How will you get Jolla Sailfish onto the Fairphone 2?

weeeeell,
I have to say i like the look and feel.
However, what bothers me is:

  • Not knowing if apps I install are open source or not
  • Not knowing what data an app can access (contacts ? location ? anything ?)
  • Not finding a good gps maps app
  • having the default mail app not rendering responsive emails correctly, forcing to zoom in and ou manually
  • Not finding how to select text of a page to copy paste in the default browser
  • Having found only 1 torchlight app after seeing its not a built-in option, and it does not work

To be honest, I don’t think you can say the phone is not limited without android support… hope it will come soon ! The system and UI feel worth it.

edit:when clicking on the “where am i” link, it says something about a missing sailfish os maps package; anyone knows anything ? am i missing a default maps app ?

Hi there,

I just installed Sailfish OS on my FP2. Everything works well, but I got just 2G network (vodafone Germany).

Any ideas?

1 day later: I searched for a solution in internet and what I found is: the network mode depends on the quality of the network (see e.g. https://together.jolla.com/question/55302/issue-with-vertical-handover-3g-4g-while-an-app-is-running/?sort=votes&page=1#55409).

The network mode setting on my FP2 was ‘Prefer 3G’. There was no option 4G. But after I typed the following command in the terminal:
dbus-send --system --print-reply --dest=org.ofono /ril_0 org.ofono.RadioSettings.SetProperty string:“TechnologyPreference” variant:string:"lte"
I got 4G :slight_smile:
But please be aware by doing that. Maybe there is a reason, why the 4G option wasn’t included…

Hi, first ensure you have the correct settings for your provider:

  1. Settings > System settings > Mobile network > Tap and hold on the provider name > Edit
  2. Check that your APN (2nd line) is web.vodafone.de. If not, edit that in there
  3. If your provider requires login, add those lines as well
  4. Flick to left with your finger (anywhere on the screen) to accept
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Most are, but of course not all. Usually there’s a github link for the open source ones somewhere in the description.

There is no native app permission framework, all apps can access everything.

The Jolla maps app is proprietary licenced from HERE Maps and isn’t included in community ports, othewise there is Maep, Poor Maps, and Modrana are on offer from the community.

You’re all welcome to join us on together.jolla.com and suggest things you think are missing, but do use the search function as most obvious things have been raised already.

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Does it on FP2?
This is significant to me, because on my FP1 I never experienced any crash for the last two years…

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Some people reported that kind of issues, I never had crashes on my FP2 with the standard android it is shipped with in now almost 4 months.

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I wouldn’t be overly worried, Fairphone are working diligently on a fix and as mentioned above it doesn’t affect everyone.