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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Thanks for sharing Kev! I was wondering what that AT&T message was referring to.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Tonia<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Nfbk [mailto:nfbk-bounces@nfbnet.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Kevin Pearl<br><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, June 16, 2013 12:42 PM<br><b>To:</b> NFBK<br><b>Subject:</b> [Nfbk] A T &T iPhone update<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>I received this message on my phone this morning. Since there was no explanation, I had to look it up. Here's what I found:<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>AT&T has rolled out a software update for iPhone 5, iPhone 4S, and – in certain areas – iPhone 4 handsets, enabling <a href="http://www.ctia.org/consumer_info/safety/index.cfm/AID/12082"><span style='text-decoration:none'>Wireless Emergency Alerts</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p style='text-align:justify;text-align:-webkit-auto'>In a blog post announcing the software update, <a href="http://blogs.att.net/consumerblog/story/a7790136"><span style='text-decoration:none'>the carrier explains</span></a>:<o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='border:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:8.0pt 8.0pt 8.0pt 0in;margin-left:.75pt;margin-top:3.75pt;margin-right:.75pt;margin-bottom:3.75pt;border-top-left-radius: 10px;border-top-right-radius: 10px;border-bottom-right-radius: 10px;border-bottom-left-radius: 10px;background-position-x:100%;background-position-y:-2px'><p style='text-align:-webkit-auto'>These are government-issued safety messages that include AMBER Alerts, emergency alerts – such as man-made or natural disasters, and Presidential alerts.<o:p></o:p></p></blockquote><p style='text-align:justify;text-align:-webkit-auto'>Though Presidential alerts may not be disabled, iPhone users have the option of switching AMBER alerts and Emergency alerts off in the Notifications section of the built-in Settings app. Of course, doing this is not advised.<o:p></o:p></p><p style='text-align:justify;text-align:-webkit-auto'>AT&T continues:<o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='border:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:8.0pt 8.0pt 8.0pt 0in;margin-left:.75pt;margin-top:3.75pt;margin-right:.75pt;margin-bottom:3.75pt;border-top-left-radius: 10px;border-top-right-radius: 10px;border-bottom-right-radius: 10px;border-bottom-left-radius: 10px;background-position-x:100%;background-position-y:-2px'><p style='text-align:-webkit-auto'>When the software update is delivered to your phone, you will see a message that states “Carrier Settings Update: new settings required for your device have been installed.”<o:p></o:p></p></blockquote><p style='text-align:justify;text-align:-webkit-auto'>As mentioned above, though AT&T noted that the carrier update would be available for the iPhone 5 and iPhone 4S only, in certain U.S. areas iPhone 4 users have also received the emergency alerts-enabling update.<o:p></o:p></p><p style='text-align:justify;text-align:-webkit-auto'>The carrier update will be sent over-the-air (OTA) for iPhone users running iOS 6.1 or later. If you’re on an earlier version of Apple’s mobile operating system, AT&T’s update will be downloaded and installed when your handset is next connected to iTunes.<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></body></html>