TraceTogether for iphone

[derrickgoh]

Confirm works in background now as long as u leave it there & don’t swipe up. Left home & didn’t touch the app at all. Lock screen on & background app refresh OFF. Reached destination with 104 exchanges.

Unless ramesh is gonna say the no of exchanges is randomly generated to give a feel good effect only.

 

[PetPet]

I think one of the devs replied!

https://www.reddit.com/r/singapore/...at_tracetogether_has_officially_been/fwt8cgd/

 

[Singrish]

Was at home all day & it detected 56 transactions. WTH?

Today on my way to work, despite changing 3 mrt lines & coming across tons of ppl, it detects 17 transactions.

Am pretty convinced that the numbers are all bull crap & the app is nothing more than a placebo which makes you think its helping when its not.

 

[szeli]

Was at home all day & it detected 56 transactions. WTH?

Today on my way to work, despite changing 3 mrt lines & coming across tons of ppl, it detects 17 transactions.

Am pretty convinced that the numbers are all bull crap & the app is nothing more than a placebo which makes you think its helping when its not.

haha I was at home e whole day recently n it detected a couple of exchanges too. I’m e only one in my hsehold who has e app installed

 

[warehaws]

maybe the app checks xx number of minutes before it add as transaction?

Was at home all day & it detected 56 transactions. WTH?

Today on my way to work, despite changing 3 mrt lines & coming across tons of ppl, it detects 17 transactions.

Am pretty convinced that the numbers are all bull crap & the app is nothing more than a placebo which makes you think its helping when its not.

 

[Singrish]

maybe the app checks xx number of minutes before it add as transaction?

Still doesn’t make sense to have 3 times more exchanges at home with zero physical contact with anyone, compared to being in relative close proximity to so many people at 3 mrt stations, 2 mrt lines & in the workplace.

 

[warehaws]

why zero contact at home?
your neighbor on same floor, upper and lower might have their tracetogether running

Still doesn’t make sense to have 3 times more exchanges at home with zero physical contact with anyone, compared to being in relative close proximity to so many people at 3 mrt stations, 2 mrt lines & in the workplace.

 

[Singrish]

why zero contact at home?
your neighbor on same floor, upper and lower might have their tracetogether running

Bluetooth has a range of 10m only. Mine is corner unit. Impossible to have 56 neighbours lor.

 

[tec_geek]

The iOS 14 back tap is now available on TraceTogether:

All Things  HardwareZone Forums app

 

[twisti]

Does the TT app still interfere with wireless earbuds?

 

[ragnarok95]

For me, no .

 

[PetPet]

Once bitten twice shy
Will stick to the token.

 

[metamofia89]

Seems like my TT app is still running in background even if I force close the app. Saw this morning that there were screen off activities of about 2 hours when I was asleep. Probably doing BT exchanges with other devices. Anyone having this issue when the app is closed from the background?

Could this be caused by the widget?

 

[greenerpasture]

Why does it overheat the phone?

 

[Singrish]

Why does it overheat the phone?

Mine doesn’t. Could be something else.

 

[somewhat]

Bluetooth of my iPhone XR up lorry liao and unable to connect to any device. This is the first time I encounter Bluetooth failure on any smartphone I used. I suspect it is due to the 24/7 operation of trace together

any idea how much will be the repair cost?

 

[reddevil0728]

Bluetooth of my iPhone XR up lorry liao and unable to connect to any device. This is the first time I encounter Bluetooth failure on any smartphone I used. I suspect it is due to the 24/7 operation of trace together

any idea how much will be the repair cost?

Bring it to apple to get a quote lor

 

[jq75]

Bluetooth of my iPhone XR up lorry liao and unable to connect to any device. This is the first time I encounter Bluetooth failure on any smartphone I used. I suspect it is due to the 24/7 operation of trace together

any idea how much will be the repair cost?

how u know its hw and not sw issue?

 

[jq75]

i have app in background, bt on, phone locked
can't register by gateway. need to have app in active screen to work

 

[firesong]

A few questions.

1. Battery life

How's the battery life drain of the latest iOS TT app?

I was one of the early adoptors (forced to download before the tokens were available), but the battery drain made my iPhone 11 feel like my iPhone 7 at times that I dumped the app the moment the token was available for my area.

Now with some places I have to go to requiring us to show our vaccination status to enter, it might be a decent idea to install the TT app if the drain is insignificant. I know I can use HealthHub, but the major problem with HealthHub is that it requires a Singpass login, and the iPhone only has FaceID for Biometric authentication, which actually means we risk taking off our masks for ease of login, which is a silly process altogether. Of course I could also cancel the bio login and key in the pin, but the TT app just requires you to open the app and the vaccination status is shown.

To be fair, I expect a small level of battery drain, but it shouldn't be significant. With my usage patterns, I can charge my iPhone 11 every 2 days, but the two months I had the TT app, I was charging it daily - one of the days the phone drained completely before I got home, exactly like how my old iPhone 7 used to behave. The battery drain was gone the moment I uninstalled TT and rebooted the phone.

2. Bluetooth disruptions

Has the issue of regular/frequent drop outs with bluetooth devices been resolved?

The other major reason why I quickly deleted the TT app is that I use Bluetooth connections - to my headphones, to a car stereo, or to BT speakers at home. With the TT app installed, music streaming is frustrating since there are a lot of dropped connections. I once had an important call disconnect while driving because of the stupid TT implementation.

I'm not referring to Airpods with W1 chips, but general (and good) Bluetooth 5 headphones from major audio companies that work perfectly without the TT app installed. Or with car stereos, which don't typically come with proprietary Apple technology for what is a published universal standard.