Problem with iPhone 4s searching for signal, than to full signal, and back again?

Good for you man. Much respect for taking a stand.

Hello my fellow iPhone 4s users...

i have been going around the web for solution to the lost signal. Upon further investigation and diagnosis with my iPhone and other iPhone with a combination of chnage of sim between phones, resetting the network, hard reset and restoring a few times, it still persist. My analysis is that the iOS 5 >Settings>General>Cellular Data is the culprit. It does not have an option of switching between Edge and 3G (unlike the previous iOS lower than 5.0 or 5.0.1) It always stays on 3G. Now comes the trickiest part of my analysis. For networks having mid to low signal in areas, the updated dual antenna of the iPhone 4s switches automatically between 3G and normal signal. However, since it has no option to go down to Edge, it "automatically revert back to the original signal status". Sometimes from a very strong signal to a low signal area, it shows full bar of signal. but when you try to send an sms or make a call, it fails.

Conclusion:

I believe Apple has been digging deep with their softwate developers and checking the hardware of the iPhone 4s. And if my analysis is correct, they may have to incorporate the option of EDGE and 3G again.

Temporary Solution:

For low reception/signal areas, actually NONE... we have to wait for the update by Apple.

So either use our iPhone 4s as an expensive iPod on poor reception/signal areas and transfer our sim cards temporarily to another phone or have your phone put to AIRPLANE MODE on-off again.

Hello my fellow iPhone 4s users...

i have been going around the web for solution to the lost signal. Upon further investigation and diagnosis with my iPhone and other iPhone with a combination of chnage of sim between phones, resetting the network, hard reset and restoring a few times, it still persist. My analysis is that the iOS 5 >Settings>General>Cellular Data is the culprit. It does not have an option of switching between Edge and 3G (unlike the previous iOS lower than 5.0 or 5.0.1) It always stays on 3G. Now comes the trickiest part of my analysis. For networks having mid to low signal in areas, the updated dual antenna of the iPhone 4s switches automatically between 3G and normal signal. However, since it has no option to go down to Edge, it "automatically revert back to the original signal status". Sometimes from a very strong signal to a low signal area, it shows full bar of signal. but when you try to send an sms or make a call, it fails.

Conclusion:

I believe Apple has been digging deep with their softwate developers and checking the hardware of the iPhone 4s. And if my analysis is correct, they may have to incorporate the option of EDGE and 3G again.

Temporary Solution:

For low reception/signal areas, actually NONE... we have to wait for the update by Apple.

So either use our iPhone 4s as an expensive iPod on poor reception/signal areas and transfer our sim cards temporarily to another phone or have your phone put to AIRPLANE MODE on-off again.

Hello my fellow iPhone 4s users...

i have been going around the web for solution to the lost signal. Upon further investigation and diagnosis with my iPhone and other iPhone with a combination of chnage of sim between phones, resetting the network, hard reset and restoring a few times, it still persist. My analysis is that the iOS 5 >Settings>General>Cellular Data is the culprit. It does not have an option of switching between Edge and 3G (unlike the previous iOS lower than 5.0 or 5.0.1) It always stays on 3G. Now comes the trickiest part of my analysis. For networks having mid to low signal in areas, the updated dual antenna of the iPhone 4s switches automatically between 3G and normal signal. However, since it has no option to go down to Edge, it "automatically revert back to the original signal status". Sometimes from a very strong signal to a low signal area, it shows full bar of signal. but when you try to send an sms or make a call, it fails.

Conclusion:

I believe Apple has been digging deep with their softwate developers and checking the hardware of the iPhone 4s. And if my analysis is correct, they may have to incorporate the option of EDGE and 3G again.

Temporary Solution:

For low reception/signal areas, actually NONE... we have to wait for the update by Apple.

So either use our iPhone 4s as an expensive iPod on poor reception/signal areas and transfer our sim cards temporarily to another phone or have your phone put to AIRPLANE MODE on-off again.

For those who do a reset and restore and cannot get it to work. try resetting your phone by deleting all data and resetting to factory defaults, and then set it back up as a new iphone with the same info, but do NOT restore your itunes yet. Log into the phone and see if you can use it, turn it off and on once and wait a few minutes.. By the time you are done with the welcome and setup info and get to your home screen you should have signal or within a minute. The restore might contain some bad message data.

I am sick and tired of this.

Still no reponse from Apple.

Not even an acknowledgement.

So I'm taking action.

While doing some testing of my own, I discovered yet another issue.

In fact, I made a video to prove it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-s40zIuggw0

This really proves it beyond a shadow of a doubt: there are clearly issues with the iPhone 4S. First, I want Apple to admit it. Then I want Apple to fix it.

Still no reponse from Apple.

Not even an acknowledgement.

I want Apple to admit it. Then I want Apple to fix it.

Not going to happen here. Read the forum Terms of Use and many other posts. Apple doesn't participate here.

I'm well aware of the fact that Apple doesn't (officially) read the forums. But it doesn't make any difference. Users have been reporting these problems for months. They have been sending feedback and bug reports directly to Apple (I know - I have done it myself). Not to mention calling Applecare and talking to Geniuses at the Apple store.

glad i aint got this problem, im in uk on o2 if thats any help

but i am having these 3 problems:

imessage photos not sending, tried everything still no solution

gmail username or password incorrect, can be fixed with captcha but breaks next day again, its a 3 year old problem according to this forum, it happens because my imac also has a mail app that checks for new emails, tried everything still no solution with this either

all contacts keep dissapearing from 4s, usually when i need to make a call

starting to think that apple and samsung (whos products are even worse) release new products like clockwork just to take our minds off the problems in previous devices

my problems are nothing compared to the ones in this thread but its very frustrating

when things dont "just work" properly

Hey. I heard something about AT&T throttling back unlimited data customers who got granfathered in from existing accounts from long ago. Is there any chance we all still have the Unlimited Data Plan AND are on AT&T?

Because I know other 4S users that are not having this problem at all.

Ok come on now. This thread is about signal issues. Try to stay on topic.

Who has submitted feedback to Apple about this issue so far?

Yeah, my post WAS about signal issues. AT&T may be cutting the signal on customers who have unlimited data plans. There has got to be some common denominator between all of us with this signal issue since I know plenty of 4S users that do not have this signal issue. If people on here do not have this plan, then we can rule that option out.

No, AT&T is THROTTLING THE DATA RATE, not "cutting the signal" to high data users. Not at all the same thing and nothing at all to do with the topic of this thread.

They were thinking since they were throttling that it would affect signal, it doesnt. And the throttle isnt so slow. On my iPhone 4S i am getting 4mbps download, thats plenty for a mobile phone.

Again this is an MMS issue. If you do not want to continue having the problem, dont let anyone send you mms until this is fixed. Apple knows about it..

And again, do not restore a recent backup after doing a full clear of files and restore, or you may restore the problem back to the phone.

They need to mark this as SOLVED. This has been solved. If you are getting other types of signal loops that are not consistant, you have another problem that has nothing to do with MMS and is probably because of your location.

Anyone who needs help getting their iphone 4s out of the signal loop can email me for help, I have 16 years of tech experience.

yo - modular747, im gonna have stick up for bangarang here - there is a large conspiracy theory out there that at&t is not only throttling grandfathered unlimited users down in speed - but that they are also somehow interrupting our service. my issues with the 4s and also 4 is chronicled in many threads. often, i have thought that this is a way to bring unlimited data plan customers to the brink of switching carriers or some other means of them to get booted off the unlimited data plan. i have friends who work for both corporations and there is no definitive answers, of course. BUT, BANGARANG has a great point - if the only people experiencing the issue of toggle between no service and searching are unlimited data plan holders, we can extrapolate something from that. so, EASE UP