New iOS 5.0.1 Build 9A406 Intended to Fix 'No SIM Card' Errors on iPhone 4S

'Updating' yesterday wasn't a complete waste of time after all.

 

Never heard of the sim error but Apple should have labelled it 5.0.1-and-a-half or something like that.

 

Just give me 5.1 and please make my battery better.

 

I'm gonna give this a try because me and a several others are having problems where it says no service. I'm not sure if this is one of the problems being referred to but I guess it's worth a try. Here's the thread http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?p=14020445&posted=1#post14020445

 

i have this issue, but my phone says my 5.0.1 is up to date. is there another place to download it?

 

You have to restore to 5.0 and then update. That way you'll get the new build of 5.0.1

 

here's the direct link: http://appldnld.apple.com/iPhone4//041-3417.20111215.Slnt4/iPhone4,1_5.0.1_9A406_Restore.ipsw

i did option+update with Itunes, i worked fine.

 

I recognized this problem the first week I had the iPhone 4S, apparently it's quite common in Germany with some micro-SIM-cards. A few providers even admitted that there are problems with some of the micro-SIM production and offered a replacement.

The problem is way less frequent when you deactivate the SIM PIN, but I still had to turn Airplane mode on and off sometimes because the phone lost the signal.

Even though I doesn't seem to be just Apple's fault, I'm glad they came up with a fix. Don't like the idea of restoring to update, but I'll give it a shot.

 

RE: Battery

I don't know about anyone else's experiences with this whole issue is but I had VERY POOR battery issues with the 1st iPhone 4S I purchased and no matter what nothing could/would fix it. Second iPhone 4S, better battery but still lacking on iOS 5.0 and 5.01. I am now finally seeing OUTSTANDING battery life on iOS 5.0.1 9A406. I had tried the developer releases (both of them) but neither helped with poor battery issues... I choose to roll back to iOS 5.0.1 9A405 until this new release came out, oddly it was about 50MB smaller than 9A405, I suspect it is missing the Carrier IQ stuff... Just a guess though

Of course, YMMV so take it for what it's worth but I am still on 100% battery with light usage (checked email and loaded Facebook) with about 4 hours standby included... Very pleased

 

I was having the same problem on my iPhone 4. It was only happening with 5.0.1. It happened on 5.1 beta 1 but beta 2 seemed to fix the problem. And this was happening in an area I get full service.

 

lol, It just works.. badly.

 

Jeez. Just give a new version a new version number.

Beats describing in detail how to get the new same version.

 

Now why wouldn't Apple release 5.0.1.1 or 5.0.2?

 

LOL. I'm so glad I don't need a sim card for my iPhone.

 

Jeez, how can one company have so many problems with just one phone.

Can you imagine the mess they'd be in if they had 20 or 30 phones they had to support!

Amazing.

 

A bug fix for a bug that no one had?! So many things wrong with my phone still.

 

Yeah, no kiddin!

 

I've had the "no service" issue at times, but I attributed it to my work building having bad reception. But when I would go outside, it wouldn't go away and I would have to restart the phone to get service. Hope this helps...

 

I have this issue with my iPhone4. Started this thread only a little more than a week ago.

http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?p=13978257

Only now, since it's been restored to a clean 5.0.1, iTunes won't even let me get past the "There is no SIM card installed in the iPhone...." message so I can't even try this new build.

Any ideas short of taking it to an Apple store?

 

I am having trouble with Location Services. No app can find my location.

 

it worked for me!

 

I have 5.1 b2 and it has made a nice difference in battery life... can't be very long before it is out for everyone

 

That's good to hear!

 

Getting tired with all of the problems the 4s has been having.