Ubuntu for low end phones? - Ubuntu Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Do you think there is any chance of porting ubuntu for a low end samsung phone like mine?
The phone works quite smoothly on jb but I am sure firefox or ubuntu may work much betta on it
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jaspreet997 said:
Do you think there is any chance of porting ubuntu for a low end samsung phone like mine?
The phone works quite smoothly on jb but I am sure firefox or ubuntu may work much betta on it
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yes it is possible because Ubuntu is opensource like android
Hit thanks if i was able to help you

The possibilities are endless. If Ubuntu has display managers or flavors, you may expect something like LXDE which is lightweight.
But will Ubuntu develop for your specific device? I cannot speak for them but it is probably unlikely so someone will have to build that Ubuntu Touch OS experience for you.
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yeah i would love this on my u8686, but not sure if any developers are going to be working on such a low end device

jaspreet997 said:
Do you think there is any chance of porting ubuntu for a low end samsung phone like mine?
The phone works quite smoothly on jb but I am sure firefox or ubuntu may work much betta on it
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You can see some info here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2108550

Related

iOS (any version) is it possible for mini pro?

viOS (any version) is it possible for mini pro?
i was watching videos about iphone running gingerbread, froyo, eclair.
i was waching about htc magic running iOS
Is it possible, can you port it from HTC Magic?
allen400 said:
viOS (any version) is it possible for mini pro?
i was watching videos about iphone running gingerbread, froyo, eclair.
i was waching about htc magic running iOS
Is it possible, can you port it from HTC Magic?
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hey man stop drinking... that **** powerfull xD
no its not possible to run ios on android phones.
you should look for MIUI roms. they are iphone like.
and if you want ios you should look for an Iphone not android powered phone
i think about the question : when you want iOS buy an Iphone
So... if I understand, you want an android to run an emulator to run android? No. Perhaps I don't understand.
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PTGamer said:
hey man stop drinking... that **** powerfull xD
no its not possible to run ios on android phones.
you should look for MIUI roms. they are iphone like.
and if you want ios you should look for an Iphone not android powered phone
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But iOS is running on HTC Magic but u sad this is not possible on adroid phones
Im not an expert , but android is an open source where developers can see the codes & modify it the way they want ... and for sure they can modify it to work on an Iphone or Ipod hardware
on the other hand, IOS is closed source ( with zillion lock!)
so it's almost impossible to make it running on other devices,,, and if it does it will be only 20% functional
short story long,,, users who switched to android are fed up because of IOS and it's lack of any customization whatsoever !! ALL Iphones have the same look ! it's like all Iphone users are wearing blue jeans and black shirt !!!
so I dont think there are a lot of android users willing to give away the freedom of the android & use IOS !!
Without getting into a debate over iOS vs Android, it isn't possible to run iOS on the Mini Pro as it would require having an unlocked bootloader (which we do not have)
ForLorN SouL said:
Im not an expert , but android is an open source where developers can see the codes & modify it the way they want ... and for sure they can modify it to work on an Iphone or Ipod hardware
on the other hand, IOS is closed source ( with zillion lock!)
so it's almost impossible to make it running on other devices,,, and if it does it will be only 20% functional
short story long,,, users who switched to android are fed up because of IOS and it's lack of any customization whatsoever !! ALL Iphones have the same look ! it's like all Iphone users are wearing blue jeans and black shirt !!!
so I dont think there are a lot of android users willing to give away the freedom of the android & use IOS !!
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yeah, i know that the ios is closed but im a maniac i install many roms again and again i think thats its possible but i dont have an iphone and i cant port it
If you have a ferrari, why would you want to drive a fiat?
LOL!
Forget that ugly thing they call IOS
allen400 said:
yeah, i know that the ios is closed but im a maniac i install many roms again and again i think thats its possible but i dont have an iphone and i cant port it
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even if you have an iphone you would be unable to port it. its like writing something from scratch for the mini pro.
by the way stupid question.
http://opensource.apple.com/
Just I think it's interesting...
Anyway it's easier to port MIUI (and with easier I mean, less hard)
1. we need a unlocked bootloader.
2. need to write alot of code from scratch.
3. iOS sucks.
I could imagine someone wanting a linux distro... but iOS... seriously...
D4rKn3sSyS said:
http://opensource.apple.com/
Just I think it's interesting...
Anyway it's easier to port MIUI (and with easier I mean, less hard)
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i swear in the ios 4.3.3 section they just posted stuff you can get in the repos of any decent linux distro but its probably impossible to install on mac without all that apple stuff
D4rKn3sSyS said:
http://opensource.apple.com/
Just I think it's interesting...
Anyway it's easier to port MIUI (and with easier I mean, less hard)
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Btw miui - I have it on my Defy, and it's absolutely amazing.
And by hard you mean impossible porting to mp?
D4rKn3sSyS said:
http://opensource.apple.com/
Just I think it's interesting...
Anyway it's easier to port MIUI (and with easier I mean, less hard)
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Could you please tell me you're almost done with MIUI? I would love that ROM on my mini pro
@OP: Keep dreaming, maybe one day you'll get it (in your dreams). Whats the point of running iOS on our MP anyway, even if someone managed to port it it would be laggy as hell.
BTW: iOS walled garden fail.
allen400 said:
But iOS is running on HTC Magic but u sad this is not possible on adroid phones
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thats an theme/app
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akBSaNC-Vrc&feature=related
see the vid. LOL you will never get IOS on ANDROID phones.
and yes you can run android on a iphone.

Windows 8

So guys i belive you all have heard about new windows 8 for PC but i heard that Microsoft will release an ARM version for smartphone devices and tablets, i think that we have the chance since thay say taha windows mobile phones that where latest in the winmo series would be suitablle to run windows 8. Any comment on this, true, false, posssible, or not?
time will tell nikola, i did hear that windows 8 will be alot easier to port than wp7, but, like i say time will tell
yea shure, time does everything, i think that win 8 would be portable to any device since there are some guys on sgs2 forum telling the same thing about porting it.
Hi there, you mean that there are guys with sgs2 trying to port it on Win 8? :-o now that's interesting
yea, there is a guy that have windows me on sgs2 so he think it will be peace of cake to make sgs2 run win 8. But a lot of people are like: we have android that is better. I say no. Win8 or wp7 are the simpliest imagined os's, like iOS. Android is candy eye, that is the way and have most powerfull machines runing it. So it is my opinion just.
nikola92 said:
yea, there is a guy that have windows me on sgs2 so he think it will be peace of cake to make sgs2 run win 8. But a lot of people are like: we have android that is better. I say no. Win8 or wp7 are the simpliest imagined os's, like iOS. Android is candy eye, that is the way and have most powerfull machines runing it. So it is my opinion just.
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False IMO. Why would Microsoft want to do that? If anything, they would be loosing profits ,as no one would buy their new hardware with the native OS.
Also this forum is empty.... There are no current devs anymore. Sorry to say,but I doubt anything more for the tg01.
What happened to Nokser's promise ?
IMO, i think Android is by far, the Best OS ever! So much it can do! Windows Mobile was great and taught me about roms etc... I would like to thank all the devs who made it a worthwhile expierence here!
But things have changed , and I'm really glad I made the switch to Android .
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Idk ms says that the ARM version of win 8 will be most suitable for windows mobile devices and tablets! Thats the official, and about win8 ptoject for sgs2 it is unofficial, like most stuff here...
nikola92 said:
Idk ms says that the ARM version of win 8 will be most suitable for windows mobile devices and tablets! Thats the official, and about win8 ptoject for sgs2 it is unofficial, like most stuff here...
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True, you got a point, but tell me, who is going to port win8 for us?
There are no devs here anymore.
To port an OS requires many devs.
Android is the easiest OS to port (due to open source nature )
Yet we don't have a functional full working port.
Wp7 project was complete rubbish by Nokser. He called for donations, promised a release, yet failed to deliver.
He took the money and left.
IMO, I think your best bet is to stick with the sgs2. The forums are like 100 Times bigger than here, so there will be much more dev progress. Soon there may ba another OS port for us there, and we can choose to switch platform. Also the hardware of the sgs is far superior to run the New OS requirements .
Do you not prefer capacitive touch lol?
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hehehe i am doing a lot on my sgs2 i am trying to destroy it xD. But tg01 is for extreme experiments, i allmost got wp7 working by help of a friend from MS but no use... Sgs2 will be my toy when i sell tg01 and buy new phone.
nikola92 said:
hehehe i am doing a lot on my sgs2 i am trying to destroy it xD. But tg01 is for extreme experiments, i allmost got wp7 working by help of a friend from MS but no use... Sgs2 will be my toy when i sell tg01 and buy new phone.
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Hi Nikola why you want to sell it?
I just buy a "new" TG01 and i can tell you that the price for such a piece is very good and that there are PNA's in the market that are a lot more slower and much more expensive.
So i think TG will never become "A piece of junk"!
You will always have a god device for test, navigation...! Men's stuff!
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nikola92 said:
hehehe i am doing a lot on my sgs2 i am trying to destroy it xD. But tg01 is for extreme experiments, i allmost got wp7 working by help of a friend from MS but no use... Sgs2 will be my toy when i sell tg01 and buy new phone.
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I forgot to ask!
What do you mean by : " i allmost got wp7"
How did you tryed to install wp7?
Thank's for answer.
Well on some strange way via some tsnand.exe for some japnesse people that tryed the same, it writes dirctly to nand and read from nand and erase from it but i never could establish good connection with my PC since i had some wierd version of win 7. Well i am gonna sell it cuz for that money i get i can by second hand Samsung Omnia 7 8 Gb version(with little more money).
nikola92 said:
Well on some strange way via some tsnand.exe for some japnesse people that tryed the same, it writes dirctly to nand and read from nand and erase from it but i never could establish good connection with my PC since i had some wierd version of win 7. Well i am gonna sell it cuz for that money i get i can by second hand Samsung Omnia 7 8 Gb version(with little more money).
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What about your SGS2? You don't like it ??
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olyloh6696 said:
What about your SGS2? You don't like it ??
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hi Android_olyloh6696 i can confirm omnia 7 with wp7 mango is the best combination and the far best handset, if one wants to remain faithful to Windows and the upcoming Windows 8.
Windows 8 developers beta run on my new Wetab (exoPC)
mirolg said:
hi Android_olyloh6696 i can confirm omnia 7 with wp7 mango is the best combination and the far best handset, if one wants to remain faithful to Windows and the upcoming Windows 8.
Windows 8 developers beta run on my new Wetab (exoPC)
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Haha
Really nice to see you again Miro! I did begin to worry about about you as I didn't see you around for months!
How are you man?
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olyloh6696 said:
Haha
Really nice to see you again Miro! I did begin to worry about about you as I didn't see you around for months!
How are you man?
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thank you, i´m fine.. also nice to see you, my friend! i needed a technology- break and have done more with the family and my job.
.... how were your exams? i hope good
mirolg said:
hi Android_olyloh6696 i can confirm omnia 7 with wp7 mango is the best combination and the far best handset, if one wants to remain faithful to Windows and the upcoming Windows 8.
Windows 8 developers beta run on my new Wetab (exoPC)
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I think that if you will ask an Android - hard core fan he will also say that Android is the best option!
True is that if you feel fine with a SO then you must stay with it!
I personaly like Android because is easy to use (I speak as a low end user) and have good games. But i like WM 6 because is so versatile! You could install on the same SO more skins and is very easy to set it.
I didn't use WP7 yet ! (but i think is similar with Android - user frendly)
And by the way is wrong to compare the resistive touch screen(like TG01) with capacitive touch screen (like Omnia 7). The capacitive touch screen is made for gentle handling!
mirolg said:
hi Android_olyloh6696 i can confirm omnia 7 with wp7 mango is the best combination and the far best handset, if one wants to remain faithful to Windows and the upcoming Windows 8.
Windows 8 developers beta run on my new Wetab (exoPC)
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true,true i do like SGS2 offcourse... I mean it is EPIC phone after all but the smooth and SIMPLE, i prefer simple OS , is the WP7. And i say here in my country people are brand maniacs Nokia, Apple, etc. I call that brainless, but there are some smart ones WELCOME BACK MIRLOG. Pozdrav iz Srbije
mirolg said:
thank you, i´m fine.. also nice to see you, my friend! i needed a technology- break and have done more with the family and my job.
.... how were your exams? i hope good
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Yeah! Hope its all well for you!
Yeah I did well in my exams, thanks for asking!!!
Nice to see you around! Maybe one day we will see each other again in our future devices forums
@Rila I do agree with you to some extent! But if you root your phone you can customize as much as Windows Mobile
@nikola92 true some people prefer WP7 to android, but if I were you wait for the WP7 version of the SGS2, its just around the corner
Nice to visit the TG01 forum once in a while! I hope the best for this great small forum
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olyloh6696 said:
Yeah! Hope its all well for you!
Yeah I did well in my exams, thanks for asking!!!
Nice to see you around! Maybe one day we will see each other again in our future devices forums
@Rila I do agree with you to some extent! But if you root your phone you can customize as much as Windows Mobile
@nikola92 true some people prefer WP7 to android, but if I were you wait for the WP7 version of the SGS2, its just around the corner
Nice to visit the TG01 forum once in a while! I hope the best for this great small forum
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would like to congratulate, my friend!
...Yes small community but the best. We all miss that in the other forums!
... The coming Android 4.5 "and 1280 x 720 resolution would already interested
...
nikola92 said:
true,true i do like SGS2 offcourse... I mean it is EPIC phone after all but the smooth and SIMPLE, i prefer simple OS , is the WP7. And i say here in my country people are brand maniacs Nokia, Apple, etc. I call that brainless, but there are some smart ones WELCOME BACK MIRLOG. Pozdrav iz Srbije
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thank you, my friend! Really nice also to see you!

[IDEA/REQUEST] Mozilla OS (BootToGecko) for LG P500 =[Developer Request]=

Hey Guys!!!
Ever heard of BOOT TO GECKO?!
Mozilla created Firefox, Seamonkey, Thunderbird, and now a smartphone operating system, known as Boot To Gecko, or Mozilla OS...
I am planning on working to port this amazing operating system to our smartphone, it will probably be a BIG project; which is another topic.
Is any developers here in our LG Optimus One area of XDA willing to work with me to get Boot To Gecko on our P500s? It would be amazing, even if it is on a linux/android based port (or themed ROM maybe... port itself is better)
So yeah
Also, I have not a lot of spare time during day between 9am-6pm because of work, so around nighttime I am free, so is on weekends...
I would love to see this on our phones, even sideloaded (multiboot) capability would be amazing, then we could have endless possibilities! I would have DoozzzedUIv4 and Mozilla B2G, and it would be amazing.
I would say good luck, but I'm the one to be working on it
CJ
8-year bump just for add information that may be relevant to anyone reading this post:
on B2G GitHub, there's a pull request for adding support for the P500 in the build process, so it should be compatible if someone compiles it.
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MLX said:
8-year bump just for add information that may be relevant to anyone reading this post:
on B2G GitHub, there's a pull request for adding support for the P500 in the build process, so it should be compatible if someone compiles it.
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Man someone did all that work only for it to never see the light of day, its been so long that not only the phone died but the os too. Hard to believe that my 150 dollar phone is more than 16 times more powerful than this.
Fandroid Tech said:
Man someone did all that work only for it to never see the light of day, its been so long that not only the phone died but the os too. Hard to believe that my 150 dollar phone is more than 16 times more powerful than this.
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Yeah, funny enough I have a LG P350 (not a p500), I would have tried to build it nowadays (just for the sake of trying) lol
MLX said:
Yeah, funny enough I have a LG P350 (not a p500), I would have tried to build it nowadays (just for the sake of trying) lol
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I used to have an LG P500, the battery bloated a few years ago so I got rid of it thinking I wont miss it. Oh well that was a mistake. There is cyanogen os for the LG P350 so it would be easy to port firefox os overlay to the phone, it should run great as all the applications are minimalist. I am currantly trying to port Lineage 18.1 for my Samsung A11 but I am having issues with the camera, phone calls, etc. Android porting used to be so much more simpler back then, or I am just too unfamiliar with the new environment. The phone is armv6 so the maximum android version it can run without being extremely slow is android 4.4. I could get the lastest twrp version working but it would be useless on it. Postmarketos should run nicely on it.
Fandroid Tech said:
I used to have an LG P500, the battery bloated a few years ago so I got rid of it thinking I wont miss it. Oh well that was a mistake. There is cyanogen os for the LG P350 so it would be easy to port firefox os overlay to the phone, it should run great as all the applications are minimalist. I am currantly trying to port Lineage 18.1 for my Samsung A11 but I am having issues with the camera, phone calls, etc. Android porting used to be so much more simpler back then, or I am just too unfamiliar with the new environment. The phone is armv6 so the maximum android version it can run without being extremely slow is android 4.4. I could get the lastest twrp version working but it would be useless on it. Postmarketos should run nicely on it.
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actually b2g can't be even built because of the repositories being down, while archives exist you need to patch the source to use the correct paths and that's something most people won't do to run an outdated os
btw I also got twrp3 on some armv6 devices, a nice but useless things indeed

OS X on Touchpad

Not sure where to put this. Didn't want to drop it in the wrong section and upset someone...
Does anybody else think that OS X would look nice on this (if it's possible)?
Any developers currently entertaining the though?
That is all.
You may carry on.
Thanks!
kojam said:
Not sure where to put this. Didn't want to drop it in the wrong section and upset someone...
Does anybody else think that OS X would look nice on this (if it's possible)?
Any developers currently entertaining the though?
That is all.
You may carry on.
Thanks!
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Oh god help us
Touchpad community its very small there is no developer who can port os like that
Can't you guys run a nice looking version of linux? Have a great day....
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OS X is not made for ARM processors unless you count iOS which is completely different. You can find ARM versions of Linux that will run on the Touchpad.
spunker88 said:
OS X is not made for ARM processors unless you count iOS which is completely different. You can find ARM versions of Linux that will run on the Touchpad.
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Ok.
Thank you.
May close this.
I don't think porting OS X would be worth the trouble though, Android does it good. So do CM9.

Sailfish OS Port for Galaxy Ace II request [libhybris] [jolla] [sailfishos]

Hello,
First I want to thank everyone that contributed in development of software for our Samsung Galaxy Ace II. Especially Team Canjica, Rox and many many others!
Jolla, the producent of Sailfish OS, has just released the LibHybris 1.0, which allows the devs to build the Sailfish OS for ANY Android device running CyanogenMod 10.1. It is THE BIG CHANCE for our device!
Sailfish OS is a lot faster and smoother OS than Android. Our device with just 768 MB RAM and dual core Novathor CPU should perform a lot better on Sailfish than on Android. And it is possible to run Android apps on Sailfish too!
http://www.jollausers.com/2014/07/sailfish-os-hardware-adaptation-dev-kit-release-1-0/
So I want to ask our great community to try to port Sailfish OS for our device. We have the very good working CM 10.1, so we should try! It can be the second life for our device
I hope we will start the great discussion and the devs will be helpful
Please, port this amazing system to Ace II
Cheers
I dig this! If someone wanted to develop this i would be happy to try this os.
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Even though I'm migrating to the fastest android phone ever, if SailfishOS is released for the Ace 2, I would be a VERY happy man! Please make it happen! Many of us don't use the Ace 2 for 3D gaming anyway, so a lack of apps on SailfishOS is negligible! :good:
Any response from developers?
Well, i do not know how it's done, but cm 10.1.x is quite slower, than 10.2's, so wouldn't be lost what is gained?
Only the kernel from CM 10.1 is used for drivers purposes. Anything else is just pure Sailfish, and it should be A LOT MORE FLUID AND FAST than any Android version.
rafalo1333 said:
Only the kernel from CM 10.1 is used for drivers purposes. Anything else is just pure Sailfish, and it should be A LOT MORE FLUID AND FAST than any Android version.
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...if you say so..ok, thx for clarification. but you know , that newer kernels(10.2 minimum) are main source of speed of actual roms? Even not roms itself, you know..
xo.en said:
...if you say so..ok, thx for clarification. but you know , that newer kernels(10.2 minimum) are main source of speed of actual roms? Even not roms itself, you know..
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I dont think that kernel in CM 10.1 is a lot different than kernel from CM 11. We must ask @Rox, but I think that backporting some features from CM11's kernel wont be too hard. Lets hope so
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I dont think that kernel in CM 10.1 is a lot different than kernel from CM 11. We must ask @Rox, but I think that backporting some features from CM11's kernel wont be too hard. Lets hope so
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...well, optimist, good luck..
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...well, optimist, good luck..
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I think they are a realist myself, as this is an old, yet highly dev supported, phone, and due to it's rubbish GPU, will highly benefit from SailfishOS, as 3D games are useless on this device.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/jolla-sailfish/general/hakd-release-1-0-t2820012
Also, this.
Supposedly most android apps should be compatible too so this should be a fun experience
No one is interested in porting it?
up
As far ad I know, android apps work only on the original jolla phone. Porting does not support them yet.
Source: a friend of mine installed it on the nexus 4
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Hi don't get me wrong IS looks great but don't know about devs.. To be honest here is lack of drugs and I think that for android L wait more people than for this.... On the other hand would be use full to contact someone from other teams that have recently ported the latest versions to ace2 if they don't plan to do it again... But this is not you have asked for.... I know. But the community for android is bigger sorry for that and clean one runs the smoothest yeah not clean but with lot of use full features like from carbon.... But if there is a def that likes this more than android l... Would be happy to try also this out.... But have to pedal for community too to consider the total demand over local projects
just my guess, android 5.0 needs updated binary whilst the sailfish need only binary up to cm 10.1
so there will be a bit performance gap because of driver needed
but well that was just a wild guess :cyclops::cyclops::cyclops:

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