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My iphone 4s just keeps losing signal (searching)

Hi my iphone keeps losing signal every 15 seconds. It says searching.. then it comes back and 10 seconds later the same thing happens. WTH is going on.


I found turning off cellular data works , but then ihave no 3g and cant connect to the internet. Anyone else having these issues?

Posted on Dec 4, 2011 1:19 AM

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Dec 4, 2011 3:07 AM in response to mrmar23

ive seen threads that blame this on at&t microcells. do you have one? my iphone 4 and a at&t microcell has been displaying searching constantly since ios 5. it seems to delay the asnwering and making of phone calls. i just been ignoring it, the only thing i have found that works is putting it in airplane mode and then putting it out of airplane mode. that seems to clear it, but after 15 minutes it does searching again

Dec 25, 2011 8:59 PM in response to mrmar23

My fiance's new iPhone 4s has been doing the exact same thing for a few weeks now. We've had Apple wipe the software, swap out the phone, and replaced the sim card all to no avail. Last time I was in there they said it could be a download, whether an app or song, that is essentially placing a bug in the phone making it malfunction. No matter what they try, it only works for a couple days then starts messing up again. I know I can turn off the cellular network and it stops the searching, but what is the point of having the iPhone by doing that? Also, to those who are also having this problem, are you using the white or black iPhone? Just out of curiosity. If anyone has a fix for this that lasts longer than 48 hours, it would be super helpful!

Dec 30, 2011 4:42 AM in response to samuelfromgeorge

i did a restore wednesday night and the phone worked well for over 24 hours, i was even able to restore all my Applications, however when i powered down the phone some 24 hours later, the behavior appeared again, i did a restore this morning(friday) from back up and it did not help - thus it seems this problem is related to the Apps on the phone, i will try a restore wihtout any of my apps and see if this works the strange thing is that my IPAD and Iphone 4 (Thanks God i had not yet disposed of it) are working fine wiht all these APPs


Apple i hope the next SW update is round the corner or is it a batch issue??

Dec 30, 2011 3:56 PM in response to mrmar23

Okay here is my story...

Purchased my phone on Nov 4th nothing but problems with coverage. AT&T support reset network,replace sim card and finally restore phone to receive "tweaked 5.0.1" update. Nothing worked keeps searching for signal.


Replaced phone worked fine for 24hrs then the dreaded searching for signal error came up again.


Replaced sim card still acting up!!!!


Okay dig deeper.....


I noticed that my sister asked me if I received a picture she had sent which I did not.


So she sent it to me again and low and behold I lose signal.


No really!!!!


Asked her to send it to my wife same thing she lost signal.


Okay the fix.


With iMessage turned off the iPhone could not process the picture and in the process I lost signal


Turned iMessage on....... Shazaam problem solved.


Hope it works

Dec 30, 2011 3:57 PM in response to samuelfromgeorge

Okay here is my story...

Purchased my phone on Nov 4th nothing but problems with coverage. AT&T support reset network,replace sim card and finally restore phone to receive "tweaked 5.0.1" update. Nothing worked keeps searching for signal.


Replaced phone worked fine for 24hrs then the dreaded searching for signal error came up again.


Replaced sim card still acting up!!!!


Okay dig deeper.....


I noticed that my sister asked me if I received a picture she had sent which I did not.


So she sent it to me again and low and behold I lose signal.


No really!!!!


Asked her to send it to my wife same thing she lost signal.


Okay the fix.


With iMessage turned off the iPhone could not process the picture and in the process I lost signal


Turned iMessage on....... Shazaam problem solved.


Hope it works

My iphone 4s just keeps losing signal (searching)

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