Thread: U.S. users, did you receive Presidential Text?
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nieldk is offline nieldk
2018-10-05 , 05:39
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Originally Posted by peterleinchen View Post
Are these messages not just plain old 'cell broadcast' messages?
Symbian and Nokias S40 had that (also my Siemens) but it was not really used/supported by German providers...

see the link from wolke in other thread
Well, yes, they are SMS messages, but they are routed in carrier networks thru dedicated network, to allow overriding for example Prsidential alerts to be recieved no matter whatever setting user have applied. So, the device MUST utilize support for CMAS. Looking at ofono sources, this have been a TODO item since 2010. With certain patches for a number of modems. Not sure about Qualcom modem state there.

An example

https://www.mail-archive.com/ofono@o.../msg17721.html
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