Cant send or receive text and phone calls

[corvino26]

I have an Iphone 3g in which I can not receive or send any text messages or phone calls.

When sending a phone call the call tries to connect but eventually fails

When sending a text message the text will not complete and gets stuck 90% of the way. Then i will get a send message error with a red circle and exclamation point.

Any solutions? PLEASE HELP! I MISS MY IPHONE!

 

[Alli]

Try doing a Restore as new and see if that fixes the problem.

 

[Ipheuria]

Did you just buy it? is it unlocked? Did you recently Jailbreak it?

 

[hpcomputergeek]

I agree with Alli. Try to restore. If that doesn't work, schedule a Genius Bar appointment at your local Apple Store or call Apple tech support.

 

[corvino26]

to all, I had been using it as an ipod for a while and just recently decided to start using it as a phone again and now it doesnt want to work... its NOT unlocked or jailbroken just broken the phone was purchased in 2009... what do u think they will do at the genius bar if they cant fix it? its an older model and definitely out of warranty... fingers crossed

 

[Alli]

Well the first thing they will try is Restore as new....

 

[Ipheuria]

If you've been using it and there were no issues when you stopped using it then I don't see why it wouldn't work. The SIM works in another phone? it is activated right? I have heard of people awhile back having fried SIMs so just a thought. The 3G and Data are turned on in the settings of the phone? It's not in Airplane mode? If there are none of these simple issues then I would agree reload the firmware.

 

[hitcode]

is there connected?

 

[corvino26]

i reloaded the firmware... once i reload the firmware do i restore from my back up?

 

[Massie]

You could but if you suspect your backup is part of the problem just set up as a new phone.

 

[Alli]

i reloaded the firmware... once i reload the firmware do i restore from my back up?

Once you reloaded the firmware, were you able to make calls and receive texts? If so, it's a software problem and it doesn't make sense to reload the backup that was causing problems.