RMT Alert?

[bwframe]

Got this on my phone today:

Anyone familiar with this? Turn on these alerts, turn them off?

 

[jeremy]

I have never seen that...

 

[Jafo1959]

Got this on my phone today:

Anyone familiar with this? Turn on these alerts, turn them off?

Got the same one.

 

[Scutter01]

You can't turn them off.

 

[ZS84]

I have never seen that before
everything is normal nothing to worry about here.


ok i am better now

 

[RGriff69]

I got it also.

Is it just a Verizon thing?

 

[Scutter01]

I got it also.

Is it just a Verizon thing?

Verizon may have been the only carrier testing it, but it's part of the new Wireless EAS system. It's the same EAS system that alerts TV and radio. Personally, I hate the system. Once you see the message (on TV, anyway), you can't turn it off. So, when I'm tracking a storm, with detailed radar and news coverage, suddenly I lose all access to news for the next five minutes, right when I need it the most.

All new (smart)phones are supposed to have support for it, and you can't turn the "feature" off, although I think you can disable certain types of alerts.

 

[easy]

My question. Who sent it? And how/why did they choose you?

 

[tmccorkel]

Yep, got one too.. You can turn it off in the phone's settings- they even tell you how in the message.

 

[Scutter01]

Personal Localized Alerting Network (PLAN) | FCC.gov

Can Consumers Block PLAN Alerts?

Partially. Participating wireless carriers may offer subscribers with PLAN-capable handsets the ability to block alerts involving imminent threats to safety of life and/or AMBER Alerts; however, consumers cannot block emergency alerts issued by the President.

 

[tmccorkel]

Interesting. I suppose if you have a rooted phone and Titanium Backup, there would be a *better* way to get around it..

 

[EvilBlackGun]

Can't block presidential alerts!

So THAT's how he will shut down all of our cell communications just before he tosses the REAL s--- into the fan.

Personal Localized Alerting Network (PLAN) | FCC.gov

 

[longbow]

Dibs on guns and ammo

 

[squirrelhntr]

I got one today on verizon. I thought it was something about my severe weather warning program ????

 

[LFD102]

Dibs on guns and ammo

lost all mine in a tragic boating accident

 

[Zombieman34]

And yet another reason not to have a smart phone, not that i needed anymore

 

[bwframe]

All new (smart)phones are supposed to have support for it, and you can't turn the "feature" off, although I think you can disable certain types of alerts.

It seems as though I read something along the lines of turning it off in the alert itself. Of course, now I cannot seem to find it.

 

[Icarry2]

but it's for your own good folks..

Gooberment control agent... Look out..

 

[IndyBeerman]

I'm on Verizon and did not get one.

 

[bwframe]

Oh kay, found a little more info:
Droid Bionic gets a mysterious OS update | Android Central

Looks like the app must have been installed as part of an OS update.