[Release notes] Struven ketju 4.5.0.19

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Hi, this is my feedback about the release - It is my first time with Sailfish OS

Installation:

I followed the standard installation procedure but the initial phone conditions were not completely matched: Andorid 12 instead of Android 11 and possibly something other like BSP/driver?

System:

  • Xperia X10 II dual SIM, model XQ-AU52 originally with Andorid 12
  • Sailfish OS Jolla-4.5.0.19 qau52-1.0.0.19
  • AOSP Android 10.0 kernel 4.14 seine
  • Free license

Defects:

  • critical : no SIMs, GPS on, WLAN connected but no position: InfoGPS found 7 satellite 0 lock

  • critical : SIM in routing, network manual selection is slow and often back to search

  • annoying : automatic timezone does not work even with internet connection and GPS on

  • annoying : Xperia 10 II mobile data does not work in 2G and 3G networks on SIM2 which is a known issue¹ but it works for me on a Xperia 10 II with 4.5.0.19 (customisations: my ofono is allowed to load the qmi plug-in which by default is disabled + the network on the SIM2 is set manually).

  • function: InfoGPS installed among other default applications for GPS testing at first installation

  • aesthetic: SIM renaming and signal strenght bar are missing in “Mobile Network(s)” config menu

  • aesthetic: in Settings:Apps page, every icon should be added a subscript-i for info²

    The GPS failure can influence the timezone as well and without a position, Finland as default?

Software:

Suggestions:

  • Fixing the critical issues in same order listed above
  • Offer a try-and-buy-or-reset license

The try-and-buy-or-reset license would last e.g. 30gg [30days] and it might be free or cost €5. It let the user to try the Sailfish OS full license features and then decide to pay in full the license fee (€49 - €5) or having the phone reset to the free license or better locked than reset like a ransomware but legal.

Personally, I would buy it just to see if there is some way (upgrade, patch) that fixes or improve considerably the performance about the 2 first critical issues. I hope that 2 issues (GPS cannot lock satellites, routing manual network) are regression, is it right? Uhm, not really recent at least…

Notes:

  • ¹ Known Issues | Sailfish OS Documentation
  • ² despite the topmenu header Apps, System, Accounts is easy to confuse the new users with the apps list from which the applications can be started instead of quieried.

Now I am trying to apply this suggestion hoping that it will fix the GPS problem at reduced privacy counter-balance:

Obviously, downloading data that help to get a faster localisation on the urban/city areas would not solve the problem of not having access to the real GPS.

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