iPhone Randomly Losing Service

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iPhone Randomly Losing Service

More and more frequently my iPhone is loosing service in areas I normally have it. I will just pick it up and notice that in the upper left hand corner it will say "no service". Once I shut down and reboot, the service bars are where they should be. Any ideas on why this is happening? Is it happening to anyone else? It just ***** because I never know that it has lost service until I look at the phone and there have been several occasions where I have missed many calls or text messages-- very frustrating!

iPhone, iOS 4

Posted on Feb 20, 2011 4:34 PM

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Answer 1

sn4p2k

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Feb 20, 2011 4:39 PM in response to Jetman624

as I posted in the other thread take your iPhone to a apple store for a possible replacement

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Answer 2

Feb 20, 2011 5:28 PM in response to Jetman624

If you had AT&T I would blame the carrier. With Verizon it is less likely, but even Verizon has random outages. If you have the problem everywhere it is most likely the phone; if it is only in one location I would check with Verizon.

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Feb 20, 2011 7:33 PM in response to Lawrence Finch

I'm having the same problem, but only at home and within a mile of my house. At my office or other places it works fine. ATT has done nothing but make me angry about the issue. It has been 10 days since I first called in about it. It has escalated to the point that I had a critical case that they claim is being resolved today. It is 10:30 PM and my 3g service still comes and goes when at home.

I'm so sick of ATT and I'm hoping Verizon will be even a tiny bit better and able to admit that their network has faults....unlike ATT.

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Feb 21, 2011 5:40 AM in response to vendo69casas

Note that the OP with a problem is on Verizon.

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Jetman624 Author

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Feb 21, 2011 10:26 AM in response to Lawrence Finch

That is a good point. It does seem to be happening mostly at my house (though I get pretty solid reception there), so I will have to take note if it is happening elsewhere.

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Jetman624 Author

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Feb 27, 2011 7:48 PM in response to Jetman624

I just wanted to bump this and see if anyone else has had this problem.

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Jan 8, 2012 2:48 PM in response to Jetman624

I have had the same problem, only at home is where i dont have service and then when i go to town it works just fine.. I have done everything I can do but the thing is its not ATT its the phone itself, all of my family has iphones and everyone else has perfect service here. I went to ATT and they said i will have to call apple because it is possibly the sim card reader in the phone so i need to see what they say about it, they will more than likely just replace the phone. I am calling apple in a few minutes.

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heskiel

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Feb 9, 2012 10:51 AM in response to Jetman624

I am still having this problem as well. My verizon service on the 4s is atrocious. My service will randomly cut out and show me 1 bar with a circle and wont come back for about 2-5 minutes... even when I change my location...

This is extremly frustrating. Anyone else still having this issue?

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Answer 9

Feb 23, 2016 11:30 PM in response to Jetman624

I Have sprint and out of nowhere lost service. I was browsing maps and when I lost service I switched to wifi and I got my service back. Highly unusual for an iPhon 6 or maybe sprint messed up somewhere along the line.

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