My wife has a 3 month old Samsung Galaxy J3 and is on the PM network and did NOT get the amber alert.........something to keep in mind for future phone and service provider choices.
As far as I know, disabling WPAS on the phone will not have any impact on receiving alerts. Canadian operators will deliver the alerts to all capable devices on LTE.
@sheytoon oh? interesting. Next time there's a test I know about ahead of time, I will try turning mine off to see. 🙂
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As far as I know, disabling WPAS on the phone will not have any impact on receiving alerts. Canadian operators will deliver the alerts to all capable devices on LTE.
your worried that ur NOT getting them? lmao are you serious, they are a pain in the ass, people hate them, you must have got a phone from overseas that doesnt have that over the top nonsense embedded into their software.
It WILL wake u up from sleep if it goes off. I can only imagine the battery drain to if u leave it in the basement and it rings all night, gosh. Slaves to the government. Heck it might blow out your speakers its so loud
@will13am, I’m surprised this is an option. The idea behind these alerts is for every compatible phone to get and make the user aware.
The S5 is ancient. That may have something to do with it. Then of course, it is up to the app developer to comply with statutes if there are any governing emergency alerts. My google messaging app only allows me to delete alerts that have been received to date. There are no other features related to emergency alerts.
I think your phone may not be compatible with the system. Saying this, my last phone was not on the compatible list, and it did get the message during the second testing.
I got the alert early this evening, in my apartment.
@Lor Go to Settings --> Messages --> Emergency alerts Make sure all alerts are checked. If they already are uncheck them, close Settings, wait 30 seconds, then go back and turn them back on.
