Long-awaited Sailfish OS 2.1.3.7 alpha5 release is now ready. Installation and update instructions can be found at Adaptations/libhybris/Install SailfishOS for fp2 - Mer Wiki . Highlights of the new release: Updated to Sailfish OS 2.1.3.7 First release based on Android 6 (18.02 release) Support for…

Whoop. Even though I’m happily Xperia X-ing, tonight I blew the dust off my FP2 and flashed it to 2.1.3.7 as instructed above. After system.img flash, successful boot! Tyvm @mal IF YOU GET CAMERA TEST SCREEN, MAKE SURE YOU FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS To solve the issue remove /etc/droid-cameradetect-mod…

For camera issues check the other topic linked above. Some people have had some conflicting packages from openrepos causing issues with video playback and camera.

Check that /etc/dconf/db/vendor.d/jolla-camera-hw.txt contains normal looking resolutions for both cameras.

If you have new camera modules then follow the instructions in installation instruction and try to recreate the configs.

I do have a threadworthy question too, though: how do I “factory reset” this Sailfish FP2? Running the Reset routine from Settings just reboots the device back, with nothing deleted. Your thoughts @mal ?

There is not proper factory reset for community ports currently. If you want to start from the beginning just take a backup of what you want and install Sailfish OS again via recovery using the installation zip.

@mal would you consider adding FP2 Sailfish splash screen flashing instructions from https://github.com/WeAreFairphone/splash-imgs/releases It’s super simple to do and so worth it. [image]

I have planned on creating some Sailfish related splash screen(s) before next release.

OK. And last question for the evening, what’s the latest on the community ports Android layer technology front? Is there any real hope of something usable yet? While Sailfish3 promises an e-mail client overhaul, there are still a list of useful Android apps.

The biggest issue with the community android support for FP2 Sailfish OS is the old kernel, based on my research 3.4 kernel would require backporting of approximately 30-40 patches from a newer kernel version. Not sure how easy that would be, maybe I’ll try it at some point. In general the current c…