In short, when you see SOS on your phone, it means you're not connected to a cellular network. "If you see SOS or 'SOS only' ...

Over 180,000 Verizon customers have reported outages, according to Downdetector, and many are seeing 'SOS' or 'no service' on their devices.

During the outage, iPhone and Android users reported seeing SOS or "SOS only" in the status bar. This means the device isn't ...

If your phone is on SOS mode today, there's a reason why. Get updates on the January 2026 Verizon outage.

As of last night, Verizon has confirmed that the reported outage affecting millions of users has been resolved.

A massive Verizon outage Jan. 14, downed tens of thousands of Verizon phones, with Verizon customers eager to "fix" SOS mode on iPhones and turn off "Emergency Calls Only" on Samsung/Android phones.

The huge Verizon outage that affected more than 1.5 million customers was resolved after almost 10 hours. Here's what to do if you're still having problems with your phone. Verizon said affected ...

A widespread Verizon cell phone service outage was reported across the United States. At its peak, nearly 177,000 outages were reported, according to the monitoring site DownDetector. Many affected ...