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Gemini PDA - Sailfish OS / The path ahead for SFOS on Gemini?

« on: September 26, 2018, 03:52:38 pm »

Frankly speaking, jolla cant land to usa because they dont have the cash to fight off the endless hordes of patent trolls. That was their answer (in a more politically correct manner) when they were releasing their jolla phone.

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Gemini PDA - Android / How likely is Android 8 really?

« on: August 07, 2018, 03:17:05 am »

Has there been any word on the progress of Android 8, or Android P actually since that one is around the corner? I haven't ordered a Gemini yet and it worries me a little it's still stuck on Android 7, and all I've found on the internet is "well we would like to see Android 8 but have no estimate" - that seems worrisome for a completely new phone of this price range. I hope putting all those resources into Linux, the partitioner and other niche experiments won't distract the company too much from keeping Android up-to-date??

it has little to do with planet computers and more to do with mediatech not making drivers for 8 or 9

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Gemini PDA - Sailfish OS / whatsapp on sailfish

« on: July 11, 2018, 03:50:56 pm »

did anyone get this to work?

like said elsewhere, android support wont be coming to sailfish untill late autumn when the commercial version is released. people quit trying to make native clients after whatsapp started banning their users.

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Gemini PDA - Android / odd thing when recharging

« on: June 30, 2018, 04:03:59 am »

gemini recharges fairly fast but one odd thing ive noticed is that if you have a fairly heavy app (like a game) running while you're recharging, the gemini will still lose power faster than it can recharge.

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Gemini PDA - Sailfish OS / SFOS Whats working / What isn't

« on: June 24, 2018, 12:25:08 pm »

I have installed the new triple-boot with SFOS.
Thanks a lot for the hints on your page.
The Page.qml file has changed a bit.
The required modification to enforce landscape is now:
 allowed = Orientation.LandscapeInverted | orientation === Orientation.Portrait | orientation === Orientation.PortraitInverted
to:
 allowed = Orientation.LandscapeInverted
 
I observed some issues with the new image:

• When you end with a black screen during the initial boot after installation, try to double-tap the display to wake it up. If that works, you should see the welcome or language selection screen. Everything is fine…
• If that does not work, you probably can wake up the black screen with the ESC key, but it will show the number pad. As written in the Sailfish OS notes: if you see the number pad at the beginning, then you have to re-boot and try again…
• And if you just see the rotating circle after booting or unlocking: swipe from the left or right edge of the screen to the center. Otherwise you may have to wait for some 10s to many minutes...

I have been using SFOS for several years now. The quick evaluation on the Gemini has confirmed my estimation that SFOS from a usability point of view is the only OS that matches the Gemini. It's much nicer to use than Android and it's years ahead of Debian for a touch device.
From a commercial Sailfish OS 3 we can expect Android App support.
If it would also allow at least to build and run gtk Linux applications, then it would convert the Gemini to the perfect Smartphone and PC / productivity device. If not, then you probably have to decide for one of these two roles and boot the suitable OS every time or go for text based applications.

Thanks! Ill add the differences to my notes for others who end up looking to patch the landscape view.

Agreed, when the official sf3 version with dalvik comes by, im going to buy it and it will be my main os!

Is there any confirmation were getting AlienDalvik? I know SFOS has partnered with Planet for SFOS 3 so I was hoping this was true.
And do you mean buy the Gemini or buy an AlienDalvik license?

there will be a paid version of sailfish (you got to pay for dalvik licence). eventually...

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Gemini PDA - Sailfish OS / SFOS Whats working / What isn't

« on: June 24, 2018, 08:48:43 am »

I have installed the new triple-boot with SFOS.
Thanks a lot for the hints on your page.
The Page.qml file has changed a bit.
The required modification to enforce landscape is now:
 allowed = Orientation.LandscapeInverted | orientation === Orientation.Portrait | orientation === Orientation.PortraitInverted
to:
 allowed = Orientation.LandscapeInverted
 
I observed some issues with the new image:

• When you end with a black screen during the initial boot after installation, try to double-tap the display to wake it up. If that works, you should see the welcome or language selection screen. Everything is fine…
• If that does not work, you probably can wake up the black screen with the ESC key, but it will show the number pad. As written in the Sailfish OS notes: if you see the number pad at the beginning, then you have to re-boot and try again…
• And if you just see the rotating circle after booting or unlocking: swipe from the left or right edge of the screen to the center. Otherwise you may have to wait for some 10s to many minutes...

I have been using SFOS for several years now. The quick evaluation on the Gemini has confirmed my estimation that SFOS from a usability point of view is the only OS that matches the Gemini. It's much nicer to use than Android and it's years ahead of Debian for a touch device.
From a commercial Sailfish OS 3 we can expect Android App support.
If it would also allow at least to build and run gtk Linux applications, then it would convert the Gemini to the perfect Smartphone and PC / productivity device. If not, then you probably have to decide for one of these two roles and boot the suitable OS every time or go for text based applications.

Agreed, when the official sf3 version with dalvik comes by, im going to buy it and it will be my main os!

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Gemini PDA - Android / bluetooth crashes when pairing

« on: June 18, 2018, 02:12:06 pm »

every time i try to pair my smartwatch with gemini, the window asking for my pin disappears in a second after appearing. is there a workaround for that