iOS 5.0.1 problems - Searching for Network and battery life still isnt great.

I changed the SIM card yesterday, and since then it has been working very well. And the battery life is also much better, so I guessed the problem with the battery under 5.0.1 was that since the network was constantly crashing, the phone was constantly re-searching for network and very likely wasting loads of enery.

Regarding the SIM, from apple care support they told me that 5.0.1 discontinued support for older version SIMs, so I guess that might the reason, tough Apple should definetely specify which SIMs work on 4s for us that bought an unlocked phone. We can't know if noone is told. Not showing a lot of respect for us faithful users.

I updated to IOS 5.0.1 today after spontaneous resprings and battery dieing within a couple hours. Settings reset didn't work but restore & setup as new phone worked!!!!! I have an Iphone 4.

Problems fixed.

My ip 4s got the same problem after i upgraded to 5.0.1. Hopefully Apple could release 5.0.2 to solve this problem.

This is so disappointing I have the same problem since past 2 days and I have restored my phone like 10 times!! Cummon support and technical team wake up...i just hate this phone now...can anyone at least acknowledge the issues we all are having and take the ownership!!

Alright. It sounds like this is the solution: if you have a 4S, get the latest generation SIM card as 4S doesn't support older generations. If you have a 4, call your service provider and ask them to reset your account's network connection. This should take 2 seconds or so. (This is important as iOS5.0.1 changed the way the phone connects to the service provider. So, the connection needs to be reset.) Then, reset your phone to factory settings. Obviously, ensure you backup the phone before you restore.

Anyway, I no longer have a problem. Good luck to you all!

My iPhone 4S upgrade (from 3G) through Apple.com came with a new mini-SIM in it.

I have changed more than 20 sim cards for my 4S with IOS 5.01.

So many people have the same problem but without a exact solution.

By the way , closing the gate of downgrade to 5.0 is really stupid.

CentsTwo wrote:

Alright. It sounds like this is the solution: if you have a 4S, get the latest generation SIM card as 4S doesn't support older generations. If you have a 4, call your service provider and ask them to reset your account's network connection. This should take 2 seconds or so. (This is important as iOS5.0.1 changed the way the phone connects to the service provider. So, the connection needs to be reset.) Then, reset your phone to factory settings. Obviously, ensure you backup the phone before you restore.

Anyway, I no longer have a problem. Good luck to you all!

This didn't work for my iPhone 4. AT&T claimed to do a network reset. Same problem. Dropping signal.

I did the same with my iphone 4 but about an hour later I started getting the non-stop...Searching, 4 bars 1 bar, searching, 3 bars, no service.

Valvofolife, I read your transcript. It looks like you didn't restore your phone to factory settings after the network connection was reset by AT&T? Do you want to try that then?

I have done that twice already. I think I will wait an hour or so to see if there is anyone else comes up with a solution that feels better.

I agree with you completely! Someone step up!

katfromprague wrote:

same problem with network service (iPhone 4S, T-Mobile, Czech Republic) after updating to iOS 5.0.1, tried restart, restoring network settings, restoring all settings, still can't call/text. I now have a very expensive ipod instead of a phone I paid for:(

I am giving up at least for the next few hours and putting in Airplane mode. This is sad.

I went to Airtel (India) and got a new Micro Sim, and restored my iPhone 4s from the latest backup and it is working absolutely fine....As usual love Apple products and the support I got from the Apple Call Centre was exceptional...

Nevertheless, Apple should have the courtesy to inform users that is was best to move to a new SIM to get the iPhone 4s to work fine...

Something very strange happened with my Iphone 4. I updated itunes to latest version (old version probably only a month old). Then I sadly looked at my phone this morning and it had dropped from 100% to 43% with no radios on and all apps closed, and no notifications. I was also still seeing my phone try to connect to att every 30 seconds.

Rebooted my computer and connection problem is fixed, at least for now.

I spent all day yesterday and did every single thing that has been tried from the discussion board. Then an additional sync with iTunes and my phone is back is business.

Apple, what happened?