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      Quget
      last edited by 19 Feb 2022, 13:21

      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
        last edited by Ian 19 Feb 2022, 13:36

        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
          last edited by 19 Feb 2022, 14:27

          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 @Quget
            last edited by Ian 19 Feb 2022, 14:45

            @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 @Ian
              last edited by Keneda 19 Feb 2022, 15:24

              @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

              2015-2023 : Meizu MX4 ☠️⚰️✝️
              2023-2024 : Nexus 5 ☠️⚰️✝️
              2024-***** : FPOS Fairphone 5 waiting UT for freedom 😉
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                Ian @Keneda
                last edited by 19 Feb 2022, 15:31

                @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 19 Feb 2022, 15:49

                  @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 @Ian
                    last edited by 19 Feb 2022, 21:51

                    @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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                      JassMan23 @dobey
                      last edited by 25 Apr 2023, 21:51

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