Users said that there was no warning on 7 Apple phones during the earthquake!
Fast Technology reported on December 19 that according to the China Earthquake Network, at 23:59 on December 18, 2023, a 6.2-magnitude earthquake occurred in Jishishan County, Linxia Prefecture, Gansu Province (35.70 degrees north latitude, 102.79 degrees east longitude), with an epicenter depth of 10 kilometers.
According to the feedback of local netizens, many domestic mobile phones, TVs, smart speakers, etc. have given early warnings before the arrival of seismic waves, so that many people can escape one step in advance.
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It should be noted that some netizens posted a video saying that they were in Gansu, but none of the 7 iPhones at hand had any warning.
In this regard, Apple's customer service said that the mobile phone system does not have an early warning function for the time being, and it needs to use a third-party App to achieve it.
If you want to turn it on with an iPhone, you can follow the steps below:
1. Search for the "Earthquake Warning" App in the App Store, which is an official App developed by the Chengdu High-tech Disaster Reduction Institute;
2. Enter the earthquake early warning app, and set the two "intensity thresholds" to 0 degrees in the "Early warning strategy" of "System Settings" (you can adjust them according to the situation);
3. Turn on all four permissions in "System Settings" and "Mobile Phone Permission Settings";
4. In the location service, set "Location" to "Always" and turn on the "Precise Location" permission;
5. Turn on all notification permissions in the App, especially the "Important Warning" function, which can ignore Do Not Disturb and sleep mode mandatory reminders.
