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Re: How to create an EMERGENCY folder on a mobile device (and what to put inside)

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"Horace Algier" <horatio@horatio.net> wrote in message 
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> On Thu, 29 Sep 2016 06:00:48 +1000, Rod Speed wrote:
>
>> The iOS contacts system does allow an emergency category in the contacts.
>>
>> It also allows you to list those you want to be called if say you are 
>> found
>> unconscious or incapable and that is visible on the lock screen of your
>> idevice so anyone can get those details from there as long as your
>> phone is still working.
>
> I generally tackle all problems on both iOS and Android, particularly for
> emergencies, because you'll never know what you will have in your hands at
> the time of an emergency.
>
> On iOS 9.x, when I open contacts and search for "ice" or for "emergency", 
> I
> get nothing (not surprisingly, because I never set up anything).
>
> Looking about in iOS contacts, I don't see any overt mention of an
> "emergency" system.
>
> Googling, I find this article:
> 3 Features You Should Enable in iOS 8
> http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2468891,00.asp
>
> In that article, they talk about a "Health" app that Apple supplied in iOS
> 8, which doesn't seem to be on my device in iOS9 (I skipped iOS 8
> altogether since I update the device as little as possible since all hell
> broke loose outside the walled garden the penultimate time I updated).
>
> Hmmmm... no "Health" app on this iPad. I only have one desktop screen, and
> there's no health app on it, nor in Settings General on the left column.
>
> So, scratch that method (maybe it works only on phones?).
>
> Moving on to another reference, I find this:
> https://snapguide.com/guides/add-ice-in-case-of-emergency-contacts-for-iphone/
> How to Add ICE (In Case of Emergency) Contacts for iPhone
>
> 1. Contacts > + > First = ICE 1 - Wife
> 2. Copy that to "Last" name also (if contacts are reverse sorted).
> 3. Company = Patty Winter, wife
> 4. Scroll down to "add field"
> 5. The article says scroll to the bottom of the popup to add "notes"
> but I don't see any notes. I just see:
> - Prefix
> - Phonetic first name
> - Pronunciation first name
> - Middle name
> - Phonetic middle name
> - Phonetic last name
> - Pronunciation last name
> - Maiden name
> - Suffix
> - Nickname
> - Job title
> - Department
> 6. So I put the phone number in the Company field instead (since there 
> were
> no notes fields).
> 7. Press "Done".
>
> Hmmm... I guess adding ICE is better than doing absolutely nothing, but
> it's not much better than doing absolutely nothing.
>
> Rod, can you elucidate a little bit on what you were alluding to when you
> mentioned there was some kind of emergency mechanism on iOS?

That bit of the health app that allows anyone to see that on the lock screen 
of your phone.

> Thanks!
> NOTE: iPad, with SIM data, iOS 9.3.2 (and staying on that until/unless
> there is a compelling reason to risk another release) 

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How to create an EMERGENCY folder on a mobile device (and what to put inside) Horace Algier <horatio@horatio.net> - 2016-09-27 22:35 +0000
  Re: How to create an EMERGENCY folder on a mobile device (and what to put inside) "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-09-28 09:39 +1000
    Re: How to create an EMERGENCY folder on a mobile device (and what to put inside) Kees Nuyt <k.nuyt@nospam.demon.nl> - 2016-09-28 12:36 +0200
      Re: How to create an EMERGENCY folder on a mobile device (and what to put inside) "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-09-28 20:56 +1000
        Re: How to create an EMERGENCY folder on a mobile device (and what to put inside) tlvp <mPiOsUcB.EtLlLvEp@att.net> - 2016-09-28 15:11 -0400
          Re: How to create an EMERGENCY folder on a mobile device (and what to put inside) "Kerr Mudd-John" <admin@127.0.0.1> - 2016-09-28 20:41 +0100
          Re: How to create an EMERGENCY folder on a mobile device (and what to put inside) "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-09-29 06:20 +1000
    Re: How to create an EMERGENCY folder on a mobile device (and what to put inside) Horace Algier <horatio@horatio.net> - 2016-09-28 16:00 +0000
      Re: How to create an EMERGENCY folder on a mobile device (and what to put inside) "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-09-29 06:00 +1000
        Re: How to create an EMERGENCY folder on a mobile device (and what to put inside) Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2016-09-29 07:31 +0000
          Re: How to create an EMERGENCY folder on a mobile device (and what to put inside) "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-09-29 22:48 +1000
            Re: How to create an EMERGENCY folder on a mobile device (and what to put inside) Horace Algier <horatio@horatio.net> - 2016-09-29 17:51 +0000
              Re: How to create an EMERGENCY folder on a mobile device (and what to put inside) nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-09-29 13:56 -0400
                Re: How to create an EMERGENCY folder on a mobile device (and what to put inside) Horace Algier <horatio@horatio.net> - 2016-09-29 18:38 +0000
                Re: How to create an EMERGENCY folder on a mobile device (and what to put inside) nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-09-29 14:47 -0400
                Re: How to create an EMERGENCY folder on a mobile device (and what to put inside) tlvp <mPiOsUcB.EtLlLvEp@att.net> - 2016-09-30 04:21 -0400
                Re: How to create an EMERGENCY folder on a mobile device (and what to put inside) Horace Algier <horatio@horatio.net> - 2016-09-30 15:00 +0000
                Re: How to create an EMERGENCY folder on a mobile device (and what to put inside) "(PeteCresswell)" <x@y.Invalid> - 2016-09-30 17:36 -0400
                Re: How to create an EMERGENCY folder on a mobile device (and what to put inside) tlvp <mPiOsUcB.EtLlLvEp@att.net> - 2016-09-30 18:40 -0400
        Re: How to create an EMERGENCY folder on a mobile device (and what to put inside) Horace Algier <horatio@horatio.net> - 2016-09-29 18:43 +0000
          Re: How to create an EMERGENCY folder on a mobile device (and what to put inside) nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-09-29 14:46 -0400
          Re: How to create an EMERGENCY folder on a mobile device (and what to put inside) "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-09-30 09:23 +1000
            Re: How to create an EMERGENCY folder on a mobile device (and what to put inside) Horace Algier <horatio@horatio.net> - 2016-09-30 02:51 +0000
              Re: How to create an EMERGENCY folder on a mobile device (and what to put inside) "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-09-30 14:45 +1000
                Re: How to create an EMERGENCY folder on a mobile device (and what to put inside) Horace Algier <horatio@horatio.net> - 2016-09-30 15:24 +0000
                Re: How to create an EMERGENCY folder on a mobile device (and what to put inside) "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-10-01 15:58 +1000
            Re: How to create an EMERGENCY folder on a mobile device (and what to put inside) Horace Algier <horatio@horatio.net> - 2016-09-30 02:51 +0000
              Re: How to create an EMERGENCY folder on a mobile device (and what to put inside) "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-09-30 14:50 +1000
              Re: How to create an EMERGENCY folder on a mobile device (and what to put inside) Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2016-09-29 23:58 -0700
                Re: How to create an EMERGENCY folder on a mobile device (and what to put inside) Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2016-09-30 00:06 -0700
                Re: How to create an EMERGENCY folder on a mobile device (and what to put inside) Horace Algier <horatio@horatio.net> - 2016-09-30 15:24 +0000
                Re: How to create an EMERGENCY folder on a mobile device (and what to put inside) "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-10-01 16:08 +1000
  Re: How to create an EMERGENCY folder on a mobile device (and what to put inside) Horace Algier <horatio@horatio.net> - 2016-09-28 16:00 +0000
    Re: How to create an EMERGENCY folder on a mobile device (and what to put inside) Horace Algier <horatio@horatio.net> - 2016-09-28 16:05 +0000
  Re: How to create an EMERGENCY folder on a mobile device (and what to put inside) Horace Algier <horatio@horatio.net> - 2016-09-30 03:01 +0000
    Re: How to create an EMERGENCY folder on a mobile device (and what to put inside) Horace Algier <horatio@horatio.net> - 2016-09-30 03:18 +0000
    Re: How to create an EMERGENCY folder on a mobile device (and what to put inside) Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@cruzio.com> - 2016-09-30 08:56 -0700
  Re: How to create an EMERGENCY folder on a mobile device (and what to put inside) John McGaw <Nobody@Nowh.ere> - 2016-09-30 11:49 -0400
    Re: How to create an EMERGENCY folder on a mobile device (and what to put inside) "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-10-01 16:10 +1000
      Re: How to create an EMERGENCY folder on a mobile device (and what to put inside) John McGaw <Nobody@Nowh.ere> - 2016-10-01 10:39 -0400
        Re: How to create an EMERGENCY folder on a mobile device (and what to put inside) "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-10-02 07:49 +1100
          Re: How to create an EMERGENCY folder on a mobile device (and what to put inside) Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2016-10-03 07:09 +0000
            Re: How to create an EMERGENCY folder on a mobile device (and what to put inside) "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-10-03 19:31 +1100

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