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 ...

Have you noticed a disturbance in your cellular service? You're not alone.

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.

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

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Millions of cell phone users reported a service outage on the morning of Jan. 14.