Galaxy Tab4 8.0: How To Quiet Amber Alerts

[Dick1030]

Last night, my Tab 4 8.0 set off a very loud alarm at 2:30 AM for an Amber Alert, waking my wife and myself. I am quite aware of the importance of these alerts and I do get them on my iPhone but they really are not very helpful on my Wi-Fi tablet in the middle of the night.

Is there a way to disable the audio notification of these alerts? I did try a search but couldn't find an answer nor could I find anything in my settings.

Thanks.
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[Rukbat]

In the Messaging (not Messages) app:

Menu/Settings/More/Emergency message settings. The only ones you can't turn off are Presidential alerts (I assume you'd want to know if the US is being attacked by another nation - at least so you could find your cyanide pills).

 

[Dick1030]

I appreciate the response but messaging sounds more like a cell phone than a tablet. Where I have a tablet with Wi-Fi and no 3G or other phone type connectivity I have no messaging capabilities and no way, therefore, to shutdown Amber Alerts through messaging, unless I am somehow missing something here.

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[BlackDragon22]

I appreciate the response but messaging sounds more like a cell phone than a tablet. Where I have a tablet with Wi-Fi and no 3G or other phone type connectivity I have no messaging capabilities and no way, therefore, to shutdown Amber Alerts through messaging, unless I am somehow missing something here.

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In your app drawer (icon with little squares inside), is there an app called Emergency Alerts? If there is, click it and you should be able to uncheck amber alerts

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