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Alert Ready Test on November 17, 2021

J_PM — Mon, 25 Oct 2021 21:58:40 GMT

Hey Community,

On November 17, 2021, the Government of Canada will conduct an Alert Ready Test to compatible mobile devices in each province and territory. Alert Ready is designed to deliver critical and potentially life-saving alerts to Canadians. Test alerts educate Canadians on what an emergency alert will look and sound like in the event of a life-threatening situation.

The test message will be distributed on TV, radio and compatible wireless devices. The emergency alert will display on customers' devices, accompanied by the alert sound, unless your phone is set to vibrate, silent or turned off. However, not all wireless devices will receive the test message. This may occur for various reasons; device compatibility, connection to an LTE network, cell tower coverage, and device software and settings.

To learn more about the Alert Ready service, what devices are supported, and the test schedule for your province or territory, visit alertready.ca.

- Public Mobile Community Team

Re: Alert Ready Test on November 17, 2021

0PX9O4 — Mon, 25 Oct 2021 22:05:01 GMT

Thank you for the announcement, this is super useful to know in advance!

For me this will be a test of whether or not the steps I took to disable such alerts on my Android phone were successful 😂😛😇

Re: Alert Ready Test on November 17, 2021

darlicious — Mon, 25 Oct 2021 22:23:36 GMT

Good to know. Thank you.

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sunflowershine — Mon, 25 Oct 2021 23:23:02 GMT

Thanks!

Re: Alert Ready Test on November 17, 2021

Yummy — Mon, 25 Oct 2021 23:28:29 GMT

Lets see how it will go. I hope it will work good when real issue occurs...

Re: Alert Ready Test on November 17, 2021

Pawprints1986 — Tue, 26 Oct 2021 10:46:29 GMT

@0PX9O4 I'm curious, what methods did you use?

I know one was is turn device to wcdma only, but I'm curious what you've done

(Just to say, I'm not against them, but I am however disabled, rarely out, and ultimately of no help if it's something such as amber alert. I don't even face a street lol. As well I do believe there could be beneficial tweaks they could implement on their end)

Re: Alert Ready Test on November 17, 2021

Dtack — Tue, 26 Oct 2021 12:14:28 GMT

Thanks for the advance notice!

Re: Alert Ready Test on November 17, 2021

jor123 — Tue, 26 Oct 2021 13:18:02 GMT

In the past I've rarely got these, even while on the LTE network with good signal. Odd.

Re: Alert Ready Test on November 17, 2021

cellphoneuser1 — Tue, 26 Oct 2021 13:45:53 GMT

@Pawprints1986 As you thought, the phone is likely set to 3g only to block alerts. Alert settings won't block it.

Re: Alert Ready Test on November 17, 2021

0PX9O4 — Tue, 26 Oct 2021 15:54:17 GMT

@Pawprints1986 wrote:
@0PX9O4 I'm curious, what methods did you use?

I know one was is turn device to wcdma only, but I'm curious what you've done

(Just to say, I'm not against them, but I am however disabled, rarely out, and ultimately of no help if it's something such as amber alert. I don't even face a street lol. As well I do believe there could be beneficial tweaks they could implement on their end)

@Pawprints1986

I used the steps outlined for a Samsung phone in the following thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/ontario/comments/boxx11/how_to_disable_amber_alerts/

Re: Alert Ready Test on November 17, 2021

thompsonpaul — Tue, 26 Oct 2021 22:46:05 GMT

For those of us on older phones that don't have the capability to receive these alerts directly, there are apps for both iPhone and Android that connect directly to the Alert Service to provide the National Alerts (and actually some more useful info as well.)

For Android
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.artermobilize.alertable&amp%3Bhl=en

For iPhone
https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/alertable/id1277488940

These apps will also work for those who have set their phones to 3G only or WiFi only, where even compatible phones wouldn't receive the alerts.

Here's a comprehensive list of phones that aren't compatible (phones newer than the date of the article should be compatible with the Alert system).

Re: Alert Ready Test on November 17, 2021

esjliv — Tue, 26 Oct 2021 23:19:29 GMT

Please don't happen at 3am!

😂

Re: Alert Ready Test on November 17, 2021

LoreckAvery — Mon, 01 Nov 2021 12:38:44 GMT

Super appreciate the heads up

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ShawnC13 — Tue, 02 Nov 2021 13:36:06 GMT

I will get this test while in Ottawa at a conference should be interesting to see how many phones go off in the conference room.

Re: Alert Ready Test on November 17, 2021

stevenanto — Thu, 04 Nov 2021 13:56:31 GMT

These alerts startle me every time, so loud but it can save lives.

Re: Alert Ready Test on November 17, 2021

EstherAnn — Tue, 09 Nov 2021 03:19:03 GMT

Thanks for letting me know

Re: Alert Ready Test on November 17, 2021

dougc — Tue, 09 Nov 2021 07:42:14 GMT

Thanks for the 'heads-up' !

Will make a note to switch over mid-month, to vibrate !

Re: Alert Ready Test on November 17, 2021

0PX9O4 — Tue, 09 Nov 2021 15:29:26 GMT

@dougc

I thought the audible alerts come through even with the device set to vibrate-only. Is that not the case?

Re: Alert Ready Test on November 17, 2021

mpcdesign — Thu, 11 Nov 2021 02:45:57 GMT

Oh great! So, while I be teaching, all our phones in class will be going off on the 17th! Wonderful!

Re: Alert Ready Test on November 17, 2021

softech — Thu, 11 Nov 2021 02:48:45 GMT

@mpcdesign wrote:
Oh great! So, while I be teaching, all our phones in class will be going off on the 17th! Wonderful!

@mpcdesign haha.. their phone should be all during class time everyday !!! LoL