Application (cutespotify) can brick device

answered 2014-07-12 01:51:45 +0300

simo
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This answer given to a months old question also looks deeper into the type of questions we have here at TJC. The question itself includes an important issue, but it has gathered only 5 votes in 5 months, and there could be a reason for this. At the same time this is hopefully an acceptable answer to @joenix too:

Any applications can do harm in the OS side, especially if they run on OS version which they don't fully support / are not fully supported on. Apps outside Jolla Store might work on certain released versions of Sailfish OS very well, but they might become less functional/worse/awful over any system update.

Jolla seems to be working hard (and beeing quite strict...) with the Store and the Harbour QA policy for new apps. Hopefully also with checking of all installed Store Apps over a system update. Apps available in Jolla Store should be tested to work over updates, or become invisible and be automatically uninstalled from the phone if they are not supported after a certain update. Developers should be well informed in forehand if their apps might face issues over the next update, so that they can prepare for it with enough of time for further developing.

App developers sharing their apps elsewhere are doing great work, very great indeed. When their apps are ready to run well and use reasonable amount of the phone's resources, even over system updates, they will eventually appear in the Jolla Store. Using these apps in forehand should be seen more like beta testing and ppl should take into count that some of them might be designed - at that point - to support just one Sailfish OS version. Of cource, some of them might already be fully supported too. However, I think we shouldn't report issues about apps from other sources here at TJC at this point for two reasons:

• First, any negative issues might have a negative effect to the app's popularity, and even to the whole app sharing platform among common users - even that the app itself has only positive sides left when it's ready
• Second, our TJC is currently quite full of issues which should be worked over first

Our portal can work as an open portal including discussion with the app developers starting already from the idea of an app. But if the developer hasn't started the discussion here at any point, we might consider contacting him/her directly or use the forums he/she is already using, concerning apps not yet available in Jolla Store. Thanks and sorry :)