How to Solve iPhone 5 Network Problem?
Before anything else, an iPhone 5 is a phone that you would need to make calls and to send text messages all over the world, and it would surely be considered as useless if you are not able to get this thing done right for you. IPhone 5 network problem can happen due to any of the reasons, your SIM card might be faulty or your Carrier might be going through some sort of maintenance which is forbidding your phone to get the signals. Besides that, phone might have incurred some sort of damage due to which you are encountering different network problems.
In the following lines you will get to know different types of iPhone 5 network problems followed by all of their possible solutions.
Problems
- No Network in iPhone 5.
- Low Signals.
- iPhone 5 only searching for network but not connecting.
- Signal dropping in iPhone 5.
Reasons of Problems
- Your service provider might be going through some sort of network maintenance.
- Your SIM card might be faulty.
- Your phone has encountered any kind of physical or water damage.
- You might have left Airplane mode on.
- Power Amplifier IC or any of the components might be faulty.
Workaround
- Restart your phone and check.
- Remove and re-insert SIM.
- Toggle between ON and OFF of Airplane Mode.
- Go to other locations in order to verify whether you have signal problems in your home or not.
- For “Only Searching for Network but not connecting”, Go into:
- Settings.
- General.
- Reset.
- Reset Network Settings.
- Confirm.
- Check with any working SIM card and check.
- Update your iOS.
Hardware
- Re-solder antenna’s on-board connector (Re-solder two antenna’s points) and antenna wire. Soldering points are mentioned in Picture above.
- Check continuity of capacitor “C1” with Antenna (Capacitor is at the opposite side of Antenna). If there is no continuity then place jumper, if it still fails then change capacitor C1.
- Now Check Capacitor “C2” and Coil. If any of them is faulty, replace.
- Reheat Power Amplifier IC and Check, if it is faulty then replace it.