Alert Ready Test on November 17, 2021

[J_PM]

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 

[ShawnC13]

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.

[LoreckAvery]

Super appreciate the heads up

[esjliv]

Please don't happen at 3am!

😂

[thompsonpaul]

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).

[0PX9O4]

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@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)

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@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/

[cellphoneuser1]

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

[jor123]

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

[Dtack]

Thanks for the advance notice!

[Pawprints1986]

@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)

[Yummy]

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

[sunflowershine]

Thanks!

[darlicious]

Good to know. Thank you.

[0PX9O4]

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 😂😛😇