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ananda

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32. What if your phone is turned off?

Reply to Newsjock (Original post)

Mon Jun 17, 2013, 07:52 AM

Jun 2013

Will the presidential alert turn it back on to alert?

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AT&T rolls out mandatory 'Presidential Alerts' feature to iPhones; cannot be disabled [View all] Newsjock Jun 2013 OP

found this on my t-mobile ProdigalJunkMail Jun 2013 #1

Well if you think about people are watching less TV and radio davidpdx Jun 2013 #25

i just disagree with the premise that we need the gov't to tell us everything ProdigalJunkMail Jun 2013 #31

Yeah you have a point about disabling it davidpdx Jun 2013 #36

WHAT? pangaia Jun 2013 #2

No one listens to the radio any more. Robb Jun 2013 #3

+1. Lady Freedom Returns Jun 2013 #17

I hope it doesn't involve facebook. Turbineguy Jun 2013 #4

I've got AT &T, and haven't gotten it nt riqster Jun 2013 #5

I believe it's installed on newer phones LTR Jun 2013 #16

This is a test of the Emergency Broadcast System. backscatter712 Jun 2013 #6

Obligatory posting of Duck and Cover: NYC_SKP Jun 2013 #7

HAHA A government instruction film burnodo Jun 2013 #10

Minority Report burnodo Jun 2013 #8

i like my dumbphone. hobbit709 Jun 2013 #9

Me too richmwill Jun 2013 #12

Same here, my phone is an idiot. arcane1 Jun 2013 #13

I have one of those. At a restaurant one afternoon for a late lunch with a daughter, bike man Jun 2013 #24

I started getting amber alerts and severe weather alerts on my boston bean Jun 2013 #11

I like the severe weather alerts. knitter4democracy Jun 2013 #15

Watching NOAA's warnings and the radar, BadgerKid Jun 2013 #23

Really? Weird. knitter4democracy Jun 2013 #35

This is a test Aerows Jun 2013 #14

I say GOOD! Lady Freedom Returns Jun 2013 #18

Verizon kicked this out a while ago MiniMe Jun 2013 #19

And my phone is a dumb phone MiniMe Jun 2013 #20

Yep, I've had it on my Verizon phone for around a year. MadrasT Jun 2013 #22

That's wild. I just found that on my iphone NightWatcher Jun 2013 #21

I Don't Have a Problem RobinA Jun 2013 #26

You should be able to turn off everything except the Presidential Alert. n/t tammywammy Jun 2013 #30

I know, if I were driving, unbeknownst to me a tornado was in the area, damn right I would want this graham4anything Jun 2013 #27

another reason not to have a cell phone. HiPointDem Jun 2013 #28

A Modern Version of Conelrad... KharmaTrain Jun 2013 #29

What if your phone is turned off? ananda Jun 2013 #32

Freeper freak-out in 5,4,3,2,1 Hassin Bin Sober Jun 2013 #33

how dare the government do something good sigmasix Jun 2013 #34

"This is a Conelrad alert" longship Jun 2013 #37