Sailfish OS for the Samsung Galaxy Note 4 (SM-N910C) - (treltexx)

[edp17]

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!!   THIS ROM IS ONLY FOR THE EXYNOS VERSION   !!
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First I would like to thank NoKit, monich, elros34 and all the Sailfish OS porter guys who helped me to make this port.
Thank you very much guys!

News 05/03/2023: OTA to SFOS 4.5.0.18

26/10/2022: OTA to SFOS 4.4.0.72
14/07/2022: OTA to SFOS 4.4.0.68
08/06/2022: OTA to SFOS 4.4.0.64
30/05/2022: OTA to SFOS 4.3 & 4.4
22/02/2022: OTA to SFOS 4.2
16/10/2021: Waydroid on Galaxy Note4 (SFOS 4.1)
03/09/2021: OTA to SFOS 4.1
23/03/2021: OTA to SFOS 4.0

Requirements:
Before you start to download anything, please read all this through carefully.
The first requirement is your device must be rooted and you should be able to install a custom recovery (preferably TWRP) onto it.

Installation instructions:
1. Download all files, LOS14.1 zip, Sailfish OS zip and twrp2.8.7.img to the external SD card on the phone
2. Reboot into TWRP (Hold buttons: Power on + Home + Volume up)

At this point you should install TWRP 2.8.7 as the installation work the best with this recovery.​

Once you flashed TWRP 2.8.7, please reboot into recovery and continue the process.​

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3. Do a factory reset
4. Still in recovery, flash the LOS14.1 image
5. Still in recovery, flash Sailfish Os image
8. Reboot
9. Enjoy the latest (3.3.0.16) Sailfish OS on your Note 4 (treltexx).
You will need patience as the first boot will take for a while. Then you can go through the initial Sailfish OS set up.

This Sailfish OS Android HAL based on LOS 14.1.


Downloads:

• twrp2.8.7.img for Note 4 (treltexx)
• LOS14.1 for Note 4 (treltexx)
• Sailfish OS 4.5.0.18 for Note 4 (treltexx) - 05/03/2023
• Sailfish OS 4.4.0.72 for Note 4 (treltexx) - 26/10/2022
• Sailfish OS 4.4.0.68 for Note 4 (treltexx) - 13/07/2022
• Sailfish OS 4.1.0.24 for Note 4 (treltexx) - 09/09/2021
• Sailfish OS 3.3.0.16 for Note 4 (treltexx) - 09/10/2020
• Boot logo updater for Note4 (treltexx)
• kernel for lxc support (this kernel is only for sfos 3.3, the newer OTA updates all have this support!)
• fix for 'Private number' calls

Problems/Solutions:

1. Problem: LXC container doesn't start on any of these two builds.
   Solution: In TWRP install the kernel for lxc support. (This will be included into a later build.)
2. Problem: Incoming calls are not displaying the number only the 'Private call' text.
   Solution: Install the fix for 'Private number' calls rpm. (This will be included into a later build.)

Some useful patches:

• Patchmanager 3.0
• More folder icons
• Operator name at bottom (Stopped working on 3.3.0.16)
• Silica mail (transparent background) - Well documented here

Apps from Openrepos
Apart from the Jolla store there are plenty of other, community made apps in Openrepos. There is a user-friendly app to install/remove apps from this source called Storeman. It can be downloaded and install from this location: Storeman

Debug/login/troubleshooting:
In Ubuntu, connect USB cable. telnet 192.168.2.15 2323 or SSH nemo@192.168.2.15.


Notes:

• On Sailfish OS, as it is a Linux system, you cannot install/run any android apps.

How to make a backup/restore with TWRP:
You can boot into TWRP with the usual button combination (Hold buttons: Power on + Home + Volume up) and can make backup/restore.

Battery life
In my experience this build gives a very good battery life (I've tested with a new battery and it drops beteen 5% - 10% overnight with wifi on)

Changelog:

10.10.2020
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• Custom (Sailfish OS) boot logo

09.10.2020
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• Sound fix is included, it works out of the box
• GPS fixed!
• S-Pen works as a mouse! To make the cursor visible (thanks for elros34!) you need to install:
  1. Patchmanager 3 from openrepos
  2. mousetracker
  3. amend '/var/lib/environment/compositor/droid-hal-device.conf' file, add the -plugin evdevmouse:abs:/dev/input/event3 to the end of LIPSTICK_OPTIONS. (That line should look like this:

     LIPSTICK_OPTIONS=-plugin evdevtouch -plugin evdevkeyboard:keymap=/usr/share/qt5/keymaps/droid.qmap -plugin evdevmouse:abs:/dev/input/event3

  4. as final step apply the moustracker patch in Settings/Patchmanager, then restart the services (pulley menu in Patchmanager) or reboot, then pull out the S-Pen and use it as a stylus/mouse.
     (Note: As patchmanager doesn't yet work when the default user is defaultuser, the instruction above works only on sfos 3.3.0.16 or the OTA updated 4.0.1.48. On fresh sfos 4.0.1.48 install you need to install mousetracker and manually apply the patch from it.)

28.09.2020
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Work:

• Screen
• Touch
• IMEI number is detected
• Sensors (Rotation, Acceleration, Gyroscope, Magnetometer, Light & Proximity)
• GPS (The permanent solution will be included in a future build. Now, the workaround is (do it only once): as root delete the folder /data/system/gps and then reboot. GPS should start working)
• Notification LEDs (white, green, blue, red)
• Wifi
• MTP
• Bluetooth
• Calls incoming/outgoing
• Messages incoming/outgoing
• Mobile data
• External SD card detected and mounted to /run/media/nemo/_sdcard_name_ (where _sdcard_name_ is the name of the sd card when it was formatted like 4B93-785B)
• Home button and the Back soft button
• Vibra
• Pixel ratio and icons set to 2.00
• Audio is routed to headphone if that presents
• Camera front/rear
• Video recording (only on the rear camera)
• Jolla store (please skip the account creating/adding in the initial setup)
• findutils is installed by default (updatedb and locate commands work out of the box)
• Torch
• can boot into TWRP recovery with the usual button combination (hold buttons: Power on + Home + Volume up)
• Low Power Mode (AKA "sneak peek" or "ambient display") works (install instruction is in this post)
• Sound - Please download the 'Sound fix script for Note4 (treltexx)' and save it into /home/nemo/Download, then give it executable permission and run as root or do the following:
  1. Download the 'Sound fix script for Note4 (treltexx)' and save it into /home/nemo/Download
  2. goto Settings/Developer tools, enter a Password and save it
  3. start the Fingerterm app and within, issue the following commands
  4. devel-su (press enter, then enter the password you set)
  5. chmod +x /home/nemo/Download/soundfix-treltexx.sh
  6. /home/nemo/Download/./soundfix-treltexx.sh

Do not work:

• USB mode selection from Settings (workaround: as root run 'systemctl restart usb-moded' command)
• Video recording on the front camera
• Video playback in Gallery app (You can use Kodi for playing videos)
• Internal SD card is not mounted to /android
• S-Pen WIP

Extra 1: Change boot logo, Download warning image, Charring image and Download image for Sailfish OS like.
Simply download the Note4-Boot-Logo-Updater_by_edp17.zip from the download section and flash it with TWRP.
Important!: Once the zip is flashed, boot into recovery again, then you can boot into Sailfish OS.

To revert these images back to original:
Download the original param.bin and flash it with heimdal:

heimdall flash --PARAM param.bin

Inspired by this post

Extra 2: Desktop Linux distro install/run on the Note 4!
1. First flash the kernel from the Downloads section (in a later build this kernel will be included)
2. Install all the following packages:

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• lxc
• lxc-templates
• nemo-qml-plugin-dbus-qt5
• sailfish-polkit-agent
• python3-base
• python3-gobject
• dbus-python3
• lxc-templates-desktop
• qxdisplay
• harbour-containers
• mouse cursor support for SFOS and LXC

3. Once the packages are installed, fire up the LXC and install a distro into it (e.g. Debian SID)
On the Note 4 the harbour-containers GUI doesn't work properly. Fortunately the desktop distro installation can be done from a command line. Here are the steps:

• sudo lxc-create -t sfos-download -n mycontainer
  follow the instruction and set the distribution (e.g. debian) then the version (e.g. sid) then the architecture (armhf)
  example command: sudo lxc-create -t sfos-download -n mycontainer -- --arch armhf --dist debian --release sid
• sudo lxc-start -n mycontainer
• sudo lxc-attach -n mycontainer
• then within the container:
• /mnt/guest/setup_desktop.sh
• /mnt/guest/setups/debian.sh

4. Once the Desktop distro is installed you can start:
I recommend to use one of these scripts as they save a little time. (Note: You need sudo installed and configured for these scripts!)

• Start LXC and desktop in landscape mode with mouse support: debian-mouse-landscape.sh
• Start LXC and desktop in portrait mode with mouse support: debian-mouse-portrait.sh
• Start LXC and desktop without mouse support: debian.sh

5. Enjoy.

6. More info about the Full linux distros on Sailfish OS.

Pictures:

Custom boot logo and other pictures:

 

[tigerpro357]

Looks really good, have you posted the source on github or anywhere? I made a port of UT for the snapdragon note 4 and would like to make one for the exynos variant

 

[edp17]

Looks really good, have you posted the source on github or anywhere? I made a port of UT for the snapdragon note 4 and would like to make one for the exynos variant

Yes, all sources are available on github: here
Please let me know when the UT is available for this device! I'd like to try it.

 

[usaman65]

calls not work

 

[lee.wp14]

Oh, it's you again dude That is AWESOME

 

[edp17]

Oh, it's you again dude That is AWESOME

I am still chasing my n7000. Once I got that I will complete that port too. Will let you know.

 

[edp17]

calls not work

What variant of Note 4 is that? This port is for the European Exynos version (SM-N910C).

 

[usaman65]

What variant of Note 4 is that? This port is for the European Exynos version (SM-N910C).

test on n910c .sound also not work

 

[edp17]

test on n910c .sound also not work

Yeah, I installed the build again and tested these. I can confirm these do not work. Hmm, all those worked fine on all previous builds, so I am not sure why the stopped working. It seems permission issue to me. I double check and will come back with a solution. Thanks for reporting!

 

[usaman65]

Yeah, I installed the build again and tested these. I can confirm these do not work. Hmm, all those worked fine on all previous builds, so I am not sure why the stopped working. It seems permission issue to me. I double check and will come back with a solution. Thanks for reporting!

any patch possible for android apps ?

 

[edp17]

test on n910c .sound also not work

I have figured out a solution to the sound issue. It was me forgot to include this into this build. I will add it into a later one. Until then, please follow the instruction from the main post. (I added a script into the Download section and a comment how to apply it.)
For me, this fix solved the issues with calls and torch too.

 

[usaman65]

I have figured out a solution to the sound issue. It was me forgot to include this into this build. I will add it into a later one. Until then, please follow the instruction from the main post. (I added a script into the Download section and a comment how to apply it.)
For me, this fix solved the issues with calls and torch too.

thanks its fix now .tuch missing some time while tipping

 

[usaman65]

who to install lxc for desktop linux .nothing find on google

 

[edp17]

who to install lxc for desktop linux .nothing find on google

How do you mean? There is instruction in the first post and there is a link to the main post of lxc (option 5).

 

[usaman65]

How do you mean? There is insttuction in the first post and there is a link to the main post of lxc (option 5).

there is a link but cannot find all required files .and how to fire lxc ...? cannot find harbour-containers .there is a link but cannot instaled it

 

[edp17]

any patch possible for android apps ?

No, none of the community ports have support for android apps. However you can install a desktop linux and can run desktop apps. (Although very few is touch control friendly.) Instruction for how to install a desktop distro on this device is available in the main post.

 

[edp17]

there is a link but cannot find all required files .and how to fire lxc ...? cannot find harbour-containers .there is a link but cannot instaled it

The link to the harbour-container is in the 'Extra: Desktop Linux distro install/run on the Note 4!' section (main post).

Although, here is how to install it, follow these steps:

1. download the 'harbour-containers-0.4-1.armv7hl.rpm' from this link.
2. open a terminal (Fingerterm)
3. type: devel-su (then press enter, then type your password and press enter again)
4. go to the library where you downloaded the rpm file
5. type: pkcon install-local harbour-containers-0.4-1.armv7hl.rpm (then press enter)

!Note: Before installing the harbour-container, you need to install ALL the other packages that are listed in the 'Extra: Desktop Linux distro install/run on the Note 4!' section (main post).

There is a full topic about all of this (also provided in the main post) here.

 

[Hola117]

Does it work on note 4 n910v verizon?

 

[edp17]

Does it work on note 4 n910v verizon?

I think the N910V is not an Exynos but a Snapdragon device. This means, no, this port won't work on that. Sorry.

 

[tigerpro357]

I think the N910V is not an Exynos but a Snapdragon device. This means, no, this port won't work on that. Sorry.

you are correct, the 910V is a snapdragon device, its actually what I used to do my Ubuntu Touch port, BTW, I am still going to do a exynos note 4 UT port, just been busy