Not sure how common the problem still is, but some custom roms for android phones could not use shortcodes, and could not dial 911. I'd recommend having the fu

Not sure how common the problem still is, but some custom roms for android phones could not use shortcodes, and could not dial 911. I'd recommend having the full numbers programmed in your phones for emergencies if your playing with new roms. Also, federal alerts did not go out for the 911 outage, but major cities did. So subscribe to the local alert systems.