iPhone Starting to Drop Calls
If this has been asked before I apologize - I used the search function but I couldn't find anything.
I've had an iPhone 4s with AT&T since November and until recently I've had no problems. However, a few days ago my phone started to occasionally get garbled calls (I'd be on the phone and the call wouldn't drop, but the voice quality would become terrible and garbled, occasionally just resulting in static). My reception was fine (3-4 bars), but I decided to go ahead and restore my phone and upgrade to 5.1 (up until then I'd been using 5.01) to see if that would fix my problem.
Since upgrading to 5.1 my phone has been absolutely terrible. Calls drop ever 30 seconds and it's impossible to carry on a conversation. I've tried turning off 3g and even turning off EDGE and it doesn't help. Does anyone else have any suggestions on how to fix this? I don't live near an Apple Store, so I'd rather not go and bring it in until I've exhausted all my other options (unless I can take it to an AT&T store).
Posted Jun 17, 2012, 8:25 PM UTC
Hi. I'm on ATT as well. I haven't experienced this. I've experienced dropped calls occasionally. However, no static stuff. You shouldn't here static, actually.
Let's start here. Where do you live and experience this?
I live in a small town in Idaho, so the service isn't great. However, I've had AT&T for years without issue.
I think I may have solved the problem though. I restored my phone again and reverted back to 5.01 (I had previously jailbroke my phone so I had the blobs backed up on Cydia) and the problem seems to be gone. I can have extended conversations without the call dropping.
ive had the static and jumbled voice happen to me twice in the last week. i always assumed it was because i was driving and hit a bad spot reception wise.