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How Do I Stop Receiving Test Alerts
- Thread starter Kimbel Keener
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nickdalzell
Extreme Android User
You cannot disable 'Presidential Alerts' (although via root you can!) but I don't know why. If the situation is severe enough to warrant a "Presidential alert' there wouldn't be much you can do anyway (like a nuke heading your way) so why bother alerting about it? Personally if I were about to be vaporized by a nuke I wouldn't want to know!
But those others are available (switches are not greyed out).
But those others are available (switches are not greyed out).
how many do you get? how often does it go off? or was it just once?
FWIW my phone doesn't have the "Presidential" one. And the others can all be turned off.
Kimbel Keener
Lurker
I Use An Android 5.1 Phone (ZTE N9518)
again presidential alerts can't be turned off. even if you had "do not disturbed" turned on, you will still get it.
Kimbel Keener
Lurker
I Have No Idea What Presidential Alerts Are, But As I Said. There Is No Option To Turn Off Test Alerts
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wireless_Emergency_Alerts
Alerts issued by the President of the United States or the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
My devices don't have that one, as I'm not using US version phones.
With my Samsung phone, it can turn off Test Alerts. So I think it might depend on the particular make of phone, and/or local regulations for the country or region.
On a Huawei phone I've got, the only Wireless Emergency Alert options on that device are for earthquakes.
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nickdalzell
Extreme Android User
"Presidential" "head of state" alerts (other countries call it something different) are the most severe type. It often involves something like nuclear war. I think sometime ago Hawaii got a huge glitch in their alert system and infamously warned all their people an incoming ICBM was heading their way.
Yet another reason I'm not a fan of emergency alerts. I've been woken up at 2AM for a lost child three states away too often, and in January 2000, we never got warned for an EF3 tornado until a few minutes after the storm had ended. It was the black sky at 3PM and power failure that alerted us.
I never rely on any government for any kind of safety. My state, Kentucky, insists that every half inch of rain is a flood (they never saw Katrina aftermath to know what a real flood even is) and incessantly warn for river flood warnings. Yes, even with talking sirens usually meant for tornados. There's so many false positives and negatives to not put any trust into our EMS alert system. It's horridly out of date.
Yet another reason I'm not a fan of emergency alerts. I've been woken up at 2AM for a lost child three states away too often, and in January 2000, we never got warned for an EF3 tornado until a few minutes after the storm had ended. It was the black sky at 3PM and power failure that alerted us.
I never rely on any government for any kind of safety. My state, Kentucky, insists that every half inch of rain is a flood (they never saw Katrina aftermath to know what a real flood even is) and incessantly warn for river flood warnings. Yes, even with talking sirens usually meant for tornados. There's so many false positives and negatives to not put any trust into our EMS alert system. It's horridly out of date.
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