is SailfishOS going to be ported to nexus 4?. i know we need arm images and that, i just need to know if its possible.(im not asking any1 to do).
Plus one. I think it should be doable given that the nexus 4 has a qualcomm processor like the Jolla. My guess is that they're both of the snapdragon family.
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There is no ports, threse is no plan to port.
EnErGy[CSDX] said:
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There is no ports, threse is no plan to port.
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Current situation is this. BUT I believe that sailfishOS will be ported to nexus devices soon. It has been already running on nexus 7, so why not nexus 4...
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rockknee said:
Current situation is this. BUT I believe that sailfishOS will be ported to nexus devices soon. It has been already running on nexus 7, so why not nexus 4...
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maybe Jolla post some instructions how to package android drivers into rpm, but it is not critical info for port.
current situation that there is no people that can and want to do port.
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Does the device with android 4.2 need to have a special chip set to do the new wireless HDMI out? Also what is this adapter that I need? I can't find very much information on this, seems like I'm the only one excited about this...
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I would hold off on buying an adapter.It seems only the nexus 4 gets miracast from the 4.2 update.Maybe one day we will see it on the N7 but for now nobody has shown it working on anything.
James-NC said:
I would hold off on buying an adapter.It seems only the nexus 4 gets miracast from the 4.2 update.Maybe one day we will see it on the N7 but for now nobody has shown it working on anything.
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Actually its been done using a Raspberry Pi
Jolla released it's Sailfish OS SDK some time ago and I'm expecting it to be ported on my Phone. Is anyone here to do this ?
iHarkunwar said:
Jolla released it's Sailfish OS SDK some time ago and I'm expecting it to be ported on my Phone. Is anyone here to do this ?
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I'm not really good at porting, but it should be easy. The 3 problems are
kernel
HW accel with GPU
Touchscreen
The first one is really easy since if you cannot run a Mer stock / customized UI, you can still take Android one.
For the second, it is the trickiest, but you can still use mesa-llvmpipe (no HW accel, but only software)
For the thirst point, it is up to the screen manufacturer. Some provides linux drivers, some do not. But for Android, it might be highly probable that a driver is provided.
sfiet_konstantin said:
I'm not really good at porting, but it should be easy. The 3 problems are
kernel
HW accel with GPU
Touchscreen
The first one is really easy since if you cannot run a Mer stock / customized UI, you can still take Android one.
For the second, it is the trickiest, but you can still use mesa-llvmpipe (no HW accel, but only software)
For the thirst point, it is up to the screen manufacturer. Some provides linux drivers, some do not. But for Android, it might be highly probable that a driver is provided.
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Nexus 4 is a developer device and I think all required drivers are released
iHarkunwar said:
Nexus 4 is a developer device and I think all required drivers are released
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Released ... for Android.
Because SW architecture are not the same
You need an X11 driver etc.
sad.... :\
iHarkunwar said:
sad.... :\
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We will check if it works. Maybe the support for the HW in the Nexus 4 is good ...
But for the Nexus 7, it is nearly sure that it works. Something similar (Ubuntu) were ported on it ...
Has Google still not been able to release all the source code for the Nexus 4?
Disgusting if so.
sfiet_konstantin said:
We will check if it works. Maybe the support for the HW in the Nexus 4 is good ...
But for the Nexus 7, it is nearly sure that it works. Something similar (Ubuntu) were ported on it ...
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You mean Ubuntu for Tablets? If so then the Nexus 4 should also possibly be able to get a Sailfish port. They release Ubuntu for Phones on the Nexus 4 the same day the UfT port was released for the N7.
Bump.
It's been 9 months since the last post on a Nexus 4 port of SailfishOS. Has someone brought this baby to term? Anyone know if there's an ongoing effort?
There is no sources or devices released. Theres only the x86 based sdk. So what do you can be ported? The x86 sdk to arm cpu? Never. And the Sailfish ui is proprietary so sources wont be released. If you want Mer with the default ui, sources can be downloaded from the Mer-projects website
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MaVAMGv3tI4
ufoman said:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MaVAMGv3tI4
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That's great news! If I understand correctly he flashed CM and then patches it with libhybris+sailfish. That makes me hope for easy patching to other devices too...
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I want those files right now!
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Looks great
ufoman said:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MaVAMGv3tI4
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Thanks for showing this. It would be nice to see another minute or two to demonstrate how sailfish performs on Nexus. Perhaps this is still at early stages. Are you able to provide instructions and location of files? Thanks again!
mscion said:
Thanks for showing this. It would be nice to see another minute or two to demonstrate how sailfish performs on Nexus. Perhaps this is still at early stages. Are you able to provide instructions and location of files? Thanks again!
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No files or anything else have been made available yet. It might be too early yet, but now any hope we might have had has gained some solid foundations
No news about the port to Nexus 4 ? I can't wait to try it.
ufoman said:
No files or anything else have been made available yet. It might be too early yet, but now any hope we might have had has gained some solid foundations
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I wish they would at least show a demo of how they did it. That way we could try making some progress with other devices awhile
I have a nexus 10 and am looking at roms but i dont see where it says "supported devices" but i see a lot of roms for nexus 7s and nexus 4s. And how do i know if my device is supported?
Usually if it is it will be posted in the Nexus 10 development threads. All the nexus devices are made by different companies. They are all different hardware and NOT interchangeable.
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Okay, but the nexus 10 development the rain is vast, I was just wondering if I could use nexus roms with each other. I'm just to lazy to search the development thread if you know what I mean
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Yeah I know what ya mean. My advice stick to the original development thread. aokp. cm ,and pa all support it so eh you probably don't need much more ;
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The ROM has to be for the specific device (rare exceptions to this are some Allwinner A10 tablets from what I've seen); a Nexus 4 ROM won't work on a Nexus 7 nor 10, and etc.
The ROM contains proprietary blobs specific for the device their built for (GPS, WiFi, graphics, DRM, etc), and all Nexus devices have different hardware.
The Nexus devices seem popular enough that people are developing stuff across platforms. I'm using a ROM on my Nexus 10 put together by someone who doesn't even own the device.
Thats not the point. Yes people are developing for all the nexus devices but if the rom isn't built for a specific device it WILL NOT work on that device. A n7 rom built by the same guy who builds the same exact rom for the n10 will not work on other nexus devices. It is built for different hardware.
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Unfortunately no. Android has several device specific drivers for your GPU, CPU, camera, and other hardware both on the system partition and in the kernel that can not be used on different devices, no matter how similar. The Nexus S and Galaxy S could not run each others' ROMs and kernels without modification. Think of it as car parts. Can you use parts for a Ford truck on your Toyota convertible? No, they won't work. Similarly, ROMs for other devices have different partition tables and drivers, which could potentially brick your device. Just because it is a Nexus does not mean that it is compatible with other Nexus devices. Nexus is just a brand of smart devices. Back to the car analogy, not even a Ford truck part would fit in your Ford sedan.
Think of Windows or desktop OS's. They can run on every device that supports them, since they have a bunch of included drivers. Android does not and each build is made for one device and can only run on that one device.
Here it is! Stable release of ubuntu touch, here you can find brief summary about it.
link: www . omgubuntu.co.uk/2013/10/ubuntu-touch-ready-prime-time (erase spacebars)
As for me, it's a good system for phone, but it offers only basic features and couple of bugs I have aleready fund (nothing big). Assuming that it can be installed only by advanced nexus users....it does not seem to be a good deal. But I hope new updates will make it much better
s2 support?
does it support galaxy s2?or let me rephrase it, is this version of ubuntu you mentioned supports Galaxy S2 GT-I9100??
edd89 said:
does it support galaxy s2?or let me rephrase it, is this version of ubuntu you mentioned supports Galaxy S2 GT-I9100??
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No, the official (and stable) versions are for Nexus devices only.
Look for a port in the S2 forums.
Now I can compile on the go! lol
Port to d2vzw..... Please!
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What bugs did you find? I installed in on my nexus 4, but found it too basic for me and the data on wifi was kind of laggy.
I wasn't able to launch into desktop mode when connected to the slimport to hdmi adaptor.
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I wasn't able to launch into desktop mode when connected to the slimport to hdmi adaptor.
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that feature wont be supported until spring of next year
Yeah kinda laggy on nexus 4
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
Narwhal73 said:
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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