UK Emergency Alert Tests

[skyhigh]

Nothing here yet, on mine or my wife's phone. None of my family at the other end of the UK have got it yet either!

 

[Peter Mugridge]

My phone made no noise - I only had the on screen message...

I am guessing, then, that "do not disturb" ( which my phone is always set to ) is NOT over-ridden by these alerts.

 

[gg1]

My partner's android phone got the siren alert, my work phone was on silent and just got a text (thought I read somewhere you should get the siren even if your phone's on silent) no alert received at all on my personal android mobile.

 

[adc82140]

We have a house full at the moment. Only one person's phone went off. Did it work as planned? (I have disabled my phone, but 6 other people hadn't)

 

[Ted633]

Mine was very quiet. The phone vibrating was louder! Wouldn't of known about it if my phone was in the other room. (My volumes are set in max as well)

 

[GusB]

Interestingly, it only worked on one of my phones. I have an older smartphone that has a prepay SIM and there was no alert on that one. I'm wondering if it's only newer operating system versions that have the alert functionality (that phone has Android 8).

 

[jfollows]

Interestingly, it only worked on one of my phones. I have an older smartphone that has a prepay SIM and there was no alert on that one. I'm wondering if it's only newer operating system versions that have the alert functionality (that phone has Android 8).

“Android 11 or later”

How emergency alerts work

Emergency alerts are broadcast from mobile phone masts. Find out if your phone or tablet can receive alerts.

www.gov.uk

 

[yorksrob]

I saw the message but couldn't hear anything over my headphones.

 

[RuddA]

Three iphone and two ipads in the house and worked on two of the phones and only one ipad.
Checked the settings and not switched off.
Doesn't appear to have been 100% successful.

 

[yorksrob]

Still a work in progress perhaps.

 

[gg1]

“Android 11 or later”

How emergency alerts work

Emergency alerts are broadcast from mobile phone masts. Find out if your phone or tablet can receive alerts.

www.gov.uk

There will be a huge amount of people who won't have received it then, my phone is less than 3 years old (bought in August 2020) and is only version 10.

 

[ainsworth74]

Got it at 1459, tone was very annoying and loud. From the few seconds a let it sound before cancelling it seemed like they just cribbed the US Emergency Alert System attention tone (which is designed to be unpleasant so as to attract attention):

 

[skyhigh]

There will be a huge amount of people who won't have received it then, my phone is less than 3 years old (bought in August 2020) and is only version 10.

I'm on Android 13 so no reason I shouldn't have received it.

 

[popeter45]

got mine a minute early, was funny seeing BBC news as all the phones there started at same time
wonder if delayed based on region?

tone was very annoying and loud.

i belive thats the intention

 

[Intercity110]

I was the only one in my house who got it, strangely I have one of the most outdated phones (iPhone XR) and was connected to Wi-Fi. How peculiar.

 

[MotCO]

My wife got her alert at 15.13 - if there had been an imminent nuclear attack, we'd have been frazzled by then!

What happens if you are in an area of poor reception? Do you not get any alert, or do you only get it when you move into an area with reception?

 

[Bus9120UK]

All worked as intended early at 14:59 on my end. I'm reading users on the Three network didn't receive an alert.

 

[birchesgreen]

I didn't think it was that loud, after all the froth beforehand it was quite underwhelming.

 

[jfollows]

I am seeing news reports also that people who expected to didn’t receive the alert.

Three network may be a common cause.

 

[Ashley Hill]

Mrs H and her mother had theirs at 1459. Still sat here waiting for mine,nothing yet. Ho hum.

 

[Box]

Two identical phones but with different providers here, one went off at 14.58, the other not at all.

 

[VioletEclipse]

With many people not getting anything, many people getting only a visual warning with no sound and many people getting it up to 20 minutes early or late, I would guess it didn't go exactly as intended.

 

[sharpley]

I didn't receive it either. Samsung S20, Android 13, Three network.

 

[birchesgreen]

With many people not getting anything, many people getting only a visual warning with no sound and many people getting it up to 20 minutes early or late, I would guess it didn't go exactly as intended.

Good idea to have a test to get these issues worked out before a real emergency then i guess.

 

[Mojo]

I’ve disabled it on my work and personal phones, don’t appreciate getting woken up on night shifts for it and I’ve been in the USA and seen the nonsense it’s been used for over there

 

[Ashley Hill]

Perhaps it would have received wider coverage if the government had posted it on here .

 

[daveo]

What an anti-climax that was!!!!!!

 

[dangie]

Doesn't appear to have been 100% successful.

That’s what tests are for. They are rarely 100% successful. Work in progress.

My wife got her alert at 15.13 - if there had been an imminent nuclear attack, we'd have been frazzled by then!

Well that’s a bonus. If it was a nuclear attack I’d rather have no advance warning. At my age there’s very little you can do in 4 minutes. It would take me longer than that to even think about it…

 

[PeterC]

All worked as intended early at 14:59 on my end. I'm reading users on the Three network didn't receive an alert.

I'm on three and had nothing

 

[AM9]

What an anti-climax that was!!!!!!

What sort of a climax were you expecting?