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O2 Outage Report in Smethwick, Sandwell, England

Problems detected

Users are reporting problems related to: phone, internet and total blackout.

O2 is the commercial brand of Telefónica UK Limited offering mobile phone and mobile internet service, including voicemail and SMS. With over 25 million customers, O2 runs 2G, 3G and 4G networks across the UK. O2 previously offered home broadband service.

Problems in the last 24 hours in Smethwick, England

The chart below shows the number of O2 reports we have received in the last 24 hours from users in Smethwick and surrounding areas. An outage is declared when the number of reports exceeds the baseline, represented by the red line.

O2 Outage Chart in Smethwick, Sandwell, England 03/05/2026 12:05

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Most Reported Problems

The following are the most recent problems reported by O2 users through our website.

  1. Phone (49%)

    Phone (49%)

  2. Internet (31%)

    Internet (31%)

  3. Total Blackout (14%)

    Total Blackout (14%)

  4. E-mail (3%)

    E-mail (3%)

  5. Wi-fi (3%)

    Wi-fi (3%)

  6. TV (%)

    TV (%)

Live Outage Map Near Smethwick, Sandwell, England

The most recent O2 outage reports came from the following cities: Wolverhampton, West Bromwich, Walsall, Birmingham, Oldbury, Dudley, Sheldon, Kidderminster and Tipton.

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City Problem Type Report Time
United KingdomWolverhampton Internet
United KingdomWest Bromwich Phone
United KingdomWalsall Phone
United KingdomBirmingham E-mail
United KingdomOldbury Phone
United KingdomDudley Phone

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O2 Issues Reports Near Smethwick, England

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in Smethwick and nearby locations:

  • notdodgy Roger Leitch (@notdodgy) reported from Solihull, England

    @O2 can you stop advising people to "reset network settings" when your network has problems. This didn't fix the problem with your network and unfortunately wipes out all WiFi and Bluetooth settings, which then need manually setting up again. Not good advice at all.

  • mparkerjones Matthew Parker-Jones Hall (@mparkerjones) reported from Walsall Wood, England

    @O2 hi we ever getting a fix for postcodes WS14 and WV14 terrible phone signal and data just doesn't connect mentioned in December and according to your app it would be fixed in 2 weeks ?! 4months later still exactly the same

  • notdodgy Roger Leitch (@notdodgy) reported from Solihull, England

    @O2 just changing to O2 as I opted for deal with Virgin. Disappointed with how poor your coverage is locally in the B90 area. Where I had over 200mbits 5G with three, I am now lucky to get 20mbits with O2. Do you have plans to improve your network? Have I made a mistake?

  • notdodgy Roger Leitch (@notdodgy) reported from Solihull, England

    @O2 Getting very close to the point of cancelling my order. The port has failed and I have no service. Cannot get through to your support as there are no agents available. No reply to FB message since 9 am. The clock is ticking...

  • KittykatClaire Claire B🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛ (@KittykatClaire) reported from Willenhall, England

    That, @O2 had better coverage now I'm left with all this extra stress when I'm out because my mobile doesn't work when using @O2 network.... Its not my mobile either. I have a Samsung s20.....

  • hijabiexplorer Mimii Hatun |Y| aka Ms Begum (@hijabiexplorer) reported from Birmingham, England

    Typical of @o2 for not cancelling my line when I a called in during the cooling off period to cancel the contract. #Thieves

  • EvanD Evan Davis (@EvanD) reported from Solihull, England

    @O2 That looks like an Apple device. #Alexa won’t help you there. #Siri might.

  • Tracey_Devina Tracey_Devina (@Tracey_Devina) reported from West Bromwich, England

    @O2 I’m at home for the next 5+ days with covid, my data’s gone, I followed up a text I received to say up my data… it starts on Friday - what’s the actual point. Can you help now, when it matters?!

  • KittykatClaire Claire B🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛ (@KittykatClaire) reported from Willenhall, England

    I'm so pissed off @virginmedia blackmailed me into signing my mobile contract with @O2 by saying my media account would be cheaper. If I stayed with virgin it would be amount more. So I had no option but to go with o2 and No my mobile Internet is crap. I can't use my doorbell

  • auspices richard (@auspices) reported from Birmingham, England

    anyone else I know have @O2 as a mobile phone network? I may as well not have a phone it’s straight up awful coverage

  • amanmarway batgirl (@amanmarway) reported from West Bromwich, England

    @O2 have still not processed a refund from March/April (despite being promised at the time I wouldn’t even be overcharged and my account had already been credited) Two weeks ago I was told payment would be with me in 5 days but I’m chasing ONCE AGAIN Atrocious customer service

  • Adventure_Rach 🎢👠 Adventure Rachel 🎢👠 (She/Her) (@Adventure_Rach) reported from Perton, England

    @O2 sorry correct tag now!! 13 years+ with three and no real discount for loyalty and pushy chat op trying to get me to have a S22! Nah not a hope! #TeamPixel ftw! I hope @O2 will treat me well

  • Crystalcraftand Crystalcraft Andy (@Crystalcraftand) reported from Dudley, England

    @O2 so Im looking to upgrade my phone. Problem is, the elements of my pay monthly plan are now split and out of sync. Virgin Handset is now mine but 20 months left on O2 airtime plan.  I cant cancel my O2 plan in order to start again (it wont let me change tariffs for 20 months)

  • notdodgy Roger Leitch (@notdodgy) reported from Solihull, England

    @O2 I assume free coffee is cheaper than investing in network capacity.

  • ReissOmari Gordé 🥚 (@ReissOmari) reported from Birmingham, England

    I’ve just been in to the @O2 store to get a new sim, fantastic service in store, however, I was shocked to find my contract has gone up £6 since October? How does that work??

  • PeteVillan1981 Carpy Villan™️ (@PeteVillan1981) reported from Wednesfield, England

    @gazswain @O2 O2 🤝 Virgin - dog **** mobile networks

  • MuslimShamir Follow Poor Shamir Claimant Ali Entrapment (@MuslimShamir) reported from Birmingham, England

    @O2 Answer the phone. Is your phone not working ? Is it a desk phone or mobile you using ?

  • notdodgy Roger Leitch (@notdodgy) reported from Solihull, England

    @O2 After spending 6 hours trying to get hold of customer services, I ended up driving (and paying for parking) to go to one of your shops to get a sim swap. This apparently the only to get service working. Not the best of starts.

  • notdodgy Roger Leitch (@notdodgy) reported from Solihull, England

    @o2 why is your service unusable in areas that your map says has good coverage? No backhaul bandwidth? B90 4AJ poor outside nothing inside. B13 0UR poor inside. Intermittent connectivity in spite of reasonable signal. Three works perfectly onside and out.

  • Hannahbreenx han (@Hannahbreenx) reported from Bromsgrove, England

    @O2 I haven’t had any signal in my own home for 2 weeks and when I check online it says there won’t be an update until the 10th of June. How is that acceptable for a paying customer? I’ve missed an extremely important medical call back because they can’t get through to me

O2 Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • RamPillai Ram (@RamPillai) reported

    @O2 Still nothing. You know my number. Apparently eSIM was never meant to arrive today, only the phone! Sending DM.

  • george_swani Geo (@george_swani) reported

    @O2 Hi , yes it worked and stopped again working , I called your customer care today and they seems to saying there was another sim swap , I have no idea why it happened ? I am without service for the past 2 days , it is a real shame that O2 is not keen on solving customer issues

  • TeresaBWarr Teresa Warren (@TeresaBWarr) reported

    @O2 Thank you,had already tried network checker-was quite concerned.Have paid for pay as you go BT WiFi for WhatsApp calls in the meantimw

  • dangermouse87 Nikita Green (@dangermouse87) reported

    @O2 Is that a number 8826 and will I be charged I’m not a customer of O2, I haven’t clicked any links

  • GlitterMermaid3 🌜Moonchild🌛 (@GlitterMermaid3) reported

    @O2 yep tried all that 4g is on now and still no better. Judging buy what customers are saying the same thing i think its just an o2 problem

  • TeresaBWarr Teresa Warren (@TeresaBWarr) reported

    @O2 There was though could walk 10min for a signal-having paid for 24hr WiFi it is now resolved!

  • craiginscotland Craig Arthur 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 (@craiginscotland) reported

    @O2 Have tried airplane mode and rebooting iPhone but still no service.

  • tashachelsea Tasha ⭐️⭐️ (@tashachelsea) reported

    @O2 hey! Rather unusual situation… I can’t access my phone at the moment because I’m abroad. I need to pay my bill and then cancel my contract. When I try to go on myo2 it asks for a code, which I can’t access. What do I do now?

  • RO55CO1 Ross Jones (@RO55CO1) reported

    @O2 are SH*T. 3G, 4G, 5G signal everywhere but don’t be fooled, you wont have internet. Sort it out!!! Will never take our company phones back to @O2 after this contract ends.

  • parfait_pls unceremoniously thrown out (@parfait_pls) reported

    @O2 Pointless. @o2cando does not care. This issue was brought up months ago, countless times. Nothing has changed. It's just frustrating when I need to get work done :/