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I have an iPhone 6 that recently stopped connecting to the cell network. I’ve exhausted every option I can find and have ultimately been told the phone needs to be replaced. All other functions of the phone work perfectly (bluetooth, wi-fi, etc). Every once in a while I will try the sim card in it again and it will work for a very short amount of time and then stop again. Any ideas what’s going on? Is there any part that I can replace to fix the issue?
Hey Jesse, I have had this similar problem, and in my situation, it turned out that the phone had been reported stolen and was black listed. Hopefully this is not your situation but it is definitely something you can look into. Take the IMEI of the phone and check to see if its clean. You can do that by going to the website below. Hope this is somewhat helpful. www.swappa.com/esn
Have you updated to the latest iOS ?
Try disconnecting the battery there is a small wire circular antenna that plugs in near the battery connection make sure that is connected and that the screws that go back on with the battery put her in the right positions after your reconnect the battery It will say searching after your boot up wait for a minute or so and then do a hard reset holding the home and power button and you should be good to go. If it doesn’t get fixed you need to replace the dock connector which is one of the antennas
Have you tried cleaning the sim card/tray and or blowing on it? It might sound silly but the water vapor in your breath can strengthen electrical connections between the sim card and tray.
