3 signal on iPhone 5

katie1812

Since arriving at my mums about three hours ago I have had no signal. I've airplane moded it, turned it off and on, turned automatic carrier off and had NO LUCK. If I get signal, it's one bar and it lasts ten seconds. I'm not even exaggerating! I've rung 3 and they've escalated the problem but that's not an answer and they will apparently call me back within 48 hours. Doesn't solve my problem this moment though! Has anyone else got a problem with this? And while I'm moaning, the battery is shocking! Having to charge my phone everyday and I barely use it really!

DUTR

Can you then cancel without penalty?

katie1812

I don't think so. Only got it in November and its a two year contract.

DUTR

katie1812 wrote: »

I don't think so. Only got it in November and its a two year contract.

Yeah but the deal is pointless if you cannot use it at your Mum's , what are people going to think about iphones and 3 network?

gjchester

katie1812 wrote: »

Since arriving at my mums about three hours ago I have had no signal. I've airplane moded it, turned it off and on, turned automatic carrier off and had NO LUCK. If I get signal, it's one bar and it lasts ten seconds. I'm not even exaggerating! I've rung 3 and they've escalated the problem but that's not an answer and they will apparently call me back within 48 hours. Doesn't solve my problem this moment though! Has anyone else got a problem with this? And while I'm moaning, the battery is shocking! Having to charge my phone everyday and I barely use it really!

If you get the issue everywhere then there is possibly a phone issue, but it sounds like there is no signal at you mums, it happens, the nature of the radio network means there will always be radio black spots. It's possible that there is something in the walls at/ near your mums that is causing the issue and blocking all signals.

No network guarantees a signal everywhere, the fact you are getting one bar means the phone seems OK, just the signals weak.

Battery life can be bad if you have a weak signal as it will search for a stronger one more often, but smartphones do need to be charged daily. If you turn off Wifi/Bluetooth and automatic updates to programs the battery will last longer. Often people set up email/twitter/facebook to update every 5-10 minutes when in reality once an hour is fine and manually update if you need to check more often than that.

Again could be a phone issue, but most likely it's a combination of a lot of updates and a poor signal that's the issue.

katie1812

I've always had signal here before, I have never had a problem with it. I was wondering if other people were experiencing the same difficulties now.

Quite frankly I couldn't give a monkeys what people think of iPhones or 3. Until now I've had good service from both, my query was relating to TA very moment, and if I was missing something!

Frozen_up_north

Could be the local site has failed, happens from time to time and mobile phone companies are very slow to fix them in many locations...

On a weak signal the already poor battery life of a smart phone will be even worse as the phone will be running max power to keep in touch with the network. My iPhone 5 needs charging every day, my only "non phone" apps that sap the battery are Skype and Gmail. I have WiFi, Bluetooth and GPS turned off.

If I turn Skype and Gmail off, the phone lasts a lot longer between charges, but then what would be the point of having a phone that can do other things?

katie1812

Exactly my point lol! I went into apple and they said it was normal when running a diagnostic test. They said that it can say 100% battery but it might mean 80, likewise say 5 but mean 30... Didn't really get that lol.