[hotfix] Opt-in hotfix for connectivity in upcoming update 7 [not relevant]

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[hotfix] Opt-in hotfix for connectivity in upcoming update 7 [not relevant]

asked 2014-06-09 16:06:07 +0300

Aard

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updated 2015-07-25 21:31:16 +0300

eric

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Update: we just released this to subscribers. (12.6., 14:20 EEST)

We've been working for a while on updating connman to a newer version (from 1.15 to 1.23). It will fix connectivity issues in some environments - but comes at a regression risk in some networks where the old one worked fine.

We used all the different networks available to us to identify and fix issues - but there's a lot more interesting network hardware out there, so we decided not to include it in update7, but make it available for community members as opt-in hotfix, which will be published the same week as the update, hoping that the new stack gets the toughest and widest audience for testing.

If you want to test the new connectivity stack please send an email with arbitrary content to connman-hotfix@jolla.com, making sure the From-Address used is the one matching your Jolla account. After processing your email (which may take a while) you should get an update notification and be able to install the hotfix like any regular update.

Please add new issues as answers to this post or for already known issues add a comment to the answer describing your issue. If you want to go back to the old connectivity stack just send an email to connman-hotfix-opt-out@jolla.com, after a while you'll get an update notification which will bring you back to the main update.

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This is cool, but wouldn't it be cooler by following/unfollowing here or via store?

harry ( 2014-06-09 16:21:12 +0300 )edit

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I think this is the appropriate way - if it was too easy to opt-in, inexperienced users might try it and break something.

nodevel ( 2014-06-09 16:24:13 +0300 )edit

would be better if one could hotswap between the versions, so i could test both in places that i dont visit all too often and have baf reception like my summer home in the middle of nowhere.

Whippler ( 2014-06-09 16:27:44 +0300 )edit

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Does this version support WPA2-PSK/AES (and others) networks or do we need to install the patched wpa_supplicant again?

Alex ( 2014-06-09 16:34:29 +0300 )edit

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To be clear, this only affects wifi and bluetooth? Not the normal GSM/LTE reception?

BonoNL ( 2014-06-09 16:37:44 +0300 )edit

This is cool, but wouldn't it be cooler by following/unfollowing here or via store?
harry ( 2014-06-09 16:21:12 +0300 )edit
I think this is the appropriate way - if it was too easy to opt-in, inexperienced users might try it and break something.
nodevel ( 2014-06-09 16:24:13 +0300 )edit
would be better if one could hotswap between the versions, so i could test both in places that i dont visit all too often and have baf reception like my summer home in the middle of nowhere.
Whippler ( 2014-06-09 16:27:44 +0300 )edit
Does this version support WPA2-PSK/AES (and others) networks or do we need to install the patched wpa_supplicant again?
Alex ( 2014-06-09 16:34:29 +0300 )edit
To be clear, this only affects wifi and bluetooth? Not the normal GSM/LTE reception?
BonoNL ( 2014-06-09 16:37:44 +0300 )edit

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answered 2014-06-13 23:19:25 +0300

Tomasz
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Both before and after the update Jolla does not see my network shared with the laptop. This network is the type IBSS, and checking from Jolla tool 'iw' network is seen. The network is unhidden, unsecured and has its own DHCP, other devices connect to it properly. Below result from tool for this network:

[root@dhcppc9 nemo]# iw dev wlan0 scan
BSS 4e:55:92:1d:e1:96 (on wlan0)
        TSF: 1657059766 usec (0d, 00:27:37)
        freq: 2412
        beacon interval: 100
        capability: IBSS (0x0002)
        signal: -37.00 dBm
        last seen: 0 ms ago
        SSID: MyWlan
        Supported rates: 1.0* 2.0* 5.5* 11.0* 18.0 24.0 36.0 54.0 
        DS Parameter set: channel 1
        ERP: <no flags>
        Extended supported rates: 6.0 9.0 12.0 48.0
        ...

Would it be a chance to turn on the visibility and the ability to connect to this type of network?

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I do not understand why developers connman turned off the connection to the Ad-Hoc (IBSS) networks. I have not found anywhere clear justification of the decision. I found that the change was introduced this simple commit:

https://gitorious.org/connman/vudentz-clone/commit/cd9d9e6

So maybe the developers SailfishOS could try to rebuild connman without this change. I use Ad-Hoc network with a DHCP server and other devices connect properly. The combination with Ad-Hoc network with DHCP is similar to the AP network and it does not require manual configuration of the connection so it would not be necessary to add such options. My card does not support AP mode, so I must use Ad-Hoc.

Tomasz ( 2014-06-18 19:33:21 +0300 )edit

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answered 2014-06-17 11:53:22 +0300

Maddis

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updated 2014-06-23 19:47:52 +0300

no bluetooth file transfer possible between symbian and jolla

Devices:

Nokia C7 with Nokia Belle Refresh (Symbian)
Jolla with Saapunki 1.0.7.18 (and 1.0.7.16!)

Bluetooth pairing works, but "send failed" appears on C7.

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I must confirm this (on two different Jollas with 1.0.7.18). Same thing happens with receiving files from Nokia N9 and BlackBerry Z10.

nodevel ( 2014-06-22 04:30:21 +0300 )edit

The same happens between Jolla 1.0.7.18 and Android 4.4.2. Was working before the Jolla update.

Gaudi ( 2014-06-23 21:22:05 +0300 )edit

The same happens also with Android 4.4.3 (Nexus 7 (Mobile) "nakasig").

Maddis ( 2014-06-24 16:52:18 +0300 )edit

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answered 2014-06-16 21:40:48 +0300

attah

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My phone started acting up too.. No problem while at home, but when i went out and lost wifi.. something took a whole lot of cpu and audible started having a hard time playing. (It uses offline data for those who doesn't know). At work today it had an exclamation mark on the connectivity symbol (both wifi and cellular at different times) all day and e-mail sync was a bit so-so. Once i prodded it, it eventually synched though. It seems to not have gotten back at my home wifi either, and didn't until i rebooted. (i.e. disabling/enabling wifi and cellular from settings didn't help). This has never happened to me before.. So, are there any logs i can provide.. or how can i help otherwise?

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answered 2014-06-23 13:24:24 +0300

oplii

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updated 2014-06-23 13:26:54 +0300

I have been using 1.0.7.18 hotfix since 12.6. Nothing major until today my mobile data connection (Saunalahti / Finland) caused reboot, twice.

I was using Mitakuuluu -app when my mobile connection got exclamation mark. So I went to Settings and tried to put Air Plane mode ON but Air Plane -mode did not activated. WLAN connection was active Mobile was inactive. Tried couple of times to put it on air plane mode but then whole phone rebooted.After boot, Mobile data connection was grey and WLAN was active (NOTE: WLAN was not connected to router, it was only active). So I had not internet connection so again tried to put phone to Air Plane -mode but again it did not activated it and again reboot happened when I tried to put air plane -mode couple of times.

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answered 2014-07-02 18:07:44 +0300

midnightoil

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I opted in, but more than 24 hours later (and a couple of subsequent requests), still no update notification.

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I think it took about 48h for me to receive an update notice, stay calm (a couple of subsequent requests? really? are you serious? just wait for it!), it is not like the world will come to an end - even care@ replies might take longer than 24h...

chemist ( 2014-07-03 01:54:52 +0300 )edit

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answered 2014-07-03 23:55:48 +0300

SaimenSays

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Had some trouble with mobile connection. It gets lost and on settings page it is grayed out. It is only coming back when rebooting the phone. This is also not fixed with conman :(

I described it also in "Mobile data often gets lost"

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answered 2014-06-13 08:40:25 +0300

zlatko

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I have updated to hot-fix. A connection problem appeared, which I do not know if connected to connman: During the upgrade I had my personal SIM inside the device. After that I inserted my business SIM and now mobile data is inactive. If I revert back to private SIM - mobile data is working. Both SIMs are one mobile operator, but as I work for this operator, the business one is getting different IP so it can access some parts of the corporate network. I tried several reboots, I deleted the settings for cellular in /var/lib/connman hoping that they will be recreated again. Inserted several time the different SIMs - still when business SIM inside mobile data is disabled. Any ideas? May be @Aard can suggest what to try to get back the mobile data? It had been working for months with business SIM.

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I had a similar problem, without and also with the hotfix. I am only using one SIM card, but yesterday mobile network was gone. It worked after update to 1.0.7.16, what I installed on monday. But yesterday mobile stopped working. The option was greyed out. Trying to set the mobile provider manually failed. it did not find anything.

Then today the hotfix was available for me and I installed it. Automatic discovery of the mobile provider still didn't worked, but now I can choose it manually what fixed the problem for me.

Buschmann ( 2014-06-13 16:25:37 +0300 )edit

I managed to fix my issue:

When I checked /var/lib/ofono/grps - I found out AccessPointName was missing.
I stopped ofono with systemctl stop ofono.service
Edited gprs file adding APN
Started ofono: systemctl stop ofono.service

And voila! - all is working now :)

Still have not tried rebooting the phone though...

zlatko ( 2014-06-13 21:25:58 +0300 )edit

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answered 2014-06-13 13:12:31 +0300

Morpog
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http://www.google.de/

Not sure if it's related to the hotfix or update 7.

Automatic sync of my imap email account doesn't work anymore. When I refresh manually new mails show up.

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My phone overheats, with peak CPU usage and battery drains... don't know if this is about the hotfix.

dmelamet ( 2014-06-14 21:15:16 +0300 )edit

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answered 2014-06-14 00:24:23 +0300

mornfall
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No dice. Wlan (mixed-mode n/g with WPA1+WPA2) still has the same tendency to crash and/or fail to reconnect. Reloading wlan.ko and restarting connman seems to help, but before the hotfix I didn't have to do that, usually disabling/enabling wlan did the trick. Unfortunately, connman is a very opaque piece of software (and it plays tricks with wpa_supplicant just to make matters worse), so I didn't manage to extract any useful info.

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By default connman does no logging, as it can be verbose. You'll need to use devel mode and install connman-tracing and connectionagent-qt5-tracing packages from the connmandline.

All the logging will go to journal.

llornkcor ( 2014-06-16 22:52:17 +0300 )edit

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answered 2014-06-14 01:26:35 +0300

fravaccaro

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http://www.jollacommunity...

Hello everyone!

I installed the hotfix this morning and this is what I noticed so far: - The new connman handles better the switch between mobile data and wifi, and with both of them enabled, it seems to not switch between them. This happens when the wifi has a strong signal. - In grey areas, the connection becomes really unstable, with frequent switches between mobile data and wifi. Even if I turn off mobile data, things don't get better - it seems it struggles to hold the signal. - I don't know if this is influenced by the previous considerations, but the antenna reception seems slightly worse.

Hope it helps.

Cheers

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