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roverbarmy · 23rd April 2023, 14:36

Your phone is beeping because you forgot to switch it off. The is nothing to worry about, nothing can possibly go w.... wr.... wrong wrong wrong wro.... wi. th th theeeeee sys..... sys..... temmmmmmmmmm.................. PS Keep your heads down because of the ................................

Borg Warner · 23rd April 2023, 19:21

Mine worked.

Think, in principle, it's a good idea.

Sadly let down by the biomechanical devices owning the phones.

Rev Jules · 23rd April 2023, 20:58

Didn’t work for me.

Rev.

wraymond · 24th April 2023, 08:55

Well, it worked for me. Or didn't, depending on which way you look at it.

Switched off prior to date/time given and on again10 mins. ago. The opening screen format was different plus items that were not apparent before - so that's unauthorised add-ons. Of course, there's no way of knowing why or how those add-ons occurred either yesterday or immediately I opened it today. I'm still waiting for the alarm sounding.....
How do you spell paranoiac?

Arctic · 24th April 2023, 10:18

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Originally Posted by wraymond

Well, it worked for me. Or didn't, depending on which way you look at it.

Switched off prior to date/time given and on again10 mins. ago. The opening screen format was different plus items that were not apparent before - so that's unauthorised add-ons. Of course, there's no way of knowing why or how those add-ons occurred either yesterday or immediately I opened it today. I'm still waiting for the alarm sounding.....
How do you spell paranoiac?

Go to settings on your phone and type in Emergency alerts and see if you have turned it off, i have mine turned off for Amber alerts, Extreme threats, Severe threats, etc

Borg Warner · 24th April 2023, 12:17

It's interesting to see, not just on this forum but elsewhere, some considerable apathy as well as concern and anger at this trial. When ever an incident occurs, no matter what it maybe, the public demand information. See the current situation in Sudan. Yet here we have the government trialling a system that could potentially save their lives and some don't want to know.

Folks are strange. Dealing with an incident is the easy part; dealing with the public is a whole different ball game.

torque2me · 24th April 2023, 12:24

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Originally Posted by Borg Warner

It's interesting to see, not just on this forum but elsewhere, some considerable apathy as well as concern and anger at this trial. When ever an incident occurs, no matter what it maybe, the public demand information. See the current situation in Sudan. Yet here we have the government trialling a system that could potentially save their lives and some don't want to know.

Folks are strange. Dealing with an incident is the easy part; dealing with the public is a whole different ball game.

"There's nowt so strange as folk", we in Yorkshire have known that for centuries so perhaps this attitude has being going on much longer than we think. It is strange how we human beings change stance depending on events.

Kev

StewartIngram · 24th April 2023, 19:48

Didn't work for me on Orange (now EE of course). But I have a Windows phone, we always get left out nowadays, but it is a far better device than Android, and I wouldn't touch anything from Apple....

coolcat · 25th April 2023, 09:35

Mine went off as planned.

I do however think the implied use for environmental warnings is possibly a bit of a smokescreen for its main purpose so not to panic the public.

I'm more inclined to believe its use is as a replacement to the (long defunct) air raid sirens of old.

In these worrying times of military escalation around the world and nuclear sabre rattling.... I think that this system has been put in place as a warning alert for a possible missile attack. Protect and survive and all that!
Hope I'm wrong and we never have to find out

roverbarmy · 25th April 2023, 09:51

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Originally Posted by coolcat

In these worrying times of military escalation around the world and nuclear sabre rattling.... I think that this system has been put in place as a warning alert for a possible missile attack. Protect and survive and all that!
Hope I'm wrong and we never have to find out

Me too! If I get "called up" for "Dad's Army" (living on the east coast) I wonder which character I will be!

"Don't tell 'em Mike!"

23rd April 2023, 14:36	#1
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coolcat This is my second home Audi Q3 TDI S-Line Quattro Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Clacton On Sea/On the boat somewhere Posts: 51,328 Thanks: 9,890 Thanked 12,235 Times in 8,232 Posts	Mine went off as planned. I do however think the implied use for environmental warnings is possibly a bit of a smokescreen for its main purpose so not to panic the public. I'm more inclined to believe its use is as a replacement to the (long defunct) air raid sirens of old. In these worrying times of military escalation around the world and nuclear sabre rattling.... I think that this system has been put in place as a warning alert for a possible missile attack. Protect and survive and all that! Hope I'm wrong and we never have to find out __________________ Jeff. Last edited by coolcat; 25th April 2023 at 10:16..

23rd April 2023, 19:21	#2
Borg Warner I really should get out more....... None Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Suffolk Posts: 2,582 Thanks: 494 Thanked 657 Times in 402 Posts	Mine worked. Think, in principle, it's a good idea. Sadly let down by the biomechanical devices owning the phones.

23rd April 2023, 20:58	#3
Rev Jules This is my second home Rover 75 Tourer+ Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Radcliffe on Trent Posts: 10,719 Thanks: 7,308 Thanked 3,929 Times in 2,051 Posts	Didn’t work for me. Rev.

24th April 2023, 12:17	#6
Borg Warner I really should get out more....... None Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Suffolk Posts: 2,582 Thanks: 494 Thanked 657 Times in 402 Posts	It's interesting to see, not just on this forum but elsewhere, some considerable apathy as well as concern and anger at this trial. When ever an incident occurs, no matter what it maybe, the public demand information. See the current situation in Sudan. Yet here we have the government trialling a system that could potentially save their lives and some don't want to know. Folks are strange. Dealing with an incident is the easy part; dealing with the public is a whole different ball game.

24th April 2023, 19:48	#8
StewartIngram Gets stuck in Rover 75 Connoisseur 2.5 V6 auto Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Chatteris, Cambridgeshire Posts: 920 Thanks: 320 Thanked 159 Times in 127 Posts	Didn't work for me on Orange (now EE of course). But I have a Windows phone, we always get left out nowadays, but it is a far better device than Android, and I wouldn't touch anything from Apple....