Emergency Alert Test 23 April
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Re: Emergency Alert Test 23 April
Actually, despite the nearest mast for my network is a block away on our industrial estate the mast my phone always connects to at work is across the river, nearer those chemical plants and warehouses that had fires in. So I'm likely to get the biros restore being further away.
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Now I know about it, I can indeed use my free will, and not have it imposed upon me without my knowledge.Tangled Metal wrote: ↑20 Mar 2023, 4:24pm Have you since learnt about it and having learnt about it do you think it is positive system and you might then choose to turn it on out of your own free will?
I will consider it, but I doubt I would use it.
I know a chap aged 75 who has just bought a Samsung thingy secondhand.
Until now, he has never held a mobile phone or even operated a computer. Maybe he knows nothing about his device, but I do know he's not the sharpest tool in the box.
Mick F. Cornwall
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I could vaguely see where you were coming from if there were a significant number of said inputs.
A shortcut has to be a challenge, otherwise it would just be the way. No situation is so dire that panic cannot make it worse.
There are two kinds of people in this world: those can extrapolate from incomplete data.
There are two kinds of people in this world: those can extrapolate from incomplete data.
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PS:
Just looking at Notifications on my iPhone Settings.
The Alerts are WAY DOWN at the bottom and you have to scroll down and down and down to find them. Most iPhone users won't even know about it. I certainly didn't until the advent of the is thread.
Yet to discuss this with other iPhone users ............ let alone Mrs Mick F!!!
Just looking at Notifications on my iPhone Settings.
The Alerts are WAY DOWN at the bottom and you have to scroll down and down and down to find them. Most iPhone users won't even know about it. I certainly didn't until the advent of the is thread.
Yet to discuss this with other iPhone users ............ let alone Mrs Mick F!!!
Mick F. Cornwall
Re: Emergency Alert Test 23 April
PPS:
Just checked my very modern MacBookAir. Latest version, and up-to-date software.
Apple - in their wisdom - have attempted to make the Mac software the same/similar to the iPhone software.
Going to Notifications in Settings on here, the Alerts thing isn't listed.
Why a phone, and not a computer?
Just checked my very modern MacBookAir. Latest version, and up-to-date software.
Apple - in their wisdom - have attempted to make the Mac software the same/similar to the iPhone software.
Going to Notifications in Settings on here, the Alerts thing isn't listed.
Why a phone, and not a computer?
Mick F. Cornwall
Re: Emergency Alert Test 23 April
It's a question of network access and functionality rather than software.Mick F wrote: ↑20 Mar 2023, 5:20pm PPS:
Just checked my very modern MacBookAir. Latest version, and up-to-date software.
Apple - in their wisdom - have attempted to make the Mac software the same/similar to the iPhone software.
Going to Notifications in Settings on here, the Alerts thing isn't listed.
Why a phone, and not a computer?
This alert system uses the cellular 'phone network, details upthread.
What network do you think could be used for this purpose with your portable computer?
Thanks
Jonathan
Re: Emergency Alert Test 23 April
Perhaps that's why the service is ON by default...
Jonathan
PS: That secondhand 'phone might be too old for this to work: details upthread.
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Re: Emergency Alert Test 23 April
Because a tablet or a computer isn’t a mobile ‘phone; it isn’t directly in communication with the ‘phone network.Why a phone, and not a computer?
There are a few exceptions where full mobile ‘phone capability is built into a tablet or computer, but generally not. Don’t be fooled by the fact that, if you know how to, you can make ‘phone calls using such a device, that is achieved other than directly via the mobile network.
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Every Android tablet I've had would act as a phone if you inserted a sim card.Nearholmer wrote: ↑20 Mar 2023, 5:34pmBecause a tablet or a computer isn’t a mobile ‘phone; it isn’t directly in communication with the ‘phone network.Why a phone, and not a computer?
There are a few exceptions where full mobile ‘phone capability is built into a tablet or computer, but generally not. Don’t be fooled by the fact that, if you know how to, you can make ‘phone calls using such a device, that is achieved other than directly via the mobile network.
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Neither of the two Android tablets that I've owned would do calls - one has no sim slot at all, and the other has one, but for data only.pete75 wrote: ↑20 Mar 2023, 5:45pmEvery Android tablet I've had would act as a phone if you inserted a sim card.Nearholmer wrote: ↑20 Mar 2023, 5:34pmBecause a tablet or a computer isn’t a mobile ‘phone; it isn’t directly in communication with the ‘phone network.Why a phone, and not a computer?
There are a few exceptions where full mobile ‘phone capability is built into a tablet or computer, but generally not. Don’t be fooled by the fact that, if you know how to, you can make ‘phone calls using such a device, that is achieved other than directly via the mobile network.
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Re: Emergency Alert Test 23 April
talking of emergency alerts, back in autumn last year I began to pop my iPhone 12 mini in the armrest cubby 'ole in my BMW "mini". It seemed to fit in there rather well what with one thing and another. Then began a minor mystery which was in the form of sundry beeps and squawks and turned out to be the phone sensing a particular sequence of button presses, triggered by my arm resting on the arm rest. The upshot of this button pressing was my phone ringing the emergency services on my behalf...
After I worked out what was happening I felt I ought to contact the service to explain & apologize, which I did and they were good enough to write back thanking me for taking the trouble.
I've got a feeling I've already posted this chucklesome anecdote on this very forum, but I can't quite remember... this is why I need help from my phone.
After I worked out what was happening I felt I ought to contact the service to explain & apologize, which I did and they were good enough to write back thanking me for taking the trouble.
I've got a feeling I've already posted this chucklesome anecdote on this very forum, but I can't quite remember... this is why I need help from my phone.
S
(on the look out for Armageddon, on board a Brompton nano & ever-changing Moultons)
(on the look out for Armageddon, on board a Brompton nano & ever-changing Moultons)
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I don't see much point... what you supposed to do - rush out and buy 6 months worth of bottled water and Frey Bentos pies? IPCC tell us it's all over anyway!
Now, where's my copy of When The Wind Blows?
Now, where's my copy of When The Wind Blows?
S
(on the look out for Armageddon, on board a Brompton nano & ever-changing Moultons)
(on the look out for Armageddon, on board a Brompton nano & ever-changing Moultons)
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No, nearest pub, six pints and some peanuts. Or maybe I'm confusing it with another book.simonineaston wrote: ↑20 Mar 2023, 6:22pm I don't see much point... what you supposed to do - rush out and buy 6 months worth of bottled water and Frey Bentos pies?
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