UPDATE: Feb. 22, 2024, 4:02 p.m. EST T-Cellular reached out to Mashable with a remark stating that it has not skilled any community outages.

Did you get up this morning and discover that your smartphone was in SOS mode?

You are not alone. There seems to be a significant cell service outage throughout the U.S.

What is going on on?

On Thursday, lots of of hundreds of smartphone customers reported bother with their mobile community. Whereas the explanation for the downtime is unclear as of publication, it is protected to say that there are presently main cell service outages nationwide.

And we do imply nationwide. Outage stories have are available from cities like Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, Houston, and Atlanta.

What mobile networks have been hit?

For shoppers, the outages seem like affecting each main service within the U.S. 

In keeping with DownDetector’s web site, each main U.S. cell service is experiencing outages.
Credit score: DownDetector

In keeping with DownDetector, tens of hundreds of AT&T clients have reported outages, peaking at greater than 73,000 stories round 9am ET. Nonetheless, the difficulty is ongoing with hundreds of recent outage stories coming in every hour as of publication.

“A few of our clients are experiencing wi-fi service interruptions this morning,” reads an announcement posted on AT&T’s web site. “We’re working urgently to revive service to them. We’ll present updates right here as they’re accessible.”

The outages will not be confined simply to AT&T both. Hundreds of Verizon and T-Cellular clients are additionally experiencing points.

Nonetheless, T-Cellular reached out to Mashable after publication of this text to share that it has not skilled any outages right this moment.

“We didn’t expertise an outage,” T-Cellular shared in an announcement offered to Mashable. “Our community is working usually. Down Detector is probably going reflecting challenges our clients have been having trying to connect with customers on different networks.”

The outages do appear to be trickling right down to smaller carriers like Enhance Cellular and Cricket, which use the foremost carriers networks like AT&T to serve their clients.

Why SOS mode?

SOS mode is a characteristic present in iPhone, Android gadgets, and different smartphones that permit customers to make emergency calls when there is no mobile service accessible.

Whereas the characteristic is an effective one to have, it is also a inform that your smartphone presently is not related to your mobile community. This implies you can’t make telephone calls to your contacts, obtain calls, use the web, nor do anything together with your telephone that requires a mobile connection.

Mashable will present updates on this story as extra data is thought about these mobile community outages.

UPDATE: Feb. 22, 2024, 3:05 p.m. EST This piece has been up to date to incorporate data and an announcement offered by T-Cellular.