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Autumn has passed quickly without big announcements in the Jolla house (for now), Covid is back in Europe but I have decided that it will not be mentioned.
A review of what happened, in Tweets:
After 7 years, the software support for the Jolla Phone will end. The 3.4 update will be the last!
A great attention by Jolla.
The original #Jolla smartphone from 2013 received an incredible number of 34 software updates during a lifetime of 7 years. The latest #SailfishOS update 3.4.0 will remain the last officially supported software release. https://t.co/v98USPvmp4 pic.twitter.com/6IgDCfqjsX
— Sailfish OS News (@SailfishOSNews) November 27, 2020
Sailfish OS is by far the best modern mobile operating system.
— qchapter (@kevinb_us) November 15, 2020
#SailfishOS has been my daily driver all year. It's great. https://t.co/WoSxy6JgUB
— else{} (@leighelse) December 4, 2020
I just upgraded #SailfishOS to 3.4, it's introduced so many new bugs for me 🙁
— Nicholas Shiell (@nshiell) November 13, 2020
One of next video help could be on the issue of a Jolla 1 or Jolla C… Bricked!
BUT the official fix via telnet is not working, and those devices can't be flashed.
Someone has solved a similar situation?— Jolla-devices & Tech videos (@jolladevices) November 21, 2020
I have to report that a good number of Jolla Phones (and other devices) have remained “bricked” since the last 3.4 upgrade, including a JP1 that I bought for a retro unboxing.
Considering the lack of the ability to flash legacy devices, and that the Telnet-based emergency procedure does not work on Mac and PC (due to respective driver problems), perhaps retirement is not a coincidence…
See also:
What a coincidence in time, last week I tried to update it to latest version and 1st, I got a bricked device. After a factory reset and an upgrade serie (1, 1.2, 2, 2.1, …,3…), now I am stuck on my account rejecting to login on jolla account. All the best to Jolla!
— lemambo (@ZerosOrOnes) November 27, 2020
No, there is no good Jolla device and if i have to hack my terminal to port sailfishos i rather spend the time with less obscure and full opensource Linux like plasma.
— b0b (@imb0b) December 4, 2020
on the other hand, VoLTE+(limited) Android app compatibity possibilities should be quite attractive.@JollaHQ should focus on competing with KaiOS capabilities and first win RJio of India at any cost…
— Zoltán Lutor (@zlutor) November 22, 2020
big version step ahead, #sailfishOS? pic.twitter.com/ReweqWKAaj
— F 🏝 R (@danielfinsler) November 20, 2020
Sailfish OS 4 could be around the corner, along with the announcement of new devices based on Android 10!
In the meantime, I returned to think how the UI could be changed, aiming to move the access to the content on the bottom part of the screen.
Today sketches.
Ruminating on "What if Sailfish OS rebuild again the UI organization?"
🤔 pic.twitter.com/EIW1hjnSmg— minodesign (@minodesign) November 26, 2020
Some roughs where the sliders and buttons of the top menu could move to the upper part of the app tray, rearrangeable like widgets.
Or have their own dedicated “Control tray”, (Harmattan-ish iPhone7-ish) and the apps on the right. But it’s certain that this second direction is unlikely.
The port of Sailfish OS for Pinetab is approaching faster than the production of Pinetab itself!
Still ‘out of stock’ on the Pine 64 store… The pinetab is already a unicorn.
Great work so far in porting #sailfishos on the @thepine64 #pinetab
Orientation – fixed
Bluetooth and audio – fixed
Keyboard – workingBrilliant community work.@adampigg @peperjohnny @RealDanct12 and many others
More info here:https://t.co/a9G9Uj7vNf pic.twitter.com/66X0VkLwmk
— Andy Bleaden (@andybleaden) November 4, 2020
For those wishing to learn more, here is the dedicated page from the Pine 64 forum:
http://forum.pine64.org/showthread.php?tid=11850
You can try Sailfish OS and other alternative OSes thanks to the P-boot OS DEMO.
P-Boot OS DEMO image allows you to try 17 #PinePhone OSes from SD, inc. @ManjaroLinux @MobianLinux @postmarketOS @UBports #Arch #Linux #SailfishOS and more.
Also offers SW privacy air-gap, Jumpdrive, FEL mode and booting into OS on eMMC.
DOWNLOAD: https://t.co/xr3951IYwG pic.twitter.com/0llOLRSQrV
— PINE64 (@thepine64) November 26, 2020
Do you remember Volla? The German startup’s phone was successful with the second crowdfunding campaign and the first Volla phones are arriving to the users.
The first tweets pop up:
First tweet from the #Volla Phone.#SailfishOS feels awesome on it!!
Thanks to @adampigg for the work!
— Nokius (@Nokius) November 6, 2020
My Volla Phone just arrived… First i will trying out VollaOS and after some point i will switch to SailfishOS. Before it i hope that i can get clear instructions (noob 😉 how to switch OS 🙂 @hello_volla @adampigg @JollaHQ pic.twitter.com/9VLxFZ8gTK
— Pasi Kaivolin (@Pasik222) December 6, 2020
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Our beta shop. It's a sort of archive where to buy Sailfish OS-ready devices.