How to Fix iPhone Not Making Calls

Your iPhone can’t make any calls no matter which number you try to connect to, and you don’t know why? In this article, we will give you some quick tips on how to fix "iPhone not making calls."

Why is my iPhone not making calls?

Many people may right away think that their phone is broken when it can’t make or receive phone calls. But it’s not true.

To be honest, a fairly wide variety of factors can be the source of the "iPhone not making or receiving calls" issue.

It can be a temporary outage at your carrier, a network glitch, a software issue with your iPhone, an expired mobile plan, SIM card-related problems, or other issues. Obviously, the first step in solving any problem is to find out what caused it.

Now, it’s time to check out some quick and easy instructions that can help eliminate the "iPhone not making calls" problem.

How to Fix the iPhone Not Making Calls

1. Toggle Airplane mode

When you put your iPhone into airplane mode, it won’t send and receive texts or make and receive calls. So, if you don't need to use Airplane mode right now, go to the Control Center on your iPhone and tap the Airplane Mode icon to turn it off.

A good tip here is that toggling the airplane mode on and off can also resolve network issues on your iPhone. So, open the Control Center menu, turn on "Airplane mode," and then wait a minute or two before turning it off.

After that, open your Phone app and try making calls as usual to see if the "iPhone not making calls" problem has gone away.

2. Check your phone signal

First of all, it’s necessary to check the signal and make sure your iPhone has a good signal.

Poor cell service may occur if you are in a remote outdoor location or if it is raining or snowing in your area.

To find out, look at the mobile signal icon in your phone's status bar (at the top corner of the screen).

If you see just one vertical bar filled in, try moving to a different area to gain a stronger signal so that you can make or receive a call. If you're in the bedroom, for example, moving to another room in your house, such as the kitchen or yard, may provide you with a better signal.

If you don’t see any bars at all or the status bar says "No Service," you should now check for any known outage in your location that affects the phone network and services.

3. Restart the iPhone

Restarting your device is a simple fix that works for many tech problems.

Not sure what to do to restart your device? Check out this guide on how to restart iPhone.

4. Try reinserting the SIM card (if applicable)

If you are using a physical SIM card, you can try removing it and then reinserting it into the phone. Make sure that the SIM card is properly secured in place.

For further details, read this post to learn how to insert SIM card into the iPhone.

5. Check for an iOS Update

iOS updates typically include various bug fixes and other improvements. When you keep the iOS on your iPhone up-to-date, it may be possible to fix problems with incoming and outgoing calls on the device.

To check for iOS updates on your iPhone, simply go to Settings, select General, then tap Software Update to see if there are any updates currently available.

6. Other fixes

In addition to the easy methods listed above, there are, of course, some other ways that may assist you to deal with the "iPhone not making calls" problem, such as:

- Update carrier settings.

- Verify blocked phone numbers (make sure that the number that you are trying to connect is not on your block list).

- Check your network settings.

- Ensure the Do Not Disturb function is off.

- Contact your carrier.

- …

You can check out this Apple article to learn more instructions on how to deal with the "iPhone not making or receiving calls" issue.

Alternative methods to calling someone

It’s kind of so bad if you need to call someone immediately but the "iPhone not making calls" problem occurs all of a sudden and you can’t fix it yourself right away. Don’t worry since there are alternative ways to call someone using your iPhone.

Use the FaceTime app

Instead of calling someone via your iPhone’s Phone app, you can use the FaceTime app to make a call over the internet connection.

Use a third-party app

As long as your phone has an internet connection, you can make a call using WhatsApp, Messenger, or other third-party apps with ease. However, the one you are trying to call must use that app and have an internet connection as well.

Well, if you don't think either of these two alternatives is a very good idea, another option here is to use another phone to make a call.