iPhone 6 getting no service

[Studiogeorge]

Have not been getting a network signal.

Says searching on where signal bars are, but the SIM card works fine on my iPhone5.

Frustrated and looking for suggestions.

Thank you in advance for checking in.

[GinYVR]

@StudiogeorgeI hope you managed to track down what's wrong. iPhone 6 is prone to have burnt out basband / antenna.. since they usually go for under $200 new these days, it is not worth repairing.

[ecowen]

My iPhone 5s wasn't accessing data.  I had to reset it to factory settings and not restore from the backups, then data worked.  Now I'm loading my apps one at a time and verifying data after each one.  One of the apps must have prevented my data from working.

[Yayo]

Mine is an Android, as I mentioned earlier in the thread. I had to take the battery out to remove the SIM card. I would guess that removing the SIM and powering off for a minute would have the same effect.

[Luddite]

@NDesai  Yayo has an Android phone.

[Luddite]

@Studiogeorge  Ideas:

a) Are you sure the phone is unlocked? https://www.macworld.co.uk/how-to/iphone/iphone-locked-unlocked-3614824/

b) Any chance you bought it used and it's now been reported stolen? Check here: https://www.devicecheck.ca/check-status-device-canada/

c) Take it to your nearest Apple store for evaluation.

[NDesai]

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@Yayo wrote:

I got it fixed through instructions from the service chatbot. Pulled out the battery and SIM card, waited a minute, put them back in and restarted. Service was restored.

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You pulled out battery from your iPhone? If yes, it seems like a lot of work just to get the service working on an old phone. 

[Yayo]

I got it fixed through instructions from the service chatbot. Pulled out the battery and SIM card, waited a minute, put them back in and restarted. Service was restored.

[will13am]

I assume the phone is able to detect the SIM card and thus is trying to find the network to connect to.  I would suggest doing a factory reset to see if that would help.  Of course back up everything on the phone first.  I generally don't like using this big hammer.  Seeing that desperate times require desperate measures, why not try it.

[Studiogeorge]

Thanks for sharing.

I’m in Southwest Ontario.

Started two Sundays ago.

[Yayo]

Also currently getting no service on my Android phone. I think it might be a network issue.

[Studiogeorge]

Thanks, but still nothing..

I’m afraid it might be a hardware issue.

Everything was updated, and had enough memory with a couple of hard resets, but still came up empty.

It worked once when I switched it back into the iPhone6 few days ago, but it stopped getting public mobile network reception after about a few hours.

Any guesses out there? 

The phone is of course out of warranty, but if any experts can guess the repair price, it would be great.

[geopublic]

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@Studiogeorge wrote:

Have not been getting a network signal.

Says searching on where signal bars are, but the SIM card works fine on my iPhone5.

Frustrated and looking for suggestions.

Thank you in advance for checking in.

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@Studiogeorge  Access your iTunes account via WiFi and check for updates.