Welcome to the15:00 Alert Party

[Drago]

I thought this was supposed to override whatever settings we'd all got on our phones. I always have alerts switched off for all apps and so does the wife. No wonder we didn't get it. Come the day the bomb goes off I'll not get my three minute warning. Bugger.

Nah, you can specifically disabke alerts.

 

[figbat]

I thought this was supposed to override whatever settings we'd all got on our phones. I always have alerts switched off for all apps and so does the wife. No wonder we didn't get it. Come the day the bomb goes off I'll not get my three minute warning. Bugger.

There are app-based notifications and there are emergency alerts. The latter are dealt with in a different setting to the app-based ones.

 

[HLaB]

Has the world ended? Who pushed the button, Putin, Xi Jinping, Trump ?

 

[Ming the Merciless]

There was post on Facebook being shared about how to prevent a hidden phone from alerting.

Turn it off

 

[Mike_P]

My phone was bluetoothing radio to my Bluetooth speaker so the alert was basically an odd advert break.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Has the world ended? Who pushed the button, Putin, Xi Jinping, Trump ?

Johnny Rottenpants pushed it

 

[Punkawallah]

The ‘smart’ phone had the alert turned off, the ‘dumb’ phone sulked. Win-win.

 

[steverob]

I was out on a ride at the time. My jersey pocket started to buzz. I reached in and pressed the screen. It stopped buzzing. Not sure what the fuss was all about really.

 

[Beebo]

I was driving at the time.
i was confused for a few seconds but wonder if it was a distraction for others.

 

[gbb]

Nah, you can specifically disabke alerts.

Yep, mine are turned off ready for it.

 

[mistyoptic]

We were watching a Jack Ryan film. It just blended into the soundtrack

 

[Asa Post]

Lebara phone alerted at 3:01

 

[figbat]

Luckily I had, just a few minutes before, returned home on my motorbike, otherwise it may have been something of a startle.

 

[fossyant]

I disabled the alerts on my phone,

Same, did it when the first one was tested. Don't know if mine did go off as I'd left it in the car.

 

[johnnyb47]

I was driving back home and I had my phone connected to the car radio listening to some music with the volume turned up high.
The music went off and was met by that horrible shrieking noise bellowing out of the speakers.
I almost jumped out of the car wondering what the hell it was (I forgot all about it)