iPhone 4S - Can't Connect To Carrier - No Option In Settings

[Oliver G]

For the past hour my iPhone 4S running iOS 6 has been trying to find a network. It is just staying on "Searching..." I am in my house which almost always has four bar Optus 3G reception.

I have now realized that the "Carrier" option in Settings is gone/missing. I have tried restarting the whole phone, resetting the network settings and taking out the SIM and re inserting it. All with no luck.

Any suggestions?

 

[stridemat]

I had this problem and ended up restoring as a new phone. It works now, but you may end up loosing your data stored in your back up.

 

[Oliver G]

How can I lose stuff in my back up? Once I restore it, i just use a back up file.

 

[stridemat]

You can try that but when I restored the same problem came back.

Try with the restore first and report back.