iPhone 4S "no service" problem

hello all,


Just got my iPhone 4S 18hrs ago and it wen to "no service" like 3 times (so far)!!

  • I have changed carrier setting to manual I can select my network but still "no service"
  • I turned on then off "airplane mode" it goes searching... then "no service"
  • it only work when I restart or reinsert the SIM


Is this common? do I have to worry ?


Appreciate your inputs.


Thanks,

Abdullah

iPhone 4S-OTHER, iOS 5, iMac, iPad

Posted on Oct 22, 2011 11:40 PM

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Jan 7, 2012 8:01 AM in response to abds2000

I just had a question about my iPhone 4..
4 days ago, my phone decided to go into no service mode...I was away travelling out of the country.
i'm using a ** sim in the United Arab Emirates(UAE), and have had absolutely no problems at all for the past 14 months or so, I have even had immaculate signal in underground parking areas.
needless to say, i was in shock when it went into no signal.
i researched and researched, and i took the sim card in and out of the phone, reset networks, rebooted, restarted, EVERYTHING!
and still no signal, just searching.... no signal everytime...NEED HELP in the UAE! My love for this phone is turning into HATE

Jan 9, 2012 8:18 AM in response to abds2000

I am experiencing this problem also. I have had my iPhone 4S swapped twice and upgraded to 4A906 and I still get the No Service problem when I am at home which has good reception.


I updated my wife's iPhone 4 to 5.0.1 (9A405) over Christmas and that phone also got the NoService message. I downgraded the phone back to 4.3.3 and the NoService error has not appeared since.


Unfortunately we cant downgrade iPhone 4S to 5.0 as I believe that would fix the problem. I have also tried the latest 5.1 beta 2 build and I still experienced the same problems.


My sim in a Windows phone (HTC HD7) works great (rules out sim card) and if I use a SIM from another network provider I have no problems.


I wonder if it is a network / software problem.

Jan 9, 2012 10:37 AM in response to spadge007

hi there,

i experienced this problem on my 4s, even after the (9A406) was installed by apple.

so, i switched back to my iphone4 and had a new sim card placed and registered by at&t.

my iphone 4 now does this issue with 5.0.1 (9A405) software.

how can i downgrade my iphone 4 back to earlier software like you did for your wife?


thanks.

Jan 10, 2012 1:11 AM in response to efab

iOS 5.1 beta 3 was released by Apple last night for Developers which includes another baseband update. Hopefully this might resolve this annoying problem.


efab: When a new iOS is released the old version is no longer signed by Apple so you cannot simply point iTunes to the ipsw file. If you do you will get an error in iTunes that the version is no longer valid.


You need to save your SHSH blobs which are unique to the phone and iOS version using utilities like iFaith or Tiny Umbrella (|Google them). Without the SHSH files there is nothing you can do.

Jan 10, 2012 2:00 AM in response to alinisar

hello i was one of the victim of no service issue

here in germany i took it to apple store and today after almost 20 days i got a new iphone 4s with 5.0 os


every thing is working fine as of now. still upgrade to 5.0.1 is pending. have to see how my iphone works after an upgrade. hoping everything works well.


update from apple when i asked them is that there is some problem with antenna installed on iphone 4s

Jan 10, 2012 3:09 AM in response to alinisar

To install beta releases your iPhones UDID has to be registered against an Apple Developer account (costs $99 per year). I test internal apps developed by the company I work for so my UDID is registered.


If you install a beta release and apple do not have the UDID registered your phone could become bricked by Apple until the official update is released.

Jan 10, 2012 4:36 AM in response to Thotil

Check your baseband version, is it 04.11.08 (GSM). I think that is the version installed by iOS 5.0.1 update.


Check by tapping Settings > General > About > Modem Firmware


My Wife's iPhone 4 doesn't display NoService as often but it takes multiple attempts to receive phone calls. The iOS 5.1 beta 3 firmware updates the baseband to 04.12.01 which might fix this problem on the iPhone 4.


I am testing tonight on my 4S and if it works I will try the latest beta on the iPhone 4 also.

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