Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If your phone is showing an SOS message, you're not alone. Recent reports show what appear to be sporadic outages on T-Mobile and ...

Apple has added an SOS menu which is available on iPhone 8 devices and later that allows you to select how you would like to be able to call the emergency services in the case of an accident or ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A massive Verizon outage Jan. 14, downed tens of thousands of Verizon phones, with Verizon customers eager to "fix" SOS mode on ...

If you've ever pulled out your iPhone or Android phone and found it showing SOS mode, no service or searching, you already know how frustrating it can be to figure out whether it's a you problem or if ...

Some iPhone users may have noticed that whenever a bout of bad weather hits the area, their cell phones display something a little unusual in their status bar: SOS or SOS only. SOS and SOS only on ...

Your iPhone's status bar is a helpful dashboard that provides a glance at the vital signs of your smartphone. You're probably used to seeing the Wi-Fi and cellular data icons in this indicator field, ...

If your phone is suddenly displaying "SOS," "no service," or "emergency calls only" and you're on Verizon's network, it's probably not your phone's fault, and you're certainly not alone. More than 100 ...

Note: This toggle may have another name on other devices. For instance, on vivo devices, this is called SOS Call. Notably, if you don’t want to leave the feature activated but don’t want to connect to ...

Thousands of people woke up Thursday morning to the dreaded SOS or SOS only message displayed in the status bar on their phones. After tens of thousands found themselves without cell service Thursday, ...

UK police have issued a warning regarding the Emergency SOS feature available on Android devices, which has resulted in a sharp increase in unnecessary emergency calls. The feature, introduced with ...

Travelers from Massachusetts were able to reach Colorado emergency responders for help, despite having no cell service, using the SOS Emergency Call satellite feature on their iPhone, according to the ...