Failure of emergency alerts in v1.1 on Samsung Galaxy S7

• /e/ version: 1.1
• Device model(s): Samsung Galaxy S7
• Device rooted: yes/no NO

Summary

Wireless emergency alert did not come through despite all settings allowing it.

The problem

I have been running /e/ on my Galaxy S7 for about a year. Prior to the v1.0 update, I was able to receive emergency notifications on the device. I specifically recall getting one Amber alert for my area. However, since the update there has been a recent emergency in my area (July 25) that I was not notified of on my phone (https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-62296874), despite my settings allowing all wireless emergency alerts. My wife and kids all received an alert for this specific event on their phones (two iPhones, one LitePhone), but I got none. Further, when I tried to open the Emergency alert history, my screen just flashed and then took me back to the settings page for Wireless emergency alerts.

Obviously the behaviour is difficult to reproduce without another emergency happening...

What is the current behavior?

No emergency alerts.

What is the expected correct behavior?

Emergency alerts appearing when issued through the wireless provider.

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