Expect your mobile to go off at 3pm this Sunday – here's why and what it'll sound like

Grumpy_chap

I was curious as to whether this would only alert to phones with an active SIM card installed, so I switched on an old device which is WI-FI only.  I was half expecting that this would also receive the notification as, after all, even without a SIM card it can make emergency calls.
My curiosity was satisfied when the device failed to react at all in any way to the notification.
Assuming I had not set the device to ignore notifications in the past.

outtatune

On both my Android and iphone the button to stop the alarm also dismissed the message, and there's no (at least obvious) way to retrieve the message, so I have no idea what it said.

Which makes the whole thing pretty useless.

RumRat

outtatune said:

On both my Android and iphone the button to stop the alarm also dismissed the message, and there's no (at least obvious) way to retrieve the message, so I have no idea what it said.

Which makes the whole thing pretty useless.

Natural selection. Those that don't read the real alarm messages in the future may perish....

poseidon1

Bit of an anti climax.
Waited specifically for siren to go off, nothing. Checked the screen and message was there, together with incoming text.

bob2302

outtatune said:

On both my Android and iphone the button to stop the alarm also dismissed the message, and there's no (at least obvious) way to retrieve the message, so I have no idea what it said.

Which makes the whole thing pretty useless.

It probably left a notification for you to read. If it didn't that's a problem with your device rather than the system. 

Undervalued

All worked perfectly on my iPhone.

For those that want to read the message....

Undervalued

outtatune said:

On both my Android and iphone the button to stop the alarm also dismissed the message, and there's no (at least obvious) way to retrieve the message, so I have no idea what it said.

Which makes the whole thing pretty useless.

See above post

booneruk

Whether it worked or not, it's a test and that's why we have tests!

When the alert landed my phone made a noise it's never made before, and I had to read the alert before I could use my phone as normal. All fine and reasonable.

Newcad

On my Samsung cancelling the siren also wiped the message, and there was no SMS or other notification.

That's fine for a test but wouldn't be very helpful in an actual emergency other than letting me know to go and search online for what it was about.

MACKEM99

Off button for me.  😃 I did have a laugh at a comment I read:

 "Mine was nine minutes late if it had been a nuclear warning I would not have had enough time to hide under table.". 😂