[Q] Wireless Emergency Alerts (CMAS)?

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Anyone know if Wire Emergency Alerts (CMAS) are made capable in any Infuse ROMs? Or...otherwise how to set this up in an existing ROM? I found this thread in the Galaxy S II Skyrocket forum: http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1680790.

http://www.fema.gov/help/social_media.shtm

FEMA Text Messages


Use your cell phone’s text messaging capability to receive text message updates from FEMA. FEMA will never charge you for text message alerts, but carrier message and data rates may apply. You should expect to receive periodic updates, the number of which may increase during times of disaster.
FEMA will not use your phone number to track, reverse look up, or for any type of commercial marketing. Your carrier may collect additional data elements, please see their privacy policies for further details.
Here are basic commands to get started:
•To signup to receive monthly preparedness tips: text PREPARE to 43362 (4FEMA)
•To unsubscribe (at any time): text STOP to 43362 (4FEMA)
•To get more information: text INFO to 43362 (4FEMA)

To search for Shelters or Disaster Recovery Centers (DRCs):
•Text SHELTER and a Zip Code to 43362 (4FEMA)
Before you go to a shelter, always check with your local emergency management agency for availability & services.
•Text DRC and a Zip Code to 43362 (4FEMA)
Searching for shelters or Disaster Recovery Centers will not add you to a list. Think of it like doing a search on the Internet.


Tools on FEMA.gov

•RSS/Data Feeds - www.fema.gov/help/rss.shtm
RSS/data feeds automatically provide the public with updated information as soon as it's available.

Thanks TruckerGlenn. The info from fema you cited is useful. I'm really wondering what "new capabilities" the new CMAS-enabled smartphones are utilizing. I assume its software related and therefore can be designed and ported to the Infuse. Alerts will geo-target your phone. For example, one possible alert would work such if the National Weather Service issued a tornado warning for a small warning polygon, your phone would only alert if you were in (or near) that area. I don't even think its gps related, but works via cell towers' knowledge of your connection. I've had an internal NWS warning text notification set up for quite some time wherby i register for various alerts per specific geographic area, but CMAS will work much differently. At&t currently cites only 3 android phones with it.

Infuse w AEON

If you do a fast internet search the FEMA updates will be coming from an installed chip. It will bypass all other fuctions to makensure it comes through

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There is no chip to govern the CMAS functionality. Here's a good article:
http://www.awareforum.org/2012/02/co...-myths-part-1/

Originally Posted by 74Eldo

There is no chip to govern the CMAS functionality. Here's a good article:
http://www.awareforum.org/2012/02/co...-myths-part-1/

Might want to check again

http://vigilantcitizen.com/latestnew...nd-out-alerts/

zoinks! scoob!

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I work for a Cell Broadcast company. The special chip that they are referring to has been in mobile phones for about 16 years. The CB stack is part of the standard communication chipset on older phones (2G on GSM). Newer phones focussed on multimedia and stopped implementing the stack as the market was not using CB. Now CB is being used for Public Warning, the handset manufacturers are reintroducing the old function.

SMS is peer to peer, while Cell broadcast is multicast, within a cell coverage area, without subscriber awareness. It is in the GSM and CDMA standards (3GPP TS 23.041) and all phones and network equipment following the standards completely, would inherently have this function.

The reasons Cell Broadcast is better than ANY other method for reaching the masses are:

Unaffected by network congestion as it is multicast over a priority portion of the signalling channel.
No need to know the numbers or locations of the subscribers; the message is simply broadcast in a defined area and if the phone is tuned in (CB channels enabled), like a terrestrial radio, it will receive the message.
A broadcast can be received by millions of people, possibly everyone in a nation instantly. Something unheard of in all of history.
It cannot be billed or tracked. CB is a one-way communication protocol.