For Christmas I got a new iPhone. It’s pretty badass with its facial recognition and fancy camera capabilities. And once I figured out all the stuff that worked differently from my old iPhone, I was definitely pleased. It did do something yesterday that totally caught me off guard, though.
I was walking across a parking lot in Tallahassee on my way to get my hair cut. No sooner had I shoved my phone into my purse than I heard an alarm similar to the sound of a car alarm. It was pretty strident, and at first I thought it was coming from one of the cars on either side of me. Then I realized the sound was emanating from my purse.
I grabbed my phone and realized that somehow I’d activated a 9-1-1 call! The screen was doing a countdown to notify my emergency contacts. Quickly I shut off the call and stopped the countdown. Whew! That could’ve been awkward.
After checking in at the front desk inside the salon I sat in the waiting area and tried to figure out what I’d done to trigger the emergency call. As I was poking about trying to make sure I didn’t inadvertently do it again my phone rang.
In response to my “hello?”, the guy on the other end said, “We received a 9-1-1 call that was cancelled from this number. Is everything okay?”
I apologized, told him I was fine and that it was a total accident. I thanked him for checking on me.
Even though I screwed up it’s kind of nice to know that somebody out there’s looking out for me. I still need to figure out what precipitated the call, though. Any ideas?
Peace, people!
Praying for Eyebrowz 
Omg.
And no I have no idea what you did, I have android. 🙂
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Claudette, did you shut your comments off on post?
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I just saw and fixed. Why dies this keep happening?
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I noticed that, too, and just thought you didn’t want to deal with the public. “I want to be alone!”
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You’re definitely not just the public. 😂
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😊
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It’s weird, but that’s WordPress….
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Got my heart rate going for a minute.
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Wow! I have no idea but that’s freaky!
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If it’s that easy to go accidentally, I need to lock my screen every time it goes in my purse, I guess.
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I know my husband occasionally butt dials me, but the fact that it notifies your contacts is crazy. What if it were an actual emergency and you were being threatened by one of your contacts and they got the alert?
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That would be awful—but it would only notify the three contacts I’ve designated in my ICE list.
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Ok…that’s better
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Yes—I doubt my esthetician needs to know I’m having a heart attack. Although, that could keep her from charging me a no show fee….
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😉
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You’re not the public. 😉
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Ha!
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Geez, that could be like the boy who cried wolf if it keeps happening! Sounds like it’s time for a short course on iphone 911 self-calling from a professional 😉
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That’s a good idea.
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My phone is pretty smart. It just makes and receives calls and texts.
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That’s honestly all I need. Except for my WordPress app. I do all my blogging on my phone.
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Too small for me.
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My darling…only you xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Mind you the Mr’s goes off with all our gradbaby’s stupid games on it!!
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😊
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I didn’t think it was that easy to accidentally dial 9-1-1. Granted, I have an android, so I haven’t a clue how the iPhones work. I probably would have panicked thinking the cops would come for me.
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I had a moment of panic!
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