[ROM][A5 2017][Unofficial] Sailfish OS 4.4 (testers needed for A7)

[shpresim]

Hey! Waydroid is stuck when installing, it's just showing waiting for android ui or something like that.. any fixes?

Just reboot the device and try again , waydroid will perform an update itself so keep that in mind

 

[MNdev]

Just reboot the device and try again , waydroid will perform an update itself so keep that in mind

Hey! also the second tutorial gets stuck halfway through it, I mean the system becomes unresponsive makin me not able to complete the gesture tutorials.. is that normal?

 

[shpresim]

Hey! also the second tutorial gets stuck halfway through it, I mean the system becomes unresponsive makin me not able to complete the gesture tutorials.. is that normal?

I think it's normal cause it's not stable but trt to ignore totorials or reboot

 

[MNdev]

Just reboot the device and try again , waydroid will perform an update itself so keep that in mind

I did it multiple times.. still stuck on waiting for android ui, I feel like its not just for me. Would you mind testing it out on your device?

 

[shpresim]

I did it multiple times.. still stuck on waiting for android ui, I feel like its not just for me. Would you mind testing it out on your device?

Maybe you need to reinstall it and try again it should work

 

[MNdev]

Maybe you need to reinstall it and try again it should work

unfortunately, no luck on that too, it just straight up bootlooped.. does it work on your device?

 

[shpresim]

unfortunately, no luck on that too, it just straight up bootlooped.. does it work on your device?

Weird which one have you downloaded flash able file of sailfish is?

 

[MNdev]

Weird which one have you downloaded flash able file of sailfish is?

the latest one "sailfishos-a5y17lte-release-4.4.0.72-devel-20221021.zip"

Artifacts · run-build (#3208846424) · Jobs · sailfishos-porters-ci / a5y17lte-ci · GitLab

GitLab.com

gitlab.com

 

[shpresim]

U have the last version from GitHub , should you try to enable developer mode on settings, otherwise, try to reinstall the whole sailfish os,

 

[MNdev]

U have the last version from GitHub , should you try to enable developer mode on settings, otherwise, try to reinstall the whole sailfish os,

I did everything you've mentioned.. I'm pretty sure something is wrong with the waydroid package

 

[Ayman_sp24]

I did everything you've mentioned.. I'm pretty sure something is wrong with the waydroid package

Use this script to install waydroid https://github.com/Exynos7880-Linux/waydroid

 

[thomaskemper]

​

Unofficial Sailfish OS port for the Samsung Galaxy A5 2017​

Your warranty is now void. I am not responsible for bricked devices, dead SD cards, thermonuclear war, or you getting fired because the alarm app failed. Please do some research if you have any concerns about features included in this ROM before flashing it!

Source code:​

Spoiler: Source code

Kernel: https://github.com/aymanrgab/kernel-samsung-exynos7880
Hybris-boot fork: https://github.com/aymanrgab/hybris-boot
droid-config: https://github.com/aymanrgab/droid-config-a5y17lte
droid-hal: https://github.com/aymanrgab/droid-hal-a5y17lte
yamuisplash (boot screen) fork: https://github.com/aymanrgab/yamuisplash
waydroid custom image: https://github.com/Exynos7880-Linux/waydroid

Installation:​

Flash the ZIP through recovery. Additionally, you may backup your current android installation's boot partition for dualbooting.

What works:​

Pretty much everything unless stated below.

What doesn't work:​

• Saving videos from the camera app after recording
• Bluetooth works but you need to go to Settings>Utilities and restart the Bluetooth service.
• Others ??

Untested:​

• A7 Support. We need help in this regard, please visit the A5/A7 2017 ROMs telegram group to help https://t.me/joinchat/IJCE2UV-5IO4CO9LiVgIag

Extras:​

If you want to enable double tap to wake, you can run this command inside the terminal mcetool --set-doubletap-wakeup=always

Waydroid:​

• Make sure to set a root password, this can be done from Settings under Developer tools
• Go to the terminal and be root (this can be done using devel-su
• Install git and unzip # zypper in git unzip
• Clone the repo containing the install script and other fixes git clone https://github.com/Exynos7880-Linux/waydroid
• cd waydroid
• Run the install script (it will reboot the phone at the end) ./waydroid.sh
• That's it, launch the Waydroid app, as an extra, install Sailfish Connect from Storeman and KDE Connect on your Waydroid install and pair them up to receive notifications

Credits:​

Ayman_sp24 - Main developer (github profile)
Sailfish OS Team and Sailfish OS HADK porting telegram

Screenshots:​

Spoiler: Screenshots

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Downloads:​

A5:​

v1.2 (4.4.0.72) https://gitlab.com/sailfishos-porte...-a5y17lte-release-4.4.0.72-devel-20221021.zip
(Upgrading will wipe data)

I cannot find bluetooth service in sailfish utilities. So I cannot start it again.

 

[shpresim]

I did everything you've mentioned.. I'm pretty sure something is wrong with the waydroid package

To be honest i I don't know what's going on but try again different ways of installing check also telegram group of a5

 

[MNdev]

Use this script to install waydroid https://github.com/Exynos7880-Linux/waydroid

I did use that script, but as I've mentioned earlier.. it was just stuck on waiting for android ui

 

[JMailuhu]

Hi, i'm currently using LOS20 and i have tried to install the Ubuntu Touch port for this device which didn't work (bootloop to twrp and being stuck on twrp logo forever, unable to even load) and broke my TWRP/Recovery Partition. I'm not sure it was because of the installers re-partitioning or not having done anything regarding boot.img. I had to reflash Samsung stock Oreo rom (binary 16!!!) through Odin in order to get it back to TWRP+LOS20.

This distro looks promising and i like to try it out, but since i do not own a pc atm i really don't want to brick my device again. How do i go about flashing this through TWRP? Do i really just flash the zip and nothing else? The same procedure didn't work with Ubuntu. Or do i have to flash a boot.img (perphaps the backup of android boot.img -normally used for dualbooting-) after the SFOS.zip flash? Normally i don't care to trying to flash anything Android CWF because i relied on TWRP, but with Linux i'm not so certain.

@Ayman_sp24

 

[Ayman_sp24]

Hi, i'm currently using LOS20 and i have tried to install the Ubuntu Touch port for this device which didn't work (bootloop to twrp and being stuck on twrp logo forever, unable to even load) and broke my TWRP/Recovery Partition. I'm not sure it was because of the installers re-partitioning or not having done anything regarding boot.img. I had to reflash Samsung stock Oreo rom (binary 16!!!) through Odin in order to get it back to TWRP+LOS20.

This distro looks promising and i like to try it out, but since i do not own a pc atm i really don't want to brick my device again. How do i go about flashing this through TWRP? Do i really just flash the zip and nothing else? The same procedure didn't work with Ubuntu. Or do i have to flash a boot.img (perphaps the backup of android boot.img -normally used for dualbooting-) after the SFOS.zip flash? Normally i don't care to trying to flash anything Android CWF because i relied on TWRP, but with Linux i'm not so certain.

@Ayman_sp24

i'm sorry about that but i guess you downloaded a zip file that contain the ubport recovery, i started a new thread for focal, for sailfish os please use this release A5