IPHONE 4s call failed??!!!

The thing is I can NOT browse the internet during these times in which I can not make phone calls. SCENARIO - I go to call my buddy, I hit send, immediatley CALL FAILED, I hit call back, CALL FAILED, I repeat appoximately 5 times, same result, then go to Safari, nothing loads, try to send a text message, red exclamation point saying message could not be sent. Wailt 10 mins, still in the same location, everything works fine. This happens periodically throughout the day seems more often CALL FAILED then not.

The iPhone 4s does not allow you to turn 3G off

I did a network reset, no help

Airplane mode shows an airplane in the top left corner and doesnt allow any network usage period... this problem is only sporatic which means it comes and goes, airplane mode would NEVER allow it.

I going to get with my two other friends who are having this same problem and see if it happens at the same time... that should point me in a better direction

The iphone 4s does allow you to turn off 3G. I'm currently using one right now.

Goto Settings => General => Network => Cellular Data (set it to off)

Few other forums indicate that there's a possibility with the service provider simcard.

Make sure to head over to the Apple Store, if you can. The technician removed my SIM card and for a while the phone seemed to work. However, after the update, I still have issues with receiving phone calls (the phone won't ring) and can't surf the web.

After all the failed calls, the inability to use the web and not receiving important phone calls because the phone didn't ring... I am going back to a Droid.

Sorry Apple. I really wanted to give this phone a good try, but it's more trouble than it's worth.

For those of you who have no choice but to work with Apple, seriously, make an appointment to visit a local Apple Store. They are courteous and helpful, and appreciate the problems people are facing. The guy told me that Apple really is working on trying to find a solution to the problem. More patches will be forthcoming. I just can't wait that long because I have my own business and use my phone for it.

Well that would turn off any use of the cell towers which would result in no network coverage because I am not in a Wi-Fi hotspot therefore would not help anything... I thought you meant turn off 3G so it could go to 2G or EDGE like the older iPhones would do but the 4s will not

iPhone 4s (5.01) bought directly from Apple.

Can't keep a phone call for more than 5 minutes or so.

it says "call failed" if you look at the network icon it has simply lost connection and is searching for the carrier.

Already reseted to factory defaults, restored a copuple times...

This is such a SHAME...

Can't they just make a phone that makes calls?

I just can't believe that I paid 699 euros for something that simply can't put a call for longer than 5 minutes. I see myself forced to call everyone after that.

Is Apple paying me back for this?

Changed my micro SIM card for a new one just in case... (although the former one perfectly worked inside my older iPhone 4)

Still the same problem

Truth be told is not exactly 5 minutes y might happen at 9 like my last call.

It's 10 out of 10 failure rate with 10 minutes long calls or so. You just have to wait. At home with 3 signal bars... and it suddently drops the call saying call failed and disconnects from the carrier.

I'll be posting a video this weekend...

So if your iPhone is like mine and you see “Call Ended” and then “Call Failed” immediately after trying to dial out from your iPhone, even though there’s a good signal (i.e. you can see signal bars, so you are connected to your carrier). Then relax, because there probably is no problem with the phone — you PROBABLY just need to do these 2 steps:

1) Go to Settings > General > Date and Time. Switch off “Set Automatically” and manually select your hometown (the default is Cupertino). If you dont change it, you will not be able to make outgoing calls. But the wierd part is, you will still be able to receive incoming calls. Once done, manually set the date and time, and restart your iPhone. If you want, you can reset the 2 settings to “Set Automatically” again.

2) Next, go to Settings > Phone > Show My Caller ID > Switch this to “ON”. Usually with these steps, things should be okay already. If not, you have to turn off “Call Forwarding” and “Call Waiting” as well.

Samilar problem: some times outgoing call fails, also noticed video recording's volume is unusually low. This can be solved by just going to: settings -> general -> siri and then just exit settings.

There must be a software bug in siri's settings. Be careful with going to siri settings, because by doing that it will trigger the problem again.

Apple Inc. should be ashamed of itself by robbing us of our money and not being able to meet our BASIC requirements!

The biggest heist in corporate history is evident from the amount our beloved CEO Mr. Tim Cook has received in 2011, close to $357 million (this money came to Apple from us), precisely for the reasons stated below:

1) No audio while making outgoing calls

2) Speaker phone being activated after making a call (more occasional when using headsets).

3) Random signal drops, prompting the message 'Call Failed'. Randomly 'Searching for network'.

4) "No Sim Card Installed" or "INVALID SIM" error

5) SMS Message not being sent, with the beautiful red exclamation mark being displayed after a short while along with the text "Message not delivered".

6) Battery drainage issues despite being promised better battery life, as is evident from the iPhone page on Apple's website and the keynote delivered by none other than Mr. Tim Cook.

Its been a few months since the iPhone 4S' launch and its a matter of utter shame for Apple not to admit the above issues (with the exception of point 6).

I openly challenge any employee, director, shareholder, engineer, executive or third party contractor of Apple Inc. on any forum to prove that I am wrong on the points listed above.

Shame on you, Shame on you, Shame on you for robbing peoples money!!!!!!!!!

SOLUTION :

So if your iPhone is like mine and you see “Call Ended” and then “Call Failed” immediately after trying to dial out from your iPhone, even though there’s a good signal (i.e. you can see signal bars, so you are connected to your carrier). Then relax, because there probably is no problem with the phone — you PROBABLY just need to do these 2 steps:

1) Go to Settings > General > Date and Time. Switch off “Set Automatically” and manually select your hometown (the default is Cupertino). If you dont change it, you will not be able to make outgoing calls. But the wierd part is, you will still be able to receive incoming calls. Once done, manually set the date and time, and restart your iPhone. If you want, you can reset the 2 settings to “Set Automatically” again.

2) Next, go to Settings > Phone > Show My Caller ID > Switch this to “ON”. Usually with these steps, things should be okay already. If not, you have to turn off “Call Forwarding” and “Call Waiting” as well.

Please DO take your time to read previous posts.

The issue refers to ongoing calls.

Also posting the word "solution" in capitals on the top of your messages is not the best practice and surely leads to divertion from the main topic.

Alright. Here's an Icer. I got my iPhone 4S off Optus (Australia) and everything was perfectly fine. I moved here to Dhaka, Bangladesh for about 3 months, and the pathetic part is, the carrier I most prefer while Im here is having problems regarding the "call failed" thing. But the other carriers, with the regular SIMs I cut out to make a Micro SIM are working fine. This is Bangladesh, so you can't expect anything even close to 3G, but there is WiFi to some extent. Any ideas?

We need people like you Ken. We need to find out about problem to help with the fix but also people saying that it does happen all the time. By this time the problem seems to be clear.

This post has been read about 800 times per day since I saw it and has about 22.000 reads and 135 posts in total. That is a lot of people taking in account other conversations but still few for the high read count.

Please, if you are suffering the same poor phone performance and failed calls, take a minute, login with your apple id and post it !!

It's at least unfair apple standing their users up on this buggy OS.

It doesn't matter who is phoning you... you'll end up paying the callback and apologizing time and again. Will Apple pay the increase on my bills once fixed?

I really don't care if I can't play a game or if the email takes a bit longer to be shown but please apple... let me take a call with my phone. I really (and I'm being as sincere as I can be) love your products but this is a total disaster. You are still not meeting the lowest of the expectations in a phone... place calls.

It all happens in this direct order:

Starting in a conversation: in this case / this number is where I bought my iPhone:

Hello? Hello???

***?? Again?

Waiting!

Waiting!