{"id":6083,"date":"2020-06-23T03:20:06","date_gmt":"2020-06-23T08:20:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/esterlund.com\/blog\/?p=6083"},"modified":"2020-06-23T03:20:06","modified_gmt":"2020-06-23T08:20:06","slug":"covid-19-exposure-notifications-how-to-remove-the-tracking-app-android-how-to-youtube","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esterlund.com\/blog\/covid-19-exposure-notifications-how-to-remove-the-tracking-app-android-how-to-youtube\/","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19 Exposure Notifications &#8211; How to remove the tracking &#8220;App&#8221; &#8211; Android How-to &#8211; YouTube"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"COVID-19 Exposure Notifications - How to remove the tracking &quot;App&quot; - Android How-to\" width=\"474\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EkfMTY7bZi0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div id=\"meta\" class=\"style-scope ytd-watch-flexy\">\n<div id=\"meta-contents\" class=\"style-scope ytd-watch-flexy\">\n<div id=\"container\" class=\"style-scope ytd-video-secondary-info-renderer\">\n<div id=\"top-row\" class=\"style-scope ytd-video-secondary-info-renderer\">\n<div id=\"upload-info\" class=\"style-scope ytd-video-owner-renderer\">\n<div id=\"container\" class=\"style-scope ytd-channel-name\">\n<div id=\"text-container\" class=\"style-scope ytd-channel-name\"><a class=\"yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string\" dir=\"auto\" spellcheck=\"false\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCGfLy4JnC-xP8yqNCiz95Cg\">IT WORKAROUND<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"content\" class=\"style-scope ytd-expander\">\n<div id=\"description\" class=\"style-scope ytd-video-secondary-info-renderer\">A short and simple guide to find out if you have the tracking &#8220;App&#8221; for COVID-19 and therefore remove it from your Android smartphone. It doesn&#8217;t work on all devices. 01\/06\/2020 update: it seems that in some smartphone models there are problems of synchronization of contacts with the Google account. If you are able to do it you can try to install a newer version of Google Play Services (but not the COVID-19 one) via apk, but I fear at this point that in a short time we will be forced to update if you don&#8217;t want to give up some functionality.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"style-scope ytd-metadata-row-container-renderer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/apis.mail.yahoo.com\/ws\/v3\/mailboxes\/@.id==VjN-6u4zyQ3hJJ9Rx0sVxCy2N54g-8kGKTR3nYkJxVhN5FPr_UWzVzdTeo9cYtkL6c2fUWhjIv2uHVC2R0Wv8Q9VgQ\/messages\/@.id==AC7cKcgiC7wpXvF7LgFXwJekusQ\/content\/parts\/@.id==2\/thumbnail?appId=YMailNorrin&amp;downloadWhenThumbnailFails=true&amp;pid=2\" \/><\/div>\n<div id=\"container\" class=\"style-scope ytd-video-secondary-info-renderer\">\n<div id=\"collapsible\" class=\"style-scope ytd-metadata-row-container-renderer\"><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/apis.mail.yahoo.com\/ws\/v3\/mailboxes\/@.id==VjN-6u4zyQ3hJJ9Rx0sVxCy2N54g-8kGKTR3nYkJxVhN5FPr_UWzVzdTeo9cYtkL6c2fUWhjIv2uHVC2R0Wv8Q9VgQ\/messages\/@.id==AC7cKcgiC7wpXvF7LgFXwJekusQ\/content\/parts\/@.id==2\/thumbnail?appId=YMailNorrin&amp;downloadWhenThumbnailFails=true&amp;pid=2\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/esterlund.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Covid19AppRemoval.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-6084 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/esterlund.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Covid19AppRemoval-225x300-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"397\" height=\"529\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"ticket-shelf\" class=\"style-scope ytd-watch-flexy\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"header\" class=\"style-scope ytd-item-section-renderer\">\n<div id=\"title\" class=\"style-scope ytd-comments-header-renderer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IT WORKAROUND A short and simple guide to find out if you have the tracking &#8220;App&#8221; for COVID-19 and therefore remove it from your Android smartphone. 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