Holger @schaueho@functional.cafe

Jolla is actively looking for new investors to lower the dependency on the russian telco Rostelekom, which is mostly state owned. I guess with this development, the future of Jolla and hence of SailfishOS doesn't look exactly bright currently.
German article on heise.de: https://www.heise.de/news/Sailfish-OS-Jolla-will-russischen-Investor-loswerden-6528918.html
#jolla #sailfishos

So, I finally gave in and re-installed #sailfishos on my XPeria XA2. Unsurprisingly, everything works again now. Now, I just have to restore my data and lots of applications. But at least, I can play and hear media, Android apps are working and I can finally lock my phone again. sigh

Updated my phone to the latest SailfishOS version and now AlienDavlik apparently doesn't like me anymore. I mean, it's not I rely heavily on any Android apps, but the Corona passport app is rather important. sigh #sailfishos

That Jolla hits profitability after roughly ten years can probably be considered a good sign for the future of #sailfishos. https://techcrunch.com/2021/08/25/jolla-hits-profitability-ahead-of-turning-ten-eyes-growth-beyond-mobile/ #jolla

Wah, Syncthing's web UI is really not usable on a Sony XPeria XA2 with SailfishOS. Hitting buttons mostly does nothing, once you start typing in a field it's near impossible to close the keyboard and of course then the next input fields or buttons below are hidden and not reachable at all. What a disaster of a UI. Not sure if this is mostly the fault of the web UI or of the super-old Gecko engine that Sailfish is using, probably a combination of both.
#sailfishos #syncthing

Given that Whisperfish is only a 0.6 beta release, it's looking like a promising Signal client for #sailfishos.

#sailfishos 3.4 is now available, which is a pretty huge upgrade.

https://blog.jolla.com/sailfish-os-pallas-yllastunturi-is-now-available/

Took a look into determinant, a #matrix client for #sailfishos. It's still in very early stage, e.g. image display is not supported so far and encryption also does not work. But it's a start.

https://openrepos.net/content/r1tschy/determinant

Hah, fixed the #sailfishos doesn't boot issue on my Sony XPeria XA2, with the help of the together forum. I had installed the (adblock) defender app from openrepos and apparently this is causing such problems. The post below explains how to use chroot (and rpm) to remove the app from the recovery mode, which afterwards just boots fine. Yay! \o/ 🧚‍♂️​

https://together.jolla.com/question/217403/defender-app-stops-xperia-10-from-booting/?answer=222140#post-id-222140

After (fast-)booting into recovery mode, it looks like the filesystem has a problem:

/dev/mmcblk0rpmb: read failed after 0 of 4096 at 0: Input/output error
/dev/mmcblk0rpmb: read failed after 0 of 4096 at 4128768: Input/output error
/dev/mmcblk0rpmb: read failed after 0 of 4096 at 4186112: Input/output error
/dev/mmcblk0rpmb: read failed after 0 of 4096 at 4096: Input/output error

So, the only option I have left is to reset the device to factory state and then start over from scratch installing #sailfishos. Sigh

Why FFS does my Sony XPeria XA2 suddenly have an issue booting into #sailfishos ? Grrrrmbl.

Jolla is opening up a new forum (based on discourse) to support all things #sailfishos https://blog.jolla.com/new-forum-for-sailfish-os-discussion/

Now, let's see if #fdroid is working properly this time on #sailfishos ... Yes, it does. Installing Öffi or RiotX is just working. mostly as expected. There is a somewhat weird separate app window shown for the installation, but installation is okay.

So, finally starting the move from Android 9 to SailfishOS on the XPeria XA2. Let's see if this time the device is lasting longer. #sailfishos

I read there are a number of caveats with the new #nextcloud integration in the last #sailfishos update, but what I've tested so far (calendar / contact integration) works so far smoothly for me. Will have to check backup, file and image sharing, though.

@nextcloud

A new update for #sailfishos is available. Good news, I already started to worry that Jolla might be in trouble again in these insecure times.

There are many internal technical changes discussed. The main interesting user visible changes for me is the support of #nextcloud accounts, including backups, calendar and more.

https://blog.jolla.com/sailfish-os-rokua-is-now-available/

Linux-ready, made-in-Germany "Volla Phone" succeeds on Kickstarter
https://tuxphones.com/made-in-germany-linux-ready-volla-phone-kickstarter/
#linux #sailfishos #ubtouch

TIL there is an add on to the Linksbag app for Sailfishos to share links with getpocket. I've wanted this for a very long time. #sailfishos #pocket

Yay, the problem on my SailfishX with Android unable to see the mobile connection is solved : https://together.jolla.com/question/209532/track-down-mobile-data-issue-android-xa2-310/
Turned out to be a provider specific issue (o2). #sailfishos

SailfishX is now out of beta with version 3.1, cool!
https://blog.jolla.com/seitseminen/
#sailfishos