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Your iPhone will make a ‘special sound’ on Oct 4
October 04, 2023, 01:20 PM
rduckworYour iPhone will make a ‘special sound’ on Oct 4
Two minutes early here in my neck of the woods. Guess .gov can't tell time.
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October 04, 2023, 01:20 PM
911BossEvidently our Overlords will not allow us to opt out...

What part of "...Shall not be infringed" don't you understand???
October 04, 2023, 01:21 PM
dar185quote:
Originally posted by rduckwor:
Two minutes early here in my neck of the woods. Guess .gov can't tell time.
RMD
Same
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October 04, 2023, 01:22 PM
Mustang-PaPaWtf. Mine went off and I had everything turned off.
Oh now the tv is going off.
Phone was two mins early and the tv went off on time.
October 04, 2023, 01:22 PM
rainman64I thought I had my Android disabled
But NOOOOOOOOO
I get both the English and Spanish
Jeez
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October 04, 2023, 01:23 PM
kkinaYeppers, 2 minutes early. I guess that's better than 2 minutes late.
People who said everything was turned off. Just side button switched off, or device fully powered down?
October 04, 2023, 01:25 PM
RipleyIt's gone on and off four times in five minutes here.
**edit** five times in seven minutes.
**edit** six times, ten minutes.
**edit** 7/11
8/13
9/16
10/18
Set the controls for the heart of the Sun. October 04, 2023, 01:26 PM
SFCUSARETWell.......That was anticlimatic
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October 04, 2023, 01:26 PM
Johnny 3eaglesMe once, 2 minutes early.
My wife's phone. 3 times so far. Won't go away. The alert, not my wife
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October 04, 2023, 01:26 PM
a1abdjMy phone went off today, but my work truck radio went off yesterday complete with "EMERGENCY" screen popping up
October 04, 2023, 01:29 PM
billpoczquote:
Originally posted by SFCUSARET:
Well.......That was anticlimatic
This!!!
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* October 04, 2023, 01:34 PM
2BobTannerAs of this writing, only received the WARNING over the TV (satellite connection). Haven’t received anything else, over my iPad (which I’m currently using), nor over my hard-wire landline phone, nor my weather alert monitor. Since the alert was for a 1/2 hour duration, guess we’ll see if other media activations happen within that time.
What’s the flight time for missiles from Russia, 1/2 hour?
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October 04, 2023, 01:35 PM
220-9erA big nothing. I just clicked the button on the right side of my phone, the one that would send a call to voicemail, and the noise stopped.
They do this every few years and the news made it sound like this one was something extra special. I guess not.
Another made up "breaking news" type non-event.
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October 04, 2023, 01:46 PM
selogicPhone went off . As soon as I started to put the passcode in , it stopped . TV alerted for about 4 seconds , if that .
October 04, 2023, 01:47 PM
Rightwirequote:
Originally posted by SFCUSARET:
Well.......That was anticlimatic
Understatement of the week.... clicked ok and it was done. Only my phone, nothing on laptop.
Although... suddenly... havvvveeee... crrraaavvviiinng...
.... foooooooor...
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There are three types of mistakes; Those you learn from, those you suffer from, and those you don't survive. October 04, 2023, 01:57 PM
FenderBenderquote:
Originally posted by FenderBender:
It's my understanding that the big national alerts cannot be turned off, by law imposed on the mobile carriers.
Like I said....
October 04, 2023, 02:01 PM
nhtagmemberok, so the carriers have to send it
but as a private user, and the one who pays the bills, I said I don't want it
so why did I get it
had all my alerts turned off - don't give a flying fuck about amber alerts and all that horseshit
so why do I not have control over a device that I've paid for
October 04, 2023, 02:03 PM
FenderBenderquote:
Originally posted by nhtagmember:
ok, so the carriers have to send it
but as a private user, and the one who pays the bills, I said I don't want it
so why did I get it
had all my alerts turned off - don't give a flying fuck about amber alerts and all that horseshit
so why do I not have control over a device that I've paid for
Do you own a bump stock?
October 04, 2023, 02:06 PM
Gibbquote:
Originally posted by nhtagmember:
ok, so the carriers have to send it
but as a private user, and the one who pays the bills, I said I don't want it
so why did I get it
had all my alerts turned off - don't give a flying fuck about amber alerts and all that horseshit
so why do I not have control over a device that I've paid for
Because the .gov controls the airwaves the carriers use, and forced them to push it (much like they do with the TV providers).
The .gov is finally wise to the fact that not as many people listen to radio or watch live TV anymore, so they needed a new way to push national alerts. This is the new way.
I shall respect you until you open your mouth, from that point on, you must earn it yourself. October 04, 2023, 02:07 PM
oddballquote:
Originally posted by konata88:
WTF - I disabled all the notifications and it still came through. And fucking loud.
For fuck's sake.
Same.
And I have a dumb phone, no smartphone, no data, no wifi. Assholes.
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