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      Talkless
      last edited by Flohack

      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?

      Volla Phone X

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        Capsia
        last edited by

        @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.

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        • dobeyD
          dobey @Capsia
          last edited by

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

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

          It is not currently.

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            Talkless
            last edited by

            Thanks @Capsia and @dobey !

            Volla Phone X

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            • lduboeufL
              lduboeuf @Talkless
              last edited by

              @Talkless yes we need that feature, call for volonteers πŸ™‚

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              • AppLeeA
                AppLee @dobey
                last edited by

                @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 πŸ˜‰

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                  domubpkm @AppLee
                  last edited by

                  @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.

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                  • AppLeeA
                    AppLee @domubpkm
                    last edited by AppLee

                    @domubpkm
                    Mine was from a 5 digit number. Mine too as a matter of fact πŸ™‚
                    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

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                    • dobeyD
                      dobey @AppLee
                      last edited by

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

                      Mine was from a 5 digit number.

                      That was an SMS then.

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                      • AppLeeA
                        AppLee @dobey
                        last edited by

                        @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 πŸ˜‰

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                        • dobeyD
                          dobey @AppLee
                          last edited by

                          @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.

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                            AppLee @dobey
                            last edited by

                            @dobey
                            Alright, thanks for the clarification.

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                              Talkless
                              last edited by

                              I too did get message.. the next day, and I believe that was regular SMS. Probably worked as a fallback?

                              Volla Phone X

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                                kugiigi
                                last edited by

                                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

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                                  Talkless @kugiigi
                                  last edited by

                                  @kugiigi said in Not getting emergency messages via GSM..?:

                                  issue with a volcano

                                  Damn, now that's quite some issue πŸ™‚ . Rad.

                                  Volla Phone X

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                                    kugiigi @Talkless
                                    last edited by

                                    @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 πŸ˜… Anyone up for the challenge? I wonder if it's quite trivial or a complicated thing to do. Does ofono already support it?

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                                      Flohack @kugiigi
                                      last edited by

                                      @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.

                                      My languages: πŸ‡¦πŸ‡Ή πŸ‡©πŸ‡ͺ πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ

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                                      • FlohackF
                                        Flohack
                                        last edited by

                                        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.

                                        My languages: πŸ‡¦πŸ‡Ή πŸ‡©πŸ‡ͺ πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ

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                                        • dobeyD
                                          dobey @Flohack
                                          last edited by

                                          @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.

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                                          • FlohackF
                                            Flohack @dobey
                                            last edited by

                                            @dobey Yeah agree. Its basically a feature-implementation through the whole middleware stack. Fun to do if you have nothing else to do lol.

                                            My languages: πŸ‡¦πŸ‡Ή πŸ‡©πŸ‡ͺ πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ

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