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Iphone 4s No Service Fix

I know alot of people are so angry about this problem and i am one of you but i managed to follow this issue inorder to find a solution and finally after alot of work, i managed to find the problems that cause it and found a solution for every case possible.

let me start with the problems that cause this issue.


CASE 1 (SIM Cards): Iphone 4s requires a specific sim card wiring technique different a little bit than before.


Solution 1: Simply contact your carrier and order the newest sim card available. ( 128K better than 64K ) and it case the new micro sim card did not work, order a regular sim card and cut it to the size of the micro sim.


CASE 2 (Carrier Network) : Iphone 4s has 2 antennas giving it the ability to connect to 2 signals at the same time causing the signal to shift from one hotspot to another without cutting the network. but to achieve that, the connection between the two spots must be perfectly synchronized and from the same type ( ex: 3g to 3g or edge to edge or gprs to gprs or 2g to 2g. any light mismatch will cause the phone to lose the signal and never be able to abtain it back ( No service will appear, and you are forced to restart your device or reset network setings ). and unforunately, we dont have the option in the iphone 4s to restrict our device to a specific network type unlike older devices. Im not sure that apple can fix this issue with an update, its the responsablity of the network companies to remove such errors from their infrastructures.


Solution 2: Order the 2g only sim card or a 3g only sim card, and it will work perfectly untill a better solution is found " but both solutions have advantages and disatvanteges. The 2g line will let you obtain a very good signal all over the country but you will not be able to connect to 3g network.

while the 3g line will let you obtain a good signal only in specific areas in the country but you will be able to use cellular data. or if you have a factory unlocked device, you can try to swith to a different carrier


Case 3 ( Iphone Software ): Sometimes, when you udate your device firmware or download any ios, there is a possibilty of an orror to occur without being noticed and that error will not also be noticed during the installation of the firmware, ending up on your device causing fialure.


Solution 3: 1- download latest itunes 10.5.1

2- download a fresh ios 5.0.1 ( from itunes not from iphone device )

3- Go to DFU mode, Open itunes and restore as new iphone (to avoid any remaining traces of previous corruption or error)

4- Go to Settings --> Phone --> Sim Pin and turn it OFF

5- Turn On airplane mode and wait 15 seconds

6- Turn OFF airplane mode

7- Go to Settings --> Carrier --> Automatic ( turn it off and select your network manually )


Case 4 (Iphone Hardware): some series of the 4s and specially the first serie delivered, had a problem in teir sim reader, and to help you more to identify this seire, simply go to Settings --> General --> About and check the model number if it starts with MD2 then you are not lucky and you phone may never work with your carrier


Solution 4: if you have a factory unlocked device, please consider changing the carrier and give it a try 90 % of the times it work, other than that, you must take your iphone back and order a replacement.


I will be happy to answer any question

< Edited By Host >

iPhone 4S, iOS 5.0.1, Factory unlocked brand new device

Posted on Nov 26, 2011 4:50 PM

115 replies

Nov 28, 2011 1:27 PM in response to Community User

Hi there I found the solution if it turns out that the SIM is not valid for the new iPhone 4S, since I also had this problem with the T-Mobile and I think I solved it.


1. Hold top and home button simultaneously until complete switch off

2. When you want to switch on the phone hold both buttons again and the phone icon twice shows that only blinks apple logo and then turns off again.

3. Repeat process 2

4. Normally I turn on the iphone and everything works fine for 3 day now. Previously, worked only 6 hours a day.


Sincerely

soson2jan

Czech Republic

Nov 28, 2011 1:30 PM in response to Leidi

Hi there I found the solution if it turns out that the SIM is not valid for the new iPhone 4S, since I also had this problem with the T-Mobile and I think I solved it.


1. Hold top and home button simultaneously until complete switch off

2. When you want to switch on the phone hold both buttons again and the phone icon twice shows that only blinks apple logo and then turns off again.

3. Repeat process 2

4. Normally I turn on the iphone and everything works fine for 3 day now. Previously, worked only 6 hours a day.


Sincerely

soson2jan

Czech Republic

Nov 28, 2011 2:27 PM in response to Community User

hi guys,



i recently bought a new iphone 4s factory unlocked. in order to avoid sim failures and invalid sim errors or No service errors, Each phone has to be unlocked by connecting it to the Itunes.

Kindly follow the below steps to avoid any SIM card conflicts



iPhone FULL Unlock - How it Works:



-Connect your iphone to itunes without any network sim inside and when connected click on the iphones name.

- Click Restore install latest version of iTunes on your Pc or Mac or click check for updates

- Let itunes Backup your phone and then Flash to the Latest Version.

- Now disconnect phone and reconnect after 10 seconds.

- Now Enter another network simcard that's not the same network its locked on to

- Connect phone to iTunes with not accepted (not valid) simcard

- Wait until iTunes detects the phone

- iTunes will display (Congratulations, Your iPhone is now unlocked)

- Phone Unlocked

- just follow the instructions about activating the Iphone.

and iphone is unlocked 🙂🙂🙂


NOTE : This is the only FULL LIFE TIME UNLOCK solution for Apple iPhone as the IMEI is registered as UNLOCKED in Apple database.

This solution should be used ONLY THOSE WHO BOUGHT FACTORY UNLOCKED iPHONE 4S.

Your phone will always be unlocked even after each new update of your phone firmware !

All reasons given like bad IMEI series, manufacturing defects etc blah blah are not logical as everything was tested before every sale.

Jul 6, 2015 2:58 AM in response to Community User

trust me please guys and just try another carrier sim card. most of the times simple solution fixed it, but when a device refuse to work i change the carrier and it works.

this is not a small issue, actually i work in a gsm network company ( unable to say its name ) and our comany is facing this issue, and after more than 2 weaks tesing, we are still unable to achive any improvement, and our competitive carrier company ( unable to name) didnt face any single issue, and sadly, they dont want to cooperate with us or even give us the right solution or any hint. what led us finally to break thousands of contracts, and losing our customers. its monopoly , olygopoly i dont know what it is, but the ultimate solution that never fails is to change the carrier.

" SOME CARRIER COMPANIES DID NOT RECIEVE ANY SINGLE COMPLAIN OR FAILURE"

REASON = UNKNOWN ???

Jul 6, 2015 2:58 AM in response to sandeepfromdoha

sandeepfromdoha sorry man but you are completely wrong

factory unlocked device will be unlocked with any sim.

i understand that you are trying to help but please be accurate because no single company in the world or in the entire galaxy can test over 100 million device. so thats why you can order a replacement, and errors exist all around us, denying them wont remove them so we must learn from our mistakes and fix them. thants how you progress

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