3G is not working after upgrade to iOS 9.3

Thank you Mikec1951. I tried the options above but none worked. The option in your paragraph worked, so I did not have to try the numbered steps.

This worked fine for me. I don't need to switch mobile data off. Just into flight mode, shutdown, restart, out of flight mode gets the link back.

The "Service Provider" tab in Settings vanishes when the "No Service" message is showing, so presumably there's a step missing from the startup sequence that starts the service provider search.

The long go-around is the only one that works for me.

This solution works for me 😀 hopefully it's not a temporary solution though

Same problem as others on upgrading my iPad2 from 9.2.1 to 9.3.1 - showing "No Service".

Many thanks for the suggestions from contributors here. Two of the suggested workrounds were OK for me:

(1) remove and re-insert the SIM card while the iPad is on

(2) turn off Mobile Data (Cellular), power down iPad, restart iPad, turn on Mobile Data (Cellular)

However powering down iPad with Mobile Data ON and then powering up causes the iPad to go back into the "No Service" mode.

I agree with the comments about Apple's shortcomings on this - if you mess with something, then you need to test it afterw

Ok, I'm not an "i" user. In fact, I prefer to have as little contact with them as possible. This iPad2 belongs to the company I work for and I am trying to fix it. So how do I go back to 9.2 until Apple does something to get this fixed?

But if you power off and then power on you will find it gone again and you have to redo the following work around.1. power off and remove SIM card. Then power back on and it will ask for SIM card. insert sim and it should find the network.

I spent 4 hours trying a variety of solutions presented here and elsewhere on the web. Your solution worked for me on a iPad 2 and iOS 9.3.1

I sent a message to Tim to have you promoted directly to level VI. (This may never happen.)

You're genius!!

I thought the latest update to IOS 9.3.2 would fix the problem, but it did not. What I have found out experimenting is that the APN settings keep resetting to CONNECTME and as soon as I change it to INTERNET the problem goes away. So for me, when I shut down and restart it is simply a matter of changing the APN setting again.

What I have found out experimenting is that the APN settings keep resetting to CONNECTME

APN ? CONNECTME ?

Update 9.2.3 seems to have fixed the issue for me.

9.3.2 worked for me too.

I had exactly the same problem with losing cell service after upgrade of my older iPad 2 To 9.3.1. Even calls to Apple Care via AT&T yielded only hard reboot fixes to solve - had to do every time I shut down which was three times. However, I just downloaded 9.3.2 and it is fixed! My cell connection works again.

Hi,

None of the above for me in Australia. The following procedure works Everytime.

1. Change APN by adding a character (1 character works for me)
2. Turn off mobile data
3. Ensure ipad has disassociated from service provider
4. Turn on mobile data
5. Change APN by removing extra characters added in step 1
6. Turn off mobile data
7. Ensure ipad has dissociated from service provider
8. Turn on mobile data

Should be good to go now. I have an ipad2 with the latest 9.3.2 upgrade. Same process will probably work for ios8 too, but not tested.

This partially works, because after 5 minutes and the screen Lock on the problem returned.