Topic: Emergency Alert Text. (Read 1472 times)

TheLongBuild · « **on:** April 23, 2023, 04:01:38 pm »

Did this work for anyone at 3pm, nothing happened on our two mobiles !!

Capt Podge · « **Reply #1 on:** April 23, 2023, 04:03:54 pm »

Nowt received here - we're all doomed!

Ray.

dougal99 · « **Reply #2 on:** April 23, 2023, 04:16:19 pm »

I recieved it twice about 15-20 minute apart. What schreech. Second time I was driving gave me a little jump

raflaunches · « **Reply #3 on:** April 23, 2023, 04:19:30 pm »

I believe on older model phones it doesn’t work- mine worked exactly at 1500 and did what it said it would. My phone is a iPhone 11 and my mums iPhone 7 worked too. Depends on your update settings- have updated recently? Apple released an update recently with it in.

Capt Podge · « **Reply #4 on:** April 23, 2023, 05:08:57 pm »

Quote from: Capt Podge on April 23, 2023, 04:03:54 pm

Nowt received here - we're all doomed!

Ray.

Daughter got it straight away on smart phone, still nowt on my android xperia

TheLongBuild · « **Reply #5 on:** April 23, 2023, 05:10:01 pm »

Quote from: raflaunches on April 23, 2023, 04:19:30 pm

I believe on older model phones it doesn’t work- mine worked exactly at 1500 and did what it said it would. My phone is a iPhone 11 and my mums iPhone 7 worked too. Depends on your update settings- have updated recently? Apple released an update recently with it in.

Mine is a J5 with all alerts activated, should have worked.

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Colin Bishop · « **Reply #6 on:** April 23, 2023, 05:23:03 pm »

Mrs B got it a couple of minutes early on her iPhone, I got mine exactly on time on my Samsung. The alert only works on 4G and 5G connections/phones I believe, so if you if you have a 3G phone you won't get it and if you only have a 3G signal to your 4G/5G phone you won't get it either!

Colin

TheLongBuild · « **Reply #7 on:** April 23, 2023, 05:29:23 pm »

Am on 5g , with VM, looking at the news a lot of users on Three also did not get it, oh well just have to watch out for other people running with a real alert and then run to

Andyn · « **Reply #8 on:** April 23, 2023, 05:58:29 pm »

I didn’t get it because I turned them off in advance. Ignorance is bliss

Mike S · « **Reply #9 on:** April 23, 2023, 08:19:05 pm »

I'm old school, what my daughter calls off-grid, and with a classic Nokia didn't hear a dickie-bird, hee hee!

Baldrick · « **Reply #10 on:** April 23, 2023, 09:09:22 pm »

Difference is that in our day the time to panic was when the sound from the doodlebug stopped

Colin Bishop · « **Reply #11 on:** April 23, 2023, 10:08:02 pm »

Realistcally, if you live somewhere prone to sudden river flooding then a warning might be very useful indeed as it can happen very quickly.

Colin

Footski · « **Reply #12 on:** April 23, 2023, 10:21:40 pm »

Neither my wife or myself got the message on our 5G Samsungs. That said, we are on three, which seems to have had big problems with the message system.

raflaunches · « **Reply #13 on:** April 23, 2023, 11:20:34 pm »

Well it seems that the test was a good idea as if it was real it was a failure. According to the BBC news a lot of phones didn’t work or had delayed reactions. As I said my families phones worked as advertised but sounds like quite a few didn’t.

Martin (Admin) · « **Reply #14 on:** April 24, 2023, 02:11:57 am »

Bang on 3pm for me too.

Bustergrunt · « **Reply #15 on:** April 24, 2023, 10:55:19 am »

It was a test, done to identify problems, consequently it rates as a success as failures in the system were identified.
As per usual, the BBC concentrates on those who didn’t receive the signal disproportionally to those who did.
There is no reporting of the success rate i.e. percentage, in respect of signal received.
I rather suspect a high rate of reception as opposed to non reception, but that does not fit their narrtive.

Circlip · « **Reply #16 on:** April 24, 2023, 11:14:36 am »

Didn't sound on mine, does the string thickness make a difference?

Regards Ian.

tigertiger · « **Reply #17 on:** April 24, 2023, 12:15:42 pm »

Some time in the next few weeks will be an unplanned alert at 2am.

mrlownotes · « **Reply #18 on:** April 24, 2023, 02:11:54 pm »

Removed.

jaymac · « **Reply #19 on:** April 24, 2023, 03:49:25 pm »

Why bother just keep it in the sand where it is

mrlownotes · « **Reply #20 on:** April 24, 2023, 04:08:21 pm »

Removed.

Terry · « **Reply #21 on:** April 25, 2023, 09:24:24 am »

Had an alert here in Austria a couple of weeks ago, not a test, a genuine earthquake warning. Epicentre was about 15 miles from us and the text alert gave very specific instructions as to what we should do. I think that Europe is preparing for a possible WW3, considering the current situation.

Damien Mac · « **Reply #22 on:** May 30, 2023, 01:16:30 pm »

Disabled mine (android)

warspite · « **Reply #23 on:** May 31, 2023, 08:52:14 am »

Quote from: Circlip on April 24, 2023, 11:14:36 am

Didn't sound on mine, does the string thickness make a difference?
Regards Ian.

yes - due to the density it absorbs more and the length is a contributing factor as any corners and change in direction means the contact surface absorbs some of the vibrations

also string theory seems to suggest that folding it in two means you will be closer to the source and hear it better - though not through the string

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