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

The same problem in Slovakia. Cannot make 80% of in/out calls. Dropping nettwork ... iPhone 4S, T-Mobile

5.0.1

I think they rushed this due to the knew 4s... I have a 4, upgraded to 5.0 with no problems. I did the update to 5.0.1 due to my battery going quicker than before and lost everything on my iphone, I am glad that I had it backed up on iTunes but this has never happend before while doing an update, even when I started with the iPhone 3!

I've just done an OTA update to 5.0.1 on my iPhone 4 and now get a "No SIM" notification. I have never had an issue with finding the network (Optus - Australia) in the past but now when I turn on my phone, it says "Searching..." for a long time, then finally displays the "No SIM" notification.

This is a huge problem, I'm expecting a couple of important calls today and my phone can't connect to the network.

DerynC, not sure if this will help or not but I use to have a problem with my iPhone 3 saying that. Pop this SIM card out with a small pin, or pointed object and push it back in. That may fix your issue.

Same problem here!! I can't seem to make any calls, then the network drops to "no service" and reconnects after a few seconds. After that I can make calls just fine, but the same occurs all over again after leaving the phone idle for a while....meaning that no calls get through even if the iPhone's status indicates that it's connected to the cellular network.

This makes my iPhone 4S pretty much useless as a phone! :-O I'm connected through Telenor in Norway btw.

Thanks, but unfortunately removing and reinserting the SIM doesn't help. It has to be a software issue because I have never had a network issue before and since doing the update about an hour ago it hasn't been able to get a connection once (despite 10-20 restarts).

Crisis obverted. I had given up and just left it for a while saying "SOS Only" and "No SIM" then eventually it came good on its own. As long as I can recieve phone calls today I'm happy.

i just updated my ipad 2... now its in loop mode, needs to be restored, but doesnt restore.(error '2003')

had the same drama with iphone when i went to ios 5. this is getting ridiculous, it reminds me of windows vista....

i think it may be time to give apple a miss, android might not work as well , but it does work!

Ok i thought i would join in because ive been having this problem for over 3 weeks, and it has now basicaly rendered my phone completely useless.

Same issue like everyone else, get signal for a few days, then constant searching... no signal problems. Where a restart would only help the problem for a short time. Then after 3 days only a restore through itunes would help for a bit. Now doing a resore or anything doesnt help. Now seeing that apple was working on a update gave me new hope that they were actualy listening. Well i just did the update and i did absoluetly nothing to eleviate the problem. I am really getting ****** off at apple. To me, or any sane person, fixing a signal problem sounds much more important then solving a battery life issue, one leaves the phone completely un useable, where the other you can still use the phone. Plus i love how apple pervents you from going back to a older version of firmware that worked "perfectly fine". I had a feeling that i was going to have a problem with the iOS5, i should of never upgraded my phone, the only reason i did was to try out the iMessage feature.

My friends find it amusing when they have 5 bars on their iphone, and mine says "No Service."

Now im really starting to get ticked off because my warranty is going to be out in about 3 weeks, and if i keep on waiting on apple to potentialy release a fix, i could be left with a fancy looking paper weight!😠

I guess i have to drive 3 hours to the closest apple store to get them to replace my phone, after a bunch of arguing i predict.

same here...after i finally got my iphone 3gs to work at all, its sooo slow now and with the drop outs, its usueless.

i want to go back to ios 4

anyone know how this can be done?

Also, ive been trying to scheduel service through the apple website, for them to replace my phone, and i keep on getting a error when i submit my problem.. Awesome!

I cant even call them!

We cant talk about going back to ios 4 or they will remove this thread, and our problems will be flushed down the apple toilet forever

There were 2 other great threads that had over 50 pgs, of people having this exact problem, someone talked about "it", and poof.. gone.

jedimasterkyle88 wrote:

So I dont know if anyone else is having this problem but I upgrade to iOS 5.1 today and it seems to me that my network is being dropped A LOT today. I know it probably doesnt help that I'm on T-Mobile with a factory unlocked iPhone 4 but it seems that before I upgraded, I was able to keep my network for a longer amount of time. Also, I think iOS 5.1 actually made the battery life worse. Im down to 40% and thats without any calls, a few texts and very little wifi surfing.

Reply if your having the same problem lol

Sorry to hear that. Never had the issues others have said with the battery time.

After getting good battery life on my iPhone 4s by disabling location services, I installed iOS 5.0.1 today. Battery life is now WORSE than it was before on iOS 5.0. C'mon Apple! This is ridiculous.