How to Send a Help Message [Emergencia] on Android with a Button

With the advancement of technology, mobile devices have become an essential of our lifesince thanks to these teams we can do many things.

Like calling, sending messages, watching videos, take photos among other functions which are very important, since sometimes you may have a problem, you can get help with your Android phone during an emergency and then the right people will know that something has happened.

What is the procedure to activate the emergency message option?

Android phones are coming trained in case of an emergency, but to get them to do it you must first make certain configurations, for when you are in danger this message can save your life. To activate this option, follow these steps that will be shown below.

How to use in case of emergency

1. On your phone you must go to the ‘Settings’ option
2. Then you will click on ‘Advanced Options’
3. At the end of the options you will get the one that matters most to you, which is ‘Send SOS’ messages and you’re going to go into that option.
4. Now you will get several options that you must activate which are: wireless communication, location, and the contacts you want to send the emergency message to.
5. Once all these options are activated, we are going to configure the necessary presses with the Android button to give the alert signal, as well as the content that it will contain, for example: photos taken by the rear and front camera, a voice note, and the names of the people who received the SOS message.

It may be the case that ‘Mobile network not available, only emergency call’ appears, which means that your phone will be completely without a signal, but you will still be able to dial the emergency number to call.

Depending on the Android device you have, you can add your emergency contacts, remember that sometimes the steps may change or be similaryou must go to ‘Settings’, select in ‘Users’ then ‘Emergency information’ and finally in ‘Contacts’ that is where you are going to add the people you want, in case something happens to them, they will receive the notification of your emergency .

Does dialing my emergency contact have my location?

You can configure it so that you location is sent automatically And so it arrives with the emergency message that is being sent, so that first responders or your friends and family find you faster, you can share your location from your phone or when you call or send the SOS message.

It is important that this option is always activated, in any case, whenever an incident occurs, the operator always tries to send the location when you receive this type of call.

Is it possible to add more emergency numbers on your Smartphone?

When you are configuring your phone, you should know that the phone can say only emergency calls, but don’t be scared, you can still continue configuring and you can add the contacts you wantsince sometimes the more people receive your emergency call, the more help you will have.

But keep in mind that as a priority you should put your closest family and friends, because if you put someone who is not aware he won’t notice your emergency message and so you will not be able to receive any kind of help.

It is very easy to add the information you want to appear on your lock screen at the time of your emergency, just follow these steps so you know how to configure it

1. First you need to open the phone settings app
2. Then select ‘Display’ ‘Advanced Settings’ then ‘Lock screen’ and finally select ‘Message on lock screen’
3. There you will add the medical or contact information that you want to appear on your screen, you can put your blood type, if you are allergic or if you are an organ donor and when you have added all the personal information, just press ‘Save’.