Some people on Twitter said they were underwhelmed by the emergency alert.
John Eldon tweeted: “Was that it? It sounded like they were going to announce tuppence off cabbages in Lidl. Well, that’s going by the sound my husband’s phone made - mine didn’t go off at all.”
James McInerney wrote: “3pm test at 14:59” with a laughing emoji.
Donna tweeted: “Was that it!!!”
Wez wrote: “Well the govt alert system was a big fail, my phone worked but other family members didn’t… just the confidence you need in a life or death situation.”
Diane wrote: “Mine was 14.59…my daughter’s still waiting…least I’m safe.”
What network are you on? Seen a lot of tweets suggesting Virgin Mobile and Three/Three based MVNO customers didn’t get it. Suppose finding stuff like this out is the whole reason for testing it
Two things seem to be triggering on Twitter at the moment:
It was early (I mean… come on, find another thing to moan about).
It didn’t come at the same time or they didn’t get it. If you got it eventually, great. If you didn’t, it’s to be worked on.
Those who didn’t get one don’t seem to grasp the fact this is a test. There is also a wrath of “well that was with £22 million” which is stupid because it’s the system that is being tested. It’s a test. A test. Repeat: a test. Things go wrong in a test. That’s the point of them. Iron out the kinks.
Test, people. Test.
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Sound & message was the same across Android and iPhone, with our devices. All went off at different times:
Three of those were travelling in a car when it went off. The last one to go off (mine) was connected to wireless Android Auto at the time. Nothing happened on the car dash at all, but the sound came from the phone in the charging-holder
So Android Auto may need some work, unless the notification it is at such a basic fundamental level that software/apps can’t be triggered by it?
I didn’t get it either. Not sure if the 2000 people celebrating the London marathon outside my door are to do with that, as I can’t make calls either which is normal for this day of the year.
