iPhone 4S dropping network and data at random

Hello,

I've decided to go to my carrir Shop and have ask to exchange my iPhone 4S. My iPhone has been sent to Apple,who must decide to exchange it or not. This can takes 2 weeks.

My carrier has lent me an iPhone 4 (not a 4S) with iOs 5.0.1 (9A405). It seemed to work without network dropping. At home, i've made a restore but the iOs is still (9A405) and restore my settings and app from my iCloud backup.

Now, I've network dropping...

The iOs 5.1 should be available on march 9. Wait and see....

http://www.itworld.com/248624/ios-51-launch-9-march

3G on/off switch sounds like a workaround for the hardware/software issue. My first iPhone 4S had the problem of switching the network constantly and dropping network. Probably turning 3G would have solved the problem as then it would have not tried to connect the 3G network. But that sounds more like hiding the problem than solving it. My replacement phone with the same firmware instead works without problems. No constant network switching or dropping from the network. Based on that it sounds like a hardware related problem. But maybe in 5.1 Beta 3, they have found workarounds to solve the problems in the hardware. One thing is to turn 3G off, and after that you don't have anymore 3G network problems. But I rather have phone where (hopefully) the root cause is fixed.

You do realise the problems are fixed without manually turning 3G off.

I live in an area where the phone constantly switches between the two and since the Beta I never have network drops at all.

A work around makes it sounds like they can't fix it without sacrificing something else. It does not do that.

If it was a hardware issue that means ALL phones from the same manufacturing batch would have the problem.

Software is not like that. You can have identical hardware and software can still cause problems.

The 3G switch was reintroduced because many people around the world prefer to use EGDE. Better battery life and all that.

same here. few days ago i upgraded to 9A406 and it's still the same. data turned off from the first day, and loosing connection all the time. and battery life on my 600 $ phone is beyound disastrous. if upcoming 5.1 upgrade doesn't solve the problem, i'm selling it..

croatia, vip network, iphone 4s 16gb

Mod delete my post where I said that it was a hardware problem... suspicious!

whatever.

Update: 2nd day with my new iPhone 4s

Drops: 0

SIM Cards Problems: 0

Lost Connections: 0

Firmware: 9A406

Still thinking ist a hardware issue... in fact ITS A HARDWARE ISSUE.

If you guys have the same problem, go to your carrier company and ask for the change of the device. Its the only solution effective so far. Downloading beta's and so on is like cover the sun with a finger.

You shouldn't have problems with this phone.

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LOL they`ve deleted a lot of useful posts. Apple`s KGB 😉

They don`t want to admit like Loyo! said: ITS A HARDWARE ISSUE!!

Partially I understand them: changing milions of phones all over the world would be a massive problem.

So don`t wait! After my advices few of my friends have recived new phones from january 2012 like ME and tehy re working properly. Mine works fine for 3 weeks until now.

In Poland it takes 4-5 days by sending ur phone with UPS services a recive a new one. In the service point they dont even ask for details by simply exchanging the phone AND ITS LIKE IT SHOULD BE! Phone has to phone!!

Fight your rights against big corporations👿

did you notice any significat change in battery life on your new phone?

i'm asking this because i'm not satisfied with phone's battery life either. i think battery issue might be connected to constant losing & searching signal again and again. is new phone's battery life same like before, on your old phone?

I was also hoping that its a software issue, you are right think its. Hardware prob

Got my phone replaced and there is no signal droppings anymore, but with the new phone comes new probs...

When I make calls not all the time but sometimes there is only a loop of my voice so I need to drop the call and call back again :( but to network problems....

My iphone still 23% yet i will post my standby and usage pic tomorrow 😝

As i said before it's ios issue not hardware issue i got my phone since release day in october and it was too bad after the update to ios 5.0.1 then much orst after december update but then fixed with beta update now everything fine long battery life and no network or sim issues all you have to do guys wait till the new ios release your phones are perfect not hardware failure .

As i promissed you to post my iphone 4S battery life after the update ,

here is the usage summary:

50 minutes calls 40 minutes on gsm "not 3G"and 10 minutes face time

wifi activated all the time my email is active + yahoo messenger

browsed web with safari about 2 hours

listining to songs about 3 hours

thanks for waiting good luck for you all.

I had similar problem when I bought my Iphone 4s in Feb 2012 in India. I followed the below procedure and it started working fine without any problem.

IPhone 4S purchased any where have lot of problems while using in India particularly..Airtel Network. I have struggled for 2 weeks with Airtel micro SIM..finally solved the problem. Just down load itunes(latest verson) in your computer. Connect I-Phone 4s to the computer.Open i tunes.Your i-phone name will appear on the left side of itunes menu. Click on that.Right side option for Version is available.Under Version..there are 2 options..update and restore. Click on restore..It took me 1 hour (my internet speed was 2 mbps) to upload latest factory setting with unlock option.While download never disconnect your i-phone or internet.If in between any interruption then download starts from the begginning.Once restore setting your i-phone 4s works without any problem.

i have some pics too.. some cheap 3 yr old LG vs brand new Iphone 4s 16 gb, both on same network

data off

data on

Iphone 4s on IOS 5.01 build 9A406 (sim pin unlocked).

average battery life: LG 3-5 days

Iphone 1- 2 days max. (notifications off, gps off, fetch data- manual, ping off, background processes turned off regularly, location services off, push mail off, data off, bluetooth off, brightness cca 20%, EQ off, 1 minute auto- lock, auto time zone off, I ads off, .. .. ..)

Update

4th day with the new iPhone

Drops: 0

SIM Cards Problems: 0

Lost Connections: 0

Firmware: 9A406

Conclusion: Hardware Issue.

Maybe with the firmware 5.1 some problems get solved, but the empirical explanation is that with the old iPhone 4s and the last firmware (9A406) had drops, SIM problems and so on, and on and on, now, with the new replaced iPhone, no problems at all.

Go to your carriers if you have the problem and ask for a replacement.

I will kep updating during the week.

loyo!

i think i'll wait for next IOS update scheduled in march. if no improvement, i'm replacing the **** thing

p.s. everybody- look at the signal bar on both phones on previous page.. what a shame😟