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It says SOS mode, not airplane mode. Wonder why it’s not getting a cell signal. Maybe it is broken internally.
by upon_drumhead 3y ago
It says SOS mode, not airplane mode. Wonder why it’s not getting a cell signal. Maybe it is broken internally.
- pxeboot 3y agoIt could be using a non-US carrier without roaming enabled.
- kemayo 3y agoThe flight was from the US to Canada. It's very plausible that the cell plan doesn't have international roaming. EDIT: per replies, this was entirely wrong, it was a domestic flight
- 20kleagues 3y agoFlight was from Portland, Oregon to Ontario, California - it was a domestic flight.
- buffington 3y agoMy old iPhone is in SOS mode after having ported its number to a new one. Perhaps, since their phone was lost, they needed a new phone, especially after having experienced what they did, and ported their number to that new phone.
- astrange 3y agoThese days it'd be transferring the eSIM rather than porting to a new SIM.
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- aylaujp 3y agoApple's going to add plane crash to their crash detection marketing real soon.
- hobs 3y agoThey could have before, back when I worked for apple support I took call from someone who was in a small prop plane crash and called in because the laptop was still intact but the screen cracked; they ended up comping the entire thing (and some more stuff) because the story was good.
- lethal-radio 3y agoYou’re telling me I just need some radical stories to get better support? Noted.