iOS 18.0 update causing SOS Mode

I was running iOS 17.7 on a iPhone 12 Max and during the day on 30 SEPT 2024, my iPhone went into the SOS mode all day. My wife has the same iPhone however is running iOS 17.6.1 and didn’t have the SOS issue. I updated to iOS 18 and the problem persisted. After work I was on my way to a Verizon Store near me (1800 hrs Eastern) and noted at a stop light that I had three bars, then four! Not sure what happened, yet I’ve not had the SOS issue since…

The SOS mode is really frustrating as once can’t receive calls, make “normal” calls and even had issues sending text messages to a non-iPhone…. ARGH! I hope to not experiance that ever again!

I got service back yesterday evening, at which point I assumed Verizon had fixed the issue. This morning I’m back in SOS mode. I updated to iOS 18 yesterday. My husband did not, and he does have service now. Scientific method here is telling me it’s not a Verizon issue at this point. Anyone have a fix on the Apple end?

I am also having the same issue

I updated this weekend and am now stuck in SOS mode. I have restarted my phone twice and turned cellular on and off.

Not a Verizon issue. Everyone in my family who updated to 18 is stuck in SOS. My two sons sis not update to 18 and they are not have this issue. Their phones are working fine.

ATT same issue

my phone is stuck in sos mode as of monday september 30th at 8:30am

unacceptable.

Did you bother reading through this post as to why it may be happening?

Then tell your carrier that their service being down is not acceptable. This is not an Apple issue.

I hope there’s a fix soon. Getting calls from none iPhone users doesn’t work without WiFi calling on. Very disappointed.

Mines been stuck in “SOS” new iPhone 16 since Thurs Sept 26th here in PC,FL. Not happy. They say it’s from outage as well.

Didn’t mean to post that twice. Sorry

Not an Apple issue. It is a hurricane issue.

I’m on iOS 17.7 and having the same problem. I think it’s Verizon as there are also Android phones that are having the same issue rn

Massive outage at Verizon today.