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Yes, I am aware carrier can control carrier/network settings since those are loaded from network anyway, you can try to override them, but obviously if it's som
by petodo 4y ago
Yes, I am aware carrier can control carrier/network settings since those are loaded from network anyway, you can try to override them, but obviously if it's something like Cell Broadcast, call forwarding/barring or caller ID and others, carrier can decide to use different settingh from yours.
I feel like you are confusing local Android settings with carrier settings loaded from network. For instance carrier is not going to change setting of your default keyboard or ringtone without (carrier customized) system update.
- brainchild-adam 4y agoThank you. I should have been more explicit. The settings I am referring to are under "Apps & notifications"/"Wireless emergency alerts". They are about controlling whether to and which alerts one wants to receive on their phone. This not only seems very user-facing to me, it's also something I definitely would want to have control over. It's an unlocked Android One device. The carrier seems to be able to remotely change these settings (see the referenced Reddit post as well), which I would never expect. It seems to be because of the SIM the phone uses and the network it connects to. No user-controlled software change like updates. Does my surprise make more sense now?
- petodo 4y agoIt doesn't really matter under what setting it's placed in the OS, but "emergency alerts" or CB is clearly network setting/service, so it's not surprising carrier can control status of this setting/service and override what you set in the phone.
- blep_ 4y agoNot... really? It's not the setting for whether the phone receives alerts; it's the setting for what the UI does in response (make a bunch of noise vs accept silently). The UI is very much on the user-controlled side of the phone.