Hello SailfishOS fans, @mal released the first (alpha1) SailfishOS version for Fairphone4 and Fairphone5 (see here).
Because he always is very busy i will copy the release info here:
Sailfish OS 4.6.0.15 for Fairphone 4 and 5 is now available at Index of /images/ . These are fastboot flashable images with home encryption enabled. It is recommended to upgrade Android to latest version first to get latest firmware fixes and boot to Android once and test all hardware features especially mobile data and fingerprint support to make sure everything works before flashing Sailfish OS.
Also the older already existing port for Fairphone 2 is available in the same location.
Known issues
Fairphone 5
Video recording in camera
Hardware video codecs (apps playing videos freeze, I will try to find a way to disable hw codecs until I figure out why this happens)
USB connections to computer not working with some USB ports, if devices seems to go into connect/disconnect loop try another USB port
eSIM not supported
Fairphone 4
Video recording in camera
Bluetooth has some issues after boot (mostly with audio related bluetooth devices), restarting bluetooth service via Settings->Utilities should fix the issues
eSIM not supported
Fairphone 2
Camera app hangs after first video recording after boot, recording is stored though
As always mal released a very well working version and i can use my Fairphone4 as daily driver (not requiring android apps ).
If anyone have an info to the above (or potential new) problems feel free to post it here or at the SailfishOS forum.
I briefly tried Sailfish on a Fairphone 2 in 2017 out of curiosity.
It was usable and the consistent gesture UI was very interesting at the time, but as it was a community port it was missing Android App compatibility, and the home screen was not very customisable back then (don’t know about now).
As @Coke2625 describes - SailfishOS for the Fairphones 2,4 and 5 are all community ports.
They did not have android support (may be waydroid will work sooner or later).
On FP4 there could be a problem with SMS depending on the provider you have.
On FP5 there is a problem with wlan if WPA2 and WPA3 is enabled as the FritzBox have it per default.
All other apps i need work well except Whisperfish (a signal client build by the community). This have a connection problem since a few days. It seams that there is a protocoll change/enhancement(?).
Yes, i tried it and use it as a daily driver. For an alpha2 Port it works very good
(like all Releases by @mal )
Meanwhile i updated to the last 5.0.0.68 version.
VoLTE works with additional packge
Web browsing, Email, Telegram over Fernschreiber or Yottagram work,
youtube works with microTube (uTube)
Camera works fine
There are some bugs with codecs, so playing video result in hanging after 1 Sec. of playing. @mal will try to debug this Problem.
Thanks for reminding that the VoLTE package is not installed by default, I should add it to be installed by default since it seems to be working reasonably well.
Same here, we have three FP4 here and using them as only mobile devices - with the restriction not having (and not need) android apps .
There are a few minor problems (e.g. connecting/reconnection bluetooth devices not working without some restarts of the services, and a missing ring tone during phone call connection being established).
But all other Apps and functions wee use works very well .
Just curious which version of Waydroid did you try? I assume there will be manual changes needed anyway based on my earlier investigations, I haven’t yet tried the newest Waydroid version (lineage-20 based).
waydroid show-full-ui
[17:53:29] Failed to get service waydroidplatform, trying again...
[17:53:31] Failed to get service waydroidplatform, trying again...
Following this post I then tried the LineageOS 20 images:
I have a Fairphone 5 and currently on Android 14 but there is an update for Android 15. Is it best to leave on Android 14 or is it ok to upgrade to Android 15 as it does state to upgrade to the latest version but that was as of Dec 2024.
As far as I know it should be ok to update to Android 15. You can always flash back the Android 14 factory image if there are issues but I don’t think there should be.
Thank you Mal for the work you did. Tried the image on the Fairphone 5 and it’s very hard to go back to Android at the moment. At the moment, we kinda have to, in order to have a usable phone.Sadly, Android apps are a must, as a compromise. Any way of getting Waydroid to work? If not, any plans for the future to make it work? If so, how can I help? Regards, Loren
Yes. VoLTE works here in Germany with the provider i use without any problem (missing rington seams a VoLTE specific behavior). SialfishOS version here is 5.0.0.68.
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