problems with iPhone last few weeks, periodically can't open servers or safari

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problems with iPhone last few weeks, periodically can't open servers or safari

Increasingly a problem, so far, lucky it hasn't happened when I really need to find something or using a road map program

yesterday, all afternoon and at night into this morning, web pages won't open including weather

looks like there is an update but, began saying "83 hours remaining"

at 2 am, down to 14 hours... problem is, that takes me to 4:00 in the afternoon

back to the dinosaur days of mobile phone service?

I have at&t in the Los Angeles harbor gateway area, we are not shown to have any service outages in the area... looking at the severely extended update download time, I have to wonder if this is an "i" problem?

it isn't working for me

iPhone 8, iOS 15

Posted on Feb 21, 2022 2:06 AM

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Feb 21, 2022 8:23 AM in response to wednesdaytgw

Did you do any basic troubleshooting? Put the phone in Airplane mode and wait a minute or two. Or, restart the phone. Or, reset your network settings.

I suspect it's not an "I" problem but rather a "u" problem.

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Feb 21, 2022 9:35 AM in response to IdrisSeabright

""I suspect it's not an "I" problem but rather a "u" problem. ""

meaning "I" am not as smart as "U"?

I tried some of those, and spent an hour on the phone with att, who say both there is and there is not a network issue

I would be interesting in knowing what putting in it airplane mode does and what it might reveal

and, the network walked me through resetting "network settings" to no effect

but, I will hope for a response from someone who actually is able to help

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Feb 21, 2022 10:01 AM in response to wednesdaytgw

wednesdaytgw wrote:

""I suspect it's not an "I" problem but rather a "u" problem. ""

meaning "I" am not as smart as "U"?

No, meaning it's not a problem with all iPhones, but one specific to yours.

I would be interesting in knowing what putting in it airplane mode does and what it might reveal

and, the network walked me through resetting "network settings" to no effect

Putting the phone in Airplane mode disconnects it from the cellular network. Sometimes, if you do that, when you turn off airplane mode and the phone reconnects to the network, it works again. It acts as a sort of reset.

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Feb 21, 2022 11:25 AM in response to wednesdaytgw

wednesdaytgw wrote:

thank you, nice to know the snark that has invaded so many useful discussion boards has not eaten into apple discussions

to say, "your phone" would have been more clear...

I was just mirroring your usage.

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wednesdaytgw Author

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Feb 21, 2022 11:37 AM in response to IdrisSeabright

the difference between you and your

the issue is "u" "you"

the issue is in your phone

two hours with att, a friend just told me she jest read att was taking down their 3G networks and "it might effect some data and/or phone numbers"

the information age...

thanks again, I will remember to add "airplane mode" and look up how to reset network settings, and keep the notes with me

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Feb 21, 2022 12:11 PM in response to wednesdaytgw

Unless you're somewhere where there is very little AT&T network, the shutdown of the 3G network should have no effect as your phone would only use 3G if 4G was not available. How many bars of cellular signal strength do you have?

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wednesdaytgw Author

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Feb 21, 2022 12:28 PM in response to IdrisSeabright

My connection had been excellent, a hilly area between Los angeles and the harbor, in spite of that (an area with some significant dead zones, hills, steep hillsides)

I usually had three bars

lately, one or two and two used to be sufficient for a good connection

have seen only one bar when I had trouble with a connection..

Interesting... so, G3 maybe not the issue

a different story from each tech...

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