{"id":410216,"date":"2021-08-18T07:46:58","date_gmt":"2021-08-18T05:46:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=410216"},"modified":"2021-08-18T07:48:45","modified_gmt":"2021-08-18T05:48:45","slug":"iphone-update-causing-no-service-bug","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/smartphones\/410216-iphone-update-causing-no-service-bug.html","title":{"rendered":"iPhone update causing &#8220;No Service&#8221; bug"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Several iPhone users are reporting the latest iOS update has a bug that is killing their cellular network connectivity.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/2021\/08\/17\/ios-14-7-1-users-complaining-no-service-after-updating-iphone\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>According to 9to5Mac<\/strong><\/a>, users on Apple&#8217;s Developer Forum and Discussion forum said the issue has been occurring for at least a few weeks after updating to iOS 14.7.1 or the iOS 15 Beta.<\/p>\n<p>The iPhone 6s, iPhone 7, iPhone 8, and iPhone 11 appear to be affected by the bug.<\/p>\n<p>Impacted users see a &#8220;No service&#8221; message on the iPhone&#8217;s upper screen, while the &#8220;Cellular&#8221; page under Settings is completely blank.<\/p>\n<p>Apple&#8217;s support page provides tips for iPhone users who encounter this problem under normal circumstances, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Turning cellular data on or off<\/li>\n<li>Restarting the device<\/li>\n<li>Checking for a carrier settings update<\/li>\n<li>Removing and reinserting the SIM card<\/li>\n<li>Resetting the network settings<\/li>\n<li>Updating the device<\/li>\n<li>Contacting the carrier<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Impacted users said none of the above suggestions have worked for them, however.<\/p>\n<p>Apple is yet to respond to the problem, but it should be noted that the current pool of users affected appears small when compared to the entire iPhone user base.<\/p>\n<p>The iOS 14.7.1 update included a fix for attempting to unlock an iPhone while wearing a mask by using the Apple Watch, and an important patch for a critical security vulnerability.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-410220\" src=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/iPhone-Apple-Watch-Face-Unlock-new.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/iPhone-Apple-Watch-Face-Unlock-new.jpg 800w, https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/iPhone-Apple-Watch-Face-Unlock-new-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/iPhone-Apple-Watch-Face-Unlock-new-640x426.jpg 640w, https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/iPhone-Apple-Watch-Face-Unlock-new-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>9to5Mac reported that Apple could release a small iOS 14.7.2 update to address the network coverage bug.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the imminent <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/software\/400635-ios-15-announced-all-the-new-features.html\">launch of iOS 15<\/a><\/strong>, Apple is reportedly also developing an iOS 14.8 update.<\/p>\n<p>The company last year released iOS 13.7 just two weeks before the launch of iOS 14 in mid-September, so the move is not unprecedented.<\/p>\n<p>Apple has also said it plans to offer users the choice of sticking with iOS 14 while still getting important security updates.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Now read: <a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/smartphones\/410190-googles-new-5g-smartphone-details.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">Google\u2019s new 5G smartphone \u2013 details<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The latest iOS update is killing cellular network connections on iPhones. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":341042,"featured_media":391099,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17934],"tags":[605,691,71516,1125,71518,10696],"class_list":["post-410216","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-smartphones","tag-apple","tag-ios","tag-ios-14-7-1","tag-iphone","tag-smartphone-bugs","tag-software-bug"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410216"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/341042"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=410216"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410216\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":410224,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410216\/revisions\/410224"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/391099"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=410216"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=410216"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=410216"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}