Our official change log for this release (found here) says:
- Android 1.6 (Donut) support
- Fixed bug (for cause #2) where phone sometimes locks on restart for some users, even though SIM is not changed
- Fixed number verification problem during registration
- Fixed bug where remote location command did not send location information to the server if HTTP was not available
- Enhanced buddy number validation checks. App doesn't accept special characters such as -,(,)
- Various other enhancements
The critical bugs that were fixed were:
Phone sometimes locks on restart for some users, even though SIM is not change. This was causing a lot of irritation for users (and for their buddies too) because WaveSecure was detecting a false positive SIM Change and sending out SMSs to their buddies. We finally found the cause (there were 2 causes - one of them we had fixed in an earlier update); which is why Cause #2 was fixed with this update.
Phone number wasn't getting verified during registration for some users (especially Sprint users). Our phone number verification process involves asking you to enter your phone number, sending a SMS text to that number (which is your phone) and then comparing the 'from' number in the verification text to the phone number you entered. This problem occured because we were trying to do an exact match between the two. While the number entered during registration is in the nice, full international format that we expect (+1650999999), the 'from' number in the text received is not, which was causing the problem. This has been fixed and users should not face these issues any more.
Technically, the phone number verification issue was one of the things that was stopping us from claiming full support for users on CDMA networks such as Sprint. Now that we have this issue out of the way, our beta users on Sprint will at least be able to register and this will unearth more issues. We have yet to test extensively and it will be some time before we announce full CDMA support.
Thanks to our beta users who have helped us debug these problems. If you are ever in sunny Singapore, drop us a line and we will buy you a beer at this place. It is right next to our office and owned by a mean looking biker dude (and a not-so-mean looking woman)
