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Weird alarm sound

My phone was locked basically. Got frozen on the “Gameloft” load screen for the Disney kingdoms game. After about 10 minutes trying to restart it I hit the side button 5 times really quick out of frustration and then this weird fire alarm sound went off 3 times. Any idea what that sound was? My phone was hot but not sure if that’s the reason?

iPhone XR, iOS 13

Posted on Feb 18, 2020 8:34 AM

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Posted on Feb 18, 2020 8:48 AM

That sounds like an attempt to use Emergency SOS, to contact 9-1-1. Go to Settings>Emergency SOS, you will see that rapidly pressing the side button 5 times will contact Emergency services.

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Weird alarm sound

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