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Original poster

so, did your phone receive the alert? If it was turned on and enabled?

267 replies

Nimbostratus100 · 23/04/2023 15:08

not very good coverage here at all - unless it comes later...

YABU - my phone got the alert

YANBU - my phone was switched on and enabled, but received no alert

OP posts:
fairydust11 · 23/04/2023 15:24

3 phones all enabled - only 1 went off.

OneCup · 23/04/2023 15:24

Message on my screen but no sound alert so I would never have noticed it had I not been looking at my screen.
Worked on husband's phone.

TheGoogleMum · 23/04/2023 15:24

Yep got the alarm and message at 3. Didn't wake the baby luckily.

SwapTheYforaD · 23/04/2023 15:24

CatOnTheChair · 23/04/2023 15:23

I got it, biut to shiup it up, I clicked ok. And it disappeared. So I have no idea what it said (well, this time round I do, because I know it's a test). Do I have to read the thing with it beeping at me to know what the problem is?

Seems so yup

Onegingerhead · 23/04/2023 15:24

Anyone on Three got it? Spoke to 10+ Three people, nobody had it

nicky2512 · 23/04/2023 15:24

*@TwilightSkies Northern Ireland here too and two phones got it at 14.59 and one at 15.10

littlefireseverywhere · 23/04/2023 15:25

5 phones here, none of us got it!

Parke · 23/04/2023 15:26

Mine went off, phone turned on and enabled. DP’s went off while he didn’t have reception but alerts enabled.

CaroleSinger · 23/04/2023 15:26

Nope, nothing. I deactivated it yesterday.

SwapTheYforaD · 23/04/2023 15:26

Stay tuned for the next test then.

ZittiEBuoni · 23/04/2023 15:26

Someone on Twitter just said it didn't work for anyone on the 3 network - which might explain why I didn't get it.

Roserunner · 23/04/2023 15:26

I'm on ID mobile that I believe uses 3's network and I didn't get the alert

Artichokepiglet · 23/04/2023 15:27

So it's looking like less than a 60% success rate then...oh dear

PriamFarrl · 23/04/2023 15:27

It seems it was a problem with 3 Network. It’s a good job they test these things.

Hungrycaterpillarsmummy · 23/04/2023 15:27

Artichokepiglet · 23/04/2023 15:27

So it's looking like less than a 60% success rate then...oh dear

Well it's a test so it's not a big deal. Now they can work on that

dizzydizzydizzy · 23/04/2023 15:27

Yes. Siren and message. Got mine at 14:58 or 9. DP's came through about a minute later.

MrMarkham · 23/04/2023 15:28

fairydust11 · 23/04/2023 15:24

3 phones all enabled - only 1 went off.

I'm full expecting it to go off at 3am now 😂

Hungrycaterpillarsmummy · 23/04/2023 15:28

Like, this is WHY it's being tested

WhisperingAutistic · 23/04/2023 15:28

2 new Samsung EE phones didn't, one giffgaff ancient iPhone did!

DCINightingale · 23/04/2023 15:28

We are on Three. DH got the alert, my phone and our work phone didn't.

Thunderpunt · 23/04/2023 15:28

Did anyone who had turned their alerts off get it?

ItsNotUnusualToBe · 23/04/2023 15:28

All phones here got the signal. Spelling mistake in the Welsh part of the message tho 🙄

forgot to warn the 10 year old. His phone has been off for months so knew it wouldn’t come through (it didn’t) but he heard the other phones in house and was “what the hell was that” 🤣🙈

Wakemeuuuup · 23/04/2023 15:29

It looks like it didn't work for those on 3

Parke · 23/04/2023 15:29

I got it twice! One at around 3 and another about 7 minutes later

Houseplantmad · 23/04/2023 15:29

Mine also early. Nearly wet myself even though I’d told the DCs about it 15 mins earlier.

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