My only option is to disable Amber alerts completely. Got a better solution?
Like many people, this Amber alert took me by surprise, all groggy with sleep. I did not know what app it came from, or how to turn it off. After the second jarring alert, I turned off my phone for the night.
Apple, if you are out there, please suppress the Amber alert sound during my "do not disturb" hours.
iPhone 5, iOS 6.1.4
Well the idea behind this needs to be thought through more thoroughly. If I'm in bed sleeping it isn't likely I'll be encountering someone that is the subject of an AMBER alert. If I turn them off because the loud siren wakes me up in the middle of the night, you've lost my participation completely. I'm sure thousands did turn them off today. You're defeating the entire purpose. Whereas if it respected DND, I would get the alert in the morning, where I might actually see the abductor's car on the road on the way to work.
Maybe Apple is contracturally obiliged not to silence the alerts, but it's certainly something they are able to do.
I'm not interested in them so disabling them works for me. Did you check the the App store, may you can disable them and still get them in a more respectful app?
Go to settings/notifications scroll to the bottom and turn off the government alerts you choose.
Settings/notifications scroll to the bottom, the government alerts can be turned off there.
Amber alert woke me up, despite "do not disturb" setting.
