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Government Alerts on ATT iphones?
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?
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ATTJulieCS
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11 years ago
Everyone,
On June 14th, apple provided a carrier update to all customers running a version of iOS 6.1 or later on an iPhone 3GS or newer and iPad 2 and newer. This update enables customers with iphone 4S or newer and iOS 6.1 or later to receive Wireless Emergency Alerts to their apple devices. YAY!
Please see About WEA for more information on Wireless Emergency Alerts.
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wingrider01
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11 years ago
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
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Thumper369
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11 years ago
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.
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sandblaster
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11 years ago
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
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11 years ago
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
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youngjm
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gphipps
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youngjm
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Should say "NOT" seeing it.
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wingrider01
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11 years ago
don;t think so, my local area does not support the new system as of yet and I see it on the 4S
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Anonymous
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