Carrier name disappears sometimes. is this normal?

[iGuy38]

I have a virgin mobile iphone 4s with ios 6.1.2 that i bought in January. recently, I noticed that the carrier name (virgin) disappears totally when I run out of bars. It started doing this a few days ago. Is this normal?

 

[blevins321]

I've noticed this recently when my AT&T iP5 switches back and forth between 4G and LTE (like when I get a call and it has to turn off LTE for a minute). Also, I haven't seen it say No Signal in a long time, so I think maybe they might have switched No Signal to the 5 bottomed out bars?

 

[wordoflife]

Yeah the same thing happened to my old iPhone whenever it kept losing connection (faulty wireless chip). So yes, the phone does that when you have a poor connection.

 

[zorinlynx]

Time to get yourself some new bars. They're only $8.95 each at the Apple Store. Remember to get AppleCare for them, only an additional $2.00 and you don't have to worry about losing them again.

 

[RotaryP7]

It happens to me for about less than a second, when it switches from LTE to 4G and visa versa.

 

[Cody21]

My AT&T iPhone 5 does this from time-to-time. Even the data symbol disappears.

 

[maliu]

Yes when Verizon goes down, no carrier is seen.

 

[JAT]

The carrier name shows what network you are connected to, nothing more. Same as any other phone. If you aren't connected, it shouldn't say anything.

 

[maxosx]

It's a normal result of low or no signal strength.