hi all. I have a similar problem. nothing specific happened to my phone to cause this, no drops or anything (iphone 6) . its previously had a new wifi/ Bluetooth antennae and connector ribbon, but several months ago. last week, it started constantly searching for a network. I also noted that the option to automatically or manually choose my network under settings/ cellular has vanished.
What ive done so far.
1. Reset Network Settings. appeared to make zero difference
# Reset All Settings/ Erase all content and Settings. Both of these have temporarily given me a network connection again., but a few hours later its disappeared and im back to no network. I have both restored my phone from a backup and set it up as a new phone.
# re-reseated the antennae connector into its slot (under the battery protector plate). it felt fine, but it had been removed previously as i needed to remove the entire mother board to install the Wifi antennae, but as i said, several months ago.). As soon as I powered it up after re-seating, all was good. a few hours later, network vanished again.
# Im confident its not a SIM issue as trying someone else’s SIM in my phone gives me the same result, and my SIM works fine in that same persons phone.
# I do see that I am on Carrier Settings: T Mobile 35.0, and the other working phone is T-Mobile 34.0. I don't know when I got this update though, nor whether this could be the issue - I lean towards no as the reboots etc from above temporarily fix it.
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# So i’m a bit lost as to where to go next - I think I have a hardware issue, not a software one, but Im not sure where to look next, or how to proceed - can anyone advise me?
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=== Update (01/04/2019) ===
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worth adding that banging it/ bending it didn't help!
hi all. I have a similar problem. nothing specific happened to my phone to cause this, no drops or anything (iphone 6) . its previously had a new wifi/ Bluetooth antennae and connector ribbon, but several months ago. last week, it started constantly searching for a network. I also noted that the option to automatically or manually choose my network under settings/ cellular has vanished.
What ive done so far.
1. Reset Network Settings. appeared to make zero difference
# Reset All Settings/ Erase all content and Settings. Both of these have temporarily given me a network connection again., but a few hours later its disappeared and im back to no network. I have both restored my phone from a backup and set it up as a new phone.
# re-reseated the antennae connector into its slot (under the battery protector plate). it felt fine, but it had been removed previously as i needed to remove the entire mother board to install the Wifi antennae, but as i said, several months ago.). As soon as I powered it up after re-seating, all was good. a few hours later, network vanished again.
# Im confident its not a SIM issue as trying someone else’s SIM in my phone gives me the same result, and my SIM works fine in that same persons phone.
# I do see that I am on Carrier Settings: T Mobile 35.0, and the other working phone is T-Mobile 34.0. I don't know when I got this update though, nor whether this could be the issue - I lean towards no as the reboots etc from above temporarily fix it.
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# So i’m a bit lost as to where to go next - I think I have a hardware issue, not a software one, but Im not sure where to look next, or how to proceed - can anyone advise me?