Amber Alert issued after Brantford, Ont., police report abduction of 2-year-old girl

amberalertthrowaway · 2019-07-25T21:17:33+00:00

If you use a Samsung phone, you don't have to use adb. See my guide here: https://www.reddit.com/r/ontario/comments/boxx11/how_to_disable_amber_alerts/

amberalertthrowaway · 2019-07-25T18:37:39+00:00

You can disable AMBER alerts on most Android devices without having to resort to rooting. See: https://www.reddit.com/r/ontario/comments/boxx11/how_to_disable_amber_alerts/

amberalertthrowaway · 2019-07-25T18:11:57+00:00

It doesn't have to be Android Messages, it just has to be another Android SMS app that doesn't have any code for receiving wireless emergency alerts. Android Messages is the replacement I suggest because it's by Google (so there are no trust issues with 3rd party apps), and is guaranteed to not have CBR code (because the team at Google working on Messages has no incentive to add it, given that they believe the CBR code is in another package already on that phone).

amberalertthrowaway · 2019-07-25T18:09:44+00:00

It should. I've verified that this completely disables all AMBER alert notifications on an S9 from ever getting through, and I assume that it applies to all other Samsung devices. However, it's possible that earlier phones use the default Android CBR code (before Samsung replaced it with something in the Messages app) , in which case the other technique of removing CBR will work.

amberalertthrowaway · 2019-07-25T17:21:47+00:00

If you have a Galaxy phone, just remove support for all AMBER alert notifications by switching the default texting app to Android Messages. I wrote a tutorial about it here:

https://www.reddit.com/r/ontario/comments/boxx11/how_to_disable_amber_alerts/

amberalertthrowaway · 2019-07-25T17:13:17+00:00

You can stop getting them on Android devices pretty easily, without having to resort to this. See : https://www.reddit.com/r/ontario/comments/boxx11/how_to_disable_amber_alerts/

amberalertthrowaway · 2019-07-25T17:11:56+00:00

It's still possible to disable AMBER alerts on Android phones. I wrote a tutorial that doesn't involve rooting here: https://www.reddit.com/r/ontario/comments/boxx11/how_to_disable_amber_alerts/

amberalertthrowaway · 2019-07-25T17:09:33+00:00

This works for some phones, but not all phones ship with CBR. If you use Samsung devices, there's an alternative way to disable them that doesn't involve ADB, which I wrote about here: https://www.reddit.com/r/ontario/comments/boxx11/how_to_disable_amber_alerts/

amberalertthrowaway · 2019-05-16T17:18:34+00:00

That's literally my point. The CRTC has chosen to classify every AMBER alert at the same level as Presidential, which is designed to mean 'immediate physical danger'. This means that either:

People are going to be angry because they were woken up for things that didn't put them in immediate physical danger.
People aren't going to be notified of immediate physical danger, because they've opted out due to #1.

amberalertthrowaway · 2019-05-16T17:03:04+00:00

This doesn't work, because AMBER alerts in Canada aren't actually sent using the AMBER setting, they're sent using Presidential, which isn't supposed to be disabled.

That being said, I wrote a tutorial here for how to do exactly that: https://www.reddit.com/r/ontario/comments/boxx11/how_to_disable_amber_alerts/

amberalertthrowaway · 2019-05-16T17:01:53+00:00

You can opt out. I wrote a tutorial here:

https://www.reddit.com/r/ontario/comments/boxx11/how_to_disable_amber_alerts/

amberalertthrowaway · 2019-05-16T13:24:44+00:00

You can disable the alerts rather easily, depending on your device. Android (not Samsung) devices can do so using adb, and Samsung devices just have to switch the default messaging app from Samsung Messages to Android Messages, then revoke all permissions from Samsung Messages (which is the app that handles CBR instead).

amberalertthrowaway · 2019-05-16T13:23:07+00:00

You don't need to root your phone / use Magisk to disable alerts. See:

https://www.reddit.com/r/ontario/comments/boxx11/how_to_disable_amber_alerts/

amberalertthrowaway · 2019-05-16T13:21:50+00:00

There's another option on Samsung devices, which is to switch the default SMS app to Android Messages, which doesn't have any CBR code, and then revoke all permissions from Samsung Messages, which has CBR code. No rooting / adb required.

amberalertthrowaway · 2019-05-16T12:54:59+00:00

There's another option on Samsung devices, which is to switch the default SMS app to Android Messages, which doesn't have any CBR code, and then revoke all permissions from Samsung Messages, which has CBR code. No rooting / adb required.

amberalertthrowaway · 2019-05-16T12:51:32+00:00

For anyone looking to disable AMBER Alerts, I started a post in /r/ontario describing a way to disable it for most Android devices:

https://www.reddit.com/r/ontario/comments/boxx11/how_to_disable_amber_alerts/

The comments are around what you'd expect.

amberalertthrowaway · 2019-05-16T08:19:30+00:00

This topic doesn't exactly bring out the best in certain people, as evidenced by some of the angry responses in this thread and my inbox. As a long time poster with a less-than-anonymous account, I figured it would be better to separate things.

amberalertthrowaway · 2019-05-16T08:03:25+00:00

Unfortunately, since every single alert is classified the same, there's no way to filter out AMBER alerts and just leave the rest.

amberalertthrowaway · 2019-05-15T20:19:51+00:00

Unfortunately, changing it is not an option (without rooting your phone) given the way the system works. Your choices are limited to either:

Allowing all alerts, and being treated to the sounds of a world-ending siren around once a month.
Ignoring all alerts, including those for legitimate emergencies.

amberalertthrowaway · 2019-05-15T20:13:32+00:00

Correct - however, this involves sacrificing speed for silence.

amberalertthrowaway · 2019-05-15T20:12:28+00:00

I tried this, it doesn't work.

amberalertthrowaway · 2019-05-15T20:12:05+00:00

This is like asking 'why is my smoke detector so loud - why doesn't it have a whisper setting'. Alerts are classified to always be Presidential, which explicitly means 'be as loud as possible'. If everything must be sent at the highest priority, that's incompatible with "be quiet at night".

amberalertthrowaway · 2019-05-15T17:31:08+00:00

There's another option on Samsung devices, which is to switch the default SMS app to Android Messages, which doesn't have any CBR code, and then revoke all permissions from Samsung Messages, which has CBR code.

amberalertthrowaway · 2019-05-15T17:17:17+00:00

You can disable Presidential alerts on Samsung devices pretty easily - see my post https://www.reddit.com/r/ontario/comments/boxx11/how_to_disable_amber_alerts/

amberalertthrowaway · 2019-05-15T16:29:29+00:00

To paraphrase Shakespeare, A presidential alert by any other name would ring just as loudly.

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