This article only slightly expands on what the archwiki says about it. Linking /bin/sh to dash instead of bash is not the same as "changing your default shell". Why Using #!/bin/sh at the top of a script currently defaults to bash which is not very fast. I want startup scripts and everything that ...
There are some apps in Openrepos which do not seem to work anymore for SFOS 4.x. But you don't really need an app, all you need is a systemd timer & service and a simplistic shell script. Gain command line access to your phone and become root. > cd /etc/systemd/system > nano hosts.timer ho...
I recently purchased a second device to install Sailfish OS on. The documentation recommends installing the latest compatible Android baseband version - which essentially means re-flashing Android - before installing SFOS. Olf's excellent guide goes into more detail here, esp. for my XA2 Ultra (H321...
Re-visiting this older post because I got a new device & needed to install SFOS on it & get a new license. Some chapters still need more effort. Previously, I was lucky to get a device that already comes with Sailfish OS 3 preinstalled. This is the most recent free version of Sailfish OS; ...
I got me a used XA2 Ultra (model no. H3213) that already had SFOS installed - albeit an old version, 3.0.something, so I wanted to reflash. On Linux, this requires fastboot, part of android-tools on ArchLinux,and a script (provided with the image download) to do all that over a USB connection. Howev...
Encrypt the memory card with a key file instead of a password
Intro Disclaimer I: This worked for me. Chances are it will work for you, too, but this is not a copy-paste tutorial. Stay vigilant, messing up will be on you. Make a backup before you begin. Maybe you should also know how to perform recovery. Nota bene: "Turn the phone OFF" = press the power button...
Process, pitfalls The phone will alert you that there's an update. Go to Settings => Sailfish OS Updates. As always, backup first. Download the update and choose to install it. Once again it complains that I don't have enough space on the root filesystem. This time I decide to bite the bullet and...
I always thought that Xplanet is one of those ancient X apps that work despite being totally outdated, with aliased edges and overall painful graphics. Turns out I was more than half wrong. It's derived from xearth which has been around since 1993. Xplanet itself seems to have been around since at ...