Version History
Here you can find the changelog of PhoneCopy since it was posted on our website on 2016-09-30.
The latest version is 5.5 and it was updated on soft112.com on 19 April, 2024.
See below the changes in each version:
version 5.5
posted on 2022-08-22
Aug 22, 2022 Version 5.5
* App localized to French.
version 5.2
posted on 2022-04-27
Apr 27, 2022 Version 5.2
* The app guide opens automatically after the user has deleted the device / account on the web.
* Enhanced scanning of QR codes in the app.
* Added ability to reload sign-on QR code (because it has short validity).
* Updated translations.
- Purged all unused translations.
- Longer translations split into sentences (better reuse).
- Translated sentence and paragraph separators.
- Fixed several errors in translations.
version 5.1
posted on 2022-01-31
Jan 31, 2022 Version 5.1
* Fixed several bugs on a locked media device.
- Use special API override to access info about locked media device when it is safe to do so.
- Fixed resolving of a locked media device during start of a media sync.
* Slightly updated app guide.
- The guide is automatically restarted when there is a specific HTTP error during sign on / registration (401, 403 or 404).
- Show exact error message to the user for all other errors.
version 5.0
posted on 2021-08-25
Aug 25, 2021 Version 5.0
* Added ability to Sign On With Apple.
* New design of the main screen with tiles and media bar chart.
* New screen with details about your unsynchronized changes (for each type).
- Opens after tapping a tile on the main screen.
* New screen with details about media storage on your PhoneCopy account.
- Opens after tapping the media bar chart on the main screen.
* Increased media-storage capacity of FREE account from 10 MB to 1 GB.
* Enhanced contact sync.
- Added ability to successfully finish synchronization even though some contacts cannot be saved to device.
- The server is notified about these failures and will resend all affected contacts next time.
* Enhanced media sync.
- Assets stored on your iCloud are now also synchronized.
- This feature is disabled during auto sync to save time.
* Slightly updated welcome page of the guide.
- It now informs you about necessity to perform the setup after some change in your iOS (e.g. reset of app permissions).
* Fixed a bug in the registration form.
- The form could not be submitted when the captcha is required.
version 4.13
posted on 2021-02-23
Feb 23, 2021 Version 4.13
* Fixed a bug in the error message about invalid contacts during a sync.
- Name of the contact property causing this error was never shown.
version 4.12
posted on 2021-02-22
Feb 22, 2021 Version 4.12
* Subscription info screen always shows accurate info about your current subscription.
- Including next payment, planned subscription change and your credit balance.
version 4.11
posted on 2021-02-08
Feb 8, 2021 Version 4.11
* Added push notification with redirect action.
- It is a remote text notification that can open an URL in Safari.
* Added push notification with synchronize action.
- It is a remote text notification that can perform a sync.
* Inform the user about a contact that caused sync failure.
- This can happen while saving changes to the device because some contact cannot be stored.
* Slightly better synchronization log.
- Added info about default account (source) for contacts.
version 4.10
posted on 2020-10-29
Oct 29, 2020 Version 4.10
* Fixed crash during app launch on the latest iPhones / iPads.
version 4.9
posted on 2020-08-31
Aug 31, 2020 Version 4.9
* Updated and fixed some translations.
version 4.8
posted on 2020-08-27
Aug 27, 2020 Version 4.8
* Use shorter title of the button for sign-on with QR code.
- But only on the smallest devices such as iPhone 5s and SE.
* Updated internals of contact sync.
- Send final ack to the server only after successful commit of the changes to the device.
* Sync log can contain info about invalid contacts.
- This can happen when the synchronization fails during commit of the changes to the device.
version 4.6
posted on 2020-08-05
Aug 5, 2020 Version 4.6
* Fixed app crash during launch on the latest iPads.
version 4.5
posted on 2020-07-17
Jul 17, 2020 Version 4.5
* Fixed a bug during the app start after the reset of system permissions.
version 4.4
posted on 2020-05-28
May 28, 2020 Version 4.4
* Fixed app crash during launch on new iPhone SE.
version 4.3
posted on 2020-05-19
May 19, 2020 Version 4.3
* Better-looking main screen.
- Do not show PREMIUM logo when the subscription has a payment issue.
- All errors & warnings are bigger and displayed in the remaining vertical space below the table with unsynchronized changes which is also bigger.
- The table is not shown on the smallest display (e.g. iPhone SE) when there is also an error.
* Better-looking info screen at the end of a synchronization.
- Scrollable content.
- Bigger warnings at the top shown together.
- Slightly bigger info table.
- Bigger spacing.
* Better-looking screen with issue details.
- Scrollable content.
- Bigger warnings at the top.
- Slightly bigger overlimits table.
- Bigger spacing.
* Slightly faster auto sync of media.
- Do not even attempt to upload media assets already marked as ignored.
- But only during auto sync.
* Fixed footnote visibility on the About screen.
- The footnote was not fully visible on iPhone X.
=> Moved it above the button Contact us (on all devices).
* Fixed UI glitch of taller buttons on several screens.
version 4.2
posted on 2020-04-15
15 Apr 2020 Version 4.2
* Enhanced auto sync.
- Auto sync is triggered via silent push notification sent from the server.
- However delivery of silent push notifications is not guaranteed.
=> Added scheduling of additional periodic wake-up notification every 4 hours.
=> Added scheduling of additional periodic & textual wake-up notification every 2 days.
- These periodic notifications are rescheduled (postponed) as long as the regular (nonperiodic) push notification is being delivered to the app.
=> Periodic wake-up notifications are sent by the server automatically so one of them should be delivered to the app eventually and resume auto sync.
=> Textual wake-up notification serves as a last resort to resume auto sync because it has the highest priority.
- However all 12 silent notifications would have to get lost in order for the user to see it.
* Fixed various UI glitches in dark mode.
- The app does not have its own dark theme but some components were adapting to it automatically.
* Fixed wrong height of the top bar on some models of iPhone X, iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus.
version 4.2
posted on 2020-04-15
Apr 15, 2020 Version 4.2
* Enhanced auto sync.
- Auto sync is triggered via silent push notification sent from the server.
- However delivery of silent push notifications is not guaranteed.
=> Added scheduling of additional periodic wake-up notification every 4 hours.
=> Added scheduling of additional periodic & textual wake-up notification every 2 days.
- These periodic notifications are rescheduled (postponed) as long as the regular (nonperiodic) push notification is being delivered to the app.
=> Periodic wake-up notifications are sent by the server automatically so one of them should be delivered to the app eventually and resume auto sync.
=> Textual wake-up notification serves as a last resort to resume auto sync because it has the highest priority.
- However all 12 silent notifications would have to get lost in order for the user to see it.
* Fixed various UI glitches in dark mode.
- The app does not have its own dark theme but some components were adapting to it automatically.
* Fixed wrong height of the top bar on some models of iPhone X, iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus.
version 4.1
posted on 2020-03-19
Mar 19, 2020 Version 4.1
* Added new screenshots and preview videos.
* Fixed indefinite hang of a request to fetch products from AppStore.
- Report an error to the user instead.
* Fixed indefinite hang of the app background refresh.
- Caused when the system does not call any callback during registration of push notifications.
version 4.0
posted on 2020-03-11
Mar 11, 2020 Version 4.0
* Access to Photos is no longer mandatory.
- Media sync is completely disabled when you deny it.
* Completely rewritten auto sync.
- The app no longer requires access to your location.
- Auto sync is triggered periodically via a silent push notification instead.
- You can specify whether auto sync can be performed only on a wi-fi connection or anywhere.
* Added complete info about PREMIUM before buy.
* Added a note when the app performs unintended slow sync of contacts.
- This can happen when the previous synchronization attempt has failed or has not finished.
* Better app refresh in the background.
- Prefer auto sync.
- I.e. perform basic refresh only when previous auto-sync attempt was successful.
* Send new diagnostics to the server periodically.
- Added the current battery level in percent.
- Added the current battery charging state.
- Added background refresh status (whether it is available or not).
* Fixed wrong height of the system status bar on newer devices.
* Eliminated race conditions during app launch.
* Fixed a bug that prevented the user from completing the guide.
* Fixed a bug that could cause a failure of a valid payment transaction.
* Enhanced diagnostics of payment transactions.
version 3.8
posted on 2020-02-17
Feb 17, 2020 Version 3.8
* Make sure auto sync is (eventually) performed when the user starts monitoring the current location.
- Or when she enables auto sync in a location that is already monitored.
* Fixed issues with auto sync on some devices.
- Turns out the system kills the app too soon.
=> Split background work to two parts.
- One performs just the basic refresh.
- The other attempts auto sync.
- The app performs only one of those when the system starts it in background.
* Fixed (potential) race conditions during app startup.
* Added support for remote logging of app activity.
- Already helped us fix several issues.
* Simplified internals of app-notification scheduling.
version 2.6.0
posted on 2010-07-25
version 4.9
posted on 1970-01-01
2020年8月31日 Version 4.9
* Updated and fixed some translations.
version 4.2
posted on 1970-01-01
15 de Abr de 2020 Version 4.2
* Enhanced auto sync.
- Auto sync is triggered via silent push notification sent from the server.
- However delivery of silent push notifications is not guaranteed.
=> Added scheduling of additional periodic wake-up notification every 4 hours.
=> Added scheduling of additional periodic & textual wake-up notification every 2 days.
- These periodic notifications are rescheduled (postponed) as long as the regular (nonperiodic) push notification is being delivered to the app.
=> Periodic wake-up notifications are sent by the server automatically so one of them should be delivered to the app eventually and resume auto sync.
=> Textual wake-up notification serves as a last resort to resume auto sync because it has the highest priority.
- However all 12 silent notifications would have to get lost in order for the user to see it.
* Fixed various UI glitches in dark mode.
- The app does not have its own dark theme but some components were adapting to it automatically.
* Fixed wrong height of the top bar on some models of iPhone X, iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus.
version 4.10
posted on 1970-01-01
29 okt. 2020 Version 4.10
* Fixed crash during app launch on the latest iPhones / iPads.
