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(Context: today there was rare a pre-scheduled test of the emergency broadcast system that buzzed every phone and radio in the entire United States. It seems to
by callalex 3y ago
(Context: today there was rare a pre-scheduled test of the emergency broadcast system that buzzed every phone and radio in the entire United States. It seems to have generally been successful, and it’s genuinely amazing to think about the sheer scale and reach of this system.)
- INTPenis 3y agoWhat weird timing because I just got my first ever "Presidential alert" in Croatia because a plastics factory was burning south of my city. Luckily there was a northernly wind all day.
- genericacct 3y agoSame here in italy, they're testing the alert system. Only my huawei called it "presidential" though, the xiaomis just called it an alert. However i am assuming that the european alert standard is based on an earlier protocol than LTE, does anyone have any info?
- INTPenis 3y agoI have a pixe 6 so maybe this "Presidential" thing is from the US.
- deepserket 3y agoRight after the IT-alert the quality of my mobile internet connection plummeted for almost an hour, my ping from Italy to Netherlands was between 100 and 600ms (usually it's 30-55ms). My guess is that some people weren't aware of the test and started calling their relatives asking questions.
- asdfjhsdfjklh 3y agosame in germany around the 1st. was at a store with friends from the US and china. Everyone one's phones started to ping. Even the US and china ones on roaming (or local sim cards? don't really know)
- rascul 3y ago> that buzzed every phone and radio in the entire United States Unless you turned that crap off.
- M95D 3y agoIt can't be turned off.
- rascul 3y agoI've turned them off on every android phone I've had. I can't ever remember how though so I have to dig around every time.
- mcpackieh 3y agoWithout rooting or using custom roms? AFAIK all stock roms allow you to turn off most alert types, but not this one specifically.
- rascul 3y agoWithout rooting or using custom roms. Current phone is stock Oneplus 6T with all alerts disabled. I got none yesterday. Edit: At first I incorrectly mentioned 7T. 6T is my current phone. I should probably do something about that eventually as it doesn't get updates anymore. I see in the settings something for alerts but it doesn't open. I have no clue how I disabled them but I did.
- SoftTalker 3y agoSame. I have an iPhone now and was annoyed that I can't. I have all "Government Alerts" disabled in settings and I still got the test alert yesterday. It's going to be interesting times when you both cannot trust and cannot disable these sorts of push messages and alerts.
- Faaak 3y agoBy curiosity, why do you say it is crap ?
- mcpackieh 3y ago> It seems to have generally been successful I guess so, but myself and roughly half the people I've talked to got the audible alert in Spanish but not in English. This doesn't seem quite successful to me, but where do I send my feedback?