Sailfish OS on Sony Xperia X Compact (community build)
 

Steph Gosling's SailfishOS image for Xperia X Compact is out now.

Also g7 has created a patcher that transforms XperiaX image to be compatible with Xperia X Compact. OTA updates work with the patched image.

Patcher at Github:
https://github.com/g7/sailfishx-patcher-f5321

About the patcher on TJC:
https://together.jolla.com/question/...ria-x-compact/

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Gonna try image soon. Thanks!

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Gyro/accelerometer and proximity sensors do not work too
Volume to low in the Flow ambience

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Original link has now a new image and the sensors work. :)

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I guess it would be nice to keep the important informations in the first message to avoid the mess the Official thread is now.

For example, how to update, what works, what doesn't, etc.

And for the story, I tried "version --dup" to update...and no luck, I had to reflash the phone.

EDIT: Some questions I have for the moment (take this message as post-it note):

• why no twitter / facebook feeds & accounts Answered
• how to keep SFOS updatedAnswered...almost
• how to install mce-tools (double tap to wake the phone, etc) Answered

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How to install mce-tools

Notice you can also set:
...to unlock the phone with a double tap.

Works fine on my XC.

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why no google / twitter / facebook feeds & accounts

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Thanks Romu. :)

Sorry I'm not too keen on keeping track of things in the first message. Most of the stuff in any other community thread usually applies to this port too, as well as actual SailfishX tricks, and reading and adding everything just leads to the first message becoming a badly formed wiki page. Plus probably running out of space eventually...

The threads will be always a mess, and I think that proper wiki would be better for this purpose. :)

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No problem.

How to keep SFOS updated

This is where things get more complicated. This version of SFOS is specific to the X Compact, so every try of OTA update will corrupt the some phone in some way.

So, for updates, we've to wait for new images.

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Alien Dalvik works on the XC. I've just bought Sailfish X to avoid problem, not sure if this will be enough though :rolleyes:

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how to make font size in sailfish browser more bigger?

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So what are the steps to achieve this Romu?

Thanks!

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First you need to get the RPMs. And then install it.

Check TJC ;)

EDIT: But be fair OK. Buy a Sailfish X license.

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You cannot blink an eye... 8|

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Go to about:config and change layout.css.devPixelsPerPx to a desired value. This setting is overwritten every time you open Sailfish Browser with defaults though.

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Yeah that was kinda the question. Can you obtain them by buying the license.?
in the past I've bought the Jolla1 and the tablet, which were both not good enough hardware-wise. So yeah I will always look for the fairest way to get the rpm's to get Sailfish and Alien running on decent hardware. After Jolla i switched to x compact, so I'm super stoked about the community build!

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At least the somewhat legal method I used requires that you have a physical Sailfish X phone, as that device is the only one that is accepted at Jolla Store.

There may be other methods I'm not sure of. For instance I don't know whether version in Jolla1 phone is compatible with Sailfish X Compact or not. (If it is you wouldn't have to buy X.)

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No.

I bought a license and thanks to some guys here, I've got the RPMs. But right now, I don't know how to manage updates for example.

Other problem is Sailfish X has OTA updates delivered by Jolla. The XC image doesn't.

Just the beginning of a long journey I guess.

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Thanks guys,

That clears up a lot. I will start by just installing Sailfish on my x compact to check out the current Sailfish (X) status. It has been a while since I've been sailing.

And then decide if I 'll go for the semi offical route (get an official license and kindly ask for rpm's) and take the long journey with you.

Thanks for now!

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dont forget to save Drm keys before unlocking bootloader

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Too late for me. Totally forgot that before unlocking.

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Thanks for the heads up, and yeah already downgraded this morning, so that is in progress.

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The double tap to wake up the XC doesn't work so well. Maybe half of the time, once the phone is awake, the swipe to unlock doesn't work.

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Still valid doubletap hint, since doubletap is bit slow both on X and X Compact:

makes it feel faster when you don't subconsciously wait for animation to finish until you can swipe.

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Bluetooth is just not usable at all on the XC, at least for music. So much scratches that it hurts my ears. Same for others ?

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For me music through bluetooth to Nokia wireless receiver with XC works as it did with X. Maybe one hiccup in five songs. Might to be related either to sleep modes or plain coverage. Also got one hiccup during writing this.

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Automatic brightness does not seem to do much. When you enable it, it approximately halves the brightness, but it does not seem to react to changes in ambient lightning.

Brightness sensor is working according to csd test. I tried different settings with mcetool to no avail.

Anyone with different experiences?

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I switched it off. Seems it doesn't work

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Help me please.

I can't flash. I run "flash-on-windows" and I see after "Searching a device with vendor id '0x0fce'.." message "it was unexpected".

XC has after update droid_8 v.34.4.A.2.19 on board.

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Since you are running Windows you should be able to download Sony's Emma firmware flasher tool and downgrade your X Compact to 34.3.A.0.252.

There was also one mention in original TJC announcement about Windows flashing script using old dll, and that caused problems too.

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Sorry, I can't help you. I'm using Linux.
Извини, но помочь тебе не смогу. Я использую Линукс. Есть отличный гайд, правда на немецком. http://sailfishmods.de/2017/10/howto...-installieren/
Можно использовать google.translate
Почему выбирая такую систему Sailfish еще пользуешься виндовс?

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@Manatus, @Cavalier. Many thanks for help! No problem with Linux. I flashed.

@Cavalier. Пользовался виндой в прошлом году для отката на дроид_6, бэкапа TA и прошивки Xperia_X. Проблем не было, я и решил проторенным путем...

P.S. Other problem. I see "Command failed: This tool coold not find any available package: could not find mce-tools." after attempt "pkcon install mce-tools"

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Try to run 'pkcon refresh' or 'zyp ref' as root, and try installing mce-tools again.

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@Manatus, thanks :-) It's OK after "pkcon refresh"

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I've been able to play some music over BT without so many problems. Good, even if I don't know what changed.

But, the metadata about the track being played are not sent, and the battery status sent over BT seems all wrong. Same for you ?

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I've got Sailfish installed on my X Compact now. And it's running fine. Have not checked all the options and connections yet. But big thanks or all the help do far guys!

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Any news about new update?

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Regarding bluetooth stutter, it seems to happen when wifi and bluetooth signals overlap. I use 2,4 GHz frequency for wifi and BT uses the same. Hiccups started immediately when I started using laptop today, after an hour without problems.

So one should try switching wifi to 5 GHz range if possible.

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Xeno_PL at original together.jolla.com thread found out how to get autobrightness working:

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Adaptive brighness quick fix in terminal from Xeno_PL