Sailfish OS 4.4.0.68 release5 is now ready. Installation and update instructions can be found at Adaptations/libhybris/Install SailfishOS for fp2 - Mer Wiki (use version 4.4.0.72 instead of the version mentioned in the instructions).
Note that updating to this release is required before updating to the next release. If you are updating from a release older than 4.3.0.15 read the instructions carefully to see which intermediate updates are needed. Latest image can be found here. Highlights of the new release:
Updated to Sailfish OS 4.4.0.68
Based on Android 6 (18.04 release)
Camera configuration files are no longer used, please report any issues with cameras
How well does SFOS actually work on the FP2?
I have a Jolla 1 at home (what a beautiful phone!), and itâs basically unusable. Itâs excruciatingly slow and many websites donât even work.
I have been using FP2 as my main phone for years now and I have been happy with it. Maybe some others here can provide less biased opinions how well it works.
I use it as my only phone and I am happy with it. Performance is low, some website cause issues but overall I get done what I need to. Keeping it up-to-date once @mal provides an update seems crucial though, so youâd definitely sign up for a quite a bus factor.
I like SFOS the best of all operating systems I tried so far, it always feels like âhomeâ. But I need to be able to buy tickets via Deutsche Bahn and the like.
And as I see it, SFOS is not in the pipeline for FP3 or even FP4âŚ
But sorry, this is getting off topic, Iâll leave here now
I did just start building the FP3 again and will also try FP4 porting hopefully soon (so far I have only used Sailfish OS on FP4 for mainline kernel testing).
I have been able to buy DB tickets from my FP2 via SFOS most of the time since I got it. The main issue seems to be that the SFOS browser is usually quite outdated and not considered by big tech, so youâll have solve Googleâs Captchas when logging in to prove youâre not a robot for not using Chrome and might run into a âToo many requestsâ error when Cloudflares DDOS-protection agressively filters uncommon browsers. This has happend to me even from my desktop Linux computer though using ânicheâ browser like qutebrowser and is neither specific to the FP2 nor to SFOS.
There is now Sailfish OS 4.4.0.72 available in the repos, please update to it. Main improvements in it are some browser related fixes and OAuth2 support for Microsoft Exchange accounts which is now required if you need such accounts, more information at [Release notes] Vanha Rauma 4.4.0.72 - Announcements - Sailfish OS Forum. I will update the release image soon.
Iâm still struggling with a battery thatâs dead within 24 hours, recently i was testing with the connmanctl command and found that the command conmanctl technologies lists my GPS as âPowered = Trueâ, even when âLocationâ in the GUI is switched off and no app is using GPS.
If this statement from connmanctl is true that could explain why my battery drains and we canât find anything on the software side. Is it normal for connmanctl to report the GPS as powered? And if not, how do i change it?
@juri.gagarin.ii apart from the battery drain issue iâm having (which seems to be specific to my device) SFOS is my favorite mobile os. There is no Apple/Google spyware to worry about and is does everything i need
