August 2008
Beginner to intermediate
376 pages
9h 33m
English
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Phone and Internet Problems
What can go wrong with the phone part of the iPhone? Let us count the ways.
Can't make calls. First off, do you have enough AT&T cellular signal to make a call? Check your signal-strength bars. Even if you have one or two, flakiness is par for the course, although one bar in a 3G area is much better than one bar in a non-3G area. Try going outside, standing near a window, or moving to a major city. (Kidding.)
Also, make sure Airplane mode isn't turned on (Airplane Mode and Wi-Fi Off Mode). Try calling somebody else, to make sure the problem isn't with the number you're dialing.
If nothing else works, try the resetting techniques described at the beginning of this chapter.
Can't get on the Internet. Remember, the iPhone can get online in three ways: via a Wi-Fi hot spot, via AT&T's 3G network, and via AT&T's much slower EDGE network. If you're not in a hot spot and you don't have an AT&T signal—that is, if there's no
, 
, or 
icon at the top of the screen—then you can't get online at all.Can't receive text messages. If your buddies try to send you text messages that contain picture or video attachments, you'll never see them (the messages, that is, not the buddies). ...
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