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Yes, Cell Broadcasts are controllable by carriers and that's even mandated in some countries (e.g in USA the carrier can send out a broadcast that will ignore a
by izacus 4y ago
Yes, Cell Broadcasts are controllable by carriers and that's even mandated in some countries (e.g in USA the carrier can send out a broadcast that will ignore all "silent phone" settings and scream loudly no matter what you've set and where). This will happen on all phones allowed to be used in those regions - whether Apple, Google, Samsung, Nokia or even Huawei.
You can attempt to disable it, but you need to be aware that in many places it's outright illegal for phone manufacturer and carrier to allow that.
- happyopossum 4y ago> e.g in USA the carrier can send out a broadcast that will ignore all "silent phone" settings and scream loudly no matter what you've set and where My iOS settings and experience differ from this rather greatly - can you cite any such laws or regulations? I have clear settings on my up to date ios device in the US, on a large American carrier that allow me to a)ignore emergency alerts, b) get them but silently if my phone is in silent mode, or c) allow them through at full blast.
- izacus 4y agoThere are types of broadcasts even in US (IIRC Presidental broadcasts, but don't quote me on that) that will ignore your settings. See https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202743 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202743 - note the little "3" note where it says that some broadcasts in some regions can't be disabled?