Posted: 5/10/2014 9:31:24 AM EDT
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Quoted: I specifically bought a phone that doesn't receive these "Alerts". Thus far I know it has mostly been used from the hours of 2-6AM to annoy the hell out of people. If I had it on my phone, I would immediately force uninstall the app. Not an app. You can turn off amber and .gov alerts except for POTUS alerts. |
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Not an app. You can turn off amber and .gov alerts except for POTUS alerts. Quoted:
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I specifically bought a phone that doesn't receive these "Alerts". Thus far I know it has mostly been used from the hours of 2-6AM to annoy the hell out of people. If I had it on my phone, I would immediately force uninstall the app. Not an app. You can turn off amber and .gov alerts except for POTUS alerts. What's a president alert? A Red Dawn style invasion? |
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I specifically bought a phone that doesn't receive these "Alerts". Thus far I know it has mostly been used from the hours of 2-6AM to annoy the hell out of people. If I had it on my phone, I would immediately force uninstall the app. Not an app. You can turn off amber and .gov alerts except for POTUS alerts. What's a president alert? A Red Dawn style invasion? If that happened the communist in chief would be gloating in his alert. 
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Under your apps there should be one that says "emergency alert" then in the settings you should be able to pick which alerts you want to receive, except the presidential alerts, you can't turn those off. Quoted:
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How can you turn the amber alert off Under your apps there should be one that says "emergency alert" then in the settings you should be able to pick which alerts you want to receive, except the presidential alerts, you can't turn those off. Thanks done |
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Quoted: What's a president alert? A Red Dawn style invasion? Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: I specifically bought a phone that doesn't receive these "Alerts". Thus far I know it has mostly been used from the hours of 2-6AM to annoy the hell out of people. If I had it on my phone, I would immediately force uninstall the app. Not an app. You can turn off amber and .gov alerts except for POTUS alerts. What's a president alert? A Red Dawn style invasion? Your obamacare payment is overdue. iPhone IOS7 Settings > Notification Center > Government Alerts |
Ohh, didn't know you can't disable the POTUS alerts. I did see a "emergency alert" something or other app on my friends' Samsung Galaxy though. Likely the POTUS alerts are just another app or a secondary feature of the main app. Guarantee rooting your phone and force uninstall/disable would work, but that's kind of really advanced for most users. 
I just mostly see all this crap as something else extra running in the background, killing my battery. |
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Quoted: Ohh, didn't know you can't disable the POTUS alerts. I did see a "emergency alert" something or other app on my friends' Samsung Galaxy though. Likely the POTUS alerts are just another app or a secondary feature of the main app. Guarantee rooting your phone and force uninstall/disable would work, but that's kind of really advanced for most users. I just mostly see all this crap as something else extra running in the background, killing my battery. As for disabling POTUS messages, I have found putting your phone in a glass of salt water for a half hour effectively disables their reception  |
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The government alerts are nothing extra running on your phone. They are delivered via the text messaging system from your carrier. If the text message received comes from one of the special government alert ID's it triggers the alert if they have been enabled. Otherwise, the message is delivered via your phone's normal text message delivery mechanism. As for disabling POTUS messages, I have found putting your phone in a glass of salt water for a half hour effectively disables their reception
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Ohh, didn't know you can't disable the POTUS alerts. I did see a "emergency alert" something or other app on my friends' Samsung Galaxy though. Likely the POTUS alerts are just another app or a secondary feature of the main app. Guarantee rooting your phone and force uninstall/disable would work, but that's kind of really advanced for most users.
I just mostly see all this crap as something else extra running in the background, killing my battery. As for disabling POTUS messages, I have found putting your phone in a glass of salt water for a half hour effectively disables their reception
Ah, if it's truly done through SMS then that wouldn't kill the battery. I do like the glass of salt water idea, though. Definitely a good back-up for when all else fails.
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