Emergency Calls

[danimasterson89]

I have the LG stylo 3. I keep accidentally calling 911. It's happened 4 times in the last year or so. How do I stop this from happening? It usually happens when my phone is in my pocket and locked.

 

[dontpanicbobby]

Sign up with a carrier.
WiFi calling doesn't work without a carrier in the US. 911 always works. How?

 

[puppykickr]

Sign up with a carrier.
WiFi calling doesn't work without a carrier in the US. 911 always works. How?

911 will always work, carrier or no carrier.
You can pull the SIM and lock the phone, and still call 911.

 

[svim]

Buy a belt holster or pouch and that will minimize those accidental pocket dialing issues. And it's going to make your phone last longer if you keep your phone in a pants pocket as that puts a lot of extraneous, physical wear and tear on your phone every time you sit down and stand up (not an issue if you keep it in a shirt or suit pocket).
But if you don't like that option, disable the lock screen in your Settings menu and install a third-party lock screen app, one that allows you to disable the Emergency Call feature:
https://android.gadgethacks.com/how-to/remove-emergency-call-button-from-your-lock-screen-0166472/

Hopefully you'll never be in a situation where you or someone else will actually need that Emergency Call feature though.

 

[dontpanicbobby]

911 will always work, carrier or no carrier.
You can pull the SIM and lock the phone, and still call 911.

But how?

 

[ocnbrze]

But how?

via wifi...thus the name wifi calling. the sim card is only for cellular and 4g. it does not inlcude wifi.

 

[puppykickr]

But how?

It is mandated to work by law.
I dont think Wi-Fi has anything to do with it either.

The scenario can be that you are in an accident and someone helping only has your phone to use- and you are incapacitated.

This allows limited use of your device for emergency calls.

The dark sided opinion is that this means that your device is always able to connect- regardless of what precautions you take- so chalk up another one for the conspiracies about these things being tracking devices.

 

[Hydra119]

It is mandated to work by law.
I dont think Wi-Fi has anything to do with it either.

The scenario can be that you are in an accident and someone helping only has your phone to use- and you are incapacitated.

This allows limited use of your device for emergency calls.

The dark sided opinion is that this means that your device is always able to connect- regardless of what precautions you take- so chalk up another one for the conspiracies about these things being tracking devices.

Additionally, GPS is always enabled, regardless of connection status. So somebody can always tell where you are!

 

[dontpanicbobby]

Additionally, GPS is always enabled, regardless of connection status. So somebody can always tell where you are!

I don't think so. You can turn it off, but! Somebody may notice.
I'll provide a link if you need one...

 

[Hydra119]

I don't think so. You can turn it off, but! Somebody may notice.
I'll provide a link if you need one...

Hey, Happy New Year! I didn't see this, 'til now. I'll take a link, if ya got one.

 

[dontpanicbobby]

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.androidauthority.com/turn-off-gps-1040167/amp/