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Does this message mean my iPhone has called emergency services? Stressed!

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Treeakle · 07/08/2025 00:05

The siren noise happened when I was clutching my phone after it fell between the seat and door in the car. It had the siren noise for around a second then I panicked and pressed cancel.

Since then I’ve had this notification on my phone …

Does this message mean my iPhone has called emergency services? Stressed!
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Ohhilois · 07/08/2025 21:11

dollyblue01 · 07/08/2025 21:04

Yes this happened to me recently and I got a call from the police checking I was ok, my screen had gone off and I was pressing all the buttons trying to get it back on , didn’t know this would happen.

I had that too. Black screen of death and was trying to do the fancy pants reset where you press the side buttons in a particular order.

Only I messed up and called the emergency services … and I’d turned the volume down so I couldn’t hear them until I’d fiddled with the buttons more.

When I could finally hear and it dawned on me what I’d done, I explained and the operator said I had to end the call. I told her I couldn’t, the screen was completely black and she kept repeating I had to be the one to end it, over and over. In the end, she finally did end the call.

dollyblue01 · 07/08/2025 21:04

Yes this happened to me recently and I got a call from the police checking I was ok, my screen had gone off and I was pressing all the buttons trying to get it back on , didn’t know this would happen.

vroc81 · 07/08/2025 21:00

Of course we’re now all intrigued as to what you were saying….. or doing…. In the car that you’re worried someone else heard…

bloodredfeaturewall · 07/08/2025 20:55

check under health under falls.
had to switch mine off as it would do that

mynameiscalypso · 07/08/2025 20:53

I think you can safely assume that there was no call then.

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Treeakle · 07/08/2025 20:52

mynameiscalypso · 07/08/2025 20:50

@TreeakleCan you look in your call log and see if it is recorded/lasted for any length of time?

@mynameiscalypso thanks. There’s no call logged there, just had that notification from Apple

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Notmyreality · 07/08/2025 20:52

Treeakle · 07/08/2025 20:50

@Notmyreality it doesn’t confirm whether they’ve been contacted or not though

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I really wouldnt worry about it. What does it matter?

mynameiscalypso · 07/08/2025 20:50

@TreeakleCan you look in your call log and see if it is recorded/lasted for any length of time?

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Treeakle · 07/08/2025 20:50

Notmyreality · 07/08/2025 20:49

Then I guess you’re fine.

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@Notmyreality it doesn’t confirm whether they’ve been contacted or not though

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loobylou10 · 07/08/2025 20:50

You seem overly anxious about this OP - you quickly cancelled the call. What are you worried about?

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Treeakle · 07/08/2025 20:49

mynameiscalypso · 07/08/2025 20:48

Why are you worried about it? In a nice way! I’ve done this plenty of times and never think anything of it. I imagine it happens thousands of times a day.

@mynameiscalypso i get really anxious speaking to somewhere like that, same with a government body etc. Just how my anxiety comes out, I hate not actually knowing if it’s connected or not!

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Notmyreality · 07/08/2025 20:49

Treeakle · 07/08/2025 20:48

@Notmyreality not had any contact from them at all…

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Then I guess you’re fine.

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Treeakle · 07/08/2025 20:48

Notmyreality · 07/08/2025 20:45

Yes probably. I accidentally activated this once and cancelled it. Got a call back straight away from 999.

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@Notmyreality not had any contact from them at all…

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mynameiscalypso · 07/08/2025 20:48

Why are you worried about it? In a nice way! I’ve done this plenty of times and never think anything of it. I imagine it happens thousands of times a day.

Notmyreality · 07/08/2025 20:45

Treeakle · 07/08/2025 08:39

@OakAshRowan yes but does that mean emergency services were contacted and are aware of the contact and cancellation?

Yes probably. I accidentally activated this once and cancelled it. Got a call back straight away from 999.

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Treeakle · 07/08/2025 20:44

Still worrying about this! I can’t see any answer online as to whether it means it actually connects to emergency services

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annonymousse · 07/08/2025 15:26

It alarmed which woke him up and then he noticed it was making a call. But same message about a fall etc

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Treeakle · 07/08/2025 13:37

annonymousse · 07/08/2025 09:46

This happened to us a couple of weeks ago. DH phone sent this announcement at 4.30am when he was sound asleep and did ring 999. He woke to the 999 operator asking which service he required. It also kept sending me texts giving me his position which were all a couple of miles away - he was in bed next to me. All very weird.

@annonymousse by announcement do you mean you got the same notification in my screenshot/image?

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Treeakle · 07/08/2025 13:33

Idontjetwashthefucker · 07/08/2025 08:52

Well it's now 8 hours later, what's your concern?

@Idontjetwashthefucker theres not been a call back but I just feel anxious if I haven’t clarified it was a mistake

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Funnywonder · 07/08/2025 10:25

I have done this a couple of times and cancelled the call quickly, so no emergency services arrived at my door or interacted with me in any way.

Much worse has been my earbuds calling random people while I’m wearing them in bed at night. I have dialled the local Chinese takeaway, my teenage son’s mate and my SIL, to name a few. I usually detect that something unusual is happening and scramble to cancel the call. I do worry though that they might answer and hear me snoring like a tractor🤣

ErrolTheDragon · 07/08/2025 09:55

I’m sure it happens a lot and if you momentarily get through and cancel try assume it’s a mistake.

SydneyCarton · 07/08/2025 09:47

@OakAshRowan My daughter managed to call 999 on the landline phone when she was a toddler; she just picked it up and started pressing the buttons and was delighted when someone answered! I was in another room and didn’t realise what was happening until she wandered into the kitchen telling the operator that Mummy was asleep in the bath Shock I think I was about two minutes away from having the Met break down the front door.

I’ve also accidentally set off the emergency services alert from my Apple Watch and got a callback asking if I was okay.

annonymousse · 07/08/2025 09:46

This happened to us a couple of weeks ago. DH phone sent this announcement at 4.30am when he was sound asleep and did ring 999. He woke to the 999 operator asking which service he required. It also kept sending me texts giving me his position which were all a couple of miles away - he was in bed next to me. All very weird.

OakAshRowan · 07/08/2025 09:42

Treeakle · 07/08/2025 08:39

@OakAshRowan yes but does that mean emergency services were contacted and are aware of the contact and cancellation?

I doubt it if the call never connected but I'm not sure. My daughter once managed to called emergency services while watching a video on my phone - she was just trying to turn the volume up. I was cooking dinner and she brought the phone to me confused because there was someone asking her questions. I apologised for the mistake and confirmed we were all fine and that was that. It was about 5 years ago now and there was never any follow up. I really wouldn't worry about it.

Idontjetwashthefucker · 07/08/2025 08:52

Well it's now 8 hours later, what's your concern?