Is there something wrong with my phone my mom has a iPhone 4S and my sister and they have 4G all the time its just my iPhone 5 that will have 4G and then all of a sudden boom Edge and then I turn it off and back on and I have 4G for awhile..... Please help...😕
iPhone 5, iOS 6
Same problem here in southern Delaware. iPhone 5 will just sporadically go over to edge and stay there. I called AT&T and they told me I am in a strong 4G area and that I need to reboot my iPhone to take care of the problem. Rebooting got it back on 4G…seems like we have an iOS 6 or hardware problem on our hands here. Constant rebooting is not a long-term solution!
I have the same problem! it just switches back and forth right? I have sprint btw way
Have you tried speaking with your provider or checking their network coverage? It might be patchy 4G coverage where you are.
I have AT&T and this little problem is getting to me... Im hoping its just a IOS 6 Problem and that they fix it soon...🙂
Ive checked it and I have 4G on the map it says... It dont make sinse to me that on my moms iPhone 4S she has 4g but a iPhone 5 it goes in and out you know!!
And yes its Switching back and forword and then goes out and has the little dot thing and then I cant do nothing...
Okay after hours of fixing it I think I found the solution, I turned off the LTE and ever since that it hasn't been switching back and forth, and I'm not in a area with LTE coverage anyways so it's no problem to me, hope this helps.
Ok im going to try that I live in a area with no LTE to so it does not matter to me ether I really hope it fixs it...🙂
I have the same problem, and I also don't have LTE in my area. I have AT&T. I turned off LTE, and while it greatly improves the problem it still does happen once in awhile.
Makes me feel better to know I'm not the only one though.
I have the exact same problem. I'm sitting in the same place at work and it will constantly flip back and forth between 4G and LTE. I wonder if this is what's causing the battery drain?
After having my phone do this on a daily basis, I stopped by the local AT&T store the other day. The rep. there told me that several iPhone 5 users are showing up with this problem and that they thought it may be a software problem with the phone or the sim card was bad. He installed a new sim card for me, so I'll see if that makes any difference.
Im still haveing the same problem but I found a easy solution to it when my iphone goes on Edge I just put it in airplane mode for a sec and my 4G comes back and stays for a day.. Heck its better then turning your iphone off the back on...😎 Hope this helps some of you guys...
Just hard reboot your phone. Thats what I did and BAM!! All is good again ...it even fixed some wifi and speed issues I was having.
For you guys who are not sure what a hard reset is.
First quit all your apps running in the background>Hold the sleep and home button at the same time until your phone turns off> Turn your phone on and wait to see if it happens again.
This is most probably underlying issues with iOS 6 firmware being so buggy.
So this is probably a temporary fix until Apple updates iOS 6.
Note one other fix seems to be to toggle Airplane Mode off and then back on.
I noticed the same issue on both my iPhone 5 and iPad 4. Issue is temporarily fixed by turning airplane mode on and off on either device. A hard reboot temporarily fixes the problem but it recurs. It happens when I'm on an area with poor signal inside a building. The problem is that it won't go back to "4G" once I'm outside and in an area of strong 4G coverage.
My partner has an iPhone 4S and has not experienced this problem.
Seems to be limited to LTE devices.
iPhone 5 Keeps Switching from Edge and 4G!
