Release date : 14.7.2014

Download size : ~440MB

We are happy to release Tahkalampi, our summer release, that improves the overall user experience in handling open Android apps. A special thank you to our dear supporters who subscribed for the opt-in testing of the new connectivity stack. With your help, we are now confident to roll-out the new stack with this release.

Read on to know more about what this update brings to your Jolla. We will take a break now and get back crunching with a new software update early September.

Whats new?

Easily switch between open Android apps in the homescreen by tapping on their respective active covers i.e they are no longer grouped into one cover (experimental 1 )

) Add shortcuts to webpages in the app launcher area

Set separate synchronization schedules per mail account

Upload multiple files via Browser and be able to filter files by file type during file selection

Define email signature and sender name per account

Save unsent messages as drafts when messages app is pushed to background

Search word auto-completion in Jolla Store

Use stroke input method for writing in Chinese

Define an end date when creating/modifying recurring calendar events

Artist search support in Media player

1 This feature is experimental. You may face some issues while interacting with open Android apps, for e.g while running concurrent apps playing audio, closing apps that have been in the background for days etc.

First to first ones

The software update will be first available to our dear users owning "The First one" covers. The rest of our user base will be able to update their devices on the same day, but a few hours later.

Pre-requisites

Working Jolla account configured on your device

Charger connected

Device connected to WLAN or mobile data network

If you are unable to successfully configure the account, please visit account.jolla.com and try to reset your password.

Users running software version < 1.0.4.20

If your device is running software version lower than 1.0.4.20 and have WareHouse app installed (i.e you are using OpenRepos), disable all openrepo repositories before attempting to upgrade your device. Else, you risk breaking the device. Read important-steps-to-do-before-updating and how-to-disable-openrepos-repositories posts for more information.

If your Jolla is connected to internet, an OS update notification should pop up shortly. If you just can't wait, you can manually trigger an OS update check as follows:

Open Settings app

Go to System > Sailfish OS updates

Pull down the pulley menu and select 'Check for update'

Once an OS update notification is received, tap on it and follow the instructions.

Do not reboot the device while the OS update installation is in progress. The process takes up to 10 minutes. During the update, the device screen might blank out. You can awaken the display by a short press on the power key to monitor the progress. When the upgrade has completed successfully, you will see the LED light up red before the device restarts.

In rare circumstances, you may have to try a second time to get through the update successfully.

View detailed instructions at Zendesk.

Highlights of improvements

First time usage

New version of tutorial app for beginners

Improved "Get your content" page in the Startup wizard

Connectivity

New version of the connectivity stack

Calendar

Enhanced day view: sparser background, support for 12h clock, all-day events shown right aligned near the top right corner when active

App cover no longer displays already occurred events

'Edit' option is now available in the context menu (in addition to 'Delete')

Security

Fixes kernel vulnerabilities CVE-2014-0196, CVE-2014-2851 and CVE-2014-3122

Jolla store

Displays top categories (Apps, Games, Jolla, Marketplaces) in the landing page and access sub-categories using left flick

Displays OS update size before downloading the update

Sorts "My apps" in alphabetical order

Settings/Accounts

Enhanced layout for accounts settings

Displays account status information (disabled/not-logged in) and sync status of newly created accounts in the accounts overview page

Allows disabling/enabling accounts from the context menu on the accounts listed in the accounts overview page

Checks for missing profiles before doing a profile sync, and only syncs the required profiles

Mail

Improved HTML email viewer

Ensures email accounts are automatically enabled/disabled if Mail app is installed/uninstalled

Email signature and sync settings options removed from Mail app settings, instead can be set from the corresponding account settings

Active Sync/Exchange

Updates default protocol used from version 12.0 to 14.0

Improves handling of provision policy checks

Phone

Implements reliability fixes to call duration logging

Does not force minimized calling view to foreground during an active call

A third incoming call (waiting call) is now handled properly when there are already two calls active

DTMF tones and other indicator tones played during the voice call now follows the voice call volume

Messages

Increases opacity and font size for message legibility

Sharing

Sharing options list layouts have been polished

Bluetooth

Improves detection of suitable Bluetooth devices for file sharing by checking whether the device offers 'Object Transfer' service.

Android runtime

GPS is now disabled only when all Android apps exit

Application data for Android applications that are no longer installed will be cleaned up on boot

CalendarProvider support added, Citrix GoToMeeting app no longer crashes

Improves keyboard opening/closing transition

Fixes device name to "Jolla" and displays it correctly in the Spotify Devices list

Hides native keyboard when Android runtime surface loses focus

Improved implementation of time zone information retrieval

Known issues

Virtual keyboard pops up even though HW keyboard is connected via Bluetooth

Unable to change the layout of the Bluetooth enabled hardware keyboard (default is US layout)

Facebook account may need re-signing in on first boot after the upgrade

WLAN positioning does not work when internet sharing is enabled

In some very rare occasion, sending SMS might not work, only a reboot fixes this issue

Some GPS crashes might occur on both native and Android applications

Search slider doesn't work on the 1st video taken from camera. Adding another video solves the issue

Sometimes backups are not fully restored, a new trial usually fixes the issue

Running concurrent Android apps playing audio is still experimental, for the time being we recommend to only use one at a time

Note to developers

As a follow up to the Changes to RPM side-loading and packagekit authorization thread in the mailing list, we will introduce a polkit UI in one of the upcoming releases, so users can confirm installation requests. Some apps such as Warehouse will be affected by this change and need to be updated, i.e the app needs to either white-list itself in the polkit policy rules or provide a built-in polkit authentication agent as described in freedesktop.org documentation.

Highlights of bugfixes