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Carrier AT&T Carrier Update that pushed with iOS 8.0 ... UGH really?
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My bad, I don't live in the US and don't know what's AT&T current carrier build number for iOS 8.1
Whenever I have a OTA carrier update for whatever build, once I erase it and resync, the carrier update is gone.
Whenever the carrier update is part of the iOS build release, there's nothing you can do.
Whenever I have a OTA carrier update for whatever build, once I erase it and resync, the carrier update is gone.
Whenever the carrier update is part of the iOS build release, there's nothing you can do.
Whenever the carrier update is part of the iOS build release, there's nothing you can do.
Sure you can, with jailbroken iPhones you can replace the carrier profile with anything you want. Just wondering if anyone has any bundle that reverses the cruddy changes AT&T pushed in 18.0
No. I definitely could not place or receive calls inside my home and I HAD to walk out my front door to make a call (same as my 4s). But today I made two calls from within my home, and one lasted over an hour and I walked all over the house. He definitely fixed something.
I had LTE and voice inside my home. The very day I applied the update, it went away. Now it works again.
As long as it works.
I know he changed something. I don't know if he pushed something new to my phone, or if he changed provisioning on the AT&T network, but he definitely fixed my problem and there is a Big Difference. So I encourage everyone to call AT&T again and again until you get the support that I got, if you're suffering from the same problem, because the difference is definite.
I'm not an AT&T shill; read my posts earlier in this thread to see how upset I was. I'm not joking, if you have this same problem, they can fix it.
I'm not trying to be confrontational, but the reality is it's in your perception that it's gotten better. Unless there was something wrong with your account, there's nothing he can do on his end to give you coverage where there was no coverage before. But hey if you want to believe he's got a joystick and has repositioned the tower to point to you, I can't convince you otherwise. Maybe you ought to get one of those 2001 Signal Booster Stickers while you're at it, hehe.
It could just as easily be that a nearby tower was malfunctioning and has now been fixed. Coincidence is as likely as anything else.
AT&T Carrier Update that pushed with iOS 8.0 ... UGH really?
In the first place, we don't know what the cause of the problem is. Second, we don't actually know if it's in the carrier update or in one of the AT&T-specific files that's part of iOS 8 itself. Third, we know that carriers can throttle phones from LTE down to 4G on an account-by-account basis.
Four, I'm telling the truth. The change which that agent made restored my phone's operation at my home. I reported the problem in this thread on September 19. I had the problem since then, and reported it fixed November 12, the day that AT&T said they fixed it.
Why don't you just try calling AT&T again?
So you GUESS you know what the problem is, but you KNOW that it wasn't fixed for me?
In the first place, we don't know what the cause of the problem is. Second, we don't actually know if it's in the carrier update or in one of the AT&T-specific files that's part of iOS 8 itself. Third, we know that carriers can throttle phones from LTE down to 4G on an account-by-account basis.
Four, I'm telling the truth. The change which that agent made restored my phone's operation at my home. I reported the problem in this thread on September 19. I had the problem since then, and reported it fixed November 12, the day that AT&T said they fixed it.
Why don't you just try calling AT&T again?
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AT&T Carrier Update that pushed with iOS 8.0 ... UGH really?
I tried resetting network settings. Did not work. Calling AT&T worked. My Carrier Settings are still AT&T 18.0
You can say it all you want, but given you're t he ONLY one to make such claims, we have to treat it as coincidence. Sorry.
18.1 solves the issue though.... haven't had any such issues since they pushed the 18.1 carrier file.
Nah probably just a malfunctioning tower somewhere was fixed. Its just a coincidence.
But as long as you think its fixed thats what matters right?
Nah probably just a malfunctioning tower somewhere was fixed. Its just a coincidence.
Huh? No, it wasn't a reception issue, my reception was fine. Unchanged. 4 bars where I had 4 bars on 17.x carrier. When I updated to Carrier 18.0, same bars, same voice quality, but the data was crippled (it'd say 5 bars LTE and I'd have no data access)... 18.1 released and it went back to working as it did before 18.0.
It's not like this is some miracle or shocking revelation, there are threads all over the internet about how 18.0 screwed up the data.