When iPhones aren’t connected to a cellular network, they will typically alert the user by giving an indication in the phone’s status bar. Those notifications usually say “No Service” or “Searching,” ...

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

If you want to fix the SOS displaying on your phone, here's what to do. But the issue may lie with your carrier.

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.

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