Develop Bugs

'Loading' screen for 3-5 seconds? - SOLVED!

Hi, there.
I'm on Vodafone in the UK and my new One X displays the message 'Loading' with the moving circle underneath every time I return to the homescreen or come out of a programme (for between 3 and 5 seconds.) I've only had the phone for a day and have arranged to have a replacement delivered on Monday, but I wondered whether anyone else has noticed this? It's obviously a dealbreaker but I can't see any other threads, so am I right to assume I just got a dodgy phone?
(I also have a yellow spot on the bottom left of the screen, so I'm not sorry to be getting a replacement.)
Thanks in advance!

The loading screen happens to almost all the OneX out there but if your planning to unlock bootloader then you can use SuperCharger script or one of the custom ROM which already has it. Otherwise you have to live with it.

ShyamSasi said:
The loading screen happens to almost all the OneX out there but if your planning to unlock bootloader then you can use SuperCharger script or one of the custom ROM which already has it. Otherwise you have to live with it.
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Gosh, really? I mean this is just infuriating - every time I exit something, there is a reeeeally long pause before I can do anything else. Does that happen to all the phones? Every review I've read talks about how fast this phone is and I would have thought a three or four second hiatus before a new task can be started would have been mentioned somewhere within the torrent of praise I've read for the One X.
I've just come from a BlackBerry Bold which was much quicker and the iPhone doesn't pause like this - if the new phone has it, I'm going to have to rethink.
Is this something others are also experiencing?

bigbamboo5 said:
Gosh, really? I mean this is just infuriating - every time I exit something, there is a reeeeally long pause before I can do anything else. Does that happen to all the phones? Every review I've read talks about how fast this phone is and I would have thought a three or four second hiatus before a new task can be started would have been mentioned somewhere within the torrent of praise I've read for the One X.
I've just come from a BlackBerry Bold which was much quicker and the iPhone doesn't pause like this - if the new phone has it, I'm going to have to rethink.
Is this something others are also experiencing?
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It's been a common problem with Android that's why we have SuperCharger script. You'll be suprised how of them are using that script.

Solved!
I have solved this!
Go to Settings > Developer Options > Scroll down to Don't Keep Activities and UNCHECK it.
Solved!

bigbamboo5 said:
I have solved this!
Go to Settings > Developer Options > Scroll down to Don't Keep Activities and UNCHECK it.
Solved!
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Glad that worked for you.

bigbamboo5 said:
I have solved this!
Go to Settings > Developer Options > Scroll down to Don't Keep Activities and UNCHECK it.
Solved!
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Doesnt that disable multi tasking?
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I believe so. A quote from Android Developers website.
Immediately destroy activities
Tells the system to destroy an activity as soon as it is stopped (as if Android had to reclaim memory). This is very useful for testing the onSaveInstanceState(Bundle) / onCreate(android.os.Bundle) code path, which would otherwise be difficult to force. Choosing this option will probably reveal a number of problems in your application due to not saving state. For more information about saving an activity's state, see the Activities document.
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app problem
For me the activity that restored normal time (instant) when going to the home screen was deleting apps I had installed today. I uninstalled Adidas MI coach app and boom, the loading circle wasn't there any more.

bimmerboii said:
Doesnt that disable multi tasking?
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Probably, if you were to check it. The OP has indicated that he got around the problem by unchecking it. In which case there is no effect on multi-tasking. I don't think that is the default setting anyway's, so somehow the setting must have got set on the OP's phone.
Also not sure why it is being said that this loading time is common. It isn't! I have never seen it on my H1X and this would have raised a big concern over usability of the phone....

Facer and Weather

It has been cloudy and raining for the last 3 hours yet my watch face made thru facer still says CLEAR.... The battery percent is correct, location is slightly off (but it is raining there also).
Anyone else have a problem?

chrissard said:
It has been cloudy and raining for the last 3 hours yet my watch face made thru facer still says CLEAR.... The battery percent is correct, location is slightly off (but it is raining there also).
Anyone else have a problem?
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Reddit now has a post stating "Weather Data is inaccurate"

chrissard said:
Reddit now has a post stating "Weather Data is inaccurate"
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Yep, very inaccurate. Facer still has tons of bugs unforunately. Here's some I've noticed. Rotation for Calibre's day of the week circle rotation doesn't work correctly. Weather was never accurate. Also, the bug still exists where watch faces don't get pushed correctly onto the Moto360 unless clicking a stock watch face and pushing and clicking back to the Facer face.

opasha said:
Yep, very inaccurate. Facer still has tons of bugs unforunately. Here's some I've noticed. Rotation for Calibre's day of the week circle rotation doesn't work correctly. Weather was never accurate. Also, the bug still exists where watch faces don't get pushed correctly onto the Moto360 unless clicking a stock watch face and pushing and clicking back to the Facer face.
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Hey! Dev here. Weather data and pushing watchfaces should be fixed in 0.90.01 that I pushed a few hours ago!

fodawim said:
Hey! Dev here. Weather data and pushing watchfaces should be fixed in 0.90.01 that I pushed a few hours ago!
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I hope my comment did not deter you in the slightest, Rod. I was just providing feedback on what still exists. Thank you for constantly trying to make this app better. It's the main one I keep using because I really love the Calibre 17 watch face that I modified to my liking by two great themers on these forums. Can you explain to me how to rotate days of the week correctly in a circular rotation. What coding is needed for the input. Right now it's ((360/7)*#DF#) - for me this made the Yesterday to appear as Friday instead of Monday. He wrote ((360/12)*#DM#) for the days of the month rotation and that shows correctly as September. Can you explain this further? Thank you.
EDIT: Downloaded your new version you just mentioned. You fixed the SYNC issue, but weather now doesn't show correctly. It only shows #WCCT# - #WCT#F. Also, current weather icon only shows the number 01, so I'm guessing you're still working on that feature.
EDIT2: That's weird! Weather now works...I guess it needs time to refresh itself when you first apply it if the face has weather text.

Just an update. Weather does not refresh on latest version despite being checked for 1 hour interval.

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Just an update. Weather does not refresh on latest version despite being checked for 1 hour interval.
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Mine did update, today. We are to get more rain so will wait and see if it does work,

All I ever seem to get is the #WCT# or similar. Weather never seems to update. After reading the earlier comment I left it sitting for an hour to see if it would just start working, no such luck.

smw6180 said:
All I ever seem to get is the #WCT# or similar. Weather never seems to update. After reading the earlier comment I left it sitting for an hour to see if it would just start working, no such luck.
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same issue lol thats why i stopped using facer. LOL ill go back once a solution is found

guaneet said:
same issue lol thats why i stopped using facer. LOL ill go back once a solution is found
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What are you using instead? Just got my Moto today.

smw6180 said:
What are you using instead? Just got my Moto today.
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The stock ones lol. The dial one.
Just to let you know facer runs as a full fledged app on the match which drains a lot of battery. It's advices you use the regular faces for more battery. You can pull over a day with the stock faces.

guaneet said:
The stock ones lol. The dial one.
Just to let you know facer runs as a full fledged app on the match which drains a lot of battery. It's advices you use the regular faces for more battery. You can pull over a day with the stock faces.
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True, but I like my customizations.

smw6180 said:
True, but I like my customizations.
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Same lol
I got this one too
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.flyingrhinocmg.watchface_minimus360
Switch off every once in a while

I have a slightly different issue with the weather and my faces. If I select a face with weather displayed on it, for some reason it shows something along the lines of -323. Anyone have any idea of how to fix this?

Weather Icons?`
I have been trying to get weather icons to work with facer. can anyone offer any insight on how to properly set up the conditionals and store the images to show weather icons? (basically, just one icon showing at a time, for current weather condition)

I've never had weather or battery percent working on facer. On moto 360.

smw6180 said:
All I ever seem to get is the #WCT# or similar. Weather never seems to update. After reading the earlier comment I left it sitting for an hour to see if it would just start working, no such luck.
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I had the same experience but on the battery percentage. Edit an existing template and ported to the phone, it worked at first but then was displaying the # tags on the battery percentage. Another bug I find is that sometimes, Facer just hang at syncing and I have to apply different simple faces to get it to respond.

vboyz103 said:
I had the same experience but on the battery percentage. Edit an existing template and ported to the phone, it worked at first but then was displaying the # tags on the battery percentage. Another bug I find is that sometimes, Facer just hang at syncing and I have to apply different simple faces to get it to respond.
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Same here on my nexus 5. Weather and battery are hit and miss and lots of sync hangs with facer.

Facer never works for me on weather. Battery life a little tight but I do love the customizations!

Yeah Facer weather has never worked for me. I just get all the animations overlapping and -- for the temp or location. A shame as there are some really lovely looking faces out there. Battery and of course time work well otherwise. Tried all the known fixes...

Android wear 5.0 lollipop coming soon

So guys. ..the next update android wear 5.0 lollipop is coming soon to our smart watches
Here's the initial leak
http://phandroid.com/2014/11/11/android-wear-5-0-lollipop-features-revealed-smartwatch/
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The one feature I am waiting for is to compile my own list of canned answers, in the order that I want. And how about keyboard support (just release an API and let developers build keyboards) instead of the stupid OK Google feature which I never use and is not nearly as reliable as it should.

kevinlevrone said:
The one feature I am waiting for is to compile my own list of canned answers, in the order that I want. And how about keyboard support (just release an API and let developers build keyboards) instead of the stupid OK Google feature which I never use and is not nearly as reliable as it should.
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+1
can't always use voice (eg. at work where it can be very silent/library maybe ? lol)
and yes canned response .sometimes i just want to send lol instead of haha or any other emoticon !

You can try "wear response" app from pay store provided your phone is rooted. .needs xposed
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pakure said:
You can try "wear response" app from pay store provided your phone is rooted. .needs xposed
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for sms apps only so far .

demonicangell™ said:
for sms apps only so far .
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Can't wait.
I read somewhere that was coming in the next few days, not sure if that was true.
They would tell us right?

Seems to be coming in December. .
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Good things for those who wait. Can't wait for the watch face Api

I hope they fix the blurry images problem

EnIXmA said:
I hope they fix the blurry images problem
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THIS.
Been so long I almost forgot about it.
Although with the last update, they did make the notification pictures for group hangouts bigger, but not higher quality.

Dumb question, but does my phone need to be upgraded to Android 5.0 for the watch to be upgraded? Not that there is an update for my Note 4, but I may have to hold out because of one specific application I use regularly that I don't suspect will update right away for Lollipop.
I'd update for the battery life.

EnIXmA said:
I hope they fix the blurry images problem
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This is not a problem with the Moto 360, rather with Google in general and the way they treat contacts. Google apps default to a 96x96 photo. On your phone you can set a specific photo per contact up to 720x720 (assuming you have Android 4.1+) but that doesn't fix the underlying issue, and the contact photos don't persist to gmail or from Google+. This is a really annoying situation to me, as I like to set everyone's contact photo myself, and then Google overrides it with a 96x96 of the person's Google+ photo if that exists. I don't want the person's Google+ photo, much less a 96x96 of it.

funkydude101 said:
Dumb question, but does my phone need to be upgraded to Android 5.0 for the watch to be upgraded? Not that there is an update for my Note 4, but I may have to hold out because of one specific application I use regularly that I don't suspect will update right away for Lollipop.
I'd update for the battery life.
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No need for. Lollipop on phone
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Where the hell is this update? Lol, hasn't this been rumored since October?

robber said:
Where the hell is this update? Lol, hasn't this been rumored since October?
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Not very far
http://www.reddit.com/r/AndroidWear/comments/2ny2rp/android_wear_501_spotted/

Looks like a comment in that Google+ thread linked says OTAs start either tomorrow or next Wednesday. Sweet!

impala454 said:
Looks like a comment in that Google+ thread linked says OTAs start either tomorrow or next Wednesday. Sweet!
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Yeah but his watch is the LG G watch...so I don't know if it will be the same for all watches.

funkydude101 said:
Yeah but his watch is the LG G watch...so I don't know if it will be the same for all watches.
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its like any stock android device . all get the updates in the same time frame . not like OEM updates .

I'm running 5.0 on my s4
And I can already access the new features mentioned in the article. Being able to hide the top notification is actually really awesome, without disabling notifications on my watch I can see the entire watch-face. Very cool. The only thing that really bothers me now is that the words "ok google" are on the screen whenever I wake my 360 up for about 3-5 seconds. It's pretty intrusive and doesn't look good on a lot of my watchfaces. I'll post photos if anyone is interested.

I believe you are looking at the update they did a week or two ago, 4.4w.2, where the enabled being able to swipe down the bottom notification without dismissing it. I think the 'ok google' thing will go away, maybe with use I'm not sure, but mine isn't doing it at this moment and it was shortly after this last update.

{Request} Disable SRGB setting

Hello,
Just a request, because I'm sure Google will disable it sooner or later anyway. Is there any developer out there or anyone for that matter that would know a way to enable access to the SRGB screen setting or have an ADB command to enter that would disable it? Please let me know if it's possible and as always thank you in advance

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Hello,
Just a request, because I'm sure Google will disable it sooner or later anyway. Is there any developer out there or anyone for that matter that would know a way to enable access to the SRGB screen setting or have an ADB command to enter that would disable it? Please let me know if it's possible and as always thank you in advance
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Settings, display, vivid colors.
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scottjal said:
Settings, display, vivid colors.
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That options doesn't even change anything

I'm sure devs will get this disabled down the road
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tigercranestyle said:
i thought it could already be disabled?
settings>magnifying glass in top left corner>type sRGB in the field>change the setting to whatever you want.
works like this for stock software (old pixel xl and my current essential phone).
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Tried this, nothing comes up in Developer Options.

tigercranestyle said:
dang... that sucks. can't imagine why google would leave this out. hmmm...
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The only option for color changing is this:

I'm pretty sure sRGB is a secure setting, so it can't be changed via adb or any non-root method.

frap129 said:
I'm pretty sure sRGB is a secure setting, so it can't be changed via adb or any non-root method.
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On the Pixel 2 XL? Sure isn't the case on my stock Pixel XL (I stopped rooting once I got the Nexus 6P). The mode to toggle sRGB is right there in the developer settings under "Running Services" on the XL but completely missing in the 2 XL.

Considering how much people are whining about it, they'll obviously release some sort of update to allow people to disable it.

what the hell is wrong with you people
nothing is wrong with the display
i went in a verizon store today and checked out the XL and I dont see why theres such a fake outrage

flex360 said:
what the hell is wrong with you people
nothing is wrong with the display
i went in a verizon store today and checked out the XL and I dont see why theres such a fake outrage
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It's not that something is really "wrong" with the display. It's that Google for whatever unknown reason decided to tune a high end POLED display to sRGB mode which tends to wash out colors.
Coming from a Note 8, the display is noticeably less sharp. Colors are off from a more saturated Samsung panel. Yellows look dark and angled viewing has blue tints.
It's not bad, it's just different, and a lot of people are noticing it. Many from Android media outlets. Apparently Google has acknowledged the display issues and is going to modify it.
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bajasur said:
It's not that something is really "wrong" with the display. It's that Google for whatever unknown reason decided to tune a high end POLED display to sRGB mode which tends to wash out colors.
Coming from a Note 8, the display is noticeably less sharp. Colors are off from a more saturated Samsung panel. Yellows look dark and angled viewing has blue tints.
It's not bad, it's just different, and a lot of people are noticing it. Many from Android media outlets. Apparently Google has acknowledged the display issues and is going to modify it.
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Where did you see Google has acknowledged it and is going to modify it?

Has anyone with the phone tried looking in some of the activities options which typically have many setting hidden but available to launch from? That's the first place I'm going to check when I have the phone. Either use a launcher with activity ability or install an app:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ss.moreshortcuts
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obsanity said:
Has anyone with the phone tried looking in some of the activities options which typically have many setting hidden but available to launch from? That's the first place I'm going to check when I have the phone. Either use a launcher with activity ability or install Activity Launcher:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.szalkowski.activitylauncher
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Installed the app and ran it, it only shows a list for itself and Nova. Long press on itself create shortcut doesn't do anything. Settings, home app doesn't show activity launcher. I'm going to take a wild guess and say it's not compatible with Oreo as the last update was 2015.
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scottjal said:
Installed the app and ran it, it only shows a list for itself and Nova. Long press on itself create shortcut doesn't do anything. Settings, home app doesn't show activity launcher. I'm going to take a wild guess and say it's not compatible with Oreo as the last update was 2015.
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Yeah you have to switch to all activities from the top pulldown
On 2nd thought, mine crashed on my N6p on Oreo so it may not be compatible. Try installing Nova Launcher. It comes with activity launcher. I believe you just press and hold somewhere on screen and choose activities.

obsanity said:
Yeah you have to switch to all activities from the top pulldown
On 2nd thought, mine crashed on my N6p on Orio so it may not be compatible. Try installing Nova Launcher. It comes with activity launcher. I believe you just press and hold somewhere on screen and choose activities.
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Didn't realize that, can't see the writing. Unfortunately that insta crashes the app. I took screenshots but apparently no media sharing allowed here according to tappatalk.

scottjal said:
Didn't realize that, can't see the writing. Unfortunately that insta crashes the app. I took screenshots but apparently no media sharing allowed here according to tappatalk.
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Looks like I edited the post when you were responding. Try this one:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ss.moreshortcuts
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obsanity said:
Looks like I edited the post when you were responding. Try this one:
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Can you see sRGB in that app somewhere? I cant. I see developer options but none of the things inside it. Don't know enough to set up the advanced one.

scottjal said:
Can you see sRGB in that app somewhere? I cant. I see developer options but none of the things inside it. Don't know enough to set up the advanced one.
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Tap activity at the top and scroll to settings. Open it up and start searching. You can launch the activity by hitting the play button. Some of them may crash but some lead to hidden menus that are not otherwise accessible through normal settings. Like Bandmode (be carefull) or phone info.
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Explained here:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/77gm3r/android_oreo_color_gamuts_and_pixel_2_explained/

What is this feature??

Guys.
I just realized there is a new feature on my phone.
I never allowed it to be installed, phone never asked if I wanted it and I have all updates turned off. All updates!
Stock, no root, Jan 2020 firmware.
You can find in under settings/google and it will be the very first position.
What is that?
How do I remove it?
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it's a part if google app update
https://www.google.com/covid19/exposurenotifications/

I have all updates turned off!
Both, the system and apps.
From the very first day I switched on the phone.
What the hell?

DonAndress said:
I have all updates turned off!
Both, the system and apps.
From the very first day I switched on the phone.
What the hell?
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but u can't turn off google frameworks update and google play store. btw it's google

faizauthar12 said:
but u can't turn off google frameworks update and google play store. btw it's google
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This is outrageous.
That's my phone now and I should be able to do whatever I want with it and block whatever I want.
They should have asked if I wanted any kind of f**king update.

You do not own the software on your phone. Please review the terms and conditions set my Google.

DonAndress said:
Guys.
I just realized there is a new feature on my phone.
I never allowed it to be installed, phone never asked if I wanted it and I have all updates turned off. All updates!
Stock, no root, Jan 2020 firmware.
You can find in under settings/google and it will be the very first position.
What is that?
How do I remove it?
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It's something that was being developed months ago, it makes your device search for devices in the background periodically for potentially COVID-19 infected people.
If someone is infected, they have to report it on their phone and it flags other users around if you're near someone who had/has COVID-19 or not.
It uses Bluetooth

Yepi69 said:
It's something that was being developed months ago, it makes your device search for devices in the background periodically for potentially COVID-19 infected people.
If someone is infected, they have to report it on their phone and it flags other users around if you're near someone who had/has COVID-19 or not.
It uses Bluetooth
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Yeah. Good thing I still have Nokia 3310

its a framework, it needs an app to work with it to be of any use . without the app from your local country etc it does nothing.

How can you be so sure? How do you know it doesn't work in the background anyway?

DonAndress said:
How can you be so sure? How do you know it doesn't work in the background anyway?
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How can you be sure little green aliens are not running the world? Do you have Bluetooth on ? do you track what data you receive on Bluetooth? its a framework module...not a secret conspiracy to take over the world... ( again )

DonAndress said:
How can you be so sure? How do you know it doesn't work in the background anyway?
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Its a framework. That means, apps sit on top on the frame ... like building a house, you need a base ( frame ) . This " Base" lets others build whatever house they want on top ... the actual "base" does nothing, how do I know... its a framework. if you are so paranoid, stop all you're google, amazon frameworks and see what happens, spoilers, your phone won't work. Next, stop all the frameworks in windows if you use that .. spoilers, it won't work ....then put everything into a box and leave it there

DonAndress said:
Yeah. Good thing I still have Nokia 3310
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If you want to live life without being tracked, I suggest you move to Mars.

Yepi69 said:
If you want to live life without being tracked, I suggest you move to Mars.
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I think "curiosity" is already there