Disable Airplane Mode, or turn it on and then off to force it to find a … Looks like no one’s replied in a while. I'll try all over again tomorrow. Check in Notification Centre on your Apple Watch: (Note also that you are not talking to Apple here - this is a user-based technical support community). There are a couple of different ways to trigger Emergency SOS on iPhones, and you can tweak them to your liking. In these cases, you may just have to deal with the problem until Apple issues a fix. But here are the instructions to totally turn off SOS location sharing. Secondly even if I deselect SOS Emergency services, my contacts continue to receive SMSes... so I had to stop using my iPhone. With the feature, you can complement a birthday wish with a stream of balloons, send a congratulatory text along with a shower of confetti, or make the chat bubble slam itself in the thread. What Is Emergency SOS On An iPhone? Set the slider to OFF if you do not want iMessages to be automatically sent as regular text messages when an Internet connection is unavailable. The iPhone 11 and iPhone 11 Pro bring substantial improvements to the cameras, making Apple’s latest comparable if not better than the best of the competition. User profile for user: Since the issue you’re facing is related to read receipts, the first thing you’d want to try is disabling and re-enabling read receipts for iMessage on your iPhone and iPad. Apple advises that, after an Emergency SOS call has been made and the first text message has been sent to your SOS contacts: If this feature is not working as expected, then I suggest that you unpair and re-pair your Apple Watch, which has resolved the issue (of alerts still being sent) for other users: If you would like to send feedback to Apple regarding the feature's behaviour, then you can do so here: https://www.apple.com/feedback/watch.html, Jul 12, 2017 4:09 AM in response to tomsna Aug 6, 2017 9:54 PM in response to Jet787 Xseries :: X2-02 SMS Sending Stuck? To start the conversation again, simply ask a new question. Unpair your Apple Watch and iPhone - Apple Support, "If your location changes, your contacts will get an update, and you'll get a notification about 10 minutes later. hasn't done it since I arrived home, but I also haven't gone anywhere. Jun 27, 2017 12:54 AM in response to G Money 85306 It did this for a few days before I started to get SOS only message and could use the phone at all. The Apple Watch is also a notorious Emergency SOS butt-dialer because of its Hold Side Button setting. In a previous tip, we shared how you place an Emergency SOS call on the iPhone (though if you need a refresher, just hop into Settings, tap Emergency SOS, and it will tell you how near the top.) Accidentally activated SOS. After the call ends, your iPhone sends your emergency contacts a text message with your current location, unless you choose to cancel. According to the emails we received from users, what they mentioned most is being unable to send messages. When this setting is enabled, five quick presses on the Side Button will trigger the feature — something that’s easy for an ill-fitting case to do. An Apple Watch or iPhone that keeps unintentionally dialing 9-1-1 isn’t just annoying, it could actually turn out to be a problem for local authorities. I just did an update on my watch this week. The Apple account shows up because of the email address registered on the iMessage or on the iCloud account. If you're not receiving text messages on your iPhone, there are several ways to fix your problem. In this article, I’ll explain Actually, there exist a great many of bugs to iPhone messages after the new release of iOS 14 beta and iOS 14.