Update #2, 4:15 p.m. PT: In a statement to 9to5Mac, a T-Mobile spokesperson said:
“Our teams are actively working the reports of technical challenges impacting some customers. Any service impacts are in the process of being resolved and are our highest priority. We know how critical it is to stay connected, and every available resource is focused on resolving this as quickly as possible.”
Update #1, 3 p.m. PT: Some T-Mobile users report that service is returning to their iPhones. Others, however, say the outage is ongoing.
T-Mobile is down across the United States, and many iPhone users are seeing “SOS” in their device’s status bar. Here’s everything you need to know about today’s T-Mobile outage.
Data aggregated by Downdetector shows that the T-Mobile outage began right around 4 p.m. ET/1 p.m. PT. The outage appears to be widespread, with users across the United States reporting problems with their service.
A thread on Reddit has amassed thousands of complaints from T-Mobile subscribers who say they are unable to place calls, send texts, and use cellular data on their devices. There are also thousands of complaints from T-Mobile users on other social networks.
Several of us here at 9to5Mac are also impacted by the T-Mobile outage and are unable to use any cellular networking features on our iPhones.
Yes, both my wife and I have been affected by the outage off and on since about 4:15 PM ET and not at the same time either. My wife didn’t have signal for 15 minutes or more on our way home from work, and then I didn’t have signal for about the same amount of time. Now we’re home, over an hour away from where we worked, and we only have two bars of 5G. There is a T-Mobile Tower near our house that usually broadcasts 5G UC and we usually have full signal.
iPhone users affected by the outage are seeing the “SOS” icon in their device’s status bar. This indicates there is no network connectivity whatsoever. If you see this on your iPhone, it means T-Mobile is down in your area due to the outage. You can, however, still make emergency calls.
As of right now, T-Mobile has not commented on the outage and it’s unclear when it will be fixed. it doesn’t appear that other carriers, including Verizon and AT&T, are also down.
Are you affected by today’s T-Mobile outage? Let us know down in the comments.
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