Emergency Alerts, Send SOS Messages

Emergency Alerts

Emergency alerts notify customers of imminent threats to their safety within their geographical area. There is no charge for receiving an Emergency alert message. You can choose to not receive extreme, severe, and AMBER alerts.

1.From a Home screen, swipe up to access Apps.

2.Tap Messages > More options > Settings > Emergency alert settings.

•All alerts are enabled (on) by default.

4.Tap an alert option to disable it.

Note: Presidential alerts cannot be disabled.

Send SOS Messages

Send a message with your location to designated contacts when you are in an emergency situation.

1.From a Home screen, swipe up to access Apps.

2.Tap Settings > Advanced features > Send SOS messages, and then tap On/Off to enable this feature.

3.Tap Send messages to > Add and add recipients by creating new contacts or selecting from Contacts.

•To include a picture from your front and rear camera in your SOS messages, tap

•To include a five-second audio recording in your SOS message, tap Attach audio recording.

4.Press the Power key quickly three times to send an

SOS message.