@MyxWorx wrote:
The German government claimed, that 85% of all smartphones can be used with the corona app.
So it's even worse, it's Sony who cares even less for their customers. Even Huawei/Honor managed to fix this bug.
85% is still way off 100%, and leaves thousands of phones that won't be compatible.
And for them to say that is irresponsible, as they don't know either.
Have they tested 100% of the phones out there...I hardly think so.
Still hardly Sony who don't care, and if you can't understand that, then thats your issue.
As for Huawei "fixing" the "bug", it's not a bug, it's that they don't have access to Googles API's, so have had to release their own "Contact Shield API", and as such, the app writers/authors/companies may decide to still not include that, in which case, Huawei will be out on a limb.
The thing is, your phone is 3 years old, updates ceased a while ago, and if Sony decide not to update their phones, or indeed Google Services, isn't updated for it, it's hardly their lack of customer care, it's just the phone won't work with it..
That's like me saying my car can't go at 130mph, as it's 3 years old, but the new 2020 model can, so Vauxhall don't care about owners of the 3 year old model..but there are far more things at work than at face value.
Incidentally, the app is untested in the wild, and the biggest issue is the unreliable nature of it, due to it not being able to correctly decipher between distances.
At the moment, on some tested phones, it can't differentiate between 1 metre and 20, so you may not have ever been close to someone who is +, but as the connection detects a "hit", it still registers.
Apple I believe have this as the biggest issue, as noted in the UK press, but they are not the only ones.
And your health is your responsiblity, so you are the one who should take steps to protect yourself, not rely on others, or an app.
Just like people who rely on reversing cameras to park their cars, it's an aid...not a replacement.
