

For me, sometimes, the problem with the network is resolved by going into airplane mode and off airplane mode. Otherwise I need to do a power down every day or two.

I doubt it, but it sounds like a memory leak !

Same problem here in Campbellton, NB. I have a ticket open with Telus since December 23, 2 days after I bought my iPhone. I did a full restore, and the problem only seems less frequent since, but it still happens once or twice a day. Switching to airplane mode and back does NOT work for me.