Same here. Someone I warned completely forgot and said the text message and alert came at the appointed time. So the test happened. No nothing when I extracted the phone out of it's 3-layer aluminum foil wrapping 7 hours later. I, too, forgot, but in a reverse way. I was enjoying the silence. Good ol' tin foil. I might treat myself to a new hat.
Tightly wrapped in foil does work, tested it last night and the phone call didn’t come through. Not sure what happens after it’s removed, though. Does the alert still sound?
Worked for me. Powered down, wrapped, set *outside* away from bodies. Unwrapped way later, powered back on, several texts loading only then, none from FEMA. So... ? Maybe not "proof," just anecdotal evidence.
Newer phones are sealed, true. A faraday bag or any steel enclosure (an oven, for example) will stop UHF transmissions.
Has to be metal to metal to seal. I have tried them all. Fridge, microwave etc. I use an old cookie tin. Works great.
Military ammo container as well.
Guess I’ll stick my phone in our RV microwave/convection oven this afternoon and see if that works.
Five minutes at 90% power should take care of it ....
And your microwave!
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hahahahahaha, that made me laugh!!! Thanks, been sick these last few days!
Or wrap it in aluminum for a quick faraday cage.
We’ll put our phones in the fire safe hopefully that’ll do the job
I heard that the signal will get pushed out still once you remove from bag/repower/re-battery the device. Any truth to this?
Michele can’t say for others but us, the phones were off and in microwave and nothing came through when we turned them on.
Same here. Someone I warned completely forgot and said the text message and alert came at the appointed time. So the test happened. No nothing when I extracted the phone out of it's 3-layer aluminum foil wrapping 7 hours later. I, too, forgot, but in a reverse way. I was enjoying the silence. Good ol' tin foil. I might treat myself to a new hat.
I love it!! I will use tin foil another time!!
Test that idea and let us know tomorrow.
How about wrapping it in aluminum foil? I don’t have a Faraday bag.
Old cookie tin, like the kind grandma used to use. Metal to metal with no rubber seal. That is the ticket
Would you wrap the iPhone in Saran Wrap forest then cover with foil and then put in cookie tin?????
thats overkill...
No...
Foil does not work. Steel does not work.
But foil works well for hats, apparently.
Sure, if you ground the hat.
Tightly wrapped in foil does work, tested it last night and the phone call didn’t come through. Not sure what happens after it’s removed, though. Does the alert still sound?
alert does not sound
Worked for me. Powered down, wrapped, set *outside* away from bodies. Unwrapped way later, powered back on, several texts loading only then, none from FEMA. So... ? Maybe not "proof," just anecdotal evidence.
Yes some have said that works. I would still turn it off also.
I've heard that it must be wrapped in Mylar...several layers. Microwaves leak.
Too leaky.
I wonder if it's going to effect other devices besides the phone?
Radios and tvs for certain. Likely any device that is internet-connected. But that's just my SWAG.
Right? I wondered the same! What about iPads?
Only my phone received the alert, not my iPad or laptop.
Any device that can be connected to the internet is a tracking device if the IT gang at the Govt. want it to be.. piece of cake for them...
Same
Aluminum foil, too?