Sailfish OS ‑ Applications
This article has a parent article. Stock Browser A.k.a "sailfish-browser". The browser is based on an older Firefox version. Basic settings are accessed through a hamburger menu in the bottom right (and not via pulldown as usually in Silica apps). But about:config is also accessible (and all the v...
Getting started with Sailfish OS
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; ...
Updating SailfishOS
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...
Sailfish OS ‑ Command Line Interface & Customisation
This article has a parent article. It contains some preliminaries to the topics here. Doing Things on the Command Line MTP (the same protocol Android devices use) will expose the /home/defaultuser folder to the connecting computer, both to graphical and command line applications. But it hides some...
No More Android ‑ Part 2 ‑ Welcome back, Nokia!
Nokia 130 Warning: This phone's OS contains trial games, i.e. they have a "Buy" option in their menus. I can refrain, and I don't know if and how it would even work if clicked, but this is definitely a damper, e.g. if one plans to give this phone to a child. New for 35€. I happened to still have a...
Resurrect a Nokia N900 ‑ Tweaking & Customisation
This article has a parent article. Some suggestions are taken from this and this wiki article. Power Kernel Just a better kernel. I'm not going to overclock. http://wiki.maemo.org/Kernel_Power#Installing_the_Stable_Kernel $ root # apt-get install kernel-power-settings The article then says shut do...
Resurrect a Nokia N900 ‑ Applications
This article has a parent article. Podcasts After lots of trial & error and testing various apps I can now say: gPodder does not work with most HTTPS feed URLs the stock RSS app does not want to add feeds at all one or two other apps from extras-testing did not work either In the end I got c...
Resurrect a Nokia N900
Some Chapters have been split off to their own pages: Applications and Tweaking. The legendary N900. I was surprised that a sufficient number is still being sold on various auctioning platforms, and they can be had cheaply - definitely under 100€, though mine was quite a bit cheaper, and in really...