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    • Quget
      Quget last edited by

      Hello,

      I been using the Volla phone with Ubuntu Touch as main device for over a half year. Loving it so far.

      I have noticed that I don't recieve emergency broadcasts/messages. I also cant find a way to configure that.

      Is this feature planned in the future? Or is it already there?

      I do think this might be a important feature, incase of a big emergency like a super dangerous storm or a toxic fire nearby!

      🌹

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      • Ian
        Ian last edited by Ian

        Never heard of this feature so I had a look on Duck duck go. For the UK I found this explanation.

        https://www.gov.uk/alerts/how-alerts-work

        Which contains the following

        Phone handsets and devices
        Make sure your device has all the latest software updates.

        Emergency alerts work on:

        iPhones running iOS 14.5 or later
        Android phones and tablets running Android 11 or later
        If you have an earlier version of Android, you may still be able to receive alerts. To check, search your settings for ‘emergency alerts’.

        Has this feature been coded in UT?

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        • Quget
          Quget last edited by

          It get tested every six months here in the Netherlands 🙂
          It's called NL-Alert here and should work on even android 7.1.
          https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NL-Alert

          🌹

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          • Ian
            Ian @Quget last edited by Ian

            @quget What can I say other than the UK is a backward country! I live here so I should know.

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            • Keneda
              Keneda @Ian last edited by Keneda

              @ian
              Well, only five countries in Europe (Lituania, Italia, Greece, Netherlands, and Romania) implemented this messaging alert system, and in France (where government tried to force their own app and failed badly), it'll be activated this summer !

              https://www.lemonde.fr/pixels/article/2020/09/25/comment-fonctionnera-le-systeme-d-alerte-par-telephone-annonce-par-le-gouvernement_6053656_4408996.html

              2015-Now : Meizu MX4 (Stable) for daily use
              Spare : Nexus 5 (Stable)

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              • Ian
                Ian @Keneda last edited by

                @keneda Soon to be released in the UK (early 2022) so maybe we aren't as backward as I thought we were. We just need newer phones apparently.... and it will only work on 4G and 5G phones here.

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                  cliffcoggin @Ian last edited by cliffcoggin

                  @ian said in Emergency broadcast:

                  @keneda Soon to be released in the UK (early 2022) so maybe we aren't as backward as I thought we were. We just need newer phones apparently.... and it will only work on 4G and 5G phones here.

                  That would be good news if we had widespread mobile coverage, which of course we don't, so in reality it is just another money wasting token gesture.

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                  • dobey
                    dobey @Ian last edited by

                    @ian said in Emergency broadcast:

                    Has this feature been coded in UT?

                    Emergency Broadcast messages support has not been integrated into UT as of yet. Indeed, I know of no other non-Android Linux OSes or shells that have them yet either.

                    However, ofono does have some API for them, so it should be possible to do the work for them in UT. It just needs someone to spend the time to do all the work. I don't know if ModemManager has any support for them at all though, so implementing them for other shells may be even more work.

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