Telstra warns older iPhones may be unable to connect to Triple Zero
www.abc.net.au
Customers are advised to delay software updates on affected devices and find alternative ways to communicate if needed.

In short:

Some older iPhones, including iPhone 8, 8 Plus and X, are unable to connect to Telstra’s network after a recent Apple update, the telco says.

The nationwide issue affects calls to all numbers, including emergency calls to Triple Zero (000).

Customers are advised to delay software updates on affected devices and find alternative ways to communicate if needed.

  • Salvo@aussie.zoneEnglish
    3·
    2 days ago

    iOS26 is just a shitshow in a dumpster fire.

    Apple needs to rollback all devices running iOS26 to iOS18 and admit that they screwed up.

    It (and MacOS Tahoe) are almost as bad as Windows 11, and that is a big statement.

  • _deleted_@aussie.zoneEnglish
    151·
    3 days ago

    Or Telstra they could follow the GSM standard and use 112 for emergency calls from mobiles, like we advised Telecom Australia them 30 years ago. Phones that have been blocked by Telstra for being unable to call triple-zero are perfectly capable of calling 112, which in Australia redirects to triple-zero call centres but removes the need to call triple-zero directly. Thanks, Telstra, for making our GSM compliant phones bought overseas, obsolete in Australia.

    Edit: clarified the subject of the first sentence