[Release notes] Verla 4.2.0

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#195

Email.

I’m not impressed*.

It appears the upgrade process dropped the email cache, and reverted server passwords to ‘default’. I have a lot of emails, and having to scroll to the bottom of the screen and select ‘Get more emails’ to get them back on-device is a big chore**. And it looks like the read/unread flags have gone, so all the emails downloaded (again) show as unread.

*Don’t get me wrong. I a BIG fan of SailfishOS and Jolla, so I hope my feedback helps to improve things for everyone in future.

**Would be nice to have a ‘download all emails option’ or ‘download emails’ where ‘n’ can be varied by the user. And while I’m at it, having collapsible folders in the folder view would be useful.

Edit to add: turns out I was wrong about the unread flag. Ii just turned out the most recent emails in my inbox were all unread. Spending too long on upgrading the phone, I guess.

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#196

Downloading the whole inbox sounds like a nice feature to have. Could you create a bug report for it?

Before you re-enter all the passwords, give the device another reboot first.

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#197

Don’t worry, 20 minutes is in the normal range. Before an hour of no proceeding, i suggest to simply wait and do nothing.

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#198

Sorry, too late. I did do a full power-off restart before entering the correct passwords.

However, it could be that the restore from backup to try and solve the missing avatars in the People app issue mucked things up.

With regard to creating a bug for the requested inbox feature, I will: but not immediately as I have to do all the stuff I put on hold to upgrade the phone (smile). I would recommend having a ‘download further emails’ feature, rather than just the whole inbox, as some inboxes are rather large. I just checked on my desktop PC, and the IMAP folder is 2.2 GB in size. It is not unusual for me to need to go back more than 5 years to find stuff relevant to what I am doing today.

#200

Restoring a backup which contains accounts clears all saved passwords, this is by design.

When I quick-scrolled to the end of my inbox, in the bottom pull-up menu there’s an option to get more messages. Is that not what you meant?

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#201

My install got stuck for about 2 hours (the progress bar looked to be at 100%). I got a little impatient and just restarted the device. it booted successfully and it looks like I have 4.2 now installed.

Is there anything I should check or is there any way to find out if my system is actually completely updated?

Ps. i restarted because i thought my phone was bricked and i need to reflash

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#202

this is where I am, it is now three hours later and my phones progress bar for the flashing is still stuck at/near 100%.

seems like you faced a similar situation and emerged unscathed, so I might as well restart mine too with fingers crossed… not like I can leave it there forever!

[update] is there a key combo to force a reset on an XA2 Plus, because it doesn’t seem to respond to the power button alone right now…?

#203

Well i have a XA2 Ultra but for me power + volume up + volume down worked.
i hope everything works for you!

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#204

Yes, that worked, cheers. And the phone did indeed boot fine into v4.2.

Jolla, i’d prefer not to experience a frozen flash process on a generic version upgrade… :smiley:

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#205

Re: upgrade process apparently frozen at 100%, but works fine if you force a reboot.

While Simerax and I both experienced this on our XA2 based phones (ultra and plus respectively), the upgrade process completed normally on my Xperia X.

#206

Re: clearing password on account restoral: OK, makes sense.
Re: Pull up menu to get more messages - yes, it only loads a small number of additional messages. Would like option to specify how many more (or a range back to a date, whichever is easiest). Having an option to download the entire Inbox would be dangerous, as very large Inboxes (like mine) could cause an unhelpful user experience.

#207

Me too. Very annoying. Luckily I work around it (it seems) by reimporting all.vcf from backup just before the upgrade to restore them.

#208

While charging I do not use the phone, so the experience I got is from normal use. Sometimes it seems to work some other times it’s impossible to do edge swipe. I cannot remember it was so difficult before the last update, or that’s my impression.

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#209

I actually suggested a possibility to download all e-mails at once at a community meeting. It was rejected for reasons so insignificant I don’t even remember them (it’s all in the logs). But the suggestion makes perfect sense. Any sensible person knows not to only rely on unknown remote people to store his correspondence. Having a copy is always useful, for so many reasons listing them here would divert the discussion. Thunderbird can do it and so can Sailfish - please add it.

#210

I had officially requested a feature too. So long ago I had forgotten, this is how ignored it was. Anyone who would like the ability to download all of your e-mails, please add your vote.

#211

Have you tried TJC article? I have now 10 GB system partition in Xp10.
In XpX I had also increased the partition size, but I reset it to factory settings, and that restored the partition size to the original small one. And my windows lap top doesn’t recognize XpX anymore, when I use try to resize it (fastboot boot hybris-recovery.img). It’s just “waiting for any device”.:frowning:

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#212

does anyone can share verla wallpaper?

Blog_Verla_1024-100
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i love this wallpaper but need 4K version

thanks for your informartion

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#213

From TJC: Sailfish OS Update Background Image Path? - together.jolla.com

For the current version of your device;
/usr/share/store-client/graphics
For older versions, ‘Google Images’ I guess.

Haven’t looked, so the path may have changed during the years/releases.

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#214

HI Mr. Raketti

thanks for your reply, i will check that directory
GOD bless
have a nice day

Regards

#215

I would also expect that, but I have (hopefully not so cheap) Motorola charger with Quick charge, from which my XA2 Ultra does not draw any power - so there seem to be some underlying issues. (I experienced this for all SFOS releases since 3.3)
Instead of charging I observe quickly repeating reconnections. The problem also does not lie in the cable, I tried the Sony one with that charger.