How to Fix SOS Only on iPhone - Turn Off SOS Only iPhone

How to Fix SOS Only on iPhone? In this tutorial, I show you how to turn off SOS only mode on your iPhone. SOS Only prevents you from making calls and sending messages on your iPhone. We go through several different steps to fix SOS being displayed on your iPhone. This include checking our SIM card, updating carrier settings, and resetting our iPhones network settings. Let me know in the comments if you have any questions while you turn off SOS only mode on an iPhone.
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Apple SOS Support Guide: support.apple.com/en-us/HT201415
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AT&T Service Outage info: www.att.com/outages/
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Follow the steps below to fix SOS only on iPhone:
1. Restart your iPhone.
2. Ensure a functioning SIM card or eSIM is installed on your iPhone.
3. Check your Wireless carrier to see if they are having a system outage.
4. Open the settings on your iPhone.
5. Select General.
6. Select About. Once you open About if you are prompted to update the Carrier settings, go through this process.
7. Go back to General. Scroll down and select Transfer or Reset iPhone.
8. Select Reset at the bottom.
9. Confirm you want to reset the network settings on your iPhone.
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[@simpy1240]

So we all got AT&T ? 🤣😭

[@korsifenison]

Yesss

[@takotaash4654]

bro this is so annoying like wtf i don’t wanna see no sos bs i wanna see that 5G😭😭😭

[@Imnotspills]

Bro no way we’re all here rn because of them bro🤦🏾‍♂️

[@princeflexin5904]

Bruh on god 😂😂 im stressin over here

[@jacobchacon623]

I have cricket lol

[@vangeralddelvalle8451]

AT&T gang where y’all at 😂😂

[@DustyGamesAlot]

Ayyoooo

[@romeshiagray5828]

😂😂 thought it was only me

[@SupezNatty]

Yurrr

[@myaaaa5349]

Yo

[@BlessedOrri]

🤦🏼‍♂️

[@giggleberryjuice8205]

Good morning AT&T family. Glad to see you all here at our little family reunion! 😂

[@azeemindawala]

Lol i thought jt was just me

[@gouwenstylor]

@@azeemindawala so why is this happening tho accords the network

[@antiisocial1349]

Ong 😂 was bumping music walking inna cold den boom‼️😂

[@Jay931]

Mine is still messed up wtf

[@martye9897]

Yeah man no shit. My daughter is the only one with iPhone and is freaking out

[@ezekielrena]

i’m so happy we’re all here

[@Freehander]

I’m not. It would be way better if AT&T wasn’t ass, and none of us had to meet under these circumstances lmao

[@meagain449]

Whats happening?

[@miguelmendez-vc7ov]

@@meagain449 fr annoying

[@ezekielrena]

it was fixed and now it is not! love it out here

[@mbakagod7997]

Yessir lmao

[@zuhayeranjun1915]

I like how AT&T united us all this morning.

[@Greasytrader]

It’s not at&t. I just had this issue with Verizon and switched to AT&T because Verizon couldn’t get my phone working. Now I’m having the same issue with AT&T.

[@KatelynIngle]

So it’s all us this am my hubs now tho uh

[@mitababii]

Exactly lmaoo

[@KailynnBroadway-jb6yr]

yess bro.😭😭 im up at 4am trynna fix this. see yall when arkansas i back up 🙌

[@ionicbanana5052]

Haha okay this makes me feel better

[@user-ut7mh4kk2r]

I’m glad we are together to figure out what the heck is going on 😂😂😂

[@renesmith239]

Hope we’re all gonna harass AT&T for this problem. Just like they would do us for our bill money🤣🤣🤣💯

[@primalTEKK]

It's not only at&t theres other brands experiencing this outtage

[@user-il7hw5cx3u]

@@renesmith239 omgg thank god i’m not the only one, i think AT&T having a little issue.

[@user-ut7mh4kk2r]

@@renesmith239 exactly 😂😂😂 it’s our turn to harass them now let them see how it feels 😂

[@JitTrippinOng]

I’m over here turning airplane mode back n on trynna do everything but it’s just AT&T tweaking

[@DarthSenku]

Literally 😅😅😅

[@breannaevans3805]

Comments are making me feel better

[@Blondedmal]

@@Vanillablossou71gm broo is it gonna go away

[@capt.frebreeze7539]

When I first clicked on the video I was not expecting to have an AT&T family emergency meeting in the comments😂

[@KailynnBroadway-jb6yr]

me neither but thank the lord for it i was abt tobstart clicking and resetting random stuff

[@mitababii]

Me either 🤣😅

[@dreamykeroppi]

THE WAY WE’RE ALL CASUALLY HERE HAHA

[@brianparks1299]

Wait I’m confused. Does it still not let you use cellular data? and is this happening to everyone who has AT&T???

[@sueerivera]

@@brianparks1299 yes it’s saying sos not letting me make any calls but my wifi is working ts is so annoying

[@dreamykeroppi]

@@brianparks1299my cellular is on but it still displays SOS, and it seems to just be AT&T right now lolol

[@chrissalazar7650]

@@brianparks1299pretty sure something is going on with att cell towers rn

[@lavendertokkii]

@@brianparks1299 yes, it won’t allow me to use my cellular data and I have AT&T but so does my sister and apparently her iPhone isn’t doing this so I’m very confused!

[@hazelr4852]

feel like this is the universe telling me to go to bed 😂 at&t better have it fixed by the time i wake up!!!

[@GXVE]

REAL, its 4am and im here looking at how to fix this LMAOOO

[@mintzyrolly5591]

FRRR

[@chrismac5815]

This comment section is gold. That fact we’re all connected to AT&T in some way is funny. Anyway see yall when it’s back up in TX.

[@goofyballman366]

Lmao

[@chrismac5815]

It’s back working for me, see yall at the next AT&T family outage cookout.

[@lalooo1503]

so everyone that has AT&T is having this problem too? or just me?😭

[@lustrousandlovely6847]

Ok i am so glad just now people are commenting about this im freaking out.

[@luismora5073]

It’s me to😂

[@srtmoe4420]

I am also

[@MrDopetweets]

Me too att

[@brianahopkins3102]

Yes

[@C7zKeef]

No way we’re all on here @4am😂

[@otonon.599]

4am gang whatup

[@Jay-pv3se]

lol! AT&T messing up

[@JaLa-qs9ip]

3:38 for me

[@dallastrapregiment8936]

AT&T IS DOWN!!!!!! HELP US!!!!!!!!😢😢😢

[@benruthlessburger8905]

Att got me turning off my phone and resetting lol

[@youngvmusic55]

resetting is crazy😂💀

[@jkdamonke]

so is everyone on sos rn too?💀

[@anthonymurry1990]

Yup smh

[@takotaash4654]

i swear bro i was freakin out at first ngl like wtfff it had me tweakin this shi better clear up by the morning😭

[@shannonjackson3470]

Dam you At&t

[@juicee3079]

Hell yeah 😂😂

[@micalanmusic1714]

I got verizon and my shit says sos too.. wtf bro

[@fuckacj]

AT&T gotta be trolling rn

[@Milo-nya-furry]

they trollin indeee

[@JaLa-qs9ip]

@@Milo-nya-furry They* indeed*

[@Milo-nya-furry]

@@JaLa-qs9ip 🦷

[@JaLa-qs9ip]

@@Milo-nya-furry T F

[@Milo-nya-furry]

@@JaLa-qs9ip 🦷

[@INTIMIDAYT]

Bro I was stressing I thought this was only me 😂 glad I’m not alone at least lol

[@lamontjohnson5810]

Ha Ha, me too, I was like, I'm about to go on a trip Friday morning, so this is the absolute worst time in the world for my iphone to need replacing. But looks like it's just AT&T, AT&Ting LOL

[@kp5305]

The way I just googled this video all mad as hell lol

[@itss_peyy406]

fr😂

[@collindutymusic]

I’m bugging out why tf don’t we have service 😂😂😂

[@L1ght1up]

Noooo😂😂😂, I thought I thought it was just the ⛽️. Man AT&T killing us rn

[@LuhNuskiii]

I just woke up I thought my phone was off😭😭

[@Oxysfn]

Brooo, I been tweakin tryna figure this out. Lmao, I fr thought it was off. So glad I’m not the only one.😅😅

[@TRUE-MANDALORE]

Bro your name and weed reference emoji got me dying

[@jaylensamuels2913]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@ebonycampbell444]

😫🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@HorrorWorldx]

It literally just did this for no reason. I was on Snapchat textin some baddies then suddenly i got a bad connection and the damn thing stopped working and says SOS im like wtf is this and now I’m mad af

[@tmc8516]

Brooo this literally happened to me few minutes ago

[@Andrew-tu1hh]

Sameee

[@Andrew-tu1hh]

@@tmc8516did yours fix

[@lizalooloo9916]

it did it for me too😭

[@tayballout5777]

Same 😭, do any of yall got AT&T trying to see if it’s just a outage

[@ItsSocksSir]

Everyone here is here for the same thing rn and it feels so weird

[@disrespectfulray4195]

Mann ts is crazzy

[@KatelynIngle]

States over too should had been announcement

[@primalTEKK]

Data outage

[@titannarevill2815]

I’m sooooo happy it’s us as a family and not me as a person 😂

[@goofyballman366]

I said same thing

[@4831dance]

I’m still having issues 😢

[@aaronchancellor6910]

Everyone just got an AT&T outrage tonight!XD!

[@liltaztv2023]

Ong AT&T trippin

[@tylerpetro]

Love how the website says there’s no outages but we are all here because there clearly is

[@sepidehabbasian5598]

Yes !!!!

[@nat_riso]

are u serious? so its the outage not our phones?

[@monseseveriano3406]

YESS

[@MJY-]

The guy who posted this is about to be alarmed when he sees all of his notifications today for a video he posted months ago. Thanks AT&T!

[@GaugingGadgets]

lol yup woke up to a ton of comments and views. I hope they fix it soon.

[@babyxxx9797]

Stop I literally thought my phone was tweaking😂 glad I’m not the only one

[@sueerivera]

right i thought i was gonna have to get a replacement and even over thought if i could’ve got my phone wet 😒

[@jeffrobe405]

ATT customers are being effected. Its nation wide and over 25k people are out rn. hopefully they get it fixed soon.

[@lavendertokkii]

Thank you for the update!

[@jayvalladares]

Really??? 😭😭😭

[@yhb_kee]

That honestly makes no sense my uncle has ATT and I JUST looked at his phone and he has service… we on the same plan…

[@jeffrobe405]

@@jayvalladares ye I read today was the day they shut down the 3G network so something must have gone awry

[@dylanthevillian1]

@@yhb_kee I’ve got that situation, too. One works and one is sos. 😤😤😤

[@arjunmukhyala6955]

Its always at&t 😭

[@oscarbocanegra6703]

Do your guys cellular say no sim?

[@elitv3190]

Let's all walk into the store

[@rahuswife]

looks like other people are having this problem as well?

[@TWaddy0221]

Same smh just happened out of nowhere

[@lightxvin]

Yea something had to just happen

[@liltaztv2023]

Naw fr

[@tylerpetro]

Yes the ATT website says no outage but it clearly has an outage

[@gsace1823]

Im gonna need a discount on my phone bill after ts 🤣🤣🤣

[@ProsperityisRare]

The real question is, why we all up rn😂💀

[@lustrousandlovely6847]

nosy!

[@sueerivera]

was otp with my long distance bf 😒😭😭

[@zFallenSpotterz]

Depression mostly 😭 and tiktok🤣

[@jayvalladares]

🤣🤣🤣

[@salemmckenna49]

working :(

[@Rubberbandman0529]

the Transfer or Reset iphone is what did it for me. Thanks!

[@angitney]

Same here!!

[@SuVar6as]

I only Reset Network Settings. Should we all try a hard reset?

[@portwood5850]

@@SuVar6as I tried a hard reset it still didn’t work for me

[@GXVE]

@@SuVar6as cellular networks are in an outage rn, we just gotta wait it out ig

[@howard5starinc768]

Didn’t work for me

[@joselose5957]

hello i have a 11 that i bought recently off facebook market place and it’s locked to t mobile my carrier is t mobile aswell when i put my sim into the 11 it still says SOS only

[@shinigami7651]

SAME

[@johnjalapena4655]

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!! Dude you an angel sent from heaven. Bro I was about to get into so much trouble if I couldn’t fix my phone. You absolutely saved me. You are the freaking best. May 1000 good things happen to you, you are amazing!

[@SwayJayy]

Look at us all Collectively in the same situation at the same time😂 - mine is still on sos .

[@ToraMusic98]

AT&T count your days I can’t even call out for work!!! 😩🤣up looking at 6am trying to figure out why we can’t get our phone off of SOS 😂😂

[@jordanbryant5749]

Haha yes this was me and sos only is still on

[@happyherndz6811]

I even paid my bill early thinking my lines got disconnected lol 😅

[@portwood5850]

Came here for help and see other people having the same 😂 glad I’m not the only I was stressed

[@cjbricklz]

did anyone get it fixed. if you did pls let me know how

[@addisonr523]

I reset my phone a few times and it eventually went back to 5g!

[@Ethan-fk2hx]

Hi I have a 14 plus I just came back from a trip and when I turned my airplane mode off it showed sos only at the top I’ve tried everything and nothing works I can’t call, can’t receive calls or use my data pls help me out

[@davidwayneherrera4267]

You can try to turn off the wifi calling. and contact ur carrier if there is something on their towers.

[@mitababii]

iPhone to iPhone only

[@dreamykeroppi]

it was fun hanging with you guys, the network is back up now! :’)

[@lavendertokkii]

Is it? Mines still says SOS?

[@dwightk.schruteiii8454]

Not for me damnit

[@yaboyjc7]

mine still down

[@ToanTheNomad]

Mine too

[@jacolbyrobinson6053]

Glad I’m not the only one 😂

[@kiamarie5659]

I'm glad I'm not alone AT&T coverage must be out everywhere? How the hell do I get this SOS off my phone?

[@otonon.599]

i tried everything it’s not working if i restore my OS well that help?

[@G10V4NN4]

None of these worked imma just get a new phone atp

[@talihuerta3270]

It is a bug installed by apple, sometimes they make them drain the battery fast or make your iphone work slow so people buy more phones, it is best not to install upates very often for a long lasting healthy iphones

[@kaylacole5283]

Same bro

[@janettayoung5435]

Same

[@Memelauren30]

mine just started working again!

[@talihuerta3270]

Mine didn,t work. had to take it to AT&t company and they replaced the sim for free. They told me that same thing is been happening to many customers since the latest IOS Update.@@Memelauren30

[@wiersandlines]

I have an 11 on IOS 17.1 I have no sim in, and I’m connected to wifi- and it still says sos only. I’ve done just about everything I can find minus factory resetting the thing

[@GaugingGadgets]

Hello, if there is no sim card it will continue to say SOS Only. This just means that it is only capable of making emergency calls.

[@normalemus6151]

@@GaugingGadgets but how do we fix it tho ?

[@rxsey3337]

You juste have to put a working sim card in the phone.

[@Socialmediaisvile]

Not true I have a working sim in and still it’s on SOS ONLY , there is nothing I haven’t done I can’t even keep a chat going AT&T sucks

[@rxsey3337]

@@Socialmediaisvile then there is probably a problem with tue service or the phone itself

[@Tavodez]

My iPhone is the 13 pro I have been though 2 different sim cards my OG one and the last one my carrier gave me to fix the problem it fixed it Temporarily it updated to the latest version of OS and it depends on the timings sometimes it takes weeks for me to see a my phone go to sos or sometimes it I see it go to sos mode back-back 4-5x a day and I need to reboot my my iPhone at least 10x to get it working again any advice given my way I would appreciate it please and thank you in advance

[@mango9406]

dude same... exactly what you said too. everything that i’ve tried. i need to take it to an apple store or something

[@Tavodez]

@@mango9406 I just need one more payment on my iPhone and it mine completely paid off I don’t want to upgrade my iPhone anytime if it my last resort maybe right and I’m not that stupid on taking it to the Apple Store just to pay paying premium price to get it fix if they knew that the OS wasn’t stable why roll it out to the public tahat Apples beef not my carrier

[@quicsilver524]

Florida here, iPhone 13 Pro Max ios17; It’s good to know that it’s all AT&T or AT&T subsidiaries like cricket. Because it prompts a fix from AT&T because it certainly isn’t all of our phones.

[@mannygocrxzy1480]

AT&T y’all better count dem days💯.

[@scar9174]

AT&T had 1 job

[@alanahpearl1367]

Omg well I feel better that it’s not just me going through this

[@ericwalsh9025]

I have Verizon is this a network issue?

[@orlandocamacho7299]

My mom on android we in Alabama she’s stuck on sos mode too we got Att I wonder if T-Mobile has issues too

[@lauralaine8678]

I’ve read a few comments that said they are having the same issue. Straight talk, T-Mobile, Cricket & the majority AT&T

[@ToanTheNomad]

What time is it for yall?

[@SagittarianArrows]

Thanks nice clear explanation

[@mighty_rose157]

Im on verizon and i got SOS popping up hella times and it stays on hella long too for no reason but i clicked on ur link and it showed where i live that there is no outage in my area so im like what the hell.

[@hanbyulgaming345]

GUYS. IT IS BACK ON. THANK YOU FOR THE SPIRITUAL SUPPORT. ATT GANG GANG 😂😂❤

[@ovhyzz3419]

It went back off😭

[@siaramontgomery51]

Mine came on and went right back off. It seems to only be ESIM phones

[@ovhyzz3419]

@@siaramontgomery51same

[@hassaanfrank25]

Mines turn back on thankfully

[@siaramontgomery51]

@@hassaanfrank25 have a feeling it will go off again

[@QsAReflexGaming]

Yo is AT&T down rn what’s going on

[@oh8506]

So my at&t is tweakin so do I just wait to get fixed then

[@chrissalazar7650]

yes hopefully it gets fixed very soon

[@LexierthanLexie]

AT&T and Cricket apparently throwing hands or sum, my signal got thundercunted.

[@Gamingclips59]

😭😂

[@user-vp7dp9oh3p]

I'm cricket/AT&T in Knoxville - so there's an outage?

[@yelsnehdivad]

I read a comment that said it’s because there’s a new update and low and behold that was my issue…..hope this helps

[@jonesshenita]

At&t fix this asap! I need my phone for work 😢

[@CarltonLewis]

Thank you! This was helpful!

[@raeestupinan5370]

Thank you!

[@paytonlee4602]

I’m in Arkansas how far is the effecting people

[@user-qd6ot2ev8n]

Is cricket wireless same as AT&T?

[@thatboiislatt7569]

yes

[@seanmorgan5077]

Wild it happens to us all at4am

[@romedagoat8786]

Damn every up this morning on here from AT&T

[@Frijol_Colorado]

AT&T got us all here angry af for breakfast

[@sueerivera]

i’m so glad i read the comments before i did the setting restart

[@jamesramirez1715]

I restarted and reset all my network settings 😂

[@sueerivera]

@@jamesramirez1715 does it still say sos for you? 😭

[@sueerivera]

@@jamesramirez1715did it fix it?

[@maritzacerna135]

Thank you so much I reset the settings and it worked! 🎉

[@GaugingGadgets]

I'm glad it fixed it for you! Let me know if you have any questions. Thank you for watching and please consider liking and subscribing! 😎

[@oshynblair7907]

Thanks

[@kp5305]

I have three lines on my plan.. I wonder why it's only SOSing my phone lol

[@GillAgainsIsland12]

Awesome, it worked after I reset network settings. Thanks!

[@GaugingGadgets]

I'm glad it fixed it for you! Let me know if you have any questions. Thank you for watching and please consider liking and subscribing! 😎

[@ryantracey4963]

man i got work in like 20 minutes i’m STRESSED 😭😭

[@isabelmarin5732]

i have absolutely nothing to do but sleep and i’m stressing

[@AndyBalada-uy3yt]

😂😂😂😂

[@nickyd4three275]

This dude gonna wake up to mad notis now shoutout AT&T

[@Theballer23]

Fr bro just got at least another 100k views for that lol

[@Skepticay]

I was so confused, thank god I’m not alone rn 😭😭

[@deathcangame2431]

Nah nah bruh Im having this problem right now too and im using AT&T

[@brichieb]

Thank you!!! Worked for me

[@GaugingGadgets]

I'm really glad it worked for you! Let me know if you have any questions. Thank you for watching and please consider liking and subscribing! 🙂

[@amandahenderson6128]

Yes I’m At&T as well

[@charstenw4581]

Man we all in the same situation huh

[@dannysplatt]

Yes bro

[@tenoaalex2984]

I’m so happy we all here. I thought my phone got turned off 😂😂😂

[@salemmckenna49]

IM SO GLAD ITS NOT JUST ME I AM SO STRESSED AT WORK

[@paulinehuynh4281]

Reset network was work for me

[@nickthompson7935]

CNN

[@JoshuaCarrico-wt3rr]

Ik it right

[@zaizai1746]

Wow I’m having the same issue!😮

[@Freehander]

It is back up for me

[@uzimki]

i have an esim 😐 just updated my phone still the same

[@motherboardgizmo]

I’m just happy to know I’m not the only person searching how to fix this 😂😂

[@aquatiqz4810]

Mine still says SOS but people are saying it’s back up? I’ve already reset my phone twice and turned it on and off. Don’t know what else to do

[@iriellewis6595]

Right me too🤦🏽‍♀️

[@XxMlgBonnie2015xX]

So we’re all here because we got AT&T 😮

[@mitababii]

Sad to say been here since 4am😭😭😭😭

[@user-dw2cx5mk8x]

This still didn’t work for me and I have ATT

[@cherrylynn7173]

I tried what you suggested and that didnt work. I was just turning my phone off because it was acting up. Now its stuck in SOS mode WTF. I will be making a trip to At&t if its still acting crazy in the AM

[@1LuhMarii]

having the same issue with at&t right now

[@jocelynyoung4458]

So AT&T must be down wth

[@efrenmancilla1825]

Have the same issue with AT&T

[@lavendertokkii]

Same!

[@gsace1823]

We are all having the same problem

[@nate3633]

Bro I just got the SOS and everybody comments if literally from minutes ago I’m glad I’m not the only one 😂

[@briannaivey1379]

Sounds about right

[@hopeafter4086]

We have 5 phones in my family and mine is the only one on SOS mode. How is that even possible?

[@Annerbananer]

I’m glad that I came here and found out it’s an AT&T thing this morning and I’m not the only one having this issues

[@colehild8878]

at&t gang let’s gooo

[@Theballer23]

Not the time

[@michael9006]

I have cricket but I believe it’s with at&t