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#3080400 28-May-2023 17:30

In case you have not seen the ads, today is test day. From past experience, it normally occurs during an ad break during the news

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#3080407 28-May-2023 18:14

Yep, between 6-7pm tonight. So like, nowish.

https://www.civildefence.govt.nz/get-ready/civil-defence-emergency-management-alerts-and-warnings/emergency-mobile-alert/

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#3080408 28-May-2023 18:17

where is the sound file stored on a android phone (rooted)? I want to custom my alert sound if possible.

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#3080409 28-May-2023 18:18

Got mine ;)

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#3080410 28-May-2023 18:20

No vibration on phone. Nothing on screen (my iOS scheduled alerts were on screen). Only reason I knew it happened was I saw it on my garmin watch

Wife had her phone on silent l, I could hear it vibrate. But no sound. When I scroll my notifications I can see it there.

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#3080412 28-May-2023 18:27

28 page thread a few years old and were going to do this all over again?

It's not without it's quirks. YMMV

That goes for everyone.

Depending on maker/device if it adheres to blasting you. Allowing silence, flashing light, or even shutting up when you hit a button like on the OPPOs here.

If you think the response needs to be better. Or experienced something you think needs mention/addressing - There is a feedback form.

https://consultation.nema.govt.nz/nema-communications/ema-feedback

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#3080414 28-May-2023 18:28

Was a very quiet notification compared to previous ones. I haven't changed sound settings (that I'm aware of).

iPhone 14 Pro running iOS 16.4.1.

Had the phone right next to me, and the buzzing from the phone was almost louder than the audio.

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#3080415 28-May-2023 18:28

Yetti92:

I wonder if Alerts still work over WoWIFI as it's not technically receiving a signal from a traditional cell site that the alerts would be pushed out from in an area that required it.

Yes. Both the real one a couple of weeks ago and the test one just now came through on my Skinny-over-Wi-Fi connection.

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#3080419 28-May-2023 18:46

Wife's iPhone was on silent, it vibrated but made no noise.

Also given we're now about to enter an age of using Satellite to boost mobile coverage to 100%, will the alert system work over that?

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#3080498 28-May-2023 22:11

They recently introduced this system in the UK and I was astonished at the resistance to it found it BTL comments throughout the MSM.

I am no fan of government intrusion or mission creep but this seems like a genuinely useful thing and I really struggled to understand the tin foil hat rage that resulted.

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#3080500 28-May-2023 22:25

Alert worked as normal.

Tip (for Samsung phones at least), if you want to mute the blaring alarm, but to read the message (without digging through menu's), is to hit the volume down key, rather than the OK button.

I am now up to 13 Emergency alerts so far in 2023... (1 NZ test, 4 Auckland weather / flood alerts, and 8 alerts from a short holiday in Korea (a combination of air quality warnings & mild earthquakes). Generally, feel this system is overused, and question the need for tests in that light.

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#3080505 28-May-2023 23:14

DjShadow:

Wife's iPhone was on silent, it vibrated but made no noise.

Also given we're now about to enter an age of using Satellite to boost mobile coverage to 100%, will the alert system work over that?

I didn’t feel the vibration on mine, but guess it did. So did not see message on screen until later.

Had Apple Watch on and nothing on that, yet phone calls and text messages go to watch.

Not overriding silent mode seems a bug to me.

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#3080527 29-May-2023 07:07

On an iPhone, how do you see the full message? I get the notification on the lock screen but when I click on the message to open it, it only shows a portion of the message and I can't scroll down to read the rest of it.

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#3080539 29-May-2023 07:21

Senecio:
On an iPhone, how do you see the full message? I get the notification on the lock screen but when I click on the message to open it, it only shows a portion of the message and I can't scroll down to read the rest of it.

https://www.geekzone.co.nz/forums.asp?forumid=76&topicid=268560

https://www.geekzone.co.nz/forums.asp?forumid=161&topicid=281593&page_no=1#2665674

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#3080557 29-May-2023 08:26

rugrat:

Had Apple Watch on and nothing on that, yet phone calls and text messages go to watch.

That's interesting. It came through fine on my Apple Watch.

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