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#2619411 10-Dec-2020 13:22

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Open the app - does it show green? If it does, just clear the notification.

The notification is "sticky" - swiping it away doesn't seem to work on Pixel 4a. It has a continuous progress bar there which makes me wonder if it's going to chew up battery. Battery usage in settings says it's fine.

has it told you its been activated or still showing the bar? you have to wait with the bar, and when its done you will get a notification you are good to go, then it can be swiped away.

does the app show your phone is good to go?

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#2619413 10-Dec-2020 13:25

I gave up waiting after an hour and a half. Restarted phone, and the covid app. Took a further minute or two, and then finally worked.

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#2619419 10-Dec-2020 13:30

Do you know if it is possible to use the bluetooth function without location turned on?

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#2619424 10-Dec-2020 13:36

pom532:

Do you know if it is possible to use the bluetooth function without location turned on?

Should be for the purposes of this app - I can't recall seeing a anywhere that records location. Just other bluetooth interractions and also any QR scans.

Looking at the permissions for the app, it doesn't ask for location at all.

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#2619448 10-Dec-2020 13:54

Jase2985:

has it told you its been activated or still showing the bar? you have to wait with the bar, and when its done you will get a notification you are good to go, then it can be swiped away.

does the app show your phone is good to go?

A restart seems to have sorted it out. Notification gone, seems activated. All good now thanks :)

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#2619449 10-Dec-2020 13:54

tanivula:

pom532:

Do you know if it is possible to use the bluetooth function without location turned on?

Should be for the purposes of this app - I can't recall seeing a anywhere that records location. Just other bluetooth interractions and also any QR scans.

Looking at the permissions for the app, it doesn't ask for location at all.

When I turn off location, Exposure Notifications pops up saying it is inactive and I need location on to use it.

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#2619497 10-Dec-2020 14:41

pom532:

When I turn off location, Exposure Notifications pops up saying it is inactive and I need location on to use it.

Hmm I see that too after a quick test. It must be a prequesite for the Google API.

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#2619518 10-Dec-2020 15:22

tanivula:

pom532:

When I turn off location, Exposure Notifications pops up saying it is inactive and I need location on to use it.

Hmm I see that too after a quick test. It must be a prequesite for the Google API.

FYI, the help text on my device (in the Exposure Notifications setting) says:

"The device location setting needs to be on for Bluetooth to detect nearby devices that have Exposure Notifications on".

it also says "The Exposure Notifications System doesn't use, save or share your device location".

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#2620449 12-Dec-2020 13:07

I've enabled it on my phone, was pretty easy. Haven't poked around but given the codes are anonymous it would be cool to see some data, how many people you've been around per hour/day for example. Would be quite interesting to see if people were contagious how many people you could infect or be infected by. MoH could even use it as an education thing, if you were infected on this date you could have passed it on to x number of unknown people.

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#2620494 12-Dec-2020 14:27

freitasm:

We need to continue to scan QR codes wherever we go, and businesses, services and public transport providers must keep displaying their QR Code posters at all alert levels.

On Auckland Transport, if one tags on with a registered "Hop" card, what is the benefit of scanning QR codes? We can be traced using the Hop card info.

If there is a benefit, the case for it should be made, if only briefly, on the posters exhorting us to scan. On the buses I catch mask wearing has improved to be the norm, better last week than when it was first made compulsory. However, I don't often see anyone scanning the QR codes.

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#2620495 12-Dec-2020 14:30

The MoH app can notify you instantly if a case is caught and you scanned a location that person's been to.

Hop and Snapper would be contact by tracers, search their databases and then tracers would have to manually call or visit people to let them know.

More than reason enough.