If your phone is stuck in SOS mode, don’t panic — you’re not alone.
AT&T and Verizon customers are reporting cell outages on social media due to an apparent issue affecting customers across the U.S.
According to Downdetector, reports of issues with cellular connection started to flood in at around 10 a.m. on Monday and have steadily climbed.
We’ll be tracking the outage for you here with live updates as it progresses.
Why is my phone stuck in SOS?
If your phone is stuck in SOS, don’t worry, there’s probably nothing wrong with your device. There is, however, likely something wrong with your cell provider.
Reports are flooding in on social media about a potential outage affecting Verizon and AT&T customers. It’s hard to tell exactly how many people are affected, but according to Downdetector, a website that tracks outages, there were about 100,000 reports from Verizon customers between 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. on Monday, September 30.
Likewise, there was an uptick of reports from AT&T customers during the same period.
Where are the outage reports coming from?
Again, it’s difficult to say how many people are affected and where, but according to Downdetector, lots of the reports are coming from the Northeast U.S.
That could just be a matter of time zones, though. Sorry, denizens of California, you may be waking up to some SOS.
