Comments on: iPhone Users Suffering from ‘Searching for Service’ Bug

By: Jan Bell

Jan Bell — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:46:14 +0000

Thanks a million! I researched several other suggestions after two days of trouble shooting/turning phone off and on / re-boooting etc – all other suggestions were far more complicated ideas – and this one worked. Thank you Teslar!!! You are an asset to your name sake. x

By: anmarkle

anmarkle — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 23:13:05 +0000

If this is a constant problem it is actually a problem with your iTunes account. That is why it follows you when you replace the phone or the sim card. The only fix is to reset the phone back to default, create a new iTunes account and setup the phone as new with the new account you just created and the problem will disappear. Unfortunately so will all your purchases.

By: Jamie

Jamie — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 10:49:19 +0000

My iphones been like this for 2 days ive ejected my sim a couple of times re booted my device several times and kept it turned of for over 3 hours but it still says searching, any ideas why ?

By: Amir

Amir — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 05:50:12 +0000

Am getting so angry with my iphone 4 its driving me crazy ill be on the phone an next thing you no its shows up on my phone call failed look at my reception no service am from England, Nottingham and the network coverage is good here but it shudnt be doing that need to ring up apple soon and find out what the problem is. Does anyone no a better way.

By: benhhx

benhhx — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 12:46:40 +0000

works like a charm!! thanks

By: benhhx

benhhx — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 12:45:09 +0000

TURN YOUR 3G ON WHEN IT HAPPENS!!!! turn off 3g right when u get ur signal. it my case it takes about 3 seconds.

By: Smarty

Smarty — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 04:40:21 +0000

Hey folks moth the iPhone 4 on AT&T and iOS 4 something, the problem was solved by turning 3G and cellular data ON (if only briefly). Apparently the phone meeds 3G or data when it is first connecting to the network. In my case I think it was because there were two new voicemails that the service was trying to notifying about, but I assume other things could cause it too, so my advice is to turn data on and off

By: Chrisp

Chrisp — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 03:36:04 +0000

I just fixed my, “searchIng…”, bars, “searching…”, bars, problem. Hard resests did nothing and turning the phone off and waiting a few mins then turn back on did nothing. I just went on iTunes and baked it up, then restored it to its original factory settings. Took forever but now it works like new. Good luck.

By: Tim Murray

Tim Murray — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 07:15:22 +0000

you need to back the iPhone, the reinstall the iphone software from itunes. The cause is probably someone who is sending you images via text that has a virus attached or bit map is goofed up. I had this problem and it always and only happened with one person who sent me texts with images attached. I finally put two and two together. I now do not click on the image to view it from this sender. he has no idea what is causing this from his end. but that is the solution and cause

By: Tim Murray

Tim Murray — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 06:39:07 +0000

This solution worked, and I also figured out the CAUSE. I have a friend who whenever he text messages me an image, my phone goes into this loop, searching for signal, no service then it finds service then back to searching for signal, the battery drains very fast. I found that if I do not click on his images, that I am fine, but I have to delete all the messages in this person’s thread of messages. Then perform the procedure indicated.

By: Anthony tucker lanier

Anthony tucker lanier — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 01:09:29 +0000

I think i found out the solution. first unlock the phone then press settings then press general then press reset then press reset network. start the phone back up and go back to reset and this time click Reset all settings. start your iphone back up wait about a min or two and it should be fine. YOUR WELCOME i was about to return my iphone if i couldnt fix it lol but its fixed.

By: Kamy Reily

Kamy Reily — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 05:23:00 +0000

I am facing the same problem as well, restored, erase settings, etc. But my phone is still stuck at No Service. Brought it down to the telco to have some software refresh and even changed the SIM card but the problem still persist. So is it the satellite of my telco’s problem, the phone’s problem or the iOS problem by Apple?

By: Kamy Reily

Kamy Reily — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 05:20:00 +0000

I am facing

By: Demetrius Farley

Demetrius Farley — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 14:20:00 +0000

I’m having the same problem you are having! I have the iPhone 4 did you find a solution to the problem? I can’t even make a call with out it dropping on me!

By: Sydneyaustralia32

Sydneyaustralia32 — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 16:27:00 +0000

Yeah I just got the iPhone 4S two weeks ago and while I was on the phone my call dropped and it said it was searching for service ever since. What is going on?

By: Obsessionist

Obsessionist — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 23:09:00 +0000

Having this issue on my old iPhone 4 that I gave to my dad. This is the third time it happened and is now a more stubborn problem.

By: Srecko77

Srecko77 — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 08:02:00 +0000

I have the same problem but my iphone 4 finds network only after resetting all settings, nothing else helps, doesn’t matter how many times I turn off and turn on device

By: Christopher Greene72

Christopher Greene72 — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 17:34:00 +0000

I’m having this issue on my iPhone 4s right now. It will search for service, say no service, find signal then repeat the same cycle… This is annoying I’ve only had the phone for 3 days

By: Zarrajae

Zarrajae — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 13:00:00 +0000

I have been having same problem and I have done everything, dfu mode, airplane on off, reset, restore everything! But now, instead of doing all these, I just found a shorter and faster way, once it goes into searching mode, I just power off my phone and then switch it on agaon and wala, I have it again!

By: Alyssamariemcenery

Alyssamariemcenery — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 21:41:00 +0000

i’m at apple right now they look confused

By: Dcarra2512@aol.com

Dcarra2512@aol.com — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 04:44:00 +0000

I did everything listed on here and it works for a few days then it starts again searching, then no service, grr! It’s driving mr nuts! I need my phone when I’m out with my baby! I may need to go droid, even though I don’t want to!

By: Tmel337

Tmel337 — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 17:06:00 +0000

how did u get ur iphone 3g to work with simple mobile…i disabled my 3g and its still says no service

By: Amjobl

Amjobl — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 03:26:00 +0000

Me too! SOOOOO frustrating!!!

By: Uberbarber

Uberbarber — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 16:17:00 +0000

Thank you so much!!! Works a treat bro!!

By: Dhannig

Dhannig — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 20:09:00 +0000

searchinghappens all the time since I downloaded OS5

By: Dhannig

Dhannig — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 20:09:00 +0000

searchinghappens all the time since I downloaded OS5

By: Dhannig

Dhannig — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 20:09:00 +0000

searchinghappens all the time since I downloaded OS5

By: Bikola

Bikola — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 08:14:00 +0000

hey guys sweet as just worked for me….Restored my iphone 4..and bam it worked…at first it searches for it but then it comes back up again…doesnt take forever

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 15:51:00 +0000

I had exactly the same problem with iphone 4.

This is what I did:

sync and backup phone on itunes
settings - general - reset - erase all content and settings
set up phone again using itunes backup

It did the trick!

Goodluck

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 15:51:00 +0000

I had exactly the same problem with iphone 4.

This is what I did:

sync and backup phone on itunes
settings - general - reset - erase all content and settings
set up phone again using itunes backup

It did the trick!

Goodluck

By: Smcquestion

Smcquestion — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 17:16:00 +0000

IVE had my 4S for 2 weeks and it just started doing this searching thing today, meanwhile my 3GS ive had for 2 years never did this.

By: Algin8

Algin8 — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 22:34:00 +0000

this is very frustrating problem. Our social/work lives depend on our smartphones these days. I have tried putting the SIM in another phone and the network is fine. Only when I replace the SIM in my iphone 3GS it picks up the signal for a little while and goes in searching mode and then says no service…WTF

By: Icingeater3

Icingeater3 — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 22:35:00 +0000

yes!!!!! I have an iPhone 4 and i upgraded it to the iOS 5 and it worked flawlessly for about a week and then this morning i went to a walk for fighting autism and had left my phone in the console of my car and when i came back the problem had begun! it will seem to be working fine and then nothing!

By: Kitty Mingus

Kitty Mingus — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 22:46:00 +0000

Yes! I just got my new 4s and it only worked for a few minutes before it began “searching” for service…

By: Sharon Bluebellinn

Sharon Bluebellinn — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 07:04:00 +0000

Have been stuck searching for signal for a couple of days now – thanks for the tip about holding down the power and home button until the apple logo appears – this worked perfectly once my Iphone 4 had rebooted and I had entered in my code to unlock – thanks very much!

By: MrAnonymouskiz

MrAnonymouskiz — Sat, 06 Aug 2011 12:38:00 +0000

Everyone talks about the problem but no one talks about how to fix it.

By: Diannenorton321

Diannenorton321 — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 00:54:00 +0000

Yes all the time. Veeeery frustrating!! Have reset time and time again. Been going on for weeks now. Seems to be getting worse. Turning airplane mode off and on does nothing!! This is a bug that is kicking apple’s a**!

By: Alex Cove

Alex Cove — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 21:16:00 +0000

i jailbroke my iphone 3gs so i could unlock it and use it on tmobile, the phone reconises its on tmobile on the settings screen, but its always searching for siganl? how can i fix it….?

By: Smoothride

Smoothride — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 21:24:00 +0000

my iphone 4 is always searching for service, i d k what to do?

By: Penni20

Penni20 — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 02:40:00 +0000

I have an iPhone 3GS and it’s been searching for service for two days and I reset it twice The service would come back then go away a little while later

By: Molocho1

Molocho1 — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 19:04:00 +0000

My IPhone 3G would do this right after ending a phone call. It would search for service for about 80 seconds before finding whatever it was searching for and rejoining the network. I endured this for several weeks, until I disabled 3G. Since I am using Simple Mobile, I’m stuck with 2G anyway. I”ve only been running this way for a few days, but the problem seems to have gone away.

By: Luckylindy04

Luckylindy04 — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 23:27:00 +0000

My wifes and mine keep getting progressively worse as the days go on.

By: Jay

Jay — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 21:39:00 +0000

I’ve had this problem for about a week. If you shut the phone off and turn it back on it will immediately pick up a signal so you can make a quick call if necessary but eventually will be Searching…. I’ll reset and post back

By: Badbymyself

Badbymyself — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 23:25:00 +0000

My Iphone 3GS just started doing it last night but it only appears to do it from my home and no where else. Its really weird.

By: mat

mat — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 16:56:03 +0000

i did everything reset my phone, new sim card, nothing works i have service for 5 min of the day but other than that it is searching it is very annoying!!!

By: Simah

Simah — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 00:56:33 +0000

Jus happend now, very annoying especially wen i’m on the phone, it cuts me off!

By: Natw

Natw — Fri, 27 May 2011 19:16:23 +0000

Yea happened to my iPhone 4 just now

By: jackk

jackk — Mon, 16 May 2011 21:08:17 +0000

my iphone 4 constenyley says searching for signal, where the iphone is left in the same place and has 3 bars signal. after it ses searching it comes back up with 3 bars signal. this is really annoying when wanting to send a text message ect. is there anything i can do? apple really do need to sort this out

By: MBE

MBE — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 18:03:21 +0000

After above update to iphone OS (4.3.1), it looks to be behaving so far. This is after using the phone for an hour or so after the update

Prior to this no other suggested fix worked for me: - Hard reset - Soft reset - Reset Network settings I never tried the Aeroplane mode option because that would only fix it after the fact which does not help at all.

Good luck with the update

By: MBE

MBE — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 16:48:56 +0000

Have same problem searching for network… Vodafone UK.

OS Update message says the following so fingers crossed..

iOS 4.3.1 Software Update This update contains improvements and other bug fixes, including:

• Resolves bugs related to activating and connecting to some mobile networks

Fingers crossed, I will report back the result of the update

By: arichey22

arichey22 — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 15:28:31 +0000

Spoke to ATT mine has always been in searching for 2 days straight. ATT told me my 1 year warenty ended 4 days ago. Go Figure. Trading Sims card didn’t work, Going to airplane mode didn’t work, Reset network didn’t work. ATT said you need to replace your phone nothing can be done. GRRR.

By: Olcay

Olcay — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 19:42:50 +0000

I have a #GS and has been doing it on daily basis for the past 2-3 months. The only cure is to do a hard re-start.

By: Anna

Anna — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 01:07:50 +0000

I had to get an iphone replaced with a 3G refurbished phone. Mine was stolen over New Years, absolutely never had a problem with the original phone, the replacement gets a connection so infrequently I’m actually startled when it rings. I can’t get email to update, messages to send, listen to VM or God forbid actually make or get a call! WTF, I’M SO FRUSTRATED, great time for my new years resolution to quit smoking : )

By: pav

pav — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 20:44:00 +0000

This happens to me 20 times a day, My iphone only works about 2 hours a day, rest of the time it is searching for signal.. It is rather frustrating havingto restart your phone throughout the day. I am about ready to drop the iphone and switch to the htc or something. Airplane mode on/off doesn;t work.

This is rediculous..

By: Dave in Naples

Dave in Naples — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 00:04:56 +0000

Just get in an elevator and the problem likely occurs. The correction is the airplane on/off but you shouldn’t have to do that every time you go out of service.

By: Wren

Wren — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 01:22:56 +0000

My phones “searches” up to 10 times per day. It’s driving me crazy. Just when I want to phone someone is starts searching!!! I like my phone but at a stage want my old Nokia back!

By: James Fisher

James Fisher — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 06:07:11 +0000

Thanks for the tip with airplane mode. I can reproduce this bug all the time. If you drive through a poor coverage area it drops out and then can’t reacquire the network. Unbelievably frustrating as it also happens when it switches cells. The flight mode on off works most of the time to fix it. Thanks for the tip. BTW I took the phone into the Apple genius bar and they told me there was nothing wrong with it and weren’t aware of any bug. What a lot of rubbish!

By: Rick in Key West

Rick in Key West — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 18:50:50 +0000

Mine has gone off the edge. It “searches” about 20 hours a day now. Often when a text finally pops through, I don’t even time to reply before losing the signal again. This 3G phone is about a year old, and worked GREAT until the end of July. It has been getting worse and worse since. NONE of the above tips work for more than a few minutes, most not at all. I used to be a big iPhone fan, but I’m jumping ship to Droid or to the new Microsoft version. I’m tired of paying $100 a month for service that I’m constantly searching for. Apple, you suck. You have over a YEAR’S worth of complaints on this, and you have offered NOTHING as a fix. WTF?

By: Chris Renz

Chris Renz — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 15:28:03 +0000

Three days ago my newish 32g IPhone 3GS Model- A1303 went into the Searching mode. Day 1- AT&T rep confirms that major cell/tower work was taking place and that a large area was out, she gave me a case number and told me at 6pm that it was estimated that the work would be complete by midnight PST. (I’m in San Diego, CA) Day 2- I wake up next day, notice same problem, AT&T rep says the case number I have if definitely not close to any they use, theirs start with a CM, mine didn’t. I know what to expect from call centers so I had set up an advance call sheet record and was documenting everything. They start walking me through all the stuff above. Jet mode, network re-set. On phone for two hours, finally had to leave, so ended call w/o solution. dAY THREE- tECH HAS ME UPDATE IPHONE TO NEWEST SOFTWARE VERSION. wHICH TOOK 3-1/2hours. Fianlly he says he has to leave, he was already 1/2 in overtime and center was last one open. to call in AM if phone didn’t boot back up normal when software completed download. Well surprise surprise…. still SUCKS! Every once in a while the signal comes in and one or two texts will slip in with. Usually they are a couple hours old when I get them. Day 4-NOW 8:20 AM Phone still not working right, need to replace the thing. I’ve been hearing rumors about many people on the west coast having similar problems, but no solutions yet!!?? Whats up my people????? Chris

By: GabGen

GabGen — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 05:11:31 +0000

Hey 2 days ago my phone cannot find any network and it’s says searching… until my battery is dead. I tried turning on airplane mode on and when i do, the whole thing freeze. Even if I hold power button + Home button to reset my iphone I still face the same problem. Help ?

By: Alex

Alex — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 20:02:28 +0000

My 3g iPhone does the same crap it’s always searching for service i’ve called AT&T and hit a new sim card and they exausted all their trouble shooting so I got hold of apple and all they said was to reset my network so I did and it worked for an hour and did it again so then they told me to restore it on iTunes and still does the same crap

By: Eric

Eric — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 07:41:25 +0000

You guys are genius’.. i dont mind flicking it to flight mode and back i can live with that as long as it works !!!! thanks top work

By: drew

drew — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 03:29:33 +0000

me and my girlfriend both have the 3gs 8g iphone. when at my house my phone is always “searching for service” and hers will have full bars. ive tryed the reseting network settings and it didnt work.

By: Wren

Wren — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 03:57:39 +0000

I should have stipulated that I’m in Sydney, Australia. So at least I’m not the only one driven nuts by the constant “searching” on the phone. The frustrating thing is when you go to make a call and don’t realise it’s searching you are listening to “dead air”.

By: Wren

Wren — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 03:53:26 +0000

Happens to me frequently. Several times a day always searching. Especially moving room to room outside in or inside to out. Drives me nuts!

By: Alex

Alex — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 02:51:00 +0000

I have a 3G Iphone and I do believe that when it looses signal because of a week tower etc that it has trouble reconnecting unless I reboot the phone. if i travel to a different city it frequently occurs, if I stay put where the signal is strong I do not encounter any problems. Rebboting phone always works.

By: RandomPerson

RandomPerson — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 01:16:21 +0000

Reset network and it should work.

By: Fraser

Fraser — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 15:24:12 +0000

I am also a physician and I was using my iPhone as a “pager” using the “Paging” app. Operating rooms are often dead zones for phones, so that when I come out to see patients, unknown to me, there’s no signal as it’s “searching”. This is a life and death issue for me, and I cannot trust this technology anymore. Too bad; such a great product otherwise.

By: Lori

Lori — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 05:28:58 +0000

What if this doesn’t even seem to help?

By: Antoine

Antoine — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 00:54:07 +0000

Yep same prob here 3gs 32gb model with 3.1.2 not jailbroken or anything wifi works fine but no cellular network

By: Ryan

Ryan — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 15:31:03 +0000

I work in Brazil half of the year. I live in one city and drive to work in another. I also drive a lot while I’m working. This happens to me ALL DAY LONG!!!! It is driving nutty!!! I haqve always turned my phone off to reacquire the data network. The “Airplane Mode” will at least be a little faster. Are there any good sources for following the solution to this problem. My web searches don’t see to pull up a lot except blogs. (No offence) I’d like to learn more about it…

By: Bruce

Bruce — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 04:33:27 +0000

I get this several times a day. It just started myabe a month a go. It will start with “full bars—>searching for service—>no service—>then back to full bars” It happens in areas where I know I have service…its happens while on a call…its happens moving or standing still. Sadly, it seems like Apple and the Iphone are beginning to become second rate. What was once and elite top of the line piece of technology is now quickly becoming old news. Phones like the Droid are quickly surpassing the once superior Iphone. I hope apple wakes up and steps up their game when it comes to addressing these problems

By: Paula

Paula — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 19:24:58 +0000

I get this multiple times a day with a new iPhone 3GS. I live in Pittsburgh, which supposedly has decent coverage, yet I get searching, no signal, or one lone bar on Edge.

By: Fabfabz

Fabfabz — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 08:35:47 +0000

Here a small tweak that worked for me. When you get the “no service” go to your control panel and change to Airplane mode and back again this should do the trick without reseting. Still, this does not prevent the problem from happening.

By: Dave Baran

Dave Baran — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 23:16:08 +0000

Already been through the Genius bar, who swapped the phone – same problem. It is a 3GS which worked fine until after their first upgrade – second one (3.1.2) made it worse. Apple’s people don’t seem to know about it; called AT&T wireless and tried to give them the URL to this discussion and they couldn’t get past their web site blocking to be able to read it.

This is really frustrating because it is Apple sitting there with their fingers in their ears say “I can’t hear you.” while we ask for a solution.

The guy’s manager said that they HAVE heard of it but they need more pressure to be able to force Apple to deal with it. So…if you’re having the problem…give them a call and be persistent so they actually deal with it.

By: Tom

Tom — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 03:00:28 +0000

New SIM from AT&T did NOT do the trick. Still get NO SERVICE message. Next week will visit the Genius Bar in CA.

By: Mike

Mike — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 09:56:52 +0000

Optus Australia. About once per week since 3.1 only. Precipitated by going to no signal area (like underground) and resolved by aircraft mode on and off but major issue as I’m a physician on call and may not realize this has happened until important (even life and death) calls missed. I blame recent firmware as went over 12 months before seeing this. What does Apple say?

By: Carlos

Carlos — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 13:12:44 +0000

Hey has anyone faced the problem of sending a SMS from an iPhone and the recipient getting an empty message instead of yours. This start happening a lot lately with my iPhone 3G 3.2 and 3.2.1. Anyone else??

By: Jose Andia

Jose Andia — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 01:47:26 +0000

no sim card again today no service two more people at work at the sime time

By: Gregg

Gregg — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 23:50:55 +0000

Wonder how many of you guys have the garbage 71234 sim card from AT&T. I have told countless people to go get the newer 71247 sim which I have and never have issues. I don't know anyone that I have told to go get the newer sim that helped alot.

It wouldn't doubt that the sims in other countries are off the same batch and just carrier branded.

By: Greatful

Greatful — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:23:53 +0000

This only happens to me when I’m powering my 3g 16G on, to fix it I just toggle a/p mode

By: eArTh

eArTh — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:49:39 +0000

This happens to me eveyday when I go through the train tunnels. It’s very annoying.

By: Nalgas Cagadas D. Tumadre

Nalgas Cagadas D. Tumadre — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:34:43 +0000

^ your a p. U. S. S. Y.

By: Jfelipe83

Jfelipe83 — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:56:25 +0000

I never had that problem before but there was a time when I had the iPhone jailbroken and it did happen many times. That is one if the reasons why I don’t jailbreak specualy now with all the worms that are coming out for jailbreak iPhone. I knew that was going to happen sooner or later. Maybe is someone in apple doing it so people stop jailbreaking their phones

By: J Lee

J Lee — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:05:51 +0000

Yes, happens to me also. But not as much as before. For me, I’d always thought it was my Mophie Juice Pak, which I have since taken off as it defiinately affects signal reception strength in all but the strongest cell areas (at least my experience). So, yes, still an occasional hassle, but not as frequent. BTW, i also just switch to airplane mode and back, which seems to work.

By: Brad Zimmerman

Brad Zimmerman — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:20:03 +0000

I’ve had this happen three or four times. The last time it was at the office where my phone is often cycling between EDGE and 3G. A power cycle of the phone always fixes it. I’m in Krakow, Poland, using Orange.

By: Jay Sinha

Jay Sinha — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:02:05 +0000

Happens to me a few times a month. I think it happens when I am genuinely in an area with poor signal, but when I return to a good signal area the iPhone has given up and never re-acquires the signal. I reported the problem to apple.com/feedback. I am on O2 in the UK and I have a 3GS with latest firmware.

By: USMC

USMC — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 11:23:51 +0000

I just never have service, AT&T is horrible, “FIX THE FREAKING NETWORK!!!! All I ask for is consistent 3G coverage and to be able to use my iPhone inside of a building. My battery life is horrible due to the coverage, one minute I’m on 3G and the next I’m on edge and the next I’m searching for service. If Verizon ever gets the iPhone, I’m there in a second.

By: benjitek

benjitek — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 11:22:22 +0000

The 3GS is my first iPhone, and I’ve occasionally run into this… but… previously I was a longtime Windows Mobile user and experienced this as well… I thinks it’s a shortcoming of wireless communications.

By: Sean

Sean — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:54:07 +0000

Exact problem happens to me, I’ll have 5 bars 3G on my Blackberry and “Searching” on my iPhone… And I have to reset it to get it to reconnect, it doesn’t happen if I put the phone on EDGE but that kinda defeats the purpose.

By: Jc

Jc — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 07:27:47 +0000

I have encountered this problem before. It doesnt matter if my Iphone 3G was jailbroken or not. Its annoying because I can be in an area with perfect 3G service and out of nothing i get that “Searching For Service” message. All i do to fix it is put the phone on Airplane Mode and then switch it back to regular mode. Works every time.

By: Tito

Tito — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 07:03:16 +0000

Try getting in the coverage area

By: Droid

Droid — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 05:42:42 +0000

Boom

By: Alex

Alex — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 05:21:35 +0000

as soon as i read this post and walked out the door not even five minutes later I had it happen to me

By: Jose Andia

Jose Andia — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 05:08:13 +0000

drop calls more often now …searching for service …hard reset fix the problem …only two times no sim message also fix whit a hard reset

By: Christopher Mercado

Christopher Mercado — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 04:15:28 +0000

Yep. Happens to me. Specially when i move from somewhere where there was no signal onto a good signal one. I just turn off – on airplane mode and im ready to go.

By: Treis

Treis — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 04:01:15 +0000

My iPhone 3gs once aday keeps saying no sim card. Has this hapen to any else? And is it related to 3.1.2?

By: Harry Reid

Harry Reid — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 03:47:20 +0000

That shit happens to me time to time. I can't stand the searching for service shit.

Tah tah 4 now, gotta go help expand socialsm.

By: BSmith

BSmith — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 03:43:13 +0000

This happens to me quite often. I would guess about once a week - after a reboot everything is fine.

Currently on a Jailbroken 3.1.2 3GS. It happened prior to jailbreaking and happened consistantly on my 2G since day one. It's one of the few things that I truly hate.

By: Cyrus

Cyrus — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 03:24:30 +0000

Have the same problem when i search internet or use skype over3g. First the receptioon goes down to one bar, the “no signal” then “searching” then back to full reception. I cant take it anymore