Phone calls cut out iPhone XS

MrFox1980
Investigator
Investigator

As the title suggests. Whether I am in the UK or overseas (currently I am) my

calls cut out unless I have the phone on speakerphone setting. Why is this? Many thanks in advance.

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bristolian
EE Community Star
EE Community Star

Hi @MrFox1980 

 

If you're saying that, regardless of signal bars, your calls are dropping in multiple locations whenever you use the phone's earpiece, that sounds horribly like a faulty phone to me. Although I'm at a loss why the phone's earpiece should cause the radios to drop calls, I would expect loss of incall audio to be more what you'd experience.

 

Do you know of anyone else on EE you could compare notes with? And perhaps swap SIMs with, to see if the fault follows the SIM or stays with the phone?

Thank you for the reply it means a lot, especially overseas at the moment. 
I have no idea, I do not understand why the phone does this, it is especially frequent when I am overseas. When I but it on speakerphone however, the phone is fine. Bizarre!

Leanne_T
EE Community Support Team

Hi @MrFox1980

 

Thanks for coming to the community.

 

Are you able to try your SIM card in another phone at all to see if the same happens?

 

Is your software up to date on your iPhone?

 

Speak soon 🙂

 

Leanne.

Hi Leanne,

 

Unfortunately I have no access to another phone, and the phone has been updated to the latest software.

Leanne_T
EE Community Support Team

Hi @MrFox1980

 

Thanks for coming back to me.

 

Have you tried backing up the iPhone and resetting this back to factory settings?

 

Thanks 🙂

 

Leanne.

Hi Leanne,

 

Yes I have done that as well. It is very bizarre, as I have always had Apple phones and I have never had one do this. The phone has also had the carrier settings updated as well so the phone is as up to date as can be.

Jon_K
Former EE Employee

Hi @MrFox1980.

 

When will you be returning to the UK?

 

Does this happen in the UK as well as abroad?

 

Jon

Hi Jon,

 

It happens wherever I am. To be honest, I don’t make a great deal of calls when I’m in the UK anyway, but overseas it has become and annoyance. Calls via third party software (WhatsApp, Facebook) are fine. The phone is only 7/8 months old.

 

Im not certain when I will return to the UK, maybe in a month. 

Regards, 

 

David

Jon_K
Former EE Employee

Thanks @MrFox1980.

 

We will need to do some further troubleshooting to try and get to the bottom of this.

 

The best test to complete would be to put your SIM in another phone, and see if the problem still occurs.

 

Jon