Even though it is urgent, the charging of the smartphone seems to be cut off ... the first four actions to take

When you get lost in the middle of hiking.Or when you get stuck on the roadside due to a car failure.First of all, you will definitely make a call to ask someone for help.

But what if the battery level of the smartphone is small?

SNS posts that the voice mail (answering machine) should change the response message have become a hot topic, but do not listen to such advice.

Rather, you should send a text message to your friends.

Posts that recommend "voice mail response messages" have become a hot topic in the hurricane season and spread as advice for hikers.

According to it, voice mail can be used at any time, so if you leave a message about your location and safety, you can inform the person who calls.

However, there are only half of these assumptions, and in any case, there are many things to do before changing the voice email response message.

It is not only safety expert who appeal not to listen to such advice.

I have actually fallen into a similar situation and have experienced that there is no way to use it only in such a case.

As I mentioned earlier, I got lost during hiking.

The area was dark, and the smartphone battery was as close as possible to zero.

What was even more troublesome was that it was hardly connected to a mobile phone network.

Later, at that time, all the actions I took were correct.

And that was not to change the voice mail response message.

Send a text message

Sending text messages only consumes a little battery, and can be reached even if the mobile radio waves are weak.

The moment you press the transmission button, you will try to resend it for a few minutes, even if the radio wave is bad and you can not send it.

If the battery is no wonder, the first thing to do is to send a short text message to a trusted friend that tells you where you are and the situation.

If you know the GPS coordinates you are, include it in the message.Do not send images or attachments.

Please send a message only for text.

In many areas in the United States, you can send text messages to emergency call numbers (911), but not anywhere.

(There is more information that can be conveyed on the phone, and you can get more quick and appropriate help. If you have a battery level to make an emergency call, you should call it.)

One thing to keep in mind is that you always send a "text message".

Neither the encryption message application Signal message, SNS DM, nor IMESAGE.

When sending a text message from the iPhone message application, if the balloon is displayed in blue, press and hold the message and select "Send by SMS/MMS".

In the normal SMS message, the balloon is displayed in green.

Save battery

If it's not an urgent emergency, the next thing to keep in mind is the battery (if you need a urgent situation, skip here and proceed to the next emergency call).

Wait for a text message to change to low power mode.

In addition, the brightness of the screen is greatly reduced, and if the situation is allowed, it is temporarily set in -machine mode.

Don't be on the phone that doesn't have to come out right now, and don't use the phone other than what you really need.

In order to survive for a long time without a charger, you can turn off the mobile phone completely.In that case, turn on the power regularly and check the reply.

If you get stuck in a car, charge from the car!

Emergency call if possible

If it is better to call an emergency call number such as police, please try it.

Even if other numbers are impossible, it may be connected with an emergency call number.

In any case, the mobile phone company is required to connect the telephone to the emergency call number.

The radio waves of the mobile phone company you are contracting may be out of service in the forest where you are now, but there may be a base station for other mobile phone companies nearby.

If you make an emergency call, first convey important information in case it will be cut off on the way.

For example, where you are (accurate as possible), the reason for the notification, the name, etc.Let's say that the battery of the mobile phone is likely to run out.

Steamed without moving

One of the stupid acts to avoid in an emergency is what you want to do most.It moves around or moves the place.

But don't move from the point where you are.

This is especially true after calling the emergency call number or a lover at home and tells you where you are.It doesn't make sense when the search squad arrives in the place where you were in front.

Is it necessary to change voice mail response messages?

When I was at a loss in the forest, I did everything in the steps introduced here, except for the emergency call number.

I lowered the brightness of my mobile phone, checked the GPS coordinates over the phone, and when I was at a loss and I was here, I sent a text message to my husband.

The point where the mobile phone was connected was a wetland where spiders are good, but I endured and stayed there and waited for a reply from my husband.

I told me that my husband showed me the route to return to the road, so I would go as explained.In the meantime, her husband ran her car and came to pick me up.The worst situation was avoided.

Changing the response message consumes battery

If it didn't work, did you change the voice email response message?　

no way!　

Changing voice mail response messages will consume batteries rather than sending text messages, so I choose valuable power.

It doesn't make sense if the other person doesn't receive a phone call

There is also a question of whether there is a person who listens to my voice email response message in the first place.

Messages are not useful unless they reach the person who can respond.

And my husband doesn't hear my response message.If I don't answer the phone, I will send a text message.

Probably the same for your friends and family.Listening to my voice mail response message is only a robot that contacts the extension of the car.

It may not be connected to a telecommunications company

In any case, if you can't use the mobile phone radio wave, you can't change the voice mail response message.

Certainly, the response message will be saved to the mobile phone company, so even if the battery on the phone runs out, the caller will be able to hear the message.

However, if you can't change your message by connecting to a mobile phone company in the first place, you can't help.

Some mobile phone companies can change voice email response messages from other mobile phones and landline phones, so you can try them in theory.

However, there is not so much situation where messages can help.

If you meet someone with a phone call when the battery runs out, but somehow you can't help you charge your phone?

Or maybe you can't send a text message to an emergency contact or make a call, but you can afford to wait for someone to hear a voice mail response message.

It is a story that is something that has been separated.

Send a text message to someone you know, or call the emergency call number in case of emergency.

Source: Federal Communications Commission, Ctia