How do you turn off those amber alerts?

[streetroc]

I've gone through all of the settings menus and I can't figure out how to turn it off.

I put my phone on silent before I go to bed for a reason. At 1am this morning it started blaring a siren at me like somebody started a ****ing nuclear war. Now I'm running on 4 hours of sleep, I barely made it through my morning workout, and I have go to all my work meetings today looking like the walking dead.

I know this sounds insensitive and I'm sorry that someone is missing but what am I supposed to do about it? Do you expect me to get out of bed in the middle of the night and go look for this guy? How many car accidents have these caused because now people are sleep deprived driving through Atlanta traffic?

 

[Mossy Broke]

IOS?

Tap the Settings app to open it, then tap Notifications.

Scroll to the bottom of the screen to find the section labeled Government Alerts. Amber alerts and Public Safety Alerts are set to on/green by default; tap a toggle to switch that alert off.

Tap Emergency Alerts for a few other options. From there, you can control emergency alerts without affecting the option you chose for Amber alerts in the last step. This is also how you stop emergency alerts from bypassing silent mode.



Had a similar experience as you when I was working in South Texas. Except I was getting like three day multiple time for a week. Surprised there’s any kids left down there tbh.

 

[streetroc]

I have an Android. Samsung Galaxy

 

[mfoster]

Can’t you cut the phone completely off.I’m assuming you don’t use it for a alarm clock on silent.

 

[fast306stang]

I'll try and see what I can find out, I have a Samsung as well. I must have found a way to shut it off because when I got up at 2:30 I saw the alert but I never heard it.

 

[fast306stang]

How to turn off AMBER Alerts and other emergency notifications

You should probably turn them back on after your movie

www.androidpolice.com

 

[lostchild]

Didn't get one down here, guess they figured the guy wasn't bringing the kid to the beach for vacation.

 

[Gingerbeard Man]

Got a case of FDK, huh? (**** dem kids)

 

[Cruisers460]

Thanks, cut mine off. Not likely any of these daddy's not bringing the babies back on time will end up in my neck of the woods.

 

[Klif]

Just turn your phone off before you go to bed. If you use it as an alarm to wake you up, order a wind up alarm clock off Amazon. It's not affected if the power goes off and you can get a good nights sleep.