Update on 2015-09-24: 1.1.9.28 will be rolled out to all our users today. The update process will take a long time to complete (especially the file system optimizations), please be patient.

During this year, we've been working non-stop on iterating prototypes of UI concepts and testing out different possibilities to uplift the Sailfish OS user experience. We are finally ready to introduce the new UI and share the joy of using the reborn Sailfish OS 2.0 user experience with you. This release is especially dear to us as we have also reached the milestone of platform scalability to support multiple devices.

We are happy to announce the 1.1.9 release to our dear users. Thank you for your continued support and patience all through these months where the introduction of new features have taken a back seat.

Upgrade version history

2015-09-09 - 1.1.9.28 - Early access release

2015-09-24 - 1.1.9.28 - Roll-out to all users.

2015-10-22 - 1.1.9.30 - Early access update to correct configurations to facilitate the update to 2.0.0.10

2015-11-03 - 1.1.9.30 - Roll-out to all users.

Release Highlights

Refreshed visual style in Homescreen and Silica components namely button, pulley menu, time picker, volume bar and remorse timer

Homescreen is now a carousel, flick to cycle between Events and Home

Grouped notifications shown in Events

Refreshed active cover layouts for Gallery, Jolla Store, Settings, Notes and Camera apps

Refreshed layouts for Calendar, Jolla Store, Clock, Email and Camera

Richer and configurable Events via Settings > System > Events New Calendar widget displays your upcoming events Redesigned Weather widget with five-day forecast information (tap on the widget to view it and remember to set your location in the Weather app) Pick your favorite settings shortcuts to be shown in Events on the Jolla Tablet Perform favorite actions directly from Events on the Jolla Tablet like connecting to internet, search the web, find your location, take a photo, make a note or add an reminder

New gesture option to enable quick Events access with a left swipe in Settings > System > Gestures

Swipe down from the top edge of the screen to open Top menu with lock action and ambiences. The currently active ambience is marked with an indicator.

Long-press power key also opens Top menu, but replaces lock action with power off

Lock Screen media controls for native Media app

Three finger volume control gesture enabled for tablet only

Ambience tones now follow global tone settings. You can override global tone settings by adding actions to ambience. Read more to understand the new behaviour better.

New ambiences based on the winners of the Jolla ambience photo campaign with Jolla tones set as default actions

Support for US English language in the OS

Support for Lohit Devanagari font (Indian fonts)

Support for Sunday as the first day of the week based on the locale set

Receiving multiple files via Bluetooth are now auto-accepted within same session from non-trusted device if initial transfer was authorized

Platform upgrade to using a new camera and media stack based on GStreamer 1.x

Improved user experience to guide the user on how to install Jolla apps if Jolla account creation is skipped during start-up wizard

Tutorial app updated to introduce the new homescreen

Notes can now be shared as text files

Browser graphics architecture updated

Android apps now use the "Chat" system tone for notifications, and alert with vibration and notification LED

Android app notifications now wake up the display

Camera records video clips in H.264 format now.

The next OS upgrade will include further improvements to the Sailfish user experience, thus completing the transition to Sailfish OS 2.0. Here is a glimpse of the changes expected:

Pick your favorite settings shortcuts to be shown in Events on the device

Perform favorite actions directly from Events on the device like connecting to internet, search the web, find your location, take a photo, make a note or add an reminder

New Settings app layout for both phone and tablet

Feeds support in events view

Enhance the speed of pulley menu selection animation

Improvements to ambience handling

Maps app layout updates for the tablet.

Usability changes w.r.t 1.1.7

The main driver for the new UI changes has been to improve the existing functionality while easing the learning curve for new users. We hope this list of changes gives you an insight on the usability changes compared to the old UI framework.

No more limitation of having only 9 open apps visible in Home, you can freely scroll to view all open apps

The first row of app launcher icons is no longer visible in the homescreen. The app launcher is now accessible from anywhere in the UI with a swipe up gesture from the bottom edge.

Open apps remain in the order they were launched in Home. Hence the last opened apps appear in the end of the grid. Now you can also drag to rearrange the apps in housekeeping mode. This change gives you the control to place the open apps in the order you prefer.

You will see dimmed app covers when they are closed due to low memory. This way, you can continue to access/relaunch the app from Home.

Active cover actions are now tappable. Swipe gestures are now reserved for view navigation in the homescreen

Active cover actions limited to one for Browser, Phone, Clock and Mail apps.

Enable silent mode by swiping from top edge of the screen and activating Silent ambience

Turn off all system sounds by long press on volume down key

Presence settings has moved from Events pulley menu to Settings > System > Presence.

Manage ambiences under Settings > System > Ambiences, moved from Gallery app. Read more.

Feeds support for Facebook and Twitter accounts are temporarily unavailable (will be re-introduced in the next release)

SMS and IM notifications use the same icon now

Faster flicking speed across the platform

Old default ambiences will be removed on upgrade.

Changelog

Click here to view the detailed changelog.

Upgrading your device

Upgrade path through 1.1.7.28 for early access users

As the issue update to 1.1.7 hang at 95 - 99% remains open, we've enabled persistent logs during software upgrade process in 1.1.7.28. Should this issue reoccur while upgrading to 1.1.9, you will be able to retrieve logs from the affected devices to assist the debugging (they are in /var/log/systemupdate.log ). To make this possible, we have forced the upgrade path to 1.1.9 through 1.1.7.28. Therefore, if your current OS version is 1.1.6 or earlier then your device will first get 1.1.7.28, and once installed it will get 1.1.9.28.

And now to the usual drill before attempting to upgrade your devices,

Take a backup of your data before attempting to upgrade your device. A successful backup operation is indicated by a green dot in the UI.

Make sure there is at least about 2-3 GB of free mass memory space in your device (see Settings > About product)

Restart your device before you start.

Do keep your device connected to a battery charger during the whole process.

Do not restart the device while the update is in progress, even if it appears to take a long time.

The device screen may blank out during the update process, you may waken the display by a short press on the power key to monitor the progress.

If you use Phonehook from OpenRepos, uninstall it before upgrading.

If you use Patchmanager, revert all applied patches before upgrading.

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.

For detailed instructions on updating software, visit our support pages at Zendesk.

If connected to the internet, and your account is subscribed for early access releases, your Jolla should receive an OS update notification shortly.

Ambience and global settings

We have harmonized the system default tones and ambience tones to be global tone settings.

The system default tones on your device are listed under Settings > Sounds and feedback.

Available ambiences are now accessible under a separate menu in Settings > Ambiences.

When you create a new ambience from Gallery app, you now have the option to override one or all of the system default tones by adding "actions". this action will change the system default tones to the custom tones set globally, i.e for all ambiences. you can verify this by going back to Settings > Sounds and feedback, you should see your newly set custom tone applied in there.



For example: Consider that you have two ambiences A and B. A has an action for replacing default chat tone and B doesn't.

case1: Activating ambience A will change the current chat tone and that tone will be shown in Settings > Sounds and feedback

Activating ambience A will change the current chat tone and that tone will be shown in Settings > Sounds and feedback case 2: Activating ambience B will not change the current chat tone, it will continue to use the tone set earlier by ambience A

Activating ambience B will not change the current chat tone, it will continue to use the tone set earlier by ambience A case 3: If you want ambience B also to have a different chat tone, then set an action to change the chat tone to something you want. It will then change the current chat tone.

Known issues