I just plugged my iphone in to itunes, synced it and see that I don't have any bars except the very first one. Wtf is this? I checked to make sure Philadelphia has 3G coverage and they do. My old Iphone on EDGE was faster than this ****. How do I fix this?
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Just got new iphone, I dont have any signal though
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Did you always have a good signal where you are sitting at the moment?
My whole house has terrible reception, but the second I leave the house I get full bars.
Try making some voice calls inside your house with only 1 bar. In my house, a 1 bar call on the 3G network sounds better than a 3 bar call on the old network.
Have you switched the 3G chip on?
Settings > General > Network > 3G
Try a reboot, while 3G is still activated.
If that doesn't kick it into giving you signal, try a restore.
You will always get weaker signal on 3G, than Edge.
It's the way it is.
R-Fly
Had the same issue and at&t had the wrong SIM # activated. I had to call at&t to get this resolved.
I also have fewer bars since I got my 3G phone. My new SIM never worked, so I put in the one from my Gen 1 iPhone just to get a signal. Does the SIM that you make really matter?
Yes. The 3G sims are marked as 3G. I don't recall if the 1st gen shipped with 3G sims because they were avail at the time or not. If the sim was one of the older models then you will need to make sure the 3G one is activated and in the phone.
Got any proof of this, because I think it's BS. There is no such thing as a 3G SIM card people. There are however SIM cards with a picture of a AT&T 3G symbol on them.