Is this true about iPhones?
12-03-2021, 20:15
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Is this true about iPhones?
Is it true that if you search for 'Emergency SOS' in your phone & set it up, that it enables the following:
If you press your lock button five times in a row, it emits a loud siren and counts down to 3, then calls emergency services & sends texts to your emergency contacts to alert them you are in trouble along with your location.
It's being sent round facebook and I want to check it's not a load of rubbish before I tell my elderly aunt about it.
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12-03-2021, 20:19
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Just a Geek
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Re: Is this true about iPhones?
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12-03-2021, 20:22
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laeva recumbens anguis
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Re: Is this true about iPhones?
It also works on Android Phones
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12-03-2021, 20:39
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Re: Is this true about iPhones?
Thank you. It's just that it looked like some type of fake news that was being shared, like the one about free groceries.
It's good that this is true.
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13-03-2021, 10:31
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Re: Is this true about iPhones?
It is true, and I have accidentally triggered it by trying to squeeze my phone into an arm holder that was slightly too small 
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13-03-2021, 16:58
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Re: Is this true about iPhones?
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Originally Posted by Chris
It is true, and I have accidentally triggered it by trying to squeeze my phone into an arm holder that was slightly too small |
 Did you manage to stop it before the countdown ended?
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13-03-2021, 17:35
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Re: Is this true about iPhones?
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Originally Posted by RichardCoulter
Did you manage to stop it before the countdown ended? |
Oh yes, I’ve never moved so fast 
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14-03-2021, 07:16
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I imagine there is all kinds of secret stuff on those...
One time drug dealers just happen to "pocket dial 911" .. I dont think they did,I think the phone was listening and police heard everything and thats how they got found out!!
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14-03-2021, 09:26
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Re: Is this true about iPhones?
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Originally Posted by Dude111
I imagine there is all kinds of secret stuff on those...
One time drug dealers just happen to "pocket dial 911" .. I dont think they did,I think the phone was listening and police heard everything and thats how they got found out!!
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That's not a secret. That's called butt dialing.
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14-03-2021, 15:54
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Re: Is this true about iPhones?
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Originally Posted by Dude111
One time drug dealers just happen to "pocket dial 911"
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I've done it at least twice (accidentally dialled the emergency services, not dealt drugs  ). First time I dropped a large push-button phone and managed to dial 5555 while fumbling to catch it. The second time I was driving along and suddenly heard "emergency - which service do you require?" That was a genuine pocket-dial. Mortifying!
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14-03-2021, 21:12
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An Awesome Dude
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Wow....Tell them you need the dept that helps ya stop random dialing right??
Im glad they said something and not just listenend!!
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