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[–] masterofn001@lemmy.ca 15 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Some countries send it on a channel level which cannot be blocked/silenced/opted out of.

The 'presidential alert' level.

[–] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 11 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Sup. I've also had my carrier re-enable it wirelessly.

I don't have a screenshot of my own, but I found one on the internet:

[–] masterofn001@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

If the disable method doesn't work, you can try

adb shell pm uninstall -user 0 -k com.android.cellbroadcastservice

Edit: AND

adb shell pm disable com.google.android.cellbroadcastreceiver (This is the Wireless Emergency alert app specifically)

(I've also disabled and/or uninstalled and/or firewalled and/or removed 'modify system settings' permissions many of my carrier apps)

[–] azertyfun@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 months ago

Just live in a country which refuses to acknowledge cell broadcast exists, then you'll die in peaceful silence in the next national emergency while operators take several hours to to send 11 million unicast SMS.

Taps forehead

[–] desktop_user@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

That is seriously fucked up