Overview
- A Reddit user known as itstheskylion reported an iPhone Air with no signal, and on-device diagnostics indicated a modem hardware failure.
- Standard troubleshooting, including restarts, a soft reset, and a network settings reset, failed to restore service, and dual‑SIM lines on two carriers were both inoperative.
- Coverage from Wccftech, MacRumors, and MacTrast identified this as the first known real-world issue tied to Apple’s C1X baseband.
- There is no sign of a broader problem, as baseband hardware failures are rare, and Apple historically replaces affected units and reviews device logs for analysis.
- The report arrives as Apple extends its in-house modems, with C1X expected in the iPhone 17e next month and a C2 chip rumored for future high-end devices.