We're glad to announce that the latest Sailfish OS update Taalojärvi is now ready to be shared with our early access customers! This update is mostly a quality release containing hundreds of bug fixes, most notably in Homescreen, Connectivity and Android support. It has also some valuable new features, such as direct sharing to cloud, lockscreen media controls added for Android media apps on Tablet, and the ability to show past communication logs directly in contact cards.

Upgrade version history

2016-01-19: 2.0.1.7 Early access release

2016-04-28: 2.0.1.11 Early access update to address critical incoming call issue and to provide latest security updates

2016-05-09: 2.0.1.11 Roll-out to all users.

Release Highlights

Share pictures to your Dropbox or OneDrive account

Sailfish sharing options added into Android sharing menu

Past communication events displayed on contact cards

Allow toggling password text visibility in password fields across the OS

Access to Events settings from Events View shortcuts menu

Flicking between Homescreen views made easier

Allow installing untrusted software without Jolla account

Tablet: Landscape support for Bluetooth pairing and file transfer dialogs

Bug fixes:

Android Support:

Fixed an issue where System UI has stopped while running Android app

Improved restart handling for Android runtime

Support for lockscreen media controls on Tablet

SMS sending support

Camera issues with Android apps fixed

Fixed an issue where Android applications (such as file managers) could not access path /media/sdcard

Browser:

Added support for Aptoide's tablet version

Fix virtual keyboard opening in gmail.com

Fix focus handling after user has closed virtual keyboard with a gesture

Don't request location permission if GPS is disabled

Calendar:

Improved day view layout

Fixes Google calendar sync from device to cloud

Camera:

Fixes for image metadata

Make video playback consistent with Gallery

Connectivity:

Hidden network's name is now shown when typing it

Bug fixes from upstream

Developer mode:

Fixed an issue where app might quit automatically if started from command line when display is off

Events view:

Fixed brightness-setting overlapping quick actions on events view's "pull down settings"

Gallery:

Fixed crash when minimizing and restoring gallery app while playing a video

Home:

Reordering apps on app grid folder works again

Random texture is sometimes drawn when application is activated from launcher

Fixed peeking an app while receiving an alarm

Shutdown view displays "Goodbye" instead of Jolla logo

Keyboard:

Hindi keyboard

Keyboard sounds no longer break Bluetooth sound in silent mode

Office:

Documents placeholder text layout fixed for languages with long translations like Finnish

PDF document crash fixes

People:

Added communication history.

Phone:

Multiple fixes to call dialog getting stuck

Better error handling of USSD requests while in flight mode

Fix issue where incoming call gets sometimes automatically silenced after 2 seconds

Settings:

Updated company address in About page

SDK:

Report same logicalDotsPerInchApp when launching from command line and app grid

Allow use of QtQml.Models 2.1 in apps

Allow use of libdl.so.2(GLIBC_2.1) in apps

Security:

Fix CVE-2015-5986, CVE-2015-5722, CVE-2015-5477, CVE-2015-4620, CVE-2015-8126, CVE-2015-7981, CVE-2015-7547, CVE-2016-0800.

Startup wizard:

Tapping on check mark highlights but does not change state

Launcher edge indicator is shown correctly in Tutorial

Changelog

For detailed changelog, see https://together.jolla.com/question/126893/changelog-201taalojarvi/

Upgrading your devices

This is the usual drill before attempting to upgrade your devices,

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

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

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.

Do not reboot the device while the update is in progress.

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.

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

For detailed instructions on updating software, visit Zendesk [ https://jolla.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/201836347 ].

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

Known issues