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Oblivian

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#2917351 22-May-2022 20:11

nolanz:
This is what happened the last time and despite Civil Defence being advised, they appear to have ignored the problem.

Many many phone users would not be able to recover the message to read it.

I expect Thats a phone maker thing. Not a government thing. (And it's a test, not the real deal so may not have the same attributes)

Found mine just fine.. it's easier on iPhone with the draw down bar. But android's had it for a while. Its part of the core play services like the covid eni.
Some bury it in messages. Some in phone settings -alerts. On mine its as simple as going 'emer..' in setting search and boom. Multiple emergency alert related menus/setting

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#2917353 22-May-2022 20:16

Came through on my wife's Samsung but nothing on my P30. Not sure why as they have worked in the past - history shows last one received in August late year.

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#2917400 22-May-2022 20:27

DjShadow:

Came through on mine, however my wife's iPhone on slient shows the alert but didn't make any sound

I am sure the message used to work even on silent on iPhones

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#2917405 22-May-2022 20:59

DjShadow:

Came through on mine, however my wife's iPhone on slient shows the alert but didn't make any sound

Same on my iPhone. Had been to movies earlier and forgotten to turn off ‘silent’ by the time the alert came through. Notification but no sound.

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#2917422 22-May-2022 22:24

I knew it was happening but forgot about it and the wife's went off first and scared the bejesus out of me for a second then all was silent for a couple of minutes and then mine went off and I was like god damn it hahahahah.
Getting older and loud instant sounds equals shorter life.

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#2917426 22-May-2022 22:42

I was surprised it came through on my parallel imported phone (on Vodafone) - I had been told it wasn't supported, but I guess it is.

I'll check my Spark phone and see if it came through to there as well.

Edit: nope, looks like the phone had to be switched on at the time and my Spark one wasn't.

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#2917432 22-May-2022 23:37

Still not working on wifi calling. :( will they ever?
None of our 4 phones got it as we don’t have coverage here.

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