UK GOVERNMENT EMERGENCY ALERT TEST

[u/Prestigious-Dish8806]

Just a heads up reminder the UK Government is testing the Emergency Alert system today at 3pm. If you’re in a situation where you have a secret phone, for whatever reason, and you need it to stay secret, here’s how you can turn the emergency alarm off. 1. Go into your settings, and go into the notification area 2. Scroll all the way to the bottom, and there should be a section for emergency alerts 3. Flick those two little buttons so that they’re not green

Stay safe, and this community is always, always here for you <3

[u/LiliWenFach_02]

My phone, it belonged to my dad and I didn't really have a phone as I didn't get a new one for a while after my previous one (an iPhone) got old, is Samsung and I bet I won't be able to turn off the notification.

My phone keeps on giving me a notification saying I have a new voicemail, I do not, and I can't turn it off. All I can is get it FO for a maximum of two hours. Samsung phones are so annoying.

Good cameras (literal cameras), bad phones.

[u/littleblueflames → u/LiliWenFach_02]

Not to get all IT support on you but I got curious about your notification problem (I have a Samsung phone too) - have you tried leaving yourself a new voicemail and listening to it to see if that makes the notification go away? I found a discussion on this exact problem here with a few other fixes as well.

[u/LiliWenFach_02 → u/littleblueflames]

I can phone myself?

[u/littleblueflames → u/LiliWenFach_02]

Yep! Give it a try - if your phone rings when you call yourself, let it go to voicemail and try leaving yourself a voicemail. If that doesn't work, you might need to look up other ways to leave yourself a voicemail. Or, if you're able, you could ask a friend to call you and leave a voicemail.

[u/LiliWenFach_02 → u/littleblueflames]

It said "line busy".

Maybe I'll try get my brother to leave a voicemail when he isn't busy. Might take a while.