Getting a new phone is exciting, but it can also lead to annoying time spent adjusting settings, permissions, and notifications for all your apps. Cloud backups make this process easier, but they do not always like everything – for example, if you restore from a backup, you should double-check that COVID-19 exposure notifications are still enabled on your new iPhone 12. . They should not be, According to BBC News.
If you think you might be affected, you can re-enable exposure notifications on iOS by opening and selecting the Settings app Exposure Announcements, And click “Enable exposure notifications.”
Users first noticed problems with the official National Health Service (NHS) communication tracking application in the UK. Some iPhone 12 and 12 Pro owners received an error message when they tried to open the app after restoring a previous iPhone backup. Deleting and re-downloading the app seemed to solve the problem by prompting users to reboot COVID-19 exposure notifications – but deleted all locations that users had previously tested.
It is not clear whether this issue is unique to the iPhone 12 models or whether resetting any iPhone from a backup will disable the system: we ask Apple, and we will update you on what we ask. When we restored one of our own iPhone 12 phones from backup, we noticed that the exposure notifications were turned off – so we suspect that this issue may be at the computer level rather than specific applications such as NHS.
There was an exposure notification system First announced in April Uses Bluetooth on your phone to let you know if you are in contact with someone who has been tested positive for COVID-19. The resulting notification will guide you to the updated COVID-19 information online and you can schedule a test for yourself.
Communication tracking, Whether conducted automatically or manually, is not a magic bullet to bring COVID-19 explosions under control. But this is one of many steps, including a robust and easily accessible testing program that will help you quickly determine if you are infected so you do not contribute to the spread. Reactivating these announcements is the least effort way – wearing masks and washing hands – to keep people out of the way of harm.