The so-called scratchgate fiasco could have drummed up lots of consideration since Apple launched its latest iPhones, however I have been combating a unique situation.
During the last a number of weeks, my iPhone Air has had bother putting and receiving calls, and there have been durations by which I’ve fully misplaced service, even after turning my telephone on and off once more.
After digging on-line, it seems others have been experiencing related issues. Phone Arena pointed to Reddit threads by which iPhone homeowners cite cell sign points, no matter whether or not they have service with Verizon, AT&T or T-Cellular. I transferred my Verizon service from my iPhone 16 Pro Max to the iPhone Air, and solely began having points after doing so.
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Simply as I used to be about to resign and change my service again to my older iPhone, Apple is rolling out an update with iOS 26.0.1 that is designed to repair the issue. Based on the discharge notes, Apple says this replace will repair the truth that “a small variety of iPhone customers could also be unable to hook up with a mobile community after updating to iOS 26.”
iOS 26.0.1 ought to repair mobile community points, amongst different issues with Bluetooth and Wi-Fi.
The outages I’ve skilled have been sporadic. At some point final week, my buddy texted that she was attempting to name me, however it wasn’t going via; I needed to redial just a few instances earlier than I might attain her. The identical factor occurred with a handful of different calls I attempted to put. Over the weekend, my mother tried contacting me all day, and was generally directed straight to voicemail — as had been a few different calls. I solely grew to become conscious of those failed name makes an attempt as a result of somebody knowledgeable me about them later; there isn’t any manner of realizing precisely what number of rings I truly missed.
Probably the most irritating occasion was once I was out buying with my buddy and I misplaced service for a number of hours. My telephone remained on SOS mode, even after I restarted it, and I needed to hunt for in-store Wi-Fi simply to textual content her my precise location so she might discover me. (We each have Verizon, and her iPhone 16 Professional Max, which continues to be operating iOS 18, had no points.)
I requested my CNET colleagues in the event that they’d confronted related issues, and it seems my expertise with the iPhone Air was an outlier. My iPhone 17 hasn’t had any points, nor have Patrick Holland’s iPhone 17 Pro Max or Jeff Carlson’s iPhone 17 Professional.
Once I noticed iOS 26.0.1 was out there, I up to date my telephone instantly. So hopefully my mother will not suppose I am ignoring her calls anymore.
