Got my 32gb AT&T iPhone today. No scratches but the cell service in North Palm Beach on the iPhone 5 is horrid. Maybe b/c it is switching between LTE and 4g? My wife's 4gs was getting 2bars while my 5 had "no service"!!! I hope this isn't antenna gate all over again! Anyone else with these same issues?
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Poor cell reception iPhone 5
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Im having the problem with my new iphone 5. It always has gotten 3-4 bars at house. Now its getting 1-2, usually 2. I reset my network setting with no help. Im on verizon.
It's certainly possible to have less coverage on LTE than fauxG.
It's not. Don't jump to ridiculous conclusions when there's a simpler and more likely answer. If it was antennagate then you wouldn't be able to miss the threads on the matter. One person's problems do not make a "-gate" despite how quickly people seem to jump to attach the -gate suffix to things. Such usage always dilutes meaning.
iphon5 reception bad
Our house is in a weak reception area, however, my iphone4 and my wife's 3GS got good enough reception to be able to make and receive calls 95% of the time from our house. Now we BOTH have iphone5's, and we can almost NEVER make or receive calls from home. When my daughter arrives with her iphone4, she can make calls from our house easily.
Our house is in a weak reception area, however, my iphone4 and my wife's 3GS got good enough reception to be able to make and receive calls 95% of the time from our house. Now we BOTH have iphone5's, and we can almost NEVER make or receive calls from home. When my daughter arrives with her iphone4, she can make calls from our house easily.
Are you trying to compare LTE band reception and 3G reception?
If you got full bars before with 3G it doesn't mean you will also get full bars connected to LTE now.
2 different wireless systems.
lolz, this is the samething happen to me, once i put it in my pocket, it will appear no service lol
Mine is even worse. When you reboot the phone or turn off airplane mode after a long time, LTE/3G works for 5 minutes and then reverts to Edge or even GPRS. I've reseted settings and network settings but nothing has helped. I think it's hardware problem.
No, no one else has ever had issues with their i5. You're unique!
Was that a serious question or are you just trolling? You have the i5 for less than a day and you're already here spazzing out about it? You've owned iPhones in the past yes? You know at times if there are issues simply restart to see if that fixes it right? No, the sky isn't falling calm down CL.
Ya Im having the same problem too #. My nephew's i4 has 2-3 bars most time while my i5 hasno service to 1 bar#. We r both on sprint#.I just hope this can be fixed with a software update#.