Wrong contact and history details in SMS app

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REPRODUCIBILITY: Always
OS VERSION: All
HARDWARE: Xperia X III (probably all others also)
UI LANGUAGE: English
REGRESSION: Nope, been there for years

DESCRIPTION:

The details of the wrong contact are shown in the SMS app if you try sending a message from within the call app and scroll to the history of the contact

PRECONDITIONS:

Have the Call and SMS app open and have an SMS message to any contact open in the SMS app.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE:

  1. Open both Call and SMS apps

  2. In the SMS app just enter a random conversation, we will call this one contact1

  3. In the Call app long click on contact2 and choose “send message”

  4. The SMS window will open and now you swipe to see the contact2 history

EXPECTED RESULT:

The history of contact2 should be displayed

ACTUAL RESULT:

The history of contact1 is displayed

MODIFICATIONS:

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

The bug has been there for ages but I never really tried to reproduce it. I learned to get out of the message and back in to see the actual contact history.

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I cannot reproduce using your particular set of instructions. However, I have to report the reciprocal/complementary bug, which possibly has same origin. I have it for years as well, initially on my XA2.

(Names made up, but I need real names.)

  • open SMS App, start typing a message to Contact 1 (Bob)
  • open the the phone App, find Contact 2 (Jane), long press, Send message. It opens Jane’s SMS message
  • Press the top line (with the half circle and profile icon ◗ Jane :bust_in_silhouette:) of the window with Jane’s SMS.
    Expected result: should go back to something related to Jane
    Actual results: opens Contact 1 Bob’s contact page, ready to call Bob (while I expected Jane)

At this step it already happened to me that I called the wrong person.

Bonus: swipe to minimize the window, which is currently open in Bob’s page.
Expected results: something connected to Bob
Result: The SMS app is minimized and displays Jane’s SMS. If clicking on it (Jane’s SMS), it opens Bob’s contact page again.

Now that I know I am not the only one, I am even more confused how Jolla engineers haven’t come across it in their daily usage. It’s real and it’s serious. It can lead to communicating with the wrong person. This can have real-life consequences.

Edit: corrected the icon, the SMS page has a person profile not the star.

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