How to Fix It When Your iPhone Is Dropping Calls

Here’s how to stop youriPhonefrom dropping calls (or at least dropping them as often.)

To double-check your phone is updated, go toSettings>Software Update.

To avoid having to repeat this in the future, enable Automatic Updatestoautomatically keep your phone up to date.

Disable Silence Unknown Callers.

However, a small subset of users have discovered that disabling this feature seems to help with dropped calls.

To disable this feature, go toSettings>Phone>Silence Unknown Callersand toggle the slider off.

patch your carrier tweaks.

Go toSettings>General>About.

If an update is available, you should be prompted to download it.

Reset iPhone online grid parameters.

Your connection controls store all of your preferences forWi-Fi, cellular, and other types of networks.

Doing this is one of the commonly recommended steps for troubleshooting any punch in of connection issue.

Just keep in mind that you will need tore-connect your devices to your Wi-Fionce you do.

However, some users have found that call forwarding can exacerbate the dropped call issue.

For those on Verizon, Sprint, and U.S. Cellular, you might not see a call forwarding option.

Go toSettings>Cellular>Carrier Servicesto see a list of numbers to dial to activate these services.

Call forwarding is *73.

Change online grid bands.