[Release notes] Sauna 4.6.0.13

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#181

Updated went fine, but required some unwanted steps ([Bug] /usr/libexec/sailfish-osupdateservice osupdate-check sets ssu re - #18 by rtr2001) .

That said, v4.6 behaves well so far, that is, not very much changed compared to 4.5.
Both SFOS and the few Android apps I had (nothing fancy) work ok.
My first eye-observations on 5G:

  • seems unstable: it drops often to 4G despite being static and in a good coverage area.
  • -I’d say it is sensibly heavier on the battery (not a scientific observation)-
    Edit: after some more time with it (no 5G usage), the power consumption is comparable (subjective observation still)
  • BT network sharing/hotspot works. No need to redo the pairing with the carkit in my case.

No regression noticed so far - instead, I’ve quite quickly met some familiar faces - OOM , sound gone, pulseaudio killed and not restarted, etc :slight_smile:

#182

Thanks for sharing your experiences: To conclude your post for myself:

upgrade to 4.6 if:

if you are ok with new owner’s terms of service

(which I haven’t forwarded to my legal team to assess yet.)

if you have a specific fix or feature in mind that would make it worth

(I did not see a must have in the release notes - still waiting for Jollyboyz to implement a paid feature: integrated secure communication hub with clients for SIP, XMPP, all your modern video call clients, only for clients in free countries of course, hehe)

if a tester actually confirms the fix / feature to work without introducing new annoyances like battery draining faster

(not saying this is the case as you state but historically in 2024 this is to be expected over smart device industry )

if you have a data backup and/or backup device.

(I have a Xperia X and N900 which I would be happy to be stuck with)

#183

I updated a JollaC, XperiaX and XA2 to 4.6.0.13 without any major disasters.
Jolla E-Mail is now causing me problems.
I have an IMAP account for Arcor (now part of Vodafone).
The good thing is that there are no more synchronization errors.
The bad thing is that E-Mail often doesn’t finish synchronizing.
Even if all the preview lines are displayed, it shows “updating…” in the program and cover.
In this state, you can’t move or delete emails using the context menu. The actions appear to be carried out in the UI but not on the server. Sending newly created emails doesn’t work either.
Sometimes it helps to close the email program and restart it. In the background, the status “updating…” is probably still set somewhere, so that when you start it again, “updating…” is often displayed again. If you want to view and update folders other than the inbox, you have no chance.
Another problem in this context is that when you switch folders and from mail to list view, synchronization starts immediately, even if you have set the “Synchronization rhythm” to “Off” in the account.
For “Synchronized folders” I selected “Inbox only”. To be on the safe side,
I also switched to “Custom” and deselected all folders there and then set it back to “Inbox only”.
In this sense, I would rather have these synchronization errors (timeouts) again ;-).
I have also already deactivated and reactivated the account and also deleted and created a new one, none of this has improved things. I have also deleted the contents of tmp and mail in the .qmf folder.

Does anyone else have problems like this with Jolla E-Mail or am I the only one?

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#184

Hi @vige , when the SDK targets matching 4.6 will be available? I would like to release app updates compiled with C++20, but there is just Early Access variant of 4.6.0.11 build target, that should no be used for public releases on Harbour…

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#185

I asked the same question twice (e.g. here) in the past 60 days. Never got an answer.

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#186

Usually it does not matter which point release of a release x.y.z one builds against: On API- and ABI-level they are identical.

E.g. even if a library is fixed (rarely), it is just another patch-level or at most a different point release of that library, which is API-compatible to other point releases of lib-x.y.z.

#187

It would be better to ask that kind of questions from @rainemak. Even better would be asking in Community meeting on 22nd Aug 2024.

I’d say that the EA target can be used just fine for Harbour releases.

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#188

I have seen this behavior often, this is so since years.

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#189

Another problem in this context is that when you switch folders and from mail to list view, synchronization starts immediately, even if you have set the “Synchronization rhythm” to “Off” in the account.

That’s “by design”. It was decided some years ago that when viewing a folder, it should be at the same state than the server one, to avoid confusion. @pvuorela, you may remember our discussion on the matter at that time.

The bad thing is that E-Mail often doesn’t finish synchronizing.

Yes, I’ve seen this behaviour also, and it’s not “by design” ; -) I can’t reproduce it when I want to debug it properly though. But I didn’t give up and I’ll try to fix it one day.

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#190

@dcaliste
Thanks for your feedback. Have there been any changes to the code recently to prevent timeouts during synchronization? Because they haven’t occurred since 4.6.0.1…

#191

Does restoring a backup from the memory card still work for you?
For me, the progress bar always stops at “Restoring accounts”.
There is no error message in the LOG. It is a backup of an XperiaX that is to be imported onto an XA2.
This has already been done successfully in the past. I have created the symlink for defaultuser vs. nemo.
I noticed that a backup from June was 1.6GB and one from today is 2.2GB.
But the one from June cannot currently be restored either.

#192

Hello I’m running Sailfish OS version 4.5.0.24 (Struven ketju) on a Xperia 10 II (xqau51 / xqau51). I tried to update to version Sauna 4.6.0.13 yesterday. These are the steps I followed:

1.- Even tough Sauna version 4.6.0.15 is already available the GUI only offered me to update to version 4.6.0.13.

2.- While downloading the update (~1 GB) the message “Uninstall the following before proceeding with the Sailfish OS update” was displayed along with a unusually long list of packages.

3.- In the meantime I uninstalled a couple of the applications that were installed using Chum GUI but I couldn’t uninstall opt kf5 kfbase and opt kf5 kfbase common, so I did so using zypper.

4.- The download was completed.

5.- I ran the ‘ssu status’ command and got this result: Release: 4.6.0.13

6.- Using the command ‘devel-su ssu re 4.5.0.24’ I changed the release back to 4.5.0.24.

7.- I deleted the update using the following commands:

cd $HOME
devel-su
pkill  store-client
rm -r /home/.pk-zypp-dist-upgrade-cache/*
rm -r ./.cache/sailfish-osupdateservice/os-info

8.- I restarted the phone, checked for OS updates and GUI offered me to update to version 4.6.0.13 again.

9.- I downloaded the update one more time. This time the message “Uninstall the following before proceeding with the Sailfish OS update” didn’t appear.

10.- Once the download was completed and I selected ‘Install’.

11.- The device restarted then I typed the security code and a horizontal progress bar briefly appeared followed by the message ‘Unable to update Sailfish OS at this point’.

12.- I restarted the device and checked for OS updates. Now a 1 MB update to Sauna 4.6.0.13 is offered. The device appears to be working as usual.

Any suggestions are welcome. Thank you so much!

#193

Try using the sfos-upgrade (openrepos) script. It always helped me in similar cases.

#194

Try installing that first: This seems to be the easiest route by far.

#195

You cannot proceed from 4.5.0.24 to 4.6 because there is a later 4.5 release, namely 4.5.0.25 which is a Stop Release. You must first upgrade to 4.5.0.25 and only then to 4.6.0.15.

If everything is right on the phone, the GUI should guide you through the update chain.

#196

What is the difference between 4.5.0.24 and 4.5.0.25?

#197

Why don’t you just check the changelog/release notes, or search?
https://forum.sailfishos.org/uploads/short-url/ctwwepKOiBJhQvBwRXOAIXNawyU.txt

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#198

I have accepted the new EULA via computer in the Jolla account and after this my phones never asked for confirming the new EULA any more.

#199

Today I purchased Xperia 10v, and installed the 4.6.0.15 release, but now getting some issues with it. would it possible to obtain the image for this release (4.6.0.13) here?

#200

It is the End User Licence Agreement (EULA). Read about it here, please:

OS release 4.6.0.13 does not contain any image for Xperia 10 V.

What kind of issues did you see with 4.6.0.15, in addition to those listed here: [Release notes] Sauna 4.6.0.15?

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