Samsung Galaxy SII Sprint User Manual page 86

Emergency Message Settings
Important! The Commercial Mobile Alert System (CMAS) system provides the government
the ability to send geographically targeted notifications of emergencies, such as
threats to public safety, severe weather events, a hazardous material spill or a
missing child in the phone user's area.
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Emergency Alerts: Configure emergency alert settings. You can enable/disable those
alert categories you wish to receive. Choose from: Presidential Alert, Extreme Alert,
Severe Alert, Amber Alert, and Emergency Alerts Test Messages.
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Presidential Alert: Receive warnings in the event of a federal emergency.
Note: The Presidential alert cannot be disabled.
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Extreme Alert Receive alerts with Extreme warning levels.
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Severe Alert Receive alerts with Severe warning levels.
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Amber Alert Receive alerts about child abductions and relevant details.
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Emergency alert test messages Receive messages intended only to test the
CMAS system.
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Emergency notification preview: Play a sample emergency alert tone. Tap Stop to
cancel the playback.
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Vibrate: Select vibrate options for emergency messages.
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Alert reminder: Configure the reminder interval. Choose from Once, Every 2 minutes,
Every 15 minutes, or Off.
Signature settings
● Add signature: Adds your personalized signature to messages.
● Signature text: Create a personalized signature to add to messages.
Spam Message Settings
● Spam settings: Enables your spam email settings.
● Register number as spam: Add numbers that will be blocked when they send you a
message.
● Register phrase as spam: Add phrases that will cause messages to be blocked.
● Block unknown senders: Block all messages from unknown senders.
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