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That wasn't really what I was surprised of, though. Had the response just been along the lines of "make sure you don't run an internal development version OS" or "can you make sure the phone has the latest consumer firmware on it?", I would have completely understood, as those are both work in progress and obviously private. That would be completely understandable, but of course that really wasn't the response - and he didn't say they want the press running the consumer release, but some specific release.

I was surprised by the controlling attitude when it came to blogger relations, that is true. Maybe I still expected a more easy, more agile approach from Jolla. As said, maybe I shouldn't have been surprised. They do seem to have a very controlled image, part of which is may of course be related to their unwillingness to host certain discussions in public.

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Of course, but it seems common courtesy to tell what is being done to it. Maybe they did in a repair report, but then if so, why not just tell it to those many who asked - isn't TJC for those kinds of interactions. The secrecy seems unnecessary and impolite.

Also, information is important to know whether or not the issue will be fixed for good, or perhaps mended for the time being. Sometimes companies use warranty service to do something to the device, even before a real solution is available (resulting in several visits to the shop). It would be useful for the discerning customer to know more about the likelihood of getting it fixed at that time or perhaps waiting a little longer.

Of course the line has to be drawn somewhere and not all can be pleased. I'm offering the opinion that the line should be drawn a little more towards the transparent. Frankly, quite often it is a common sense thing, really. Reading the TJC thread on the SIM card holder, I do feel the common sense thing would have been to explain something to those who had been waiting for the resolution.

If for example you have been waiting for a delayed flight at the airport, airlines do tell you what was fixed in the plane or why it was delayed, even though you do nothing with that information - certainly much less than you could do with a SIM card holder issue where at least you can stuff some cardboard in there or something. It is common courtesy, it is common sense and it is the right thing to do.

Not explaining anything just leaves a very odd taste in the mouth. But kudos to Philippe for finally offering some information on this.

I agree that they can do better. :) But the SIM card holder example matters exactly because of that. Clearly, for whatever reason, it was an exercise in controlling the information passed out - and that's an area where, in general, I feel Jolla would do themselves a favor by loosening the strings somewhat. It is just example out of several, as has been discussed in the thread. I think some added transparency and "brutal honesty" (as jalyst put it) would resonate better with a larger group of people in this early adopter phase.

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Sure, so goes the common line. In reality, more transparent communications would mostly be at the expense of fluffy tweets, not really any other work.

How long would it take to pen an honest the goodness short, informative update on some topic. Not long, that's for sure. In that SIM card holder case, it probably took them longer - as in more time away from that work you talk of - to formulate how to express themselves without providing an actual explanation.

But more importantly, whenever that lack of comms results later in some PR crisis, that will take time away from more important work. The fk_lx case surely has taken some time away from a lot of people and I think that too could have been handled better by addressing it earlier. I think it would be wise to ratchet up the transparency a little, so that less issues would rise to the crisis map and thus take time away from real work.

Now, I'm not suggesting not paying any attention to how or what is communicated. I'm just following jalyst's suggestion to notch back the fluffy stuff a little and replace it with a little more timely brutal honesty:

http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p...1&postcount=29

I am neither entertained or care at all about myself in this thread. I would like to see Jolla succeed and as part of that I've made the attempt to explain what and why I suggest - and why I found jalyst's suggestion (surely he is a neutral voice in this?) a compelling one.

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No it doesn't.

I had problems with my Nexus 5 recently, I sent it into the shop and they sent the device back refusing to fix it as they said it had water damage (it most certainly did not!). No diagnosis was given - the only option I was given was to refurbish the phone, but that would cost £180!

Same thing happened with Nokia. We all know about the infamous USB port failure issue that plagued the N900/E7. Well, when my N900 packed in, I was forced to accept an E7 and given no choice or reason why. My E7 then failed 1 month after the warranty expired, I went to Nokia care and they told me to piss off.

My experience with Jolla on the otherhand has been very good. While I haven't had a hardware issue, I did have the annoying battery drain issue. I complained (as did others) and it was fixed very quickly. The other issue I had was with Android apps crashing/failing to work, I complained again and the issue while not completely fixed, was certainly improved upon.

My only issue now is with the native browser, which simply isn't as good as Chrome for Android. If that can be improved, then I will have pretty much the device I want.

Overall though, I am happy with the support that Jolla are providing. Compared to other device manufacturers I have purchased from, I have to say it's some of the best support I have had.

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Please use some of your fame to get the copy and paste snowball Rollin...

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You do realize that common courtesy doesn't mean everyone lives up to it? What you just described are two instances far from common courtesy and indeed unfortunate. One would wish we'd get better from the likes of Jolla, especially on the CTO level. Maybe some outsourced repair shop guy in an individual case can be excused easier for not living up to a standard, but a CTO on a site called together.jolla.com could probably be expected to be a little more transparent, together...

As for liquid damage, I have often received photographs of liquid damaged components - and always a report of what has been swapped or repaired - when visiting maintenance shops, Nokia or otherwise. Probably a Jolla SIM card holder repair also puts out some repair report, it would have been nice to get that info beforehand in the relevant TJC thread.

That, of course, is nice to hear.

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Have you tried the Webcat browser? :)

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Just to kind of give a little FOSS perspective to this issue, check out this IRC log:

http://www.merproject.org/logs/%23ne...06-24T20:58:08

I think there certainly is some food for thought there for Jolla. If the FOSS community is voicing this, if some in the consumer perspective (like myself mostly) is voicing this, and even - shudder, horror - fk_lx is voicing this, maybe it is something to think about instead of just laugh off with a GIF or two.

No?

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So what should jolla do and how?

"also it does not help, that jolla essentially has raped the term "open" PR wise like any other corporation has done before. there, I said it out loud."

Haha love this line. Not sure that a fully agree or maybe I do, Ticky question. But I do love the line. Good one.