<![CDATA[Not getting emergency messages via GSM..?]]>Hi,

Here in Lithuania, sometimes mobile users receive emergency messages about, for example, upcoming strong winds, or in this case, about quarantine due to COVID19... Some "scary", distinct notification sound is emitted, I believe similar on iOS and Android.

Today, number of relatives received this kind of message.. bot nothing for
me..?

I wonder, is this something that has to be implemented specifically..? I don't know how that messaging system works. It does not look like SMS....

Any ideas?

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/topic/3952/not-getting-emergency-messages-via-gsmRSS for NodeWed, 22 Apr 2026 05:25:50 GMTSun, 15 Mar 2020 17:47:58 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Not getting emergency messages via GSM..? on Fri, 27 Mar 2020 11:09:00 GMT]]>@Flohack said in Not getting emergency messages via GSM..?:

cannot be tested 100% without a real message

Yeah that's what I had in mind. Mocking is doable, but that one.. 🙂

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/30261https://forums.ubports.com/post/30261Fri, 27 Mar 2020 11:09:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Not getting emergency messages via GSM..? on Fri, 27 Mar 2020 07:28:57 GMT]]>@Talkless if you develop it correctly you would use interfaces in development that allows mocking of all the parts as you travel the stack up. So, except for the reception in ofono which cannot be tested 100% without a real message all the parts can be unit-tested to show that they work correctly.

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/30253https://forums.ubports.com/post/30253Fri, 27 Mar 2020 07:28:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Not getting emergency messages via GSM..? on Thu, 26 Mar 2020 17:11:52 GMT]]>@Flohack said in Not getting emergency messages via GSM..?:

Fun to do if you have nothing else to do lol.

Yeah and how would you actually test it..?

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/30245https://forums.ubports.com/post/30245Thu, 26 Mar 2020 17:11:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Not getting emergency messages via GSM..? on Thu, 26 Mar 2020 16:53:17 GMT]]>@dobey Yeah agree. Its basically a feature-implementation through the whole middleware stack. Fun to do if you have nothing else to do lol.

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/30244https://forums.ubports.com/post/30244Thu, 26 Mar 2020 16:53:17 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Not getting emergency messages via GSM..? on Thu, 26 Mar 2020 16:51:20 GMT]]>@Flohack They also need to be handled specially in the rest of the system. There's no UI to present them, etc… and should not appear in messaging-app.

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/30243https://forums.ubports.com/post/30243Thu, 26 Mar 2020 16:51:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Not getting emergency messages via GSM..? on Thu, 26 Mar 2020 07:30:38 GMT]]>Okay it seems the cell broadcast is not implemented for the rilmodem driver, so yes, there would be some work to be done for the rild interface.

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/30235https://forums.ubports.com/post/30235Thu, 26 Mar 2020 07:30:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Not getting emergency messages via GSM..? on Thu, 26 Mar 2020 07:29:06 GMT]]>@kugiigi See https://github.com/rilmodem/ofono/search?q=cell&type= - there is a lot of code and even tests inside, so I would assume its at least somehow working.

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/30234https://forums.ubports.com/post/30234Thu, 26 Mar 2020 07:29:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Not getting emergency messages via GSM..? on Thu, 26 Mar 2020 04:24:02 GMT]]>@Talkless 2020 has been really an eventful year so far and our country's theme has been face masks (ashfall and now virus). I guess emergency messages are important now more than ever 😅 Anyone up for the challenge? I wonder if it's quite trivial or a complicated thing to do. Does ofono already support it?

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/30232https://forums.ubports.com/post/30232Thu, 26 Mar 2020 04:24:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Not getting emergency messages via GSM..? on Wed, 25 Mar 2020 17:36:00 GMT]]>@kugiigi said in Not getting emergency messages via GSM..?:

issue with a volcano

Damn, now that's quite some issue 🙂 . Rad.

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/30226https://forums.ubports.com/post/30226Wed, 25 Mar 2020 17:36:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Not getting emergency messages via GSM..? on Wed, 25 Mar 2020 09:44:53 GMT]]>Yes, I'm sure this isn't supported yet on UT.
I remember earlier this year we had an issue with a volcano and there was a time where everyone's phone in the office randomly rings loudly because of the emergency messages except me LOL

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/30224https://forums.ubports.com/post/30224Wed, 25 Mar 2020 09:44:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Not getting emergency messages via GSM..? on Tue, 24 Mar 2020 19:22:38 GMT]]>I too did get message.. the next day, and I believe that was regular SMS. Probably worked as a fallback?

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/30218https://forums.ubports.com/post/30218Tue, 24 Mar 2020 19:22:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Not getting emergency messages via GSM..? on Tue, 24 Mar 2020 17:53:44 GMT]]>@dobey
Alright, thanks for the clarification.

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/30208https://forums.ubports.com/post/30208Tue, 24 Mar 2020 17:53:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Not getting emergency messages via GSM..? on Tue, 24 Mar 2020 17:52:06 GMT]]>@AppLee I don't know what that is, other than I can see it is obviously not a web site. However, cell broadcast is indeed not supported in UT at the moment. Any message you would have received must either be an SMS or MMS.

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/30207https://forums.ubports.com/post/30207Tue, 24 Mar 2020 17:52:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Not getting emergency messages via GSM..? on Tue, 24 Mar 2020 17:43:34 GMT]]>@dobey
Actually I just checked it also came from GOUV.FR like @domubpkm
I'll edit my answer and won't rely on my memory anymore 😉

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/30206https://forums.ubports.com/post/30206Tue, 24 Mar 2020 17:43:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Not getting emergency messages via GSM..? on Tue, 24 Mar 2020 17:41:19 GMT]]>@AppLee said in Not getting emergceny messags via GSM..?:

Mine was from a 5 digit number.

That was an SMS then.

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/30205https://forums.ubports.com/post/30205Tue, 24 Mar 2020 17:41:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Not getting emergency messages via GSM..? on Tue, 24 Mar 2020 17:44:53 GMT]]>@domubpkm
Mine was from a 5 digit number. Mine too as a matter of fact 🙂
And yes only once.

Cell towers are supposed to acknowledge for the phone the message has been delivered to if I understand it right. So maybe you have a bad cell coverage or something else happened in your case.

[Edit] Oups don't trust my memory

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/30200https://forums.ubports.com/post/30200Tue, 24 Mar 2020 17:44:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Not getting emergency messages via GSM..? on Tue, 24 Mar 2020 15:21:08 GMT]]>@AppLee Only one time ? I received 3 times the same message. The first the 16 23:08, the third the 17 07:09 from GOUV.FR.

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/30199https://forums.ubports.com/post/30199Tue, 24 Mar 2020 15:21:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Not getting emergency messages via GSM..? on Tue, 24 Mar 2020 14:05:49 GMT]]>@dobey said in Not getting emergceny messags via GSM..?:

@Capsia said in Not getting emergceny messags via GSM..?:

I don't know if it is supported by UT.

It is not currently.

Strange, because it seems I received a Cell Broadcast message few days ago about COVID19.
Are there different kind of implementation ?

I received the message after turning off the flight mode after a good night sleep 😉

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/30195https://forums.ubports.com/post/30195Tue, 24 Mar 2020 14:05:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Not getting emergency messages via GSM..? on Sun, 15 Mar 2020 23:39:50 GMT]]>@Talkless yes we need that feature, call for volonteers 🙂

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/29974https://forums.ubports.com/post/29974Sun, 15 Mar 2020 23:39:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Not getting emergency messages via GSM..? on Sun, 15 Mar 2020 19:14:55 GMT]]>Thanks @Capsia and @dobey !

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/29963https://forums.ubports.com/post/29963Sun, 15 Mar 2020 19:14:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Not getting emergency messages via GSM..? on Sun, 15 Mar 2020 18:32:35 GMT]]>@Capsia said in Not getting emergceny messags via GSM..?:

I don't know if it is supported by UT.

It is not currently.

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/29959https://forums.ubports.com/post/29959Sun, 15 Mar 2020 18:32:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Not getting emergency messages via GSM..? on Sun, 15 Mar 2020 18:23:49 GMT]]>@Talkless
Hi, you are probably searching for Cell Broadcast:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cell_Broadcast

I don't know if it is supported by UT.

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/29957https://forums.ubports.com/post/29957Sun, 15 Mar 2020 18:23:49 GMT