https://9to5google.com/2023/10/23/android-emergency-sos-accidental-calls-fix/
As promised, Google has rolled out a way to fix accidental 911 calls on Android devices using Emergency SOS.
My touch screen randomly disabled itself and when I attempted to shut my phone off, it instead triggered a 911 call.
The only way to stop it? Swiping right on the touch screen.
I was just a bit frustrated and had no idea 5 taps triggered emergency calls. What a terrible event. Q.Q
I too was having screen issues. Once i had accidentally started the call, I waited for them to answer, explained what happened, and apologized. I then stopped fuckin' around with my broken ass phone.
Something that makes “accidental” emergency calls should have been caught in quality testing and should never have shipped.
Meh, it's probably phones with very loose power buttons who are the culprit. I don't think my current phone has gotten its power button accidentally pressed even once and I keep it in my pocket pretty much 16/7 [not while sleeping tho].
I use my pockets to hold stuff. That stuff has triggered emergency mode on my phone at least five times so far this year while driving. You know, the one time I shouldn't be futzing with a phone to turn off the blaring alarm to avoid calling five-o
It's quite easy to accidentally do that when trying to adjust the volume without looking.
I triggered it while driving when I tried to increase volume on my phone through the pocket. Accidentally pressed power button and almost shat myself due to rhe 911 call and siren sound through the car radio.
Where did the siren sound come from? Are they making paramedics work double duty as dispatchers now?
I understand that perfect detection isn't possible, but I'm not sure that I like that the fix is to increase the amount of human interaction required during an actual emergency.
I'm sure my phone dialing 911 four times by itself from my pocket while working isn't a good thing either.
Well, it's an option.
You can decide to leave it set to countdown + calling without further interaction.
I keep my phone in my back pocket. I wear a shoulder bag. Sometimes when I'm walking start hearing dialing noises as my shoulder bag bonks against my butt. I pull out the phone and find it at the emergency dialer.
Just reloaded a phone with Lineage, and it lows you to disable this nonsense.
I get the idea behind emergency call feature not being behind the lock screen, but pretty much everyone has their own phone these days (or two). I'm not likely to need to grab someone else's phone to call 911
Samsung allows turning the countdown into a simple slider (eg press 5 times then slide right to call 112 and send sms with your photos and location to all of your relatives)
I mean if it was intentional. I don't think a single person out there is actively and purposely trying to code 911 not working.