PSA: Emergency Contact (iPhone)

[atarianna]

I might be the last person on Earth to find this, but you can put your emergency contact so it shows when in locked mode on your iPhone. I have always been scared thar if something happened to me no one would be able to contact my husband and my 2.5DD found it when she was playing in my phone.

It's under Health (heart), then is on the bottom right under Medical ID. You can also put allergies and other medical info there.

[Ashley&Scott]

Thanks for the info!

[chickens987]

This is great, thanks. FYI, you can add if you are an organ donor and blood type too.

And I've had many cases of found phones where we couldn't figure out how to contact the owner. I know it's not an "emergency", but this would allow someone to call H if they found my phone.

[momin2013]

This is good to know - thanks for sharing!

[sjh722]

I did not know this. Thanks!

[dcn]

I didn't know this either, thanks!

[jeaniebueller]

And, do not disable your emergency call feature! If something happened, law enforcement would use that to look up your cell phone number.

[madringal]

I did not know this!! Thanks for sharing!

[ECB]

I have no idea where to find this!  Health?? 

NEVER MIND!!!!!  I hid it in a folder.  Found it.

[boxerdog]

Thanks! I didn't know this either. I don't lock my phone, so I don't know how to get it to show up, though. Oh well!

[boxerdog]

Sept 2, 2015 9:09:30 GMT -5 jeaniebueller said:

And, do not disable your emergency call feature! If something happened, law enforcement would use that to look up your cell phone number.

Well dangit how do I know if I did that? #phonedumb

[justjen]

I don't have enough room on my phone to upgrade to iOS 8  

[coffeebean]

I didn't know this either. I set mine up, and will have DH set his up tonight. I often wondered how my husband or parents would be contacted in an emergency since I lock my phone. Thanks!

[WhatYouSee]

Thanks for sharing!

[lilac05]

I had no idea! Thanks for sharing!

[aspentosh]

This is great. Thanks!

[DarcyLongfellow]

That's brilliant.

Anyone know how to do something like that on a Samsung Galaxy?

[heygrey]

It's asking for my height and weight in cm and kg. Is it because my phone is Canadian?

[Deleted]

Sept 2, 2015 11:16:57 GMT -5 DarcyLongfellow said:

That's brilliant.

Anyone know how to do something like that on a Samsung Galaxy?

You can add contacts to a group called "ICE - emergency". They'll then be accessible under the "emergency call" button. I just did it - thanks for the general reminder! 

[daisy24342]

Thank you for posting this, just did it!

[halfpint]

Thank you, I just did this! Good reminder, I didn't even think about them not being able to access my phone...

[pooh8402]

Sept 2, 2015 11:24:40 GMT -5 @tokenhoser said:

Sept 2, 2015 11:16:57 GMT -5 DarcyLongfellow said:

That's brilliant.

Anyone know how to do something like that on a Samsung Galaxy?

You can add contacts to a group called "ICE - emergency". They'll then be accessible under the "emergency call" button. I just did it - thanks for the general reminder! 

Thank you for this!

[residentdj]

I didn't know about this either - thanks for the info

[thejackpot]

Thanks!

[mcfelix]

Awesome - thanks for posting. I just created mine.

[sillygoosegirl]

I can't find this. Is it part of the new OS?