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[release notes] 3.0.2 Oulanka [released]

asked 2019-03-05 17:17:47 +0300

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updated 2019-11-14 11:03:30 +0300

Oulanka brings in some new Sailfish OS features, with 44 TJC reported issues fixed: the Top Menu has new switch for silencing ringtones and there's a new battery saving mode to make the most out of a low battery. Email supports sending read receipts. Connectivity was improved in terms of firewall and global proxy. Also several security vulnerabilities were fixed, front camera focusing is better, the home screen has been tuned up, and Sailfish copes better in environments with large numbers of Bluetooth and WLAN devices. As well, this update improves Android™ 8.1 App Support Beta for Xperia XA2 devices.

Many thanks to you our active contributors for your feedback and proposals.

Table of content

Update version history

  • 2019-03-18 : 3.0.2.8 was released to Early Access subscribers (Jolla devices and Xperia X/XA2).
  • 2019-03-25 : 3.0.2.8 was released to all subscribers (Jolla devices, Xperia X/XA2, Gemini PDA) as an OTA update. Installable images for Xperia X, Xperia XA2 and Gemini PDA devices are available at https://shop.jolla.com/downloads/ .

Size of update

The download size of the update depends on the device type and on the OS version currently in the device. Some typical values below:
- Jolla 1 from 3.0.1 to 3.0.2: about 360 MB
- Jolla C from 3.0.1 to 3.0.2: about 400 MB
- Jolla Tablet from 3.0.1 to 3.0.2: about 310 MB
- Xperia X from 3.0.1 to 3.0.2: about 350 MB
- Gemini PDA from 3.0.1 to 3.0.2: about 380 MB

Release Highlights

This list contains examples of new features (and some bug fixes) added to Sailfish OS, compared to the previous public release 3.0.1. The release notes of 3.0.1 can be found here

The instructions for installing Sailfish OS to Sony Xperia X and XA2 devices are here - covering Windows, Linux and macOS.

The supported Sony Xperia XA2 models are (they are the same as in update 3.0.1 - no change here):

  • XA2 single SIM H3113 (also H3123, H3133)
  • XA2 dual SIM H4113 (also H4133)
  • XA2 Ultra single SIM H3213 (also H3223)
  • XA2 Ultra dual SIM H4213 (also H4233)
  • XA2 Plus single SIM H3413
  • XA2 Plus dual SIM H4413 (also H4493)

The supported Sony Xperia X models are (no change here, either):

  • X single SIM F5121
  • X dual SIM F5122

Sailfish OS 3.0.2 is compatible with Gemini PDA variants x25 and x27, too.

Accounts

  • Network connection checked before proceeding to account creation.

Android™ App Support

  • Android 8.1 App Support Beta for Xperia XA2 devices improved:
    • Android apps can connect to Internet via mobile data provided by SIM #1 now (occasional problems possible - device restart usually helps). Mobile data with SIM #2 does not work yet.
    • Memory leak fixed
    • The issue of invisible icons at App Grid fixed
    • Misbehaviour of "Force stop" button fixed in Settings > Apps > {android apps}
    • Lock screen controls for audio playback (MPRIS) added
    • Fixed the issue of rendering some characters (Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Emojis, etc.) in Android apps
    • Better stability overall
    • Several other improvements
  • No changes for other products

Ambiences

  • You can now flick ambience deletion remorse item away to commit the deletion
  • Elide very long ambience names shown when switching between ambiences

Browser

  • Handling of "mailto" links improved to avoid opening up the email service accidentally

Camera

  • Front camera focusing on wrong point fixed
  • Don't allow going to back camera mode if device has no back camera
  • Gesture to change between camera and video modes made less sensitive
  • Supported values of each device's camera parameters are now passed through to Qt, enabling more camera controls in apps. Thanks to Adam Pigg (piggz) for this contribution.

Calendar

  • Cancellation of a meeting is now sent to all attendees when organizer deletes the event from the calendar (ActiveSync meetings only)
  • Editing and then removing event caused crash, now fixed

Connectivity

  • Bluetooth scan around a lot of Bluetooth devices no longer slows down the whole device
  • WLAN network scan around a lot of WLAN hotspots no longer slows down the whole device
  • Make sure "Connect" and "Cancel" actions are visible when typing in WLAN passphrase
  • Firewall introduced in the previous release 3.0.1 gained many improvements, in general robustness and IPv6 support in particular. By default the Sailfish firewall now blocks all traffic to the ports of system services, while all ports needed by the user are allowed. For more information see the firewall configuration guide [update on March 26th: made visible to everyone]

Device Management (MDM) [Corporate API]

  • Disclaimer: By default all Device Management features are disabled on vanilla Sailfish OS devices
  • Data counters API: Query amount of downloading and receiving data for mobile data and WLAN
  • Call statistics API: Query number of dialled and incoming calls for specified period
  • Location data sources API: Enable/disable location data sources (GPS, cellular, online, etc.)
  • Proxy settings API: Setup global and access point specific network proxies for WLAN and cellular connectivity
  • App auto start API: Allow pre-starting apps on boot
  • Roaming status API: Fetch roaming status of SIM cards
  • Block write access with normal user's privileges to various network service configurations and global proxy configurations.
  • Cellular settings API: Basic mobile data provisioning support already existed, now extended with APIs to set cellular technology mode (4G, 3G, 2G) and other type of access point settings (MMS, etc.)

Documents

  • Don't list files in Documents app from unmounted memory card

Email

  • You can now enable sending read receipt from Email app
  • Rare internal email backend errors can no longer close the app

Flashing

  • Flashing of Gemini PDA kernel fixed: support all HW variants in kernel flashing
  • Photo cropping used to fail on some images (timing issue), fixed now

Homescreen

  • Events shows 7-day weather forecast (instead of normal 5-day) on larger screen
  • Memory optimizations for wallpapers handling, freeing memory for running other apps
  • Ringtones silencing switch added to Top Menu - see "Settings > Top menu > Silence"
  • Blur background added to some missing dialogs like volume level warning dialog
  • Close app gesture fixed for devices with narrow landscape displays
  • Alarm dialogs don't no longer get automatically hidden/snoozed if an application is raised below them
  • Top part of super app not reacting taps issue fixed
  • Top menu
    • Top menu hint regressed, now fixed
    • Toggle switch for silencing ringtones added (see Settings)
    • Toggle switch for global proxy added (see Settings)

Keyboard

  • Long-press on keyboard spacebar also works very near the screen edge (normally reserved for edge swipe)

Messages

  • Issue with message sending status getting stuck in "Sending" state fixed

Notes

  • Opening empty text file from transfers or file manager opens empty note (used to just open the main page)
  • Opening text file from transfers or file manager sometimes opening wrong note fixed

Notifications

  • Allow vibra for notifications that lack high priority status to turn on display

People

Power management

  • New battery saving mode introduced
    • Battery saving mode is automatically activated by default when the battery level goes below 20%
      NOTE: You must change the threshold to some value once to make this feature work. E.g. set it to 10%, or first to 10% then back to 20% [to be fixed to 3.0.3].
    • You can disable or adjust the battery saving threshold in the new Battery settings page
    • Also you can force the battery saving mode on immediately
  • This is what happens when the battery saving mode goes on:
    • Display brightness is decreased
    • Background synchronization tasks are skipped
    • Leaf icon is shown in status bar (the same as in Settings > Battery)
    • Banner about activating the saving mode appears.
  • Gemini PDA: high power drain when WLAN enabled fixed. Community member Leszek Lesner (leszek) deserves many thanks for finding this!

SDK

  • Custom RPM validators can be installed in addition to or to replace the Harbour validator
  • The user is able to choose from the installed RPM validators - in the Control Centre
  • The user is able to choose from the installed RPM validators - inside Qt Creator
  • OpenVPN build in PlatformSDK fixed; submodule URL changed to the Mer mirror

Security - vulnerabilities fixed:

  • busybox: CVE-2014-9645
  • libtiff: CVE-2016-9273, CVE-2014-8127, CVE-2016-3622, CVE-2015-8665, CVE-2016-5875
  • nss: CVE-2016-1938, CVE-2015-7575, CVE-2017-5461, CVE-2017-5462
  • python: CVE-2016-5699, CVE-2016-5636, CVE-2016-0772
  • python3: CVE-2018-1061, CVE-2018-1060, CVE-2018-1000117
  • shadow-utils, libshadowutils: CVE-2017-12424, CVE-2018-7169
  • systemd: CVE-2018-15688, CVE-2018-15686
  • access to SSH from cellular network was restricted by the firewall

Settings

  • Battery system settings page re-introduced, see "Settings > Battery". Battery settings contains a switch for enabling power saving mode and combobox to control the automatic power saving mode threshold (Not in use, 5%, 10%, 15%, 20%)
  • "Global proxy" settings introduced, accessed from Advanced settings (pulley menu) of Settings > WLAN and Settings > Mobile networks. Settings include on/off switch and settings forms define the proxy. Global proxy settings affect all connections (WLAN, mobile data).
  • WLAN settings shortcut when tapping WLAN item on Developer mode breakage fixed
  • Backup settings sometimes getting stuck infinitely searching for previous cloud backups fixed
  • PIN settings page removed from non-cellular devices (regression)
  • Switch Item for silencing ringtones added - see "Settings > Top menu > Silence"
  • SD card icons for SD card notifications created
  • The photo shown in "Settings > Sailfish OS Updates" is under Creative Commons, Attribution 2.0 Generic https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/. It comes from Pieni Karhunkierros, by Timo Newton-Syms. The photo has been modified.

Storage

  • Encryption of memory cards missing partition table (or when no partitions in a partition table) can be handled now.
  • Unlocked encrypted SD card was made available via MTP
  • Improved formatting of SD cards: "Accept a partition even if it's not mountable or encrypted" => Formatting and using of encrypted SD cards improved.

UI components

  • Dragging panels like Phone dialer or Media audio controls only slightly didn't snap back
  • Also panel opening sometimes lacked transition
  • Dialog header area background rotating wrongly during orientation change fixed

Weather

  • Sailfish shows 7-day weather forecast (instead of normal 5-day) on larger screens

T.J.C: Issues reported by the community and fixed in this update

All of the links below may not open up for everyone, sorry.

Changelog

Detailed changelog is available here.

For those porting Sailfish to other devices

The following two fixes must be included to be able to use the 3.0.2 SDK for porting Sailfish to other devices:

Updating your device

Your device must be connected to the Internet and signed into your Jolla account. If your Jolla account is registered for Early Access releases you should receive an OS update notification when an update is available. If you have decided not to take the Early Access registration then you will get the OS update typically one week later.

We warmly recommend making some 3-4 GB of free space to the internal storage of your device before starting the update. Move your pictures and videos to the SD card (or to your PC or cloud service). After the upgrade turn on the option to save pictures and videos directly from the camera to the memory card (Settings > Apps > Camera). This is important particularly in case of "Jolla Phone" devices (product name "Jolla" in Settings > About product).

This is the usual drill before attempting to update your devices:

Take a backup of your data before attempting to update your device and save the backup to an SD card or to some other off-device location (PC, your cloud service). Note that videos and images are not included in cloud-based backups. Do not reboot the device while the update is in progress. Do keep the phone connected to a battery charger during the whole process. 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.

For detailed instructions on updating software, read our help article in Zendesk:

Notification concerning apps from Open Repos

  • If you use Phonehook or Callrecorder from OpenRepos, uninstall it before upgrading
  • If you use oFono from OpenRepos, revert to the official oFono before upgrading
  • If you use Patchmanager, revert all applied patches before upgrading.

About SD cards

  • Encrypted cards must be unlocked by the user to make them available for Sailfish applications.
  • Non-encrypted cards are mounted automatically when the device is turned on.
  • Encrypted cards can be formatted only when they are locked. Formatting removes the encryption in this case (the card becomes unencrypted and unmounted). You can then format it again with the option to encrypt, if needed.

Known issues

  • Jolla Phone & Jolla Tablet: Installing this OS update uninstalls Sailfish Maps app, unfortunately. It can however be reinstalled from Jolla Store once the OS update is completed (fixed on March 20th at 16:45 EET)
    • Bluetooth pairing and audio connections may still fail in some circumstances
    • Some Facebook services (syncing FB events to calendar; uploading pictures to FB from gallery) do not work (independent of your OS release) due to some changes at the FB end.
    • Light ambience concept of Sailfish 3 needs polishing and tuning up. There are still issues with the colours of different objects when using the ambiences that have light background colours.
    • Disabling a calendar account does not necessarily prevent the appointments from alerting.
    • The chacha20-poly1305 cipher is not currently working, which is often chosen for SSH. It has been disabled in the sshd configuration file, but if you have manually modified it then it will not automatically update. You can ssh into your device using 'ssh -c aes128-ctr' and check the /etc/ssh/sshd_config file against its 'rpmnew' version if present.
    • The threshold of battery saving mode must be changed once to make the saving mode turn on automatically. Therefore set it to 15%, or first to 15% then back to 20% [to be fixed to 3.0.3].

Known issues specific to Xperia X

  • Not implemented features: NFC, fingerprint detection, FM radio, double-tap, step counter
  • Issues with mobile data persist on some SIM cards. Turn the Flight mode on and off to reset the network setup. Reverting the device to Android and re-installing Sailfish X has often helped. See our support article.
  • Manual network/carrier search lists all networks by the same name (the name of the SIM provider). Use automatic search. If not possible, you need to try several items in the manual search results, unfortunately. The top most item is not necessarily the one that can serve you (still valid with most SIM cards)
  • [camera] Force autofocus mode for photos, and continuous for video. After this, camera focus is still not ideal - as the camera stays out of focus when it starts until you either tap or try to take a shot - but the pictures seem to be better focused now
  • If device is powered off alarms are not functional
  • Bluetooth: problems with some car equipment, some audio devices and computers may appear
  • Loudspeaker volume level cannot be adjusted very high
  • Not all SD cards are recognised and mounted.

Known issues specific to Xperia XA2

  • Not implemented features: NFC, fingerprint detection, FM radio, double-tap
  • Battery drain high when WiFi on
  • Bluetooth: there are problems in connecting to some peripheral devices
  • XA2 does not power up when alarm time has elapsed
  • Display blanking is unstable during phonecalls or alarms (due to proximity sensor). Quick triple-tap on Power button in the problem situation helps.
  • Flashing Sailfish X to XA2 might still fail (so far seen to happen on Ubuntu 18.04 when using USB3 port). Please read this article.
  • Mobile data doesn't work with with certain SIM/operator on most Android apps
  • WLAN does not work on channel 13
  • There are two working versions of vendor binaries: v16 and v17B. Both have been tested to work on XA2, however, we recommend using the newer one (v17B) if you flash/reflash Sailfish OS to your device.
  • Sailfish flashing script of Windows was broken on the public release of update 3.0.2.8. The problem has been fixed today (Friday March 29th). If you have downloaded the Sailfish OS zip package already, you need to do it again now. Download from here.

Known issues specific to Gemini PDA

  • Gemini Screenshoot Button Fn + X does not work
  • Not possible to answer calls when Gemini is closed with side button
  • Alarm not working
  • Some 3rd party apps have issues in Landscape mode.
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Thank you. I am looking forward to upgrade my XA2

Malinux ( 2019-03-18 12:59:20 +0300 )edit
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I'm curious, what's the holdup for a fix for the WLAN battery drain on XA2? Is this dependent on kernel / kernel drivers? I.e. do we have to wait for a fix from Sony/Qualcomm?

Fuzzillogic ( 2019-03-18 13:55:42 +0300 )edit

Still not on my device. Should I try to update via console or is it still in rolloutphase. I am part of earlyaccess program.

lispy ( 2019-03-18 15:18:15 +0300 )edit

I was very enthusiastic because of the Android App Support -> Memory leak fixed to fix my problem with the Payback app. But another disappointment. Either it fixes just the Android Support of XA2 or just very rare cases.

CLR64 ( 2019-03-18 16:11:40 +0300 )edit
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@CLR64: See above: „Android 8.1 App Support Beta for Xperia XA2 devices improved ... No changes for other products“

Kopekenscheich ( 2019-03-18 16:28:32 +0300 )edit

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answered 2019-03-18 12:34:40 +0300

Mariusmssj gravatar image

Looks like a great update and completely unexpected on Monday morning :) Big thanks!

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Now is the perfect time to invest in a deck installation

ClaptonGotTheClap ( 2020-03-24 07:10:44 +0300 )edit

Also looking forward to the upgrade Jolla so we can use it for Fencing McKinney

ClaptonGotTheClap ( 2020-03-24 23:23:00 +0300 )edit

With Coronavirus, uplighting rental is not easy to come by

ClaptonGotTheClap ( 2020-03-29 20:39:05 +0300 )edit

Together, we can make a better world. - Eric

ClaptonGotTheClap ( 2020-03-31 14:20:51 +0300 )edit

He looks like you man. - Tim Kalamazoo Air Duct Pros

ClaptonGotTheClap ( 2020-04-02 05:46:50 +0300 )edit
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answered 2019-03-19 10:19:21 +0300

r0kk3rz gravatar image

updated 2019-03-20 00:38:46 +0300

For anyone wondering what this part is about

Camera - Supported values of each device's camera parameters are now passed through to Qt, enabling more camera controls in apps. Thanks to Adam Pigg (piggz) for this contribution.

You can try it out with this application:

Which exposes a lot of different scene modes and controls that the camera hardware may support but haven't been exposed by the middleware until now.

All you developers feel free to join in the fun and send a Pull Request

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Will this end up on openrepos?

lispy ( 2019-03-19 10:27:00 +0300 )edit

Do you need testing for this?

Giacomo Di Giacomo ( 2019-03-19 11:58:46 +0300 )edit
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@lispy piggz uploaded it to Openrepos, I added the link to my answer

r0kk3rz ( 2019-03-20 00:39:18 +0300 )edit

Hmmm, just installed on JP1, no reboot, no picture (black)...

A.Maretzek ( 2019-03-20 01:18:10 +0300 )edit

it doesnt work on jphone, seems to work on all others though

r0kk3rz ( 2019-03-20 01:43:21 +0300 )edit
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answered 2019-03-18 14:23:51 +0300

inta gravatar image

Strange things happen, after the update I can still do phone calls, but sending SMS is not possible. Provider is Winsim from germany and I think they are using O2 net.

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My Xperia_X sending also no SMS with the new 3.0.2.8. Is there a broken/incompatible package?

chris_bavaria ( 2019-03-18 15:02:32 +0300 )edit

No problem on my side (XA2+) with Vodafone sending, Congstar (Telekom) receiving

jollajo ( 2019-03-18 16:00:32 +0300 )edit

XA2+/Telekom no issues.

Kopekenscheich ( 2019-03-18 17:10:56 +0300 )edit

XA2 single sim works fine A1 (vodafone Austria)

me_on_the_road ( 2019-03-18 21:37:50 +0300 )edit

Now SMS are working again. I did not change anything, so lets see how long it will be working.

inta ( 2019-03-18 22:24:07 +0300 )edit
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answered 2019-03-18 22:14:35 +0300

silta gravatar image

What a surprise... Oulanka, the first version name I was swimming in. It wasn't always easy as a travel companion on the dinghy. But it made me more independent. So thanks a lot for your work over the last years and good luck for the Future.

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Across the board, we always like to get it right at Eugene Fencing

ClaptonGotTheClap ( 2020-03-25 22:17:41 +0300 )edit
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answered 2019-03-18 13:43:59 +0300

inta gravatar image

Be careful with the installation if you are using OKBoard. On my XperiaX it was removed and can not be installed again.

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I wait for update

# pkcon install okboard-full                    
Resolving                                                            
Testing changes                                                                
Finished         
Fatal error: okboard-full-0.6.17-1.armv7hl requires libpython3.4m.so.1.0, but this requirement cannot be provided
chris_bavaria ( 2019-03-18 14:54:57 +0300 )edit

Seem like you're right OKBoard requires libpython 3.4 - after reboot and pkcon refresh that error shows up now.

inta ( 2019-03-18 15:33:58 +0300 )edit
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Python 3 has been upgraded to 3.7.2:

https://together.jolla.com/question/201103/changelog-302-oulanka/#201103-python3-base

I guess OKBoard (and other apps linking against libpython) will have to be rebuild.

MartinK ( 2019-03-18 17:23:10 +0300 )edit

OKBoard has been updated and works again.

MeegoUser ( 2019-04-09 18:06:41 +0300 )edit
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answered 2019-03-18 15:37:01 +0300

manu007 gravatar image

It seems that the users of XA2 will continue with their problems with the battery and WIFI, and it is shame.

But I install the upgrade. ;-)

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Same goes for proximity and fingerprint sensors. I am underwhelmed.

Kopekenscheich ( 2019-03-18 15:47:10 +0300 )edit
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Wifi is a bug in AOSP. You can help by gathering test data on Android.

Thaodan ( 2019-03-18 20:03:43 +0300 )edit
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@Kopekenscheich : If everything goes well, update 3.0.3 will contain the fix for the proximity sensor issue. We are testing the fix now.

jovirkku ( 2019-03-19 09:40:31 +0300 )edit
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@jovirkku: Kiitos!

Kopekenscheich ( 2019-03-19 21:49:49 +0300 )edit
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Regarding battery life: I've charged my XA2 (dual sim) yesterday morning 7:00am to 100%, have been paragliding (mountains, bad reception, high altitudes, low temperature <0 C), took photos, traveled 350km by car, used Bluetooth, 4G Internet a lot and today 32h later, the phone tells me it's still at 61% battery! I'm impressed!!! Before the update, it would have shut down due to depleted battery yesterday evening.

mlohse ( 2019-03-24 15:54:53 +0300 )edit
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answered 2019-03-25 19:01:34 +0300

cemoi71 gravatar image

@jovirkku, regarding the following recommandation:

There are two working versions of vendor binaries: v16 and v17B. Both have been tested to work on XA2, however, we recommend using the newer one (v17B) if you reflash Sailfish OS to your device.

Would it be possible in far future to upgrade the vendor binary through the sfos update?
Or it won't be possible so far?...
Currently i have the v16, for me it's currently ok for the short term.
If I think about it for the long term, i get some weird feeling.
And flash it new, for having all new, means make the big job to backup, doing the flash and reinstall all, make me nervous. If it's done totally automatically, is maybe better....
But the interest is maybe with binary in OS-UPdate (if it's possible)...
Could you please check it with "trusted" Colleague if it's possible?
Many thanks for understanding and effort.
Have a nice continuation

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I am sorry, I didn't check existing post, but please have a look at https://together.jolla.com/question/201102/release-notes-302-oulanka/?answer=202469#post-id-202469 You can flash the new binary without wiping SFOS, but I am not sure about side effects etc.

bomo ( 2019-03-27 11:53:23 +0300 )edit

@bomo sorry i didn't saw your comment. don't know why maybe the following process leaked.
Thank you for pointing it.
@Direc what could you tell about this point? is it flashable without touching the sfos part?

cemoi71 ( 2019-03-29 18:19:59 +0300 )edit

Even with all the known flaws, this is good enough for Dumpster Kalamazoo

ClaptonGotTheClap ( 2020-03-24 06:15:26 +0300 )edit
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answered 2019-03-26 09:15:33 +0300

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updated 2019-03-26 09:15:33 +0300

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It seems that with this update the CPU sleep feature is much more reliable and efficient on my Xperia X than before. Usually CPU sleep had been working during the first day after each reboot, after that it went to about 0%. I couldn't figure out if that was due to flightmode toggling, services restart, or something else. As a result the CPU was never really sleeping.

Situation has changed with Oulanka. Sysmon shows that the CPU sleeps nearly 100% during the night (with flightmode on, Aliendalvik and EAS services stopped). This behaviour seems to repeat reliably:

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I don't know if that is mentioned somewhere else, but battery life of my Xperia X has indeed increased. Thank you very much for that!

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Thanks for the statistics...I also recognized it, but didn't monitor it for evidence. It is really great. Is it maybe due to the updated connection manager?

wosrediinanatour ( 2019-03-26 10:25:09 +0300 )edit
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answered 2019-03-18 14:29:52 +0300

AkiBerlin gravatar image

First of all: Thank you for the update!

I have a question regarding the vendor binaries: I learned that there are v16 and v17B and both can be used. Is possible to update the vendor binaries on my X or XA2? What would be the benefit? And how can I do so?

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Hi, the v16 ad v17B binaries are only for XA2, and there are no changes that Sailfish OS benefits from. This is why we have not released instructions how to upgrade the oem vendor partition separately.

Once 3.0.2 XA2 images are available in the Jolla Shop, you will be able to reflash your device if you want to have the v17B.

sledges ( 2019-03-18 15:18:53 +0300 )edit

if i want to flash 17b, i only do is fastboot flash oem_a 17b.img?

TMavica ( 2019-03-18 15:27:29 +0300 )edit
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@sledges: thank you for clarifying!

AkiBerlin ( 2019-03-18 15:45:05 +0300 )edit

@TMavica, correct

sledges ( 2019-03-18 16:14:32 +0300 )edit

Thanks you

TMavica ( 2019-03-18 17:28:02 +0300 )edit
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answered 2019-03-26 21:48:09 +0300

bomo gravatar image

Since you now recommend v17,

There are two working versions of vendor binaries: v16 and v17B. Both have been tested to work on XA2, however, we recommend using the newer one (v17B) if you reflash flash/reflash Sailfish OS to your device.

is there any issue with upgrading the binaries without fully reflashing SFOS via

fastboot -s ... flash oem_a ...img

? (procedure extracted from flash.sh)

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I flashed 3.0.2 to 17B and back to 16 with no issues. I plan to do it myself later. AFAIK there should be no issues (but as always, be careful whenever flashing whatever).

Direc ( 2019-03-28 16:18:23 +0300 )edit

Updating the binary file need to be done in fastboot mode?

Chris_ ( 2019-03-29 16:27:08 +0300 )edit
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@Chris_ yes

bomo ( 2019-03-29 19:14:16 +0300 )edit

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