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Forum: SailfishOS 2019-12-03, 17:47
Replies: 25
Views: 5,028
Posted By DrYak
Re: Ordered a Xperia 10 - Mistake?

The USB port is a separate module with a cable (https://www.aliexpress.com/w/wholesale-sony-xperia-x-charging-port.html): it's dead simple to replace, no need for any soldering.

You can do it...
Forum: SailfishOS 2019-06-29, 18:15
Replies: 7
Views: 2,144
Posted By DrYak
Re: Xperia XA2 plus charging problem

Can confirm same behavior on mine.

Phone will cycle a few time, attempting and failing to go into USB_HVDCP (It doesn't manage to negociate 9V).

Eventually, it settles on charging at 5V only....
Forum: SailfishOS 2019-05-07, 12:22
Replies: 148
Views: 47,502
Posted By DrYak
Re: Sailfish X for XA2 variants

Yes, *BUT* :

- when you put a SIM card inside an Android phone, Android will try to make an OTA upgrade of various things in the firmware running on the cell modem.
- Sailfish X is incapable of...
Forum: SailfishOS 2019-05-02, 13:55
Replies: 105
Views: 15,348
Posted By DrYak
Re: Sailfish 3.0.3 Hossa EA

Hum, I am also using microG as my Google Service provider, but I can't get GPS to work at all in Android apps.

GPS works flawlessly on native apps (Laufhelden, Pure Maps, etc.), but when I open...
Forum: SailfishOS 2019-04-18, 06:45
Replies: 3
Views: 1,355
Posted By DrYak
Re: Rooted android

The XA2 doesn't have a SU binary visible in the android LXC.
So the top answer to that probably isn't relevant.

The capability remove is something to test.

We also discussed root on XA2 hete...
Forum: SailfishOS 2019-03-28, 10:15
Replies: 79
Views: 13,203
Posted By DrYak
Re: EA: Sailfih 3.0.2 Oulanka

As an alternative, if you look on GitHub (and or Mozilla forum) there are dozens of tools written in Python or Node.js that can assist you for that.
(Random example...
Forum: SailfishOS 2019-03-28, 10:01
Replies: 79
Views: 13,203
Posted By DrYak
Re: EA: Sailfih 3.0.2 Oulanka

...or using a thin pool, if you want to share more potential space between the two ext4 partition on the LVM.

Meaning that no matter what solution was taken, the low available space on older...
Forum: SailfishOS 2019-03-21, 14:59
Replies: 79
Views: 13,203
Posted By DrYak
Re: EA: Sailfih 3.0.2 Oulanka

He said J1.
That one is BTRFS based and uses subvolumes on the same partition. (So mort of ther problems are around freeing chunks - hence my port).
Not LVM (which would have had the exact same...
Forum: SailfishOS 2019-03-19, 10:18
Replies: 79
Views: 13,203
Posted By DrYak
Re: EA: Sailfih 3.0.2 Oulanka

Sailfish X continue to be support for Xperia X (and even all the way back to Jolla 1).

Android compatibility layer currently will not get any love on the Xperia X in the near future for precise...
Forum: SailfishOS 2019-03-05, 10:38
Replies: 9
Views: 1,743
Posted By DrYak
Re: Xperia X died after browser crash.

To force rebooting the phone:

unplug the phone (= this is important because on Xepria, the button presses have completely different meaning when the USB cable is plugged in. Remember back when...
Forum: SailfishOS 2019-02-28, 13:59
Replies: 33
Views: 5,214
Posted By DrYak
Re: Support - six questions about 3.0.1.14 on an XA2 Plus - here wego maps - can't navigate

Not exactly your question, but :

- Have you tried running a native app instead, such as Pure Maps (https://openrepos.net/content/rinigus/pure-maps) ? I find it not bad at all. The navigation...
Forum: SailfishOS 2019-02-21, 07:43
Replies: 359
Views: 110,628
Posted By DrYak
Re: Sailfish OS on Sony Xperia X (community build)

hello,

out if curiosity, has somebody manage to built a community edition of Sailfish OS using the latest "Baseport 8" abstraction layer (like the one they use on Xperia XA2) atop of the current...
Forum: Competitors 2019-01-16, 09:57
Replies: 3,489
Views: 579,508
Posted By DrYak
Re: Are you Ready? Fx HW Keyboard Phone

Would have been wonderfull if Livermorium could also land a deal with Jolla to have Sailfish X on it.

Saddly, it's unliekely to happen. (Though Planet Computers managed to do it for the Gemini...
Forum: Applications 2018-10-20, 20:23
Replies: 1,046
[SFOS] Pure Maps
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Posted By DrYak
Re: Pure Maps

that would definitely please the "use a Raspberry Pi as a Car PC" crowd.

it's a food alternative to installing an Android Car front-end and forwarding Google Maps and Waze.
Forum: Alternatives 2018-10-17, 11:07
Replies: 19
Views: 9,220
Posted By DrYak
Re: Palm is back... um, or wtf

Techradar: displays a giant grey page complaining about my use of ad-blockers (uBlock here).
add techradar to NoScript blacklist, website works (minus some photo illustration)

Palm:
a smart...
Forum: SailfishOS 2018-10-15, 22:05
Replies: 3,083
Views: 968,564
Posted By DrYak
Re: Sailfish OS (officially) on Sony Xperia devices

my dream wishes would be for that to happen, together with a decent update of kernel (at least the 4.4 LTS).

The even more far-out wish wouldbe for Jolla to send a team of Ninja assassins to steal...
Forum: SailfishOS 2018-10-15, 16:11
Replies: 3,083
Views: 968,564
Posted By DrYak
Re: Sailfish OS (officially) on Sony Xperia devices

also, in the comments of the blog, jolla devs have mentioned that the upcoming SFOS 3 on Xa2 will have support for Android 8 Oreo in the compatibility layer.
But this layer has some device-specific...
Forum: SailfishOS 2018-10-15, 16:01
Replies: 3,083
Views: 968,564
Posted By DrYak
Re: Sailfish OS (officially) on Sony Xperia devices

That would have been great news for us, except that we don't have any info whether Jolla will be upgrading kernels SFOS 3, or if we're stuck with the old buggy 3.10.84 from Sony's 6.0 Mashmallow SDK.
Forum: SailfishOS 2018-10-15, 15:56
Replies: 3,083
Views: 968,564
Posted By DrYak
Re: Sailfish OS (officially) on Sony Xperia devices

thiese trays are even stupider on Sony phone as their Android seem to commit Sepuku whenever the SIM card is taken out.

Thus, you can't swap SD cards while the phone is On, even if you unmounted...
Forum: Applications 2018-10-10, 09:38
Replies: 1,046
[SFOS] Pure Maps
Views: 184,787
Posted By DrYak
Re: Pure Maps

Hello, big thanks for the "Follow me" mode !

A few random suggestions, if they happen to inspire you :

- Automatic adjusting of the scale, based on vehicle speed and/or type of road and/or...
Forum: SailfishOS 2018-10-10, 08:23
Replies: 3,083
Views: 968,564
Posted By DrYak
Re: Sailfish OS (officially) on Sony Xperia devices

@carlosgonz

From my experience with Xperia X :

- fastboot only works if the phone is unlocked (and thus the TA fried).
- on stock Xperia smartphone, the only combo that works is the combo...
Forum: SailfishOS 2018-09-28, 12:31
Replies: 153
Views: 29,147
Posted By DrYak
Re: 2.2.1.18 Nurmonjoki

Announcements are up (https://blog.jolla.com/sailfish-3-update-post/).

Basically :
- roll-out starts mid-october.
- early access get it by end october
- final release in the following weeks...
Forum: Applications 2018-09-21, 13:37
Replies: 1,046
[SFOS] Pure Maps
Views: 184,787
Posted By DrYak
Re: Pure Maps

Would it be possible to order the search by the reverse size of the match.

i.e.: sort entry that match "Lodz" to a city, before those that match a region, before those that match a whole country....
Forum: SailfishOS 2018-09-13, 07:45
Replies: 153
Views: 29,147
Posted By DrYak
Re: 2.2.1.18 Nurmonjoki

did the upgrade on my Xperia X yesterday (my daily use device. The "for tests" Jolla 1 was done earlier)

Like for a few other users, when reaching 100%, the upgrade process stops and freezes...
Forum: SailfishOS 2018-09-04, 11:38
Replies: 3,083
Views: 968,564
Posted By DrYak
Re: Sailfish OS (officially) on Sony Xperia devices

The terminology used by Jolla is Early Access (https://together.jolla.com/question/79835/official-announcement-early-access-to-sailfishos-releases/)

You can switch your whole account to...
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