Phone says searching in top left corner

[#1]

My phone has said 'searching' in the top left corner all afternoon/ night. I cannot make or receive calls, text, FaceTime etc... It was working fine and then it just said watching al of a sudden. I have reset it, took SIM card out, turned off/ on. What can I do?

[#2]

@ms35782
Please check the signal in your area by following this link https://giffgaff.com/coverage-and-service for the network status or coverage. The network status should give you details of any local issues, including planned work, as well as showing signal strength & outages.

Please remember that the website is updated hourly and may not display any issues at the current moment. If the signal looks all good then you can perform a manual roam Please check out this http://community.giffgaff.com/t5/Using-giffgaff/Force-the-change-of-SMS-settings/ta-p/4871794 guide on how to perform a manual roam.

Also please turn off your mobile device off for a couple of minutes and on again to see if that helps.

[#3]

@ms35782 Try a reset of network settings as shown here please