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Step 1: Enter recovery mode (see also here) Step 1.1: Turn your phone completely off and disconnect any USB cables Step 1.2: Install fastboot drivers on your computer (for instructions see here) Step 1.3: Force your phone to the fastboot mode  Hold the ...

Step 1: Enter recovery mode For instructions, look here and here Step 2: Mount microSD-card Mount your microSD card with the following command. Your SD-card needs to have at least 105GB of free space. mount /dev/mmcblk0p1 /mnt Step 3: Restore the backup ...

This page is mostly based on DrYak's explanations in the forum. Sailfish OS can be seen in multiple layers of software:  at the bottom, the manufacturer of the chipset (e.g. Qualcomm) usually only produces drivers that are designed to run in Android (inclu...

This page is mostly based on DrYak's explanations on the forum. Autostart when Android AppSupport starts This is controlled with the Sailfish settings app. Click Settings app → switch to Apps tab → select the app → use the " Allow application backgrou...

Please refer to  Installing microG on Sailfish OS in the forum for any updates. Version Jan 31st 2025 This wiki is intended as a place to find out up-to-date information on how to install microG on Sailfish OS (sfos) with Android AppSupport. Initially I’ve j...

The best source to install Signal is always direct from the website https://signal.org/android/apk/#target  Export on the old phone Open the Signal app and go to the settings. Navigate to Chats and then Backups (at the bottom). If they are disabled, turn th...

As of 2025, the default method of WhatsApp to Backup and Restore requires a Google Account and Chat data transfer using local Wifi requires Android features that are not available on Sailfish OS. You will need to have the developer access enabled (access via ...

Either Cloud backup or local backup The cloud Backup does not include the chat contents! Just transfer the archive from one phone to the other.

This information was originally in a forum post: https://forum.sailfishos.org/t/flashing-the-jolla-c2/21020/3 The Jolla C2 contains a Unisoc UMS9230 (Tiger T606) SoC. All Unisoc SoCs implement a special USB flashing protocol in their boot ROM, which can be en...

As detailed by nekron https://forum.sailfishos.org/u/nekron on the forum:  This is what needs to be done for Jolla C2 / Xperia devices with the latest appsupport runtime:  Notes: Technically speaking the Android security settings application will talk to ga...

Pete documents his solutions to allowing android apps (the lxc container) bluetooth access in his repo: https://codeberg.org/petefoths-projects/SfOS-Bluetooth-in-AAS/ or  https://codeberg.org/poetaster/SfOS-Bluetooth-in-AAS  Implementation of a method in S...

Directly from the forum: https://forum.sailfishos.org/t/potential-bluetooth-support-in-the-android-app-support-aas/9686/206 I’m a fan of ShellEx and Sudo. So I create in ShellEx two command blocks into one command. Of course, I modified the AAS file /opt/app...

As detailed in entries on the forum .... ( https://forum.sailfishos.org/t/eduroam-wpa2-enterprise )   Configuration Encryption: WPA-EAP(TTLS)EAP method: TTLSInne authentication: PAPCA Certificate: No verficationIdentity: your email addressPassword: your pas...

Some users have reported being able to install snapchat. Device: Sony Xperia 10 III SFOS version: 5.0.0.72 AAS with microG version: 0.3.11.250932 using the following older apk https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/snap-inc/snapchat/snapchat-11-95-0-39-release/s...

The following list includes some Android apps and their Sailfish equivalents.Some of the Sailfish apps are available on mutliple channels (Jolla harbour, Openrepos and Chum).  App Type Andorid App Sailfish App Weather AccuWeather MeeCast  ...

Currently (January 2026) the repositories need to be added "manually" from a terminal session either from the Terminal application or an SSH connexion. Follows an example of how to install the application Angelfish, a Chrome-based web-browser that is fairly m...

A number of apps are available amber-mpris-qt6 angelfish kasts kde-itinerary keysmith kf6-mpvqt ktrip libass mpv qcoro qmlkonsole supersonik tokodon wave

Sailfish OS (5.0) UI allows to start the battery saving mode / power saving mode at will from the Battery setting menu, and to set a threshold from which the battery saving mode is automatically enabled. This threshold can be chosen between 20%, 15%, 10%, 5%… ...

To remove your installations you can use the following commands: # remove packages devel-su pkcon remove angelfish qt-runner-qt6 # remove repos devel-su ssu rr piggz-qt6-apps devel-su ssu rr piggz-qt6sb2 # update package cache after remove, not really ne...

When using OLED devices, such as the Sony Xperia 10 II and III, using dark (if not completely black) backgrounds saves a lot of battery. It is because with OLED screens, each pixels are individual LED that can be switched on or off. A black pixel is really a s...