#backup phone

[writing-with-olive]

On October 4, at about 2:20pm Eastern Standard Time (EST), FEMA is doing an emergency alert test. This means that all phones, regardless of if they have been placed in do not disturb will go off with that beeping noise. If you have a secret backup phone that you need the people you're with to not know you have, set a reminder to turn it all the way off.

For apple phones, this means holding the power button for five seconds and swiping the "power off" switch that shows up on the screen. Same with androids and early google pixels, except you'll be tapping a button. For google pixels 6 and later, you'll hold the power button and the volume up button at the same time. To turn on for all phones, you'll hit the power button and wait a sec.

Remember that the alert will still come through when you turn your phone back on, so make sure that you are in a place where that noise is safe.

Note that, for whatever reason, if they can't put out the alert, the backup test date is October 11th.

The link below is to the official press release with the information.

[four-rabbits-in-a-trenchcoat]

2:20 EDT

happy almost extremely loud sound wednesday monday everyone!!!

i cant believe its already almost extremely loud sound wednesday monday

[horsefigureoftheday]

a silly horsie :333

OH MY GOD IT'S MEEE<3333

I'm gonna cherish this until I die, I don't even know what to say, thank you so much!!! I love everything about this😭<33333

[mondaymelon]

this morning has been the biggest fumble i put in my contacts one of them falls down the sink drain. i have to unscrew the pipes and get it out. i go on my phone only to realize that I've somehow forgotten the password I've used for a whole year and i don't know how or why what is happening what the fuck its locked rn and i don't know what to do oh god ohs df holyshita

[buddie-wishes]

Do y'all ever wonder how many times the 118 has had to replace their phones/wallets/etc bc it was left in a building/cruise ship/car etc that was lost during an emergency

Hopefully they got insurance (⁠ ⁠ꈍ⁠ᴗ⁠ꈍ⁠)

[homocidalpotat]

I have a phone that didn't come with a pre-installed album app. Instead, my phone uses Google Photos. I have tried installing other album apps but it only keeps images from when I got my current phone (I have had 2 other phones)- on Google photos, it has all of my images before then as well. (I got this phone in December last year, I have had phones before that)

Google Photos is taking up an atrocious amount of my storage- I've only had a phone for a few years and it's already over 50% full.

I have backed up all of my photos (I think?) and I want to know if I can delete all of the photos on Google Photos that are on other apps. I don't actually know what to do, nor does anyone in my family, and I'm not sure what to Google. I just want to keep all of my images without them using the majority of my Google storage. Does anyone know what I can do?

[faksyan]

Dropped my phone three times this morning and it died rip king I'll miss you

[quaranmine]

i get WAY too attached to inanimate objects. tell me why i want to hold a funeral for my old phone. she did me so good, she lasted 4.5 years of heavy use, took me through the entire pandemic, and i still didn't want to replace her until i was forced since i liked her so much. why am i sad,

[moinsbienquekaworu]

Got my ✨ phone stolen in the metro during rush hour ✨

[sentientstump]

recent oc action👍🏼

[baeshijima]

nothing is more soul crushing than finding out pages and pages worth of fic planning is permanently gone and deleted from any recovery/storage space bc it was something probably deleted from at least 2 years ago 🧍‍♀️

[chrometheraptor]

slowly working through my 30,000+ images on my phone to free up space 🔥🔥🔥

[ace-detectiv3]

My phone hasn't been charging I hate this phone ):

[two-crabs]

myself and everyone i care about is safe which is why i’m allowed to complain that mostly this hurricane is Boring

[liebelesbe]

does anyone have a cute reaction pic for when you did a good job. or like finally achieved something? Nothing with text just like a happy animal or something

[sunglassesmish]

25 minutes ahhhhhhhh

i am technically ready but i’m also not ready in the slightest