Serval Mesh Version 0.90.1

Version 0.90.1 of the Serval Mesh app for Android was released on February 4, 2013, to correct some serious issues in release 0.90 “Shiny”.

The source code is held at the Batphone tag 0.90.1 at GitHub. See also the following GitHub links:

Fixed Serval-DNA issue #43 – crash on start with French error message on HTC Desire HD CyanogenMod
Fixed Batphone issue #67 – crash opening Messages screen under CyanogenMod 10
Fixed various other crashes, UI freezes and network congestion issues – see Release Notes - What's new since 0.90
In addition to Serval 0.90 Milestones

Rhizome may consume all of your SD card space
Rhizome transfers may degrade call quality during calls
MeshMS message bundles grow without limit
Issues of scalability have not been addressed
Multi-hop communications have not been thoroughly tested
No echo cancellation during voice calls
Voice codec is not bandwidth efficient
Joining an Ad-Hoc mesh network requires root permission
Joining an Ad-Hoc mesh network is not possible on some Android platforms
Some android platforms will not be usable even on Wi-Fi, or may drop off the network when the screen is turned off
No authentication process to verify the identities of other people on the network
Broadcast MeshMS is experimental and may be deprecated
Phone number lookup on the peer list is not concurrent
Batphone issue #76 – no “ringing” or “hangup” sounds from VoMP
Batphone issue #68 – crash when other party hangs up during high network latency or congestion
Batphone issue #70 – crash adding contact from peer list
Batphone issue #71 – crash opening peer list on Samsung Galaxy S CyanogenMod 10 nightly build
Batphone issue #72 – Rhizome fetch retries worsen network congestion
Batphone issue #73 – does not restore user's personal hotspot ESSID after changing it to “mesh.servalproject.org”
Batphone issue #75 – incoming message notification sound changed by WhatsApp on Samsung Galaxy Ace CyanogenMod 7