Comments on: Fix for iPhone 5 Signal Loss When Stuck On “No Service”

By: Nina

Nina — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 08:01:35 +0000

I have Iphone 5 and I´m constantly without service.
Turning flight mode off and on doesn´t make any difference, so I have to turn the phone off and on. This is so not good!!
Apple I can not live with this!

By: Gemma

Gemma — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 16:52:15 +0000

I’ve found this issue too with the iphone 5 from day 1. Highly annoying. Especially on a commute through london! I was actually about to take my phone back to orange and complain, but seems its a known problem with iphone 5. Here’s hoping Apple pick up on this soon!

By: Dondie

Dondie — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 02:21:15 +0000

I’m from the Philippines and I’ve had all iPhone models from the iPhone 2G to the latest iPhone 5 and all of them has this problem. Let’s hope Apple knows this problem and do something about it.

By: Nicholas

Nicholas — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 20:47:33 +0000

Sure. I’ve also had this problem sine the Iphone 4. I live in Cape Town, South Africa where the reception on Vodacom is generally excellent. However, whereas I seldom had the problem with Iphone 4 and 4S, and it was usually in a particular area, since acquiring the Iphone 5 ±5 weeks ago, I find that I have to power on and off 7 or 8 times/day. Why would the problem have increased from Iphone 4/4S to Iphone 5??

By: Mehdi

Mehdi — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 08:40:38 +0000

Well I got my Iphone 5 32 gig on the 21st. I’m on AT&T network the phone keeps loosing the signal it goes from searching to No Service. I have reset network settings and reset all settings. What else could I possibly do to correct this issue. My 4S never had this issue. Any help please

By: Gio

Gio — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 12:50:51 +0000

Hre a trick that worked for me, not sure if it will work for everybody, becouse I am in CostaRica and probably networks work different and the phone is unlockec, but is wort to try.
Here the issue I have:
If I switch from 3G to EDGE, the phone is not be able to govback to 3G

Solution:
Got to Settings -> Carrier -> Turn Automatic Off -> Choosevanother carrier, wait till the phone tell you no signal, then switch back to Automatic and that should solve the problem and you sgouldvbe back on 3G.
Now seen that there is no roaming here in CostaRica, if you are somewhere else where the roaming exist, you might have to turn ‘Data Roaming’ off.
Hope it work as a temporary solutio, however I will talk with the cell provider to see if I get replacement.
Good luck to you all

By: up-to-you

up-to-you — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 16:17:38 +0000

Guys, try the solution someone posted above, it really worked for me too:

“Switch to aeroplane mode, then restart the phone, switch off airplane mode, put in passcode and TADAA !!
Everything works well.”

Make sure you do this in the right order (turn airplane mode first, then enter the password!)

After the update 6.1.2 I had very poor reception (1-2 bars in my room) and the phone would occasionally show “no service” when I was in the street. Now I have 5 bars in my room and the signal is stable

Fingers crossed for y’all!

By: jack

jack — Sat, 16 Feb 2013 02:25:09 +0000

I have facing this problem everyday.
My work place is a manufacturing factory with a very thick wall alway the signal obstacle. When finish work i need to on and off the phone to get back the 3G signal, damn! I really no idea how long the iphone 5 can stand this situation

By: Marcel

Marcel — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 11:35:31 +0000

In my case, the same reconnect issues and weak signal, there was a simple solution.

I had to isolate the sides of the simcard, where the connectors on the sim hit the metal of the simtray. I used simple Scotch tape and the phone receives noticeably better and there are no reconnect issues anymore.

grtz, Marcel

By: Daniel

Daniel — Sun, 10 Feb 2013 03:35:47 +0000

That is what worked for me, thanks for posting it

By: Julian

Julian — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 12:33:00 +0000

I have the same problem with my i5 and think I should just use the old i4s.

Apple should do proper tests b4 they sell their crap!

By: Gareth

Gareth — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 06:31:46 +0000

Thank you Imraan. This is the solution. Did exactly as you said above and its working again.

By: Salwa

Salwa — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 11:16:21 +0000

Hi There,
I have same feelings as you.i got my Iphone 4 upgraded yesterday and now no service issue.. the phone is useless.
Please tell me were you able to fix this????

By: Valentin

Valentin — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 05:21:36 +0000

Same problem on iPhone 3GS and 5… Sim out – sim in help immediately, but this issue surely needs to be fixed by Apple. At least we need to know if this is a soft- or hardware problem.

By: Nick

Nick — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 14:55:25 +0000

iOS6.1 will hopefully fix this as its just been released…

I’ve had this issue and its been a pain