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DaveNF2G
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Why do people think the President actually sends these alerts?
Why do people think the President actually sends these alerts?
The alert is a broadcast from the cell site. It’s not targeting specific phones so this isn’t surprising.
I found it interesting that only my true smartphone received the alert on the at&t network. The big difference between my smartphone and the two that did not receive the WEA or EAS test is that the smartphone is using 4G technology while the two other phones are 3G. I'm not certain but I guess there are different frequency bands for 4G and 3G. I don't think the two technologies can share the same frequency band. Anyone know this for certain?
I do suspect this to be the reason the alert was not received on the two non smartphone devices.
This is a matter of the phone itself and not the network(4G vs 3G). From my understanding, the phone itself needs to support WEA.
https://www.fema.gov/media-library-...142/IsYourPhoneWEACapable_Final_Compliant.pdf
My current phone is WEA capable, but there's no setting within the phone that would suggest it. My ladies brand new phone does have the option to disable it within text messaging options.
What would actually send off these alerts for something real?
What would actually send off these alerts for something real?
a state of public peril or disaster or other national emergency
What would actually send off these alerts for something real?
Why do people think the President actually sends these alerts?
Wife and I have Samsung Galaxy 8s. She gets Amber Alerts and I don't. I turned it off.. We were both home and nether phone got the alert. TV on Comcast cable got it. Both phones go Wifi when we are home. Might be why we didn't get it..
I disabled Amber Alerts is all on my phone and not on my wife's...My service provider is Comcast Xfinity Mobile. And with no WiFi it goes to a Verizon towerBeing connected to wifi wouldn't cause you not to get the alerts. You're still connected to your phone's network. When I got the alert, I was connected to wifi. Whom is your service provider? Maybe other's who use the same network could confirm if they got the alert or not.
According to https://www.verizonwireless.com/support/knowledge-base-211182/ Presidential alerts can't be disabled on the s8. That's not to say it's the same with other service providers tho