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it's hard to imagine at a time that you need help so badly you can't file emergency services on your own even so Samsung has built a tool into the galaxy aside just in case it's called safety assistance and after setting it up triple pressing the power button will send a series of text messages to your emergency contact you'll see approximately where you are what the scene looks like and here a short voice recording I'm Jessica Volkert from CNN and this is how you get started first head into the quick settings portion of the phone settings menu select safety assistant then tap send help messages for best results you'll want to make sure that the box is for send pictures and send sound recording or checked then exit out and choose the option manage primary contacts here you can add up to four emergency contacts for close family members and friends in case of an emergency three quick presses to the power button will cause your phone to vibrate on your end you'll see a notification that the s5 sent your SOS messages each recipient will receive texts with a link to your coordinates a photo from the front camera and one from the back and a short recording if you're able to leave a message this automated text SOS isn't going to replace the police or the ambulance and since it does rely on text messages there could always be a slight delay it's one of those tools you hope you're never ever going to have to use but it doesn't hurt to set up for a little extra peace of mind I'm Jessica's all-court for CNN you can check out all the great tips and tricks from Samsung Galaxy s5 at how to's dot cnet.com you