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Public emergency alerts to be sent to all UK smartphones on 23rd April

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  • twopenny
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    Haven't heard from anyone who turned it off.
    Does it come on once you switch on again?

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  • missile
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    twopenny said:
    Haven't heard from anyone who turned it off.
    Does it come on once you switch on again?
    No ...................
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  • twopenny
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    Well lets hope there's no emergency at night, medic appt, theater etc when the phone's turned off  :)l

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  • flossy_splodge
    flossy_splodge Posts: 2,544 Forumite
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    I'm on EE (shudder) and nothing. Not a peep. And my settings were good and my signal was showing as 4G.
    Government run???  :)
  • egarobar
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    Both our phones are fairly old Android phones. Received the message but no noise, no vibration, just a message on screen. One of them asked me whether I want messages in the future, one didn't. If I hadn't looked I would have no idea what was happening..
  • molerat
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    Got a shock when MrsM's tablet went off, forgot it has a SIM in although no contract.
  • egarobar
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    edited 23 April 2023 at 9:55PM
    On the android 8 phone the message has a Chinese heading - anyone know what it means?
  • TadleyBaggie
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    egarobar said:
    On the android 8 phone the message has a Chinese heading - anyone know what it means?
    Emergency Alert:


  • Le_Kirk
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    RumRat said:
    Le_Kirk said:
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    Le_Kirk said:
    One minute early but why was it an American voice?
    Because that's what your phone is set to?...Mine was a rather nice lady from the Home Counties (Possibly)...
    My phone is not "set to" anywhere.
    Probably why you got an American.....It's always set to somewhere, usually the US by default..
    How does one "set" one's phone please?
  • Sarahspangles
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    Le_Kirk said:
    RumRat said:
    Le_Kirk said:
    RumRat said:
    Le_Kirk said:
    One minute early but why was it an American voice?
    Because that's what your phone is set to?...Mine was a rather nice lady from the Home Counties (Possibly)...
    My phone is not "set to" anywhere.
    Probably why you got an American.....It's always set to somewhere, usually the US by default..
    How does one "set" one's phone please?
    On iPhones it’s General Settings - Language & Region and on Android it’s Settings - System - Languages.  Look for English (UK)
     
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