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iPhone SOS: Verizon Experiences Major Outage Across the U.S. [Update: Fixed]
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This kind of downtime is what us (unfortunate) Verizon customers pay extra for.
Here in Phoenix, my iPhone shows SOS but my iPad Pro has a full signal of 5G UW and seems to be working fine. Very strange.
I had Verizon until earlier this year. Switched to Mint mobile to save about $100/month. It definitely has a few downsides (deprioritized during the eclipse while in a large crowd so I had no internet for an hour or two, and no RCS for iPhones yet) but overall I think its been a very positive move. Especially with how much I've saved and now this.
My wife's iPhone 15 Pro is Verizon Wireless, Wi-Fi calling and Wi-Fi texting are not working. Also tried changing from "5G Auto" to "LTE" (then power cycling) and still nothing.
She's unhappy as she is on call doctor and patients can't reach her. I can't setup call forwarding by dialing *72 to setup somewhere else, I also can't log into My Verizon to see if you can forward calls on the website - 2FA not working since its sending text I can't receive.
She's unhappy as she is on call doctor and patients can't reach her. I can't setup call forwarding by dialing *72 to setup somewhere else, I also can't log into My Verizon to see if you can forward calls on the website - 2FA not working since its sending text I can't receive.
In SOS Mode WiFi calling won’t work. Per Verizon it needs at least 1 bar of signal. Pretty much defeats it as an emergency option. Pretty poor.
Ok here in Fox Lake, IL... about 10 miles or so from the IL/WI border, an hour north of Chicago.
My company iPhone 13 has service meanwhile my brand new 16 pro has nothing and keeps intermittently getting service back and primarily in SOS/No Service. Here in Phoenix as well. Very odd.
Unfortunately without at least 1 bar of signal WiFi calling or texting won’t work. Hopefully enough people raise hell to get this changed for future outages.
Literally the second I open this article- the SOS on my iPhone went away lol.
one of our phones has no service, the other does. kinda weird and makes me think its deeper in the system then just down service.
In 2024 cell service might as well be critical infrastructure yet the big 3 face no repercussions for their shortfalls. I guess the only time they'll be punished is when the green line stops going up.
My wife and I are on the same Verizon account. Hers is connected to the network and mine is not
Perhaps my dad (a civil engineer) has a point about why he continues to pay for our analog landline at home. lol
I'm getting 5G coverage in the Philly metro area. My other half is in the lower DEL-MAR-VA and is having issues sending text messages and making calls. I'm also connected to a 4-g Jetpack at work and that's in and out.
It's definitely spotty how it's working and how it isn't. There doesn't seem to be any rhyme or reason to it.
It's definitely spotty how it's working and how it isn't. There doesn't seem to be any rhyme or reason to it.
My girlfriends phone has been out of service since early this morning. My phone works fine. Very odd.
For those that are down, is it on a new iPhone? I'm wondering if it does have to do with eSIMs on the 16 series.
Sorry guys they have sold their towers - https://www.verizon.com/about/news/verizon-and-vertical-bridge-agree-33-billion-tower-transaction
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Do you not get the 2FA notification/approval through the Verizon app? I don't recall doing anything special to set this up, but it's been a while since I've had to do 2FA via text.
Unfortunately, you cannot set up call forwarding through the site or app. It has to be done from the phone itself by using *72.
