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HowTo: Ambiences

asked 2014-01-18 14:40:25 +0200

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… to give everyone a chance to become a member of the Holy Orders (see https://together.jolla.com/question/11050/ambience-something-for-esoterics/) …

How to create and configure Ambiences

Although I still believe, that the concept of creating and configuring Ambiences needs an extensive rework, I want to share my knowledge about it in this How-to. Correct me, where I am wrong; add, where I have missed something. For better overview, I will subdivide this into several answers.

Recommended reading sequence

It is intended to be read in the following sequence (unfortunately, the sequence of the answers changes dynamically):

Add ons

Note, this HowTo runs over multiple web pages. Observe the "next"/"previous" buttons.

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please convert to wiki

chemist ( 2014-01-18 14:59:23 +0200 )edit

Yes I agree, this is definately a WiKi and not question where correct answer is sought for (they all are). Also, when editing this Question and Answers please use the 'minor edit' check-box to not create lot of traffic to ppls inboxes. Thanks.

foss4ever ( 2014-01-18 22:39:13 +0200 )edit
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@chemist, @jjaone, @Sailor: I do not agree that this should be converted to a wiki (and I am very much disappointed that you did convert it).

First: it is an implicit request to Jolla to include the information in the official user documentation -- not all sailors are a member and/or search this forum and can read English.

Second, and probably more important: If you down swipe (from upper edge) the karma system, I do not mind whether this is a community wiki. But as long as the karma system is there, good HowTos as questions are one option for sailors to get the required karma points -- in particularly since it is much more difficult now to gather the karma points than it was in the beginning of this forum (most questions are closed quickly because they are duplicates [most real questions have been asked already], to find new bugs is difficult [most of the more obvious ones have been found] etc. pp.). For you (and me), karma does not matter any longer (we have jumped the 500 points barrier quite some time ago), but 3/4 of the members of this forum are not yet even allowed to edit community wikis (and their number will rise)! By converting this wiki (and possibly similar ones) you created a leading case -- and this I wanted to avoid.

Please note: Community wikis do not earn karma points for the author. A good HowTo may take hours to create (it did me, creating this one). It is not sensible to simply swipe away the rewards, the author may get for his/her work!

PS: I tried to use "minor edits" but may have forgotten this occasionally. Vote: https://together.jolla.com/question/16206/together-mark-comment-edits-as-minor-by-default/

jgr ( 2014-01-19 13:11:03 +0200 )edit

@jgr I didn't convert this to Wiki, but considering it's a how-to type of article it fits well to be a community page to which everyone can easily contribute. Along the same notion I just changed one of my questions to wiki (where the question description now is essentially just an index to answers that provide the content, like in yours). But, I think in these cases it is ok to leave the Answes as normal and just make the "heading" as wiki. This way votes for Answers still influence karma (like in this question you should still get karma from votes to your Answers).
See a similar example here: How-to name Jolla UX elements

foss4ever ( 2014-01-20 12:23:22 +0200 )edit

@jgr Could you please use the "minor edit" check-box when editing the Answers, thanks ;)

foss4ever ( 2014-01-21 16:44:32 +0200 )edit

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answered 2014-01-18 14:43:05 +0200

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updated 2014-01-20 19:56:16 +0200

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TOH and Ambiences

When clasping a TOH to the handset, it is recognized and its NFC chip queried (as long as the NFC service deamon has not been disabled to save battery as work-around for the current NFC bug [date of writing: 2014-01-18; see https://together.jolla.com/question/597/fix-power-consumption-other-half/]). If the TOH is new to the handset, it queries the Jolla Store whether there are any files associated to the TOH and available for download. If so, the files are downloaded and the TOH is permanently assigned to that handset (probably via the handset’s IMEI). To do so, IMEI and TOH ID are stored permanently at the Jolla store.

Thereafter the files of that TOH cannot be downloaded by any other handset. If you want to pass on the TOH to another handset (including all its features), you have to (according to https://together.jolla.com/question/10857/toh-problem-with-store-this-the-other-half-is-not-working/?answer=16581#post-id-16581):

  1. Remove the TOH from the handset A.
  2. Do a factory reset on handset A. (You probably have to make sure that it has Internet access when rebooting.)
  3. Clasp the TOH to handset B.
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TOH's are no more permanently assigned to individual handsets. There is no need to run the factory reset. Simply swap the TOH's as you wish. The TOH you attached will present the download dialog if necessary.

jovirkku ( 2014-11-06 12:44:49 +0200 )edit
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answered 2014-01-18 14:43:23 +0200

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updated 2014-01-20 19:56:47 +0200

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Switching between Ambiences

When you have different Ambiences activated, you can switch between them. This for example allows you different handset settings for leisure time, work and night. To switch to another Ambience:

  1. Make sure, the handset is not locked.
  2. Go to Lock or Home screen. (Lock screen: The one which appears after you awake your phone; Home screen: The one showing you the apps currently running.)
  3. Swipe left or right (swipe: Start swiping from the edges outside the screen).
  4. Tap the image of the Ambience you want to be the current one.
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answered 2014-01-20 01:35:59 +0200

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updated 2014-01-20 01:37:47 +0200

I downloaded the template from here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/0kn1yo2qtwuavb4/digital_nature_remake_2.jpg

and edited it with a photo editor. That way I got me an old style wallpaper

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@human19: By the way: I do not see this as an answer, rather a comment -- in particular since you just followed one of the links already given to find the template.

jgr ( 2014-01-24 12:49:31 +0200 )edit
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