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Emergency Alerts Permanent Disable

Codegerm

Codegerm

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As most of us know, Our phone have the "Emergency Alert Message" ability integrated into our messaging app. I had disabled the alerts for the ones it will let you (the presidential one won't let you). Some how they became enabled again, and today was bothered by an Amber Alert for someone that was nowhere near me. Needless to say, I was annoyed by it. I have absolutely no need or want of this function as the news is always on and I have a weather radio..

So now I am looking to permanently disable this ability. Perhaps an older version of the messaging app that doesn't support it so my call/message blocking app can catch it and kill it, or something hidden in a config file that I can edit. If anyone has an idea on this, that would be great.
 
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Update: I have found out how to disable the presidential alerts. I did a little digging and have found the settings XML file that you need to edit if you wish to have the this alert disabled along with the rest.

On the stock JB ROM (and those based on it too) the file is in /data/data/com.android.mms/shared_prefs and is called com.android.mms_preferences.xml

make a backup copy of this file before you edit, in case you mess it up...

in this you change the Boolean variable for this line

name="#cmas#type##presidential#enabled" value="true"

to this:

name="#cmas#type##presidential#enabled" value="false"

make sure you keep the permissions the same as they were before you edited it.

then reboot and profit...

The information I found came from this thread:

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1829681
 
Yeah this was for somewhere in Miami which is like 400 miles away. I already have a weather radio. I turned off all the emergency messages then edited that file to turn off the presidential one. I never change the settings on my messaging. I may try out locking that file to read only, once I get finished looking through it. I want to see if there is any need for it to be written to other than a preference change.
 
Codegerm said:
Yeah this was for somewhere in Miami which is like 400 miles away. I already have a weather radio. I turned off all the emergency messages then edited that file to turn off the presidential one. I never change the settings on my messaging. I may try out locking that file to read only, once I get finished looking through it. I want to see if there is any need for it to be written to other than a preference change.
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I got that same alert today. Where around do u live? Sounds close to me
 
I seriously doubt the president alerts will be everyday or anything...

The only time would be when we're invaded by aliens and just the ones that hop over the fdnce eitger...if there was a extinction event....and it wasnt obvious like blackhole on the other side....id want to know about it....


Just think...they don't want to cause mass panic....so they're not going to text unless they are sure.....

But what if...what if...they knew and did nothing....shouldn't we have the right to know we are going to die...especially if we can't see it and they can with their space tech....
But someone with a conscious decided to send a presidential alert...defying orders....but letting everyone know...


So ill keep my pres alert on and turn off the rest.
 
Well they can't see everything. Think of the surprise meteor that went over Russia for example. Besides, the point is we have so many other ways to be annoyed by these alerts, so no need for this crap on my phone, not to mention being in an important meeting (something that requires you to silence your phone). Having it go off would piss me off. That is why I looked up how to do it.
 
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