iOS 5.1 severe problems to connect to a mobile phone network

I'm having similar issues since I updated to iOS 5.0.1. My phone is showing full connectivity to my carrier but it won't connect. I can't seem to get onto my work's wireless network either. I can access my apps but none of them will update with real time feed.

Anyone have any solutions? I haven't tried a system restore yet but I may do so once I'm at home. Really hope this gets fixed ASAP; I depend on my phone for my work and personal life and this is causing a big problem. 😟

Can't make/send or receive calls and text messages after updating to iOS 5.1.

You mean iOS 5.0.1, right? (There is no iOS 5.1.) Where are you located and which carrier. Is your phone unlocked - hacked or officailly?

Try Settings > General > Reset > Reset Network Settings.

Can't make/send or receive calls and text messages after updating to iOS 5.01

Same in China,thousands of us have the problem.

All Chinese 4S users have known 4S iOS 5.01+CMCC = touch 4S

What a huge problem! What's the main purpose of iOS 5.01.

The battery even worse ,and made the new problem which we can not use iphone as a phone.

laurafromwexford wrote:

My iPhone stopped working as a phone.

Can't make/send or receive calls and text messages after updating to iOS 5.1.

I think your running iOS 5.0.1 as iOS 5.1 has yet to be reselased as to your problem i am running the same version and don't have a single problem and is your phone officialy unlocked.

I have the same problem as laurafromwexford. But resetting network settings doesn't help. Before the latest update iOS5.01, I could reset network settings and it would work for a while, but then it would lose functionality again. So I was happy to get the update, thinking of course Apple would have resolved the issue. But now that I have installed the update, resetting network settings no longer solves the problem.

I have 3G phone and was perfectly happy with it until I installed iOS 5. This looks like a strategy shift for Apple. Send out killer software so everyone has to get new phone!

After updating the firmware iOS 5.0.1 on my iphone4s I have problems with sending SMS, calls. The phone very often loses the signal and wifi network. Now the phone during a call or send SMS loses signal network, and only then when he once again finds the network, you can make calls and send SMS. Problems with quick battery remain. détente What is going on? How to solve the problem?

How to solve the problem?

A start would be for you to read the thread you just posted in. A possilbe solution was already posted.

modular747, i also bought mine from Apple.

The solution that you posted unfortunately didn't work for me. i'm beyond frustrated!

Does anyone else have any other ideas to solve this issues?

I live and depend on my phone, i feel so weird not having a phone....

Same here bro 😟

its only been happening a couple hours... have tried all tips that apple give just short of a full restore (including ressetting network settings)

iphone shows full connection to carrier (vodacom, down here in South Africa).

Please, besides a restore, if you can find a solution to this, post. down here in SA we do not have enough internet bandwidth to download iOS restore/update files. my school will not let me through, and i do not have an internet connection at home (and public wi-fi, well thats terrible too).

Non-jailbroken, bought early this year, direct from vodacom.

Yesterday I had this problem, no service providers, cannot make any phone calls or send/receive text messages.

but then after 4 hours, it went back to normal.....weird!

I thought it only happened one time/day thing....then today, i had my phone working perfectly normal in the morning. Til i entered and exit the subway and had the whole thing ****** up again...no service providers, cannot make/receive any calls, cannot send/receive text messages. I realized that my phone didn't work starting at 1pm, then at 4pm, it went back to normal again...BUT i had to restart the phone like 20-30 times....and when i keep trying to call my voicemail..it hangs...it didn't want to end the call. But after 4pm, it works perfectly normal, and i got a notification saying i have 10 voicemail....great!

I HATE THIS PHONE RITE NOW! I used to love and cherish apple but this makes me really frustrated! i hate it!

Same problem here in Hong Kong with my specific service provider.

See my post here:

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3500270

I will try to rest my phone as per Modular747's suggestion.

Wish me luck......

fustrating + irritating, felt like throwing the phone into my waching machine!!!! 😠

Update to all:

Tried the Reset function, doesn't work for me. I still cannot send out outgoing SMS. Network still unstable.

MsJah,

To save time and cumbersome restarting the phone everytime you lost your network. Try this, it works for me.

Prolly you need to wait 30 to 60 secs to have the reception/network resume.

Just find a phone number to call. Outcome will be "Failed Call". But after few seconds, your phone will automatic "Searching" for the network.

4s - Pain in the ***!!!!!!

Didnt work for me either. :-(

try this: go "to settings - network & enabled 3g & mobile data (turned them off after a second)"

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3481455?answerId=16692410022#16692410022

it worked for me.

hope this helps...