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Huawei: Turn Emergency SOS Messages On or Off

If a Huawei phone does not send your location to trusted contacts during an emergency, the SOS message option under Security is probably switched off. Pressing the power button five times in a row is meant to trigger a call and an SOS text, but that only works once emergency contacts are saved and the message option is active. Without a saved contact list, the call still goes through, but no location text gets sent.

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Enable Emergency SOS Messages auf Huawei

Emergency SOS on Huawei phones combines an automatic emergency call with an SOS text message sent to selected contacts. The message includes your current location, which only works once the feature is switched on and at least one contact has been added.

Pressing the power button five times in quick succession triggers the call. If no emergency contacts are stored, the call still connects, but the SOS text with your location is skipped entirely.

Turn on the SOS message and add contacts

Open Open the settingsTap on SecurityTap on Emergency SOS. From there, Activate or deactivate Also send SOS message switches the text function on or off.

To choose who receives the message, go to Tap on Emergency contactsTap on Add emergency contactsChoose a contact. You can add several contacts, and each one receives the same location text when SOS triggers.

If the phone only calls but never sends a text, check whether the message option is switched off or the contact list is empty. If false triggers happen while the phone is in a pocket, turning the message option off while keeping the emergency call active is often the safer setting.

Frequently asked questions

The call function and the text function work separately. Check Open the settingsTap on SecurityTap on Emergency SOS and confirm Activate or deactivate Also send SOS message is turned on, and that at least one contact is saved under Tap on Emergency contacts.