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I never got the alert (Original Post) SHRED Oct 2018 OP
I didn't and neither did DH Freddie Oct 2018 #1
May depend on how old your phone is BumRushDaShow Oct 2018 #2
Samsung S8 SHRED Oct 2018 #9
My sister & BIL have S8s BumRushDaShow Oct 2018 #10
I have an S8 on Verizon and got the alert CentralMass Oct 2018 #12
I haven't checked my phone today but I have Verizon, so I probably got it. n/t Different Drummer Oct 2018 #22
iPhone 7 with AT&T, didn't get the alert. Flaleftist Oct 2018 #13
I saw another post where they said AT&T had a huge outage right at that time BumRushDaShow Oct 2018 #18
Is that how we going to get Raptured? HipChick Oct 2018 #3
Neither did I Renew Deal Oct 2018 #4
same here.. i got it but hubby sitting next to me didnt get it.. samnsara Oct 2018 #5
It is just a bad idea. Make it stop. Glimmer of Hope Oct 2018 #6
is it a scare tactic? jcsg Oct 2018 #16
Lucky defacto7 Oct 2018 #7
I got yours then ProudLib72 Oct 2018 #8
I didn't either but I didn't have my phone on Raine Oct 2018 #11
I didn't either. GentryDixon Oct 2018 #14
I got it - no biggie. Marie Marie Oct 2018 #15
I didn't get it. salin Oct 2018 #17
"Gee, honey, there's a strange huge glow in the sky tonight" dixiegrrrrl Oct 2018 #36
ME either demtenjeep Oct 2018 #19
ATT here. sheshe2 Oct 2018 #20
I didn't get it either. tarheelsunc Oct 2018 #21
I Didn't Get It, Either Leith Oct 2018 #23
I hope your affairs are in order. GeorgeGist Oct 2018 #24
So happy my tracfone didn't get it...... a kennedy Oct 2018 #25
many are called but few chosen delisen Oct 2018 #26
I didn't get it, either. highplainsdem Oct 2018 #27
I use credo rownesheck Oct 2018 #28
Didn't get it. Obviously, I'm one of the expendables. (nt) klook Oct 2018 #29
I didn't either nini Oct 2018 #30
I would not worry Lithos Oct 2018 #31
I didn't and neither did my daughter-in-law. Delmette2.0 Oct 2018 #32
I didn't hear or see it, even though I was texting my son at the time meadowlark5 Oct 2018 #33
Yeah, no doubt I will be left behind. hunter Oct 2018 #34
Spouse and I both got one.. mountain grammy Oct 2018 #35
I didn't get it either. montana_hazeleyes Oct 2018 #37

BumRushDaShow

(129,530 posts)
10. My sister & BIL have S8s
Wed Oct 3, 2018, 06:43 PM
Oct 2018

Have to find out if they got it. I have an iPhone 6+ and Note 9 & got it on those - apparently twice (back to back)! I have an old S4 that got it but it didn't give an alert sound.

BumRushDaShow

(129,530 posts)
18. I saw another post where they said AT&T had a huge outage right at that time
Wed Oct 3, 2018, 07:07 PM
Oct 2018

People had posted links to downdetector's website tracking AT&T's outages - https://downdetector.com/status/att

(you can see a huge spike right around the time the message went out that lasted a couple hours)

This is one of the reasons they do this type of test to determine the weaknesses of the infrastructure.

ProudLib72

(17,984 posts)
8. I got yours then
Wed Oct 3, 2018, 06:37 PM
Oct 2018

Fifteen minutes after the first fucking alert, I got another. It had to have been yours. I don't want it. You can have it back!

Raine

(30,540 posts)
11. I didn't either but I didn't have my phone on
Wed Oct 3, 2018, 06:43 PM
Oct 2018

I still thought I would've had a text message when I turned it on, I have AT&T.

GentryDixon

(2,962 posts)
14. I didn't either.
Wed Oct 3, 2018, 06:54 PM
Oct 2018

I had my phone turned off, as did my twin. When she turned her's on she did get it. I did not, but my hubby got it & it came across the Sirius station he was listening to. I hope it doesn't come in the middle of the night. It would be just like the POS to bedevil me in the middle of the night.

salin

(48,955 posts)
17. I didn't get it.
Wed Oct 3, 2018, 07:05 PM
Oct 2018

I read that some folks with IPhones who have ATT as a carrier didn't get them - but did when they rebooted their phone (ya, that's effective). But I have a Galaxy and am on Sprint. So - call me glad to be under the radar.

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)
36. "Gee, honey, there's a strange huge glow in the sky tonight"
Wed Oct 3, 2018, 10:17 PM
Oct 2018

"better re-boot your phone to see if there is anything to be alarmed about"..

static.

sheshe2

(83,925 posts)
20. ATT here.
Wed Oct 3, 2018, 07:18 PM
Oct 2018

I got two. However they disappeared 15-20 minutes after receiving. Perhaps you got them and gone before you read them.

Leith

(7,813 posts)
23. I Didn't Get It, Either
Wed Oct 3, 2018, 07:36 PM
Oct 2018

But mom-in-law did. We're on the same plan and my phone is 3 weeks old, rebooted yesterday.

Lithos

(26,404 posts)
31. I would not worry
Wed Oct 3, 2018, 09:52 PM
Oct 2018

My wife and I both got it. But she got an Amber alert at roughly the same time period which I did not. We both have the same carrier, same account and have phone numbers one digit apart. My work phone, different carrier, also got the FEMA alert, but did not get the Amber alert.

Delmette2.0

(4,171 posts)
32. I didn't and neither did my daughter-in-law.
Wed Oct 3, 2018, 10:00 PM
Oct 2018

But my sister and my son both got the alert. This is a weird alert system.

meadowlark5

(2,795 posts)
33. I didn't hear or see it, even though I was texting my son at the time
Wed Oct 3, 2018, 10:00 PM
Oct 2018

But I went back into my notifications and it says there was some alert notification. And it's time stamped right while I was texting my son. So not sure. I guess if dumpy starts a fight and his lover Kim jung un and he lobs a missile over, I won't get the alert to duck and cover.

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