This may sound obvious, but sometimes basic details slip our minds. Sometimes, restarting your phone can automatically fix a few issues. This only applies to devices that work with SIM cards. To boost performance or resolve existing bugs, carriers often roll out updates. So, be sure your carrier settings are updated.
If an update is available, download and install it. Also, consider the fact you may be late on your payment. Even the best of us forget about bills sometimes.
Not to mention sometimes cards get declined for no apparent reason. Switch: The best unlimited data plans available. SIM cards can move around, and sometimes pins can get out of line.
Pull it out and reinsert it. Maybe try to clean it a bit? Try these steps to see if it all goes back to normal.
Related: These are the best Google products you can buy. Are you out in the middle of nature? Also, consider that, while rare, carrier networks can go down too, causing service outages.
We like recommending DownDetector. The website collects consumer reports and lets you know if there is an outage. Just go in there, type in your Carrier, and hit the search button. If the network is down, all you can do is wait. Think of it as a Wi-Fi password for mobile data, but much more complicated, with IP settings, gateway details, and more. If none of the options above work, it may mean some extraneous setting was changed along the way.
It is likely related to the network, so resetting your network settings to factory defaults might fix the issue. If you have a 4G phone, for example, you should always make sure 4G is selected in your network modes to catch those sweet 4G rays. Changing this is simple. Another option is to test your phone with another SIM card to see if the issue originates in the phone or the card. To check this:. Now that you have mobile data working again, why not put it to the test with one of these Internet speed test apps.
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Thank you thank you thank you!! Sir thank you very much. Tried on work and personal phones, both Samsungs and boyfriend has same issue on iPhone. Constantly going in and out of airplane mode to get a single text to send. The reason being is because this issue always occurs while I'm at work and not when I'm home. I work about an hour away from where I live. As I leave work to head home, I periodically test the 3G when I'm driving on the highway.
Once I get past a certain point the 3G works perfectly fine. Also, when I'm at work, I get a signal of around to I was reading online that a decent connection is anything less than Jul 11, PM in response to rickyfc In response to rickyfc I did a restore to new phone i. I am hoping it stays that way. User profile for user: Tagoylo Tagoylo. At first I thought it was the network because I used my sim card temporarily in an old phone and worked fine.
That didn't work. So I took it to the apple store, they did all that restoring and, same results. So the woman at the genius bar happily replaced it and I haven't had the problem since.
So I think it's just a stupid hardware issue with the 3GS. Jul 12, AM in response to 4n6doc In response to 4n6doc If I restore it to a new phone and not from a backup, then wouldn't all my application data be lost? But what you can do is save a backup of the phone before restoring, and at any time you will be able to restore your phone from that backup.
I don't know what to do, wait for a software upgrade or ask for an iPhone 3GS remplacement but i will haven't phone anymore Anybody know if this is a software or an hardware issue?
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