IPHONE 4s call failed??!!!

I did indeed have the problem with my Iphone5. I never experienced it with my 3 or 4. When I upgraded, i started to see call failed after most every call. It seemed to particularly happen If I did not "End" call. I tried just turning off and turning on the "Show Caller ID" setting and saw no change in the the way the phone behaved. So I tried it again, making a few calls with it off, (Shows a blocked ID to the recieving number) Then I turned it back on. It's been 36 hours now... no failed call errors.

Thought I'd update my situation here...

After all this time and all the troubles I've had with my 4s, I finally have a permanent solution: My phone totally died - kaput - kablooey! Yup, dead as a doornail!

I had it charging one night, went to disconnect it, and noticed it was really hot to the touch. Moreso than it sometimes would get. I just shut it down and went to sleep as it was late. Next morning I went to turn it on, and - nothing! It just didn't turn on...

I tried everything I could think of: re-start, hard re-start, plugging it into my computer, etc. Nothing! So I plugged it into the charger again (wall outlet), and was able to get it started. I did a total reset, wiping out everything, and when it got to the part to plug it into iTunes I did that. Nothing! It came up with the initial white apple logo thing, then shut off, then went on, off, on, off.

I had it plugged into iTunes (it didn't even show the phone there) and did a DFU start, and it finally came up and said it detected the phone in DFU mode. I thought, "Phew, finally I can get it back to square one at least!" iTunes asked if I wanted to restore as new, I did, and when it went to restore it came up with an "unable to restore" error message. And that's as far as I got with it.

So now I've got an $850 dead iPhone (I have a feeling that the battery is fried, and maybe fried other things too!), had to go to my provider to get a sim for my old vintage 3g phone just so I'd have a phone to use, and went to a couple of shops here to see about repair. None of them offer repair services. Here in Thailand, there are no official Apple Shops. There's places that sell them, legally, but they don't offer any repair or warranty service unless you originally purchased the phone from them. So if I am ultimately able to get it repaired, by a 3rd party hack most likely, my warranty will be voided. Not that big a deal since the thing was essentially worthless at this point anyway. I'll see how that goes once I find a repair place and report back here for anyone curious.

In the mean time, I had talked with a German friend that has a 4s he bought in Germany. He said he has no problems with his (black phone, 32 GB), but his son in Germany has a white 64 GB phone (same like mine), and has had lots of problems with it also. And his friend who works at the Apple Shop where he bought his in Germany, says they've had lots of problems with the 64 GB models. As a bit of a saving grace for me, my friend is heading back to Europe soon, and offered to sell me his phone before he goes, as he wants to get the iPhone 5 when he goes back.

As disgusted as I am, I have to admit that I really liked the phone, outside of the problems it gave me. I have to believe that there is a design flaw of some kind with that model. And the fact that there's never been (at least as far as I've heard) any admission or acknowledgment from Apple about these problems, convinces me that they are in fact real. And I believe that they do know about the problems - and just don't care. Apple = Arrogance!

My lesson learned, and a warning to anyone thinking this way, is that I thought buying the phone in the USA for use here in Thailand would be the safe thing to do. NOPE! Stuck here with no way to replace or complain about it, this turned out to be a huge - and hugely expensive - mistake! To anyone and everyone: Buy your phone in the country where you will use it! And be sure you have a legit warranty to get it repaired or replaced if necessary!

My iphone 4s (6.0.1) have the exact same thing, cant call or receive call in 90 percent of cases, and a message turns up that somebody tried to call me, like 1-3 hours later?.. It often wont send messages either. The first signs of this problem started occuring about 5 days ago. it's practically a r*tarded calculator by now!.

by the way i also just updated to ios 6 one or two weeks ago - IT IS DEFINITELY A FIRMWARE PROBLEM!

I just can't believe that i have to waste my time on downgrading the firmware now.. seriously apple, i can't even describe how disappointed i am to see that so many people have had this problem SINCE JUNE THIS YEAR! - I have only had or a few days and i am close to pull my own hair out. Its unbelievably frustrating to stand with a perfectly good iphone 4s (which is a rather large investment i might add), and not being able to contact your family or your friends. i havent even been able to text them that my Iphone is f***ing up, and that is why i dont answer there calls, messages and my voicemail doesn't even work, because that is not working. - Then you turn to the internet to collect some information on what the heck is going on with your phone, only to find a gazillion other frustrated users who couldn't find any help either! And it seems its not a completely new issue.

I'm offended an appauled to discover how you are doing business and i seriously hope that you have people working night and day to set straight what you owe to your customers and fans.

I have been a inverterate apple-fan for 7 years now, i've had every single version of the iphone except the iphone 5, four different macbooks and all kinds of other stuff. And i just can't believe that it seems that that is coming to an end...

I too have same problem since 6-7 days from India and my iphone is only 6-7 months old .

My IPhone always shows full bars but neither able to call anybody nor able to receive calls. I am sure its not a network issue because after Restarting my Iphone the problem seems to be resolved for next couple of hrs.

Please suggest me!!

Thanks 🙂

Problem: My iPhone 4 won't end my call, saying "Call Ending" but not "Ended", and the button is greyed out.

My "temporary" solution...

1. remove the sim card

2. make a phone call without the sim card. (Now your phone will be forced to end call.)

3. reboot your device once

4. insert your sim back. Then it should fix the problem for you.

This has helped me a couple of times. I'm not sure if this is a coincidence or not. Please try it and tell me the your result.

Problem: My iPhone 4 won't end my call, saying "Call Ending" but not "Ended", and the button is greyed out.

My "temporary" solution...

1. remove the sim card

2. reboot your device once

3. make a phone call without the sim card. (Now your phone will be forced to end call.)

4. insert your sim back. Then it should fix the problem for you.

This has helped me a couple of times. I'm not sure if this is a coincidence or not. Please try it and tell me the your result.

******** I got it in the wrong order 2 & 3 **********

I've had this problem too since iOS 6. I regularly get missed calls but the phone doesn't ring. Then I get a text message saying someone tried calling. This happens even when I'm sat next to them with full bars of service. I have just switched off 3G and roaming data. Since then - no missed calls. Fingers crossed it stays that way. Software problem I think.

Still working and even getting calls at work when phone is just sitting there, this hasn't happened for months! Turning 3G off has sorted the issue of getting missed calls and the phone not even ringing. Also used to get the issue when I called someone that phone would say they were busy. Not anymore. Apple need to sort this so I can leave 3G on continuously though.

Can I ask why more people aren't just scrapping their iPhones and moving on? I am on my second 4s with this problem, I certainly wouldn't be taking this pile of poorly made Chinese scrap back and replacing it 9 times (like one poster I read here!). What's going on - just walk away, Apple are losing it big time and I for one am losing my love for the brand (I have a house full of the stuff!).

I have gone through seven iPhone replacements because that is the only solution Apple Store "genius bar" employees in three states offered as a solution to my problem. Even after iPhone 5 became available and the latest OS released, they offered no other option. Given that all the stores' employees AND managers neither denied nor admitted that this was a known problem on the 4S, and while I NEVER asked for a new phone, (in fact, I stated did NOT want a new phone because of all the hassle of set up and lost contacts etc), that I was almost cheerfully offered a new phone each time, says to me that Apple acknowledges this phone is messed up beyond repair by OS fixes, and has trained every employee in every store very well to keep this whole mess quiet untii it just goes away with the release of the iPhone 5. I did not "scrap" this piece of junk because of the cost of the phone itself and because I am tied to a two year contract with the carrier. What still shocks me as I have said in many other posts here, is how successful Apple has been in keeping stories about ths flawed product out of the media, I have encouraged everyone else experiencing this problem to contact the tech editors of their local, national, and interational media outlets to please look at this forum and publically ask Apple what they are doing to fix it. I seem to be the only voice who has tried this, and am too tired to continue. BTW, replacement #8 is doing much better. Fewer "call failures" and "dropped calls" as well as the garbled voice quality finally are tolerable (although not fixed altogetehr). Then again, maybe my expectations have been so lowered after a year, it just seems that way to me.

Have to agree with your assessment here Unhappy. I'm totally convinced it is indeed a hardware problem and not a software problem. Apple will never own up to it, unfortunately. Their reputation is now more important to them than their customers.

My problems are pretty well documented here, and after my initial 4s went kablooey on me I purchased a used phone from a friend. Mine was a 64 GB unlocked 4s I bought in the USA. His was a 32 GB 4s he purchased in Germany. He let me use it for a few days with my sim card to see if I had similar problems, and i didn't. I bought it because I just needed a phone, and I do really like the 4s outside of the call problems I had.

But I did notice that the signal strength with the 32 GB I bought from him is noticeably weaker than with my old 3G I was using in the mean time. Same sim, same carrier, same location, but getting 3 to 4 bars with the 4s compared to a full 5 bars I had consistantly with my 3G. That tells me for sure it's a design or hardware-related problem!

Anyway, I've had good luck with the 32 GB he sold me. Weaker signal bars but no problem with failed calls or general call service (so far). I've since sent my 64 GB phone in for repair, and if it comes back fixed properly I'll decide to sell one or the other of them. In the mean time Apple's rep takes a big-time hit in my eyes. I'm fed up, and as we say here in Thailand: som nam nah! (They get what they deserve!)

Well after all the crap I had gone through with my 64 GB 4s, and after pretty much giving up on it and buying a second phone (a 32 GB 4s, which has been working just fine!), I finally have a happy ending to report.

As there are no 'official' Apple stores here in Thailand, and dealing with Apple USA was just too much hassle logistically, I resigned myself to bringing my phone to a repair place near my home that 'specialized' in Apple products. I knew it would void my Apple warranty, as the phone is still only 8 months old, but I was desperate to get some closure out of all this and hopefully get the phone repaired at least to a point where I could sell it and regain some money lost.

When I brought the phone to these people, it was totally dead. It wouldn't boot up under any circumstances, and I had tried everything I could find to get it going, to no avail. When they took the phone in the guy was able to plug it into a computer and even told me that it's still under warranty. I was surprised, and asked him if they would honor that warranty. He told me he wasn't sure until he actually found out what the problem was, but he would try his best. Okay, sounds good, but I honestly wasn't expecting much.

They called me a week and a half later and told me the phone was ready to pick up. So I got there yesterday, and lo and behold they gave me a totally new replacement phone - and it didn't cost me one red cent. I was shocked! But I was still skeptical until I was able to get it home and put my sim card in and give it a try. When I did, the thing worked perfectly. I set it up as a new phone, inserted my sim card, and everything was perfect. Shock #2!!

So now I plan to keep it for awhile and keep an eye on it to make sure everything is good and no further problems. Once I'm satisfied, I'll sell one of the two phones I (now) have, and recoup some of the money this entire fiasco has cost me.

I would suggest to anyone having similar problems to go to Apple and insist they take care of it, even if it means they give you a working replacement. I truly believe that it is a hardware problem - and they know it - and if your phone is under warranty they owe you a working phone!

And to any iPhone owners with problems here in Thailand, I can highly recommend Alpha Phuket, located in Phuket Town where they have a few locations, including a shop at the Central Festival Mall. These people are very good, totally honest, and apparently have some sort of connections with Apple to be able to remedy a situation such as mine. I'm a happy man now, and can finally stop posting my long and boring posts here chronicling all of my exasperations and frustrations!

🙂 🙂 🙂

Ok, here is what I did and it worked for me at least (after trying restore, changing 3G, hard reset, removed sim, on and off etc etc)

Settings > phone

then select and let it cycle through:

Call Forwarding

Call Waiting

Show my caller ID

without changing the setting.

works fine now.

THANKS!!!! Pierre ** Plessis, works for me too. I was trying restore, 3G off, reset, removed sim, all but this trick resolve the problem. I have an IPhone 4S 16 Gb 6.0.1. , this problem begun two months ago and was very tired about that, sometimes even did a call during all day.

I started looking at this thread yesterday after two phone calls I made whilst in my car, stationary yet in a 4+ bar reception area with 3G. Each call was lasting more than 5 minutes. As soon as it hit the 5.23minutes, it completely dropped out and I was left with the 'call failed' message displayed. I pressed the green button to try and call again. Luckily, the person I was calling hadn't put the phone down so it automatically reconnected me. But one the second call I wasn't so lucky and had to wait over 5 minutes for the persons answer phone not to cut in each time. Apple need to research this more closely.