Government Alerts on ATT iphones?

Thumper369 · ‎09-18-2012

A friend of mine just got an iphone on another network. We were standing in the office and all of a sudden his phone started making a noise neither of us had ever heard from our phones.

Turns out he had a Government Alerts section under his Notifications page. It includes emergency alerts and Amber alerts.

When will ATT support this?

wingrider01 · ‎05-26-2008

Thumper369 wrote:

A friend of mine just got an iphone on another network. We were standing in the office and all of a sudden his phone started making a noise neither of us had ever heard from our phones.

Turns out he had a Government Alerts section under his Notifications page. It includes emergency alerts and Amber alerts.

When will ATT support this?

you also need a device that is WEA capable in addition to the carrier. These are the ones that are right now

http://www.kwwl.com/story/18648143/cmas-compatible-phones

the iphone is not on the list as of now

http://wirelessamberalerts.wirelessfoundation.org/howwirelessamberalertswork.htm

Thumper369 · ‎09-18-2012

Mabey you misunderstood my question. IOS6 has this feature. See the screenshot below. My friend has an iPhone 5 on another carrier and he got an alert today. So the phone is compatiable. ATT aparently is not.

Government Alerts

sandblaster · ‎08-15-2006

See this thread: http://forums.att.com/t5/Data-Messaging-Features-Internet/Emergency-Alert-System/td-p/3274177

Apparently the service has been enabled in a few markets and the roll out to other markets is in progress.

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wingrider01 · ‎05-26-2008

Thumper369 wrote:

Mabey you misunderstood my question. IOS6 has this feature. See the screenshot below. My friend has an iPhone 5 on another carrier and he got an alert today. So the phone is compatiable. ATT aparently is not.

I looked at a 3GS when I responded, it is not shown in notifications, just looked at the 4S and it is there, not sure about the 4, not carrying one at the moment

youngjm · ‎05-02-2003

Interesting because I am it seeing it on my 5? I wonder if it is smart enough to only be present in markets where the local government agencies can support this functionality?

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gphipps · ‎01-31-2011

AT&T does support it. My wife receives them on her droid, but I do not receive them on my 3GS. I am running the latest iOS so I suspect it's dependent on both the iOS version as well as which iPhone you have.

youngjm · ‎05-02-2003

youngjm wrote:
Interesting because I am it seeing it on my 5? I wonder if it is smart enough to only be present in markets where the local government agencies can support this functionality?

Should say "NOT" seeing it.

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wingrider01 · ‎05-26-2008

youngjm wrote:

youngjm wrote:
Interesting because I am it seeing it on my 5? I wonder if it is smart enough to only be present in markets where the local government agencies can support this functionality?

Should say "NOT" seeing it.

don;t think so, my local area does not support the new system as of yet and I see it on the 4S

gregzoll_1 · ‎06-23-2010

You can get the same features with the Wx Alert USA app. iOS 6 does support it, but ATT has not enabled it for support on their network.

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Thumper369 · ‎09-18-2012

I am in Nashville.

Those who see it on their phones what areas are you in?

Nashville - current iOS - iPhone 5 = Not present
Nashville - current iOS - iPhone 4s = Not present
Nashville - current iOS - iphone 4 = Not present

gphipps · ‎01-31-2011

Gregzoll,

Not entirely true. Maybe it not been rolled out in you market but it has been around here. My wife recently receive amber alerts on her Droid.

the gryphon · ‎07-06-2010

gregzoll_1 wrote:
You can get the same features with the Wx Alert USA app. iOS 6 does support it, but ATT has not enabled it for support on their network.

Am I missing something? This is weather alerts. I think we are asking about government and police alerts. ie: amber alerts, bomb threats...

gregzoll_1 · ‎06-23-2010

You can get those with the app I stated in this past post. Really need to look stuff up, before digging up old posts, thT at this point are ancient news.

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the gryphon · ‎07-06-2010

gregzoll_1 wrote:
You can get those with the app I stated in this past post. Really need to look stuff up, before digging up old posts, thT at this point are ancient news.

Thanks for your input.

I *did* "look stuff up" which was how I found this thread. Support forums are for asking questions and seeking answers. It's generally considered better to keep one thread asking the same question active, rather than starting new ones.

This thread was last active a few months ago. Not so much "ancient news". This thread made mention of a roll out of a valuable feature. I asked if anyone had any update about that feature. I specifically chose this thread to inquire about that IOS feature update for AT&T users.

About ONE WEEK ago, Watertown Mass. was on lockdown. Remember? A government alert went out. Verizon iphone users knew. AT&T users still did not. It was all over the news. Hardly ancient news. In fact, this inquiry is rather timely.

I'm interested in the IOS feature. But again, thanks for your input about the app you like.

wingrider01 · ‎05-26-2008

the gryphon wrote:

gregzoll_1 wrote:
You can get those with the app I stated in this past post. Really need to look stuff up, before digging up old posts, thT at this point are ancient news.

Thanks for your input.

I *did* "look stuff up" which was how I found this thread. Support forums are for asking questions and seeking answers. It's generally considered better to keep one thread asking the same question active, rather than starting new ones.

This thread was last active a few months ago. Not so much "ancient news". This thread made mention of a roll out of a valuable feature. I asked if anyone had any update about that feature. I specifically chose this thread to inquire about that IOS feature update for AT&T users.

About ONE WEEK ago, Watertown Mass. was on lockdown. Remember? A government alert went out. Verizon iphone users knew. AT&T users still did not. It was all over the news. Hardly ancient news. In fact, this inquiry is rather timely.

I'm interested in the IOS feature. But again, thanks for your input about the app you like.

I suspect that it is something other then just the IOS, the alert system was not on the verizon iphones until verizon pushed a radio update out to the phone. Had a text message on the verizon iphone to update the radio profile about 8 months ago, then had the deveil scared out of me when I was in the middle of a board meeting and I got the first emergency alert on the phone.

the gryphon · ‎07-06-2010

wingrider01 wrote:
the gryphon wrote:
gregzoll_1 wrote:
You can get those with the app I stated in this past post. Really need to look stuff up, before digging up old posts, thT at this point are ancient news.
Thanks for your input.
I *did* "look stuff up" which was how I found this thread. Support forums are for asking questions and seeking answers. It's generally considered better to keep one thread asking the same question active, rather than starting new ones.
This thread was last active a few months ago. Not so much "ancient news". This thread made mention of a roll out of a valuable feature. I asked if anyone had any update about that feature. I specifically chose this thread to inquire about that IOS feature update for AT&T users.

About ONE WEEK ago, Watertown Mass. was on lockdown. Remember? A government alert went out. Verizon iphone users knew. AT&T users still did not. It was all over the news. Hardly ancient news. In fact, this inquiry is rather timely.

I'm interested in the IOS feature. But again, thanks for your input about the app you like.
I suspect that it is something other then just the IOS, the alert system was not on the verizon iphones until verizon pushed a radio update out to the phone. Had a text message on the verizon iphone to update the radio profile about 8 months ago, then had the deveil scared out of me when I was in the middle of a board meeting and I got the first emergency alert on the phone.

Yes, thanks. I agree. I was attempting to be brief, but therefore ended up imprecise... but yeah, some sort of radio update would likely be necessary. Did you find the feature useful on the Verizon Iphone? I had a verizon iphone briefly, and really appreciated it

OnDemand26 · ‎04-25-2013

It's a great feature to have. I live in Columbus, OH some as well as WV and we don't have it here. I know Verizon iPhone's have the ability to turn it on. It would be great in case of a local alert or some type of storm emergency, like a tornado warning. I think it's only available in select markets. (Probably where it has been made a requirement by law).

wingrider01 · ‎05-26-2008

OnDemand26 wrote:

It's a great feature to have. I live in Columbus, OH some as well as WV and we don't have it here. I know Verizon iPhone's have the ability to turn it on. It would be great in case of a local alert or some type of storm emergency, like a tornado warning. I think it's only available in select markets. (Probably where it has been made a requirement by law).

the alert package is a service offered, have not seen any federal or local law that forces it to be displayed on personal devices.