Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts, https://android.googlesource.com/platform/packages/apps/CellBroadcastReceiver/+/gingerbread/src/com/android/cellbroadcastreceiver/CellBroadcastSettings.java, https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.messaging. Then tap the three-dot menu icon in the upper right corner, select "Settings" and deactivate the "Yellow warnings" option. Not for typical usage. Personally speaking, I got tired of getting woken up repeatedly in the middle of the night because of something in Thunder Bay, so I opted out. You can now toggle the AMBER Alerts option to turn it off. A subreddit to discuss all the news and events taking place in the province of Ontario, Canada. First, we have to say that there are so many flavors of Android that to cover how to turn Amber Alerts off on all Android phones would be an Herculean task. Law enforcement must confirm that an abduction has taken place. Then choose Settings, tap the Emergency Alert Settings option, tap Emergency Alerts, and turn off Amber alerts. My best guess us the system is being used to flush out someone who is hiding. 2. Still, they can be a bit annoying at times, especially if you have one at three in the morning. The child is at risk of serious injury or death. If there is ever a real danger to me at night, I guess I'm dead. For example, an Amber Alert may be triggered by a custodial parent who is irked that the non-custodial parent has been late returning the child, at the end of their parenting time, one too many times. It makes way more sense sending a text message with a photo of the child and car and a descriptions, pretty much all smartphone messaging can handle that, why not put it to use? Press J to jump to the feed. The Thunder Bay alert, the Markham parental child abduction that wasn’t an abduction but a domestic issue, the Sudbury issue where the mother and child were reported to be using a bus as a getaway vehicle in both the initial alert at 4:58 and again, this time with French translation @ 5:50 ish are not examples of stellar decision making. Did anyone die getting t-boned driving through a red light? I think it's crazy that I've essentially had to disable severe weather / national emergency alerts as well just to stop receiving these messages, but that's what happens when you send every single alert as priority #1. You’re not alone. I've seen a number of people complain repeatedly about being woken up by AMBER Alerts. Disabling Amber alerts is extremely easy, but only if you know where to look. Was there an increase in traffic accidents the next day? ?”, it’s important to understand that the Amber Alert system may be one of the most abused emergency systems of all time (although granted with less dire results than, say, the 911 emergency system being abused with swatting). You cannot opt out of Presidential alerts by design. The other categories are not used in Canada, so disabling those will have no effect. First, navigate to Settings> Connections> Other connection settings . Here’s how to turn those Amber Alerts off (or, rather, disable them, as they will still be sent to your phone, you just won’t actually ‘receive’ them). (You can read about this in much more detail in our article A Rant About Operation Amber Alert.). Fed up with how the vast majority of Operation Amber Alerts are not about stranger abductions that endanger the child (or about stranger abductions at all)?