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My phone says sos after I just updated it. I already tried airplane mode, turning off cellular data, as well as shutting the phone off and restarting. Still no service only sos. It was fine before the update
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iPhone 12 Pro, iOS 17
We realize you can still make emergency calls, but that isn’t the issue. The issue is we should have service. The update has interrupted that service. All the other phone lines that didn’t update in my house still have service. There is an issue with the update causing you to lose service. How do we fix that?
We realize you can still make emergency calls, but that isn’t the issue. The issue is we should have service. The update has interrupted that service. All the other phone lines that didn’t update in my house still have service. There is an issue with the update causing you to lose service. How do we fix that?
Mine literally is doing the exact same thing after it updated last night. Is there a way to get it out of SOS and back onto cellular data? I’m connected to Wi-Fi now but about to leave for work. February 22, 2024
Anyone know how to fix?
It has nothing to do with the update. Everyone at my job currently doesn’t have a working phone and NONE of us have updated our phones.
It’s not because of the update. There are mass amounts of people right now that are struggling with this issue right now. I haven’t updated my phone yet and I’m experiencing the same problem.
I’m having the same problem. I googled it and turns out there’s an outage that’s effecting multiple phone carriers.
With this may people getting the same distinct result from the same procedure at the same time, clearly this is a bug.
Apple should at the very least acknowledge it while they work on a fix.
...and apparently, we're not alone...
https://www.laptopmag.com/phones/iphone/iphone-users-stuck-in-sos-mode-after-atandt-outage
My phone is doing the exact same thing after the update overnight. This is quite frustrating.
SAME!! There are reports of many AT&T customers having the same SOS outage too.
I’m having the same problem after the newest update my kids phones that are on the same plan are fine so it isn’t the service.
This did absolutely nothing to answer what the original post was asking. Literally the most copy and paste IT response if I've ever seen one. "Did you try just turning it off and back on?"
Mine is doing the exact same thing.
If you see No Service or Searching in the status bar on your iPhone or iPad (Wi-Fi + Cellular), your device isn't connected to a mobile network. If you see SOS or "SOS only" in the status bar, your device can still make emergency calls.
If you see No Service, Searching or SOS on your iPhone or iPad
Why is my phone in sos mode this is ******* me off
I had the same problem, I restarted, disconnected from wifi, and then had somebody call the phone. That forced it back on the network and resolved the problem for me.
iPhone stuck in SOS mode after update
