Hello everyone, I recently took notice of the new Jolla phone coming out and I became increasingly interested in the phone's operating system, SailfishOS. How would I go about compiling SailfishOS and installing it to my Nexus 4? Has anyone here attempted/done this yet?
If not, is there any way to compile WebOS for the Nexus 4? I've always been a fan of Palm's neglected OS.
Thanks in advance.
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Hi guys, any chance for us to play with the Ubuntu phone os on our nexus 7?
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Re: Ubuntu phone os on nexus 7
There is a thread on Ubuntu for the N7 in the Original Development sub-forum.
Also general questions belong in the Q&A sub-forum.
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Ubuntu for the Nexus 7 (which is available and has been for some time) != Ubuntu's phone OS (which is not available yet but will be in testing form on the 21st of February and which might be portable to the Nexus 7, hopefully)
They are two completely different products/OSes - but it seems like most everyone gets that mixed up anyway. The OP was asking about Ubuntu's phone OS which will be released in a few days, ARM-based, and totally different from Ubuntu for the Nexus 7 which is the actual desktop version of Ubuntu compiled for ARM-based devices.
I love the Ubuntu phone OS interface, it's beautiful and functional and it has those nifty swipe actions from all 4 sides of the screen so, yeah, it would be cool to see that OS running on a Nexus 7. The Ubuntu for Nexus 7 desktop OS compile is crap so far, very slow, laggy, and yes I realize it's in testing obviously but, if it becomes possible to get that phone OS version ported over to a Nexus 7 (minus the phone code, of course) I'd be more than willing to give it some testing time, certainly.
I wouldn't mind this and would love to help only problem is my computer is to slow to compile it
I'll bet that as soon as that source code becomes available on the 21st there's gonna be at least a few people working towards moving that phone OS to other devices, and I'm sure hoping at least one of those people will do it for the Nexus 7. I've watched the Ubuntu phone OS intro video on YouTube (the one with Mark Shuttleworth showing it off for the first time) and I remember when I first watched it as soon as it was posted and thinking "That's brilliant... how come nobody else has ever realized there's 4 sides to a screen and there can be swipe gestures from all 4?"
Brilliant stuff, really... and it just looks great. I'm not dissing Android because I do love Android overall but, it can't hurt to see ideas from others, and Ubuntu's phone OS is certainly something I'm interested in right now. That Firefox OS has some concepts I find appealing as well.
Maybe someone will just take the best parts of all these mobile device OSes and create one truly killer operating system that just blows everything else away.
br0adband said:
I'll bet that as soon as that source code becomes available on the 21st there's gonna be at least a few people working towards moving that phone OS to other devices, and I'm sure hoping at least one of those people will do it for the Nexus 7. I've watched the Ubuntu phone OS intro video on YouTube (the one with Mark Shuttleworth showing it off for the first time) and I remember when I first watched it as soon as it was posted and thinking "That's brilliant... how come nobody else has ever realized there's 4 sides to a screen and there can be swipe gestures from all 4?"
Brilliant stuff, really... and it just looks great. I'm not dissing Android because I do love Android overall but, it can't hurt to see ideas from others, and Ubuntu's phone OS is certainly something I'm interested in right now. That Firefox OS has some concepts I find appealing as well.
Maybe someone will just take the best parts of all these mobile device OSes and create one truly killer operating system that just blows everything else away.
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Yeah and I have a build manifest for nexus 7 with Firefox os but it is terrible on tablets it is most deffinatley a phone os
I recently received my samsung chromebook in the mail, and since it has the same SoC as my nexus 10 it shouldnt be too hard to make an android port for it. Is there anyone here that could help me get it running as the other thread that was going for it seems to have died
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2019191
I got a N7 again today, and was wondering if there were any custom operating systems that were being actively maintained that weren't Android. Something like Ubuntu Touch or the actual Ubuntu port (if I understand right, both are no longer actively maintained on the 2012 N7).
Okay, I'm trying to get in the Sailfish game here. I bought a broken Xperia Z and brought it back to life just to find out the bootloader is unlockable. I'm SO angry because Virgin Mobile is refusing to unlock it because I'm not a customer (nothing wrong with the IMEI, I checked). Anyway, this has just doubled down my sheer determination to get out from under the carriers foot.
So I want to play too. I already gave my info to sledges and said I could help with documentation (I was told to hold tight). BUT since that Xperia is dead to me I wanted to know if I should go pick up a Nexus 4 and help with that adoption (install and test), or should I go get something else like a Moto G or a Nexus 5 and start playing. Where would I be the most help to the community?
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Sounds like Nexus 4 and the Samsung S3 LTE are getting all the love, I was planning to get the Jolla phone, but after I found out the Nexus 5 was about the same price, with much better specs, and the fact that it is one of the most open phones you can get, I was looking at putting sailfish on it when it becomes available. I was actually surprised that work started on the Nexus 4 and not together with the Nexus 5, I guess no one whose porting has one.
It depends on what you're looking for in a phone, or if you just any phone that you can get the Sailfish OS on.
I would help with porting Sailfish to Nexus 5, but I have exams coming up, and no experience with porting.
There is a reason Nexus 4 is getting the attention.
It all comes back to the Hybris project. Many developers are using it as THE means to get ports jump started to Android hardware. Not only Sailfish, but Ubuntu Touch and Open Source webOS are contributing. Consensus seems to have been reached by the various developer communities that Nexus 4 and factory 4.2.2 offer the best hosting for modern hardware porting efforts with up-to-date spec and software stability on which to build.
IMHO, Nexus 4 is the clear choice for users in the field who want options. It's a stellar piece of hardware; yes there are more dynamically spec'd devices coming everyday, but mostly that capability is not being used for anything short of intense 3D gaming. If you want a solid phone that will have the spec to test unoptomized software Alphas and Betas this is a great unit and it has the radio hardware for near universal GSM access. The latest Android builds remain available, you can port Ubuntu Touch, you can (now) port Sailfish OS, you can add multi-rom capability and boot into Firefox OS... PLUS... a rumor has recently reached my ears that soon you will be able to port Open webOS to the N4...
What other phone is going to give you that many options? I say, Nexus 4, FTW baby!!! :highfive:
Hi guys, in future it will be possible install sailfish on nexus 6p? There is a porting for my device?
Efforts to port to this device are in progress but there are some issues that still need to be solved.
I've been a fan of the Jolla Sailfish project for a long time; I think it's a great alternative to Google's bastardisation of what was once a free and open Android.
Any plans for porting to the Nexus 5X (bullhead)? As great as the 6P is, not everyone can afford it
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I've been a fan of the Jolla Sailfish project for a long time; I think it's a great alternative to Google's bastardisation of what was once a free and open Android.
Any plans for porting to the Nexus 5X (bullhead)? As great as the 6P is, not everyone can afford it
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I know someone (@ghosalmartin) who's working on it but there are some problems regarding the 64-bit architecture of the chip on this device.
I would love to have a Sailfish OS port for my Nexus 6P. I very much enjoyed using it on my ol' Nexus 5, it was very fluid and the gesture navigation was genius!
Hi, is it news on sailfish os to nexus 2015?
Anything new on this port to the Nexus 6p ? Im about done with google
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DAC.IT said:
Anything new on this port to the Nexus 6p ? Im about done with google
same here. I've been searching but it's an unhappy coincidence that the Nexus 6 is codename sailfish, so most search results are red herrings
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