Hey Mr.Luigi and Lashawn!!
I think my iPhone problems over the past three weeks are pretty well documented here. And to Lashawnfromwhite plains.... you have had three phones replaced over six months? I had FIVE replacements over less than three WEEKS....and alas, my latest replacement, less than a week old, showed me the "No SIM card Detected" and "Authorization Required" error messages about 72 hours after my last replacement.
Although none of the five phones came out of the back room in a new box... each Apple genius promised me "this is a NEW phone". I do not doubt that.
But look....five phones, three weeks, WTH is up with that?
I don't want to risk trying to download the beta program....I don't have the technical expertise to do that and I do not want to "brick" my phone. And although many here have done that and now report no problems, other here and on other forums have had less that positive results and a few have lost all functionality of their phone from the beta proggie.
Even though these messsages pop up almost daily....(it is alsmot exclusively when I disconnect from my charger)....either from my iHome clock radio or from a cable from my MacBook Air. Even though I receive these messages, my phone always seems to work (w-ifi and 3G always available).
I am tired of driving 30 miles, putting up with the crowds that live inside the Apple store, having different geniuses every time attempting to deal with my problem....and having just a new phone thrown at me every time, reformatting, reinstalling all new "firmware", installing new SIM cards, resynching, reformatting, restoring.....(done it all)..... none of it has worked. I dont' think anything will work with this problem until they issue a new OS. WIll I be the first one on the block to download a new OS???? Hardly. I'll let other first on the blockers beta test it for awhile before I download anything else from this company.
And why won't they (Apple) allow us to reinstall the 5.0 version that didn't have this bug built into it? I have no clue on that.
The only thing I can tell anyone new coming into this thread that has this "No SIM Card Detected" problem..... if you live close to an Apple store, go in there, DEMAND a new phone, and cross your fingers. I have had FIVE, count them, FIVE, new phones in three weeks....and my last one failed as bad as my first one.... and remember.... I had one fail right out of the box before I took possession of it.
That just tells me this phone and it's software (or firmware) is faulty....and they (Apple) are continuing to sell these phones knowing there is something wrong with them. And why is a solution to this problem (and it IS a BIG problem from what I see here and on many other forums....and it's not only here in the US....this is a worldwide problem.... just why isn't it being addressed in a timely manner? These phones are not cheap...nor is paying the monthly dues to "own and use" one of these phones.
If this iPhone was a car, I'd have all the data needed to "Lemon Law" this ****** thing and get a full refund and walk away. With a contract to an uncaring cell phone provider, I am locked into a 24 month 'sentence' with a very flawed iPhone.
My record since installing the 5.1 OS on my iPhone 4S? ZERO and FIVE.
Unacceptable, but with no solution in sight. :-(
Pat
