Only 2 people can have a cell phone in Shul or/& at the Kossel:-
1) Someone whose wife is in 9th month [such an individual could probably even have it on Shabbos, if he has some contraption to make it part of a belt, as I did in my day & age, with my Rosh Yeshiva’s Blessings].
2) Hatzolo member [or paramedic]
Everyone Else’s MUST be on vibration, or turned off, NO EXCEPTIONS!!
To think that we are praying for our lives & a Pisko Tovo on Hoshana Rabbo & a cell phone goes off, is too reprehensible even for words.
To think that we are sitting on the floor reciting Kinos on our Beloved Beis haMikdosh, and a cell phone goes, is too reprehensible for words.
To think that someone is Chas veSholom burying a relative at the cemetery, and a cell phone goes off, is simply too reprehensible for words & feelings.