iPhone 5 3G Problem

sportsman · Oct 17, 2012

Afternoon

Does anyone seem to be having any problems with there 3G signal in the uk, my iPhone keeps dropping its 3G signal and its really annoying, tried soft reset but still has the issue.. Any tips on what to do will be appreciated. If all else fails looks like I will go the apple shop

xrayeyes · Oct 17, 2012

I don't know how you would do it with your carrier, but is there a way to update the roaming or tower? With Verizon we have *228 number we call and it updates the tower. Also, do you have roaming on, in case you are using a different carrier tower?

sportsman · Oct 18, 2012

Yes i have roaming on, but its deffo a problem with the phone i had my business partner with his 4s next to me on Vodafone and he had full signal on 3G,mine was on Edge and would not call out where as he could make a call no problem and they are both on the same business package..I have asked for the phone to be swapped as i am losing calls..We await to see what happens. Wish i never would have bothered with the 5 now its pi$$ing me of .

DRad2003 · Oct 18, 2012

xrayeyes said:
I don't know how you would do it with your carrier, but is there a way to update the roaming or tower? With Verizon we have *228 number we call and it updates the tower. Also, do you have roaming on, in case you are using a different carrier tower?

*228 is no longer accepted with Verizon on the iPhone 5

Skull One · Oct 18, 2012

Yeah, VZW and a lot of early LTE Android users found out the hard way what happens when you allow *228 to update the PRL.

Long story short. Every user had to have their phone reprogrammed by VZW to make the phone usable again.

xrayeyes · Oct 18, 2012

Skull One said:
Yeah, VZW and a lot of early LTE Android users found out the hard way what happens when you allow *228 to update the PRL.

Long story short. Every user had to have their phone reprogrammed by VZW to make the phone usable again.

Wow, so what's the story? Is there a short version?

cuskit · Oct 19, 2012

I echo xrayeyes question. It sounds like you are saying it bricked their phones?

The first time I tried to dial *228 on my new iPhone5 I got a message that "this number is not allowed on this phone".. I'm happy I got that rather than whatever calamity you are implying happened to the early guys!

So, what's up? Are we to assume that the PRL are now automatically updated in some manner? We no longer have to worry about this since it's an LTE thing? What happens when we are on 3G? Are we possibly missing strong signals from new towers that we would normally have been updated to?

Sorry for possible "stupid" questions - but maybe the "short answer" might clear the fog here..

Skull One · Oct 19, 2012

That's a really good question. If you find the answer, let us know. Because I haven't heard a peep on that subject.

sportsman · Oct 20, 2012

So back on track,theres no one in the Uk having signal problems with there iphone 5 dropping calls not switching back to 3G etc.

hookbill · Oct 20, 2012

I would update my Droid 2 once a month using *228, option 2. All it ever did, if necessary was update my PRL's. I know when I got my Bionic it wasn't necessary anymore but I never heard they stopped doing it because of issues. I just figured that they finally got around us having to do it ourselves.

cuskit · Oct 20, 2012

I read last night on another iphone forum (I'll have to search back to provide a link) that with the new iPhone5 - PRL's are automatically updated depending on which towers your are near. This would seem consistent with the fact that you can no longer do it yourself.

sportsman · Oct 25, 2012

Just an up date, vodafone are exchanging my Iphone 5 and said there has been a few problems with peoples phones where the phone goes onto edge but wont go back onto 3g..

perezr10 · Oct 25, 2012

Hey, I've had that problem in Indiana USA. For some reason, my phone reverts to Edge and I have to reboot to get back on 4G. It happens a couple times a week.

sportsman · Oct 28, 2012

Hi i got my phone exchanged and no longer have any problems, there must be a dodgy batch going around

JON35Y · Oct 28, 2012

I am having a problem but not sure if its the same as you, basically if I go into a area of no coverage when I come back to an area with coverage my phone will not pick up signal again. It just shows no service on the phone. The only way to get it back is to switch the phone on and off or toggle airplane mode

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