Phone looked like it was about to explode

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[–] 8 points 1 year ago

Looked at the clock at 2:55 and thought "ah that thing will go off shortly"

Still made me jump

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (8 children)

    I didn't get it! Wonder if it's because I'm running GrapheneOS on my Pixel. I do have emergency alerts enabled, but ¯_(ツ)_/¯

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (3 children)

    Might want to report that to somebody. Emergency alerts are an important function

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (2 children)

    Yeah, I'm trying to work out who I should be reporting it to. I'll try Vodafone first, with any luck it'll be something they can sort out on their end.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago

    Mine actually worked this time, I never got the first test.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    I was at the pub when it happened. With so many phones going off at once it didn't really sound like the noise was coming from a phone at all, more like a fire alarm. Took lots of people quite a long time to realise what was going on

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  • [–] 0 points 1 year ago* (3 children)

    Oh, lol I turned them off. We aren't exactly in a country at risk of any emergency

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    Then why turn it off if you'll never really get them? I know emergencies rarely happen, but wouldn't you want it enabled if they do?

    They have been used 5 times already, and all were for very good reason

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