Changing Status to Invalid, as bug #1364482 tracks the suggested improvement and this bug was entered due to a misunderstanding of what an emergency call is.
** Changed in: dialer-app (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to dialer-app in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1364487 Title: unable to make emergency call Status in “dialer-app” package in Ubuntu: Invalid Bug description: Further to reporting bug 1364482 I know see that in fact I cannot make an emergency call without unlocking the phone. I can enter a number but the green dialer icon thing always stays greyed out. root@ubuntu-phablet:/# cat /etc/ubuntu-build 11 root@ubuntu-phablet:/# cat /etc/device-build 20140829-678239d Using 14.09-proposed with the addition of silo 003. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dialer-app/+bug/1364487/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp