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As someone who considers the Nokia N9 the greatest phone ever made, I’d love to pick up an Xperia 10 ii and pay for a license… but apparently because I live in

by girvo 5y ago

As someone who considers the Nokia N9 the greatest phone ever made, I’d love to pick up an Xperia 10 ii and pay for a license… but apparently because I live in Australia, I’m not authorised? What’s up with that — seems like an odd restriction.

mpol 5y ago
It has to do with bureacracy and regulations. Even the UK fell off after the Brexit. The most common advise is to use a VPN or your own VPS to download the free image for trying out and also for buying the license in the shop.
gardaani 5y ago
You try to can build it yourself [1] for many devices [2]. [1] https://sailfishos.org/wiki/Sailfish_X_Build_and_Flash https://sailfishos.org/wiki/Sailfish_X_Build_and_Flash [2] https://wiki.merproject.org/wiki/Adaptations/libhybris https://wiki.merproject.org/wiki/Adaptations/libhybris
mempko 5y ago
Do what some do and use a VPN inside europe to buy your license ;-)
- ekianjo 5y ago
  but they can then revoke your license anytime?
  - mpol 5y ago
    In all those years I haven't heard of even one situation where this happened. I think the Sailfish X licensing exists since 2017 and many people have gone this route.
    - ekianjo 5y ago
      Thanks for sharing. Maybe I will try it out then.
- girvo 5y ago
  I actually think I will, as long as it will work with the right bands here in Aus — I’ll do some research!
poetaster 5y ago
Just try a community port. I iwn a jolla phone, but daily driver is a volla phone and backup a fairphone 2