10.2 = poor cell reception?

[LannyC]

I got a new iPad Pro 9.7 cellular today. It came with iOS 10.0.2. Restoring from my iPad 3 backup was uneventful, except few of my photos and none of my music transferred. Oh well, perhaps an ordinary sync will fix that.

I popped in an H2O Wireless sim and saw five dots/bars. Yay! Then I accepted the update to 10.2...and now occasionally will see one dot, but almost always none.

Known issue? Known fix?

BTW, this puppy is fast!

 

[jwt873]

I've got a Pro 9.7 cellular as well. I've been through a couple of iOS upgrades. I think it was on the last version of 9.x when I got it and I just installed iOS 10.2 yesterday.

The signal hasn't changed at all. It shouldn't really... Just to add, I almost always get the same amount of dots on my iPhone and iPad when they're side by side.

And wow.. From an iPad 3 to a Pro 9.7. You're really going to see a difference

 

[LannyC]

I think I've figured it out. The pay as you go sim I got from H2O will work for data on a phone, but not on an iPad. If I diddle with the cell and airplane mode switches, I can get five bars and the carrier name for a few seconds, or until I try to fetch anything with wifi off. Then any sign of connectivity disappears. If I want cellular data, I guess I'll need a monthly plan.

Yep, the Pro is nice. The 3 is relegated to streaming from the Comedy Central app, which doesn't do background desite its claims.