iPhone 4S : Subway reconnect issues.

[lians60]

Hey everyone,

If I'm in an area where I don't have cell coverage for a while (ie: a basement, or subway) once I get above ground, the phone won't reconnect to the cell network.

The cell signal indicator will say "Searching..." for a while but will either change to "No Service" or stay on "Searching..." even though I'm in an area that I know has coverage.

The only way to get the phone to reconnect to either Reboot, Power Off/On, or Turn Airplane Mode On then Off.

This is really starting to get frustrating since I have to do one of the above or my phone just won't connect and stay that way until I do something.

Any advise?

 

[peglegjack]

I was about to post the same thing. Coming off a subway in New York, it take 5 minutes for the phone to reestablish 3g, which is unacceptable.

 

[lians60]

I was about to post the same thing. Coming off a subway in New York, it take 5 minutes for the phone to reestablish 3g, which is unacceptable.

I am in NYC also, i notice this happening in the Financial District.

I am on Sprint, whats your carrier?

 

[NYY FaN]

strange, it took about 2 minutes for my 4 to reconnect but my 4S is able to reconnect pretty quickly

 

[peglegjack]

I am in NYC also, i notice this happening in the Financial District.

I am on Sprint, whats your carrier?

I'm on Sprint too, getting 0.07 Mbps this morning in the East Village, but anyway...

But really this is happening coming off of any subway I would imagine.

 

[anthonybkny]

same happened to me with the 4. so its probably not the phone. also, im using verizon

 

[moonborne]

I noticed the same problem yesterday. When I arrived in West Village for work, I waited over 30 minutes and then did the airplane mode on/off thing and everything was fine. But last night, when I went home to Brooklyn, I had service within a minute of leaving the subway station without having to do anything. I'm on Sprint.

 

[Obscurelight]

im in nyc and take the subway all the time. My experience with AT&T is that if it doesn't pick up signal within 5 minutes I have to turn on and off the airplane mode. So far Verizon has been instantly working for me though.

 

[iSIILENT]

most of the time am in subway and put phone on airplane mode, and once i take it off airplane when am out of subway, it starts to search then get no service until i restart the phone?

weird