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I could get by with only using banking websites in the browser. But Why does Jolla not yet support any Pixel phones? I have wanted to try it out for years, but

by sgc 4y ago

I could get by with only using banking websites in the browser. But Why does Jolla not yet support any Pixel phones? I have wanted to try it out for years, but not to the point of trying to make things work on my own.

mariusor 4y ago
Probably because Google does not have an equivalent program to the https://opendevices.ix5.org/ https://opendevices.ix5.org/ that Sony has.
- sgc 4y ago
  I don't buy that at all. That is an awesome program that I did not know about. However, they also support Gemini PDA, which is only one of Planet computers devices. And Pixels are well-known to be the among easiest to flash devices out there, and there is no shortage of third party ROMs available for them. From what I read on the SF forums, it's a sort of google boycott despite the fact that flashing a rom gets rid of the google in a pixel. https://forum.sailfishos.org/t/any-chance-of-non-sony-phones-being-officially-supported-in-the-future/9560/35 https://forum.sailfishos.org/t/any-chance-of-non-sony-phones... Further, look at the list of devices they work on - not at all a list of phones easier to flash than a pixel. https://wiki.merproject.org/wiki/Adaptations/libhybris https://wiki.merproject.org/wiki/Adaptations/libhybris There seems to be a lot of politics in their forums (and their past funding), something that does not interest me in an OS project.
  - mariusor 4y ago
    I was offering you the reason why there is no "official" support for Google Pixels, not why there aren't community ports. :)
    - sgc 4y ago
      Right, but I offered you a counter-example in the Gemini PDA, and an indication that there was generally no effort - or positive resistance - to deal with anything google related at all.
      - mariusor 4y ago
        I remember Gemini and Jolla had a mutual agreement[1] to put Sailfish OS on the device. [1] Started from here: https://twitter.com/JollaHQ/status/1100036246754213894 https://twitter.com/JollaHQ/status/1100036246754213894

by sgc 4y ago

mariusor 4y ago

Probably because Google does not have an equivalent program to the https://opendevices.ix5.org/ https://opendevices.ix5.org/ that Sony has.

sgc 4y ago
I don't buy that at all. That is an awesome program that I did not know about. However, they also support Gemini PDA, which is only one of Planet computers devices. And Pixels are well-known to be the among easiest to flash devices out there, and there is no shortage of third party ROMs available for them. From what I read on the SF forums, it's a sort of google boycott despite the fact that flashing a rom gets rid of the google in a pixel. https://forum.sailfishos.org/t/any-chance-of-non-sony-phones-being-officially-supported-in-the-future/9560/35 https://forum.sailfishos.org/t/any-chance-of-non-sony-phones... Further, look at the list of devices they work on - not at all a list of phones easier to flash than a pixel. https://wiki.merproject.org/wiki/Adaptations/libhybris https://wiki.merproject.org/wiki/Adaptations/libhybris There seems to be a lot of politics in their forums (and their past funding), something that does not interest me in an OS project.
- mariusor 4y ago
  I was offering you the reason why there is no "official" support for Google Pixels, not why there aren't community ports. :)
  - sgc 4y ago
    Right, but I offered you a counter-example in the Gemini PDA, and an indication that there was generally no effort - or positive resistance - to deal with anything google related at all.
    - mariusor 4y ago
      I remember Gemini and Jolla had a mutual agreement[1] to put Sailfish OS on the device. [1] Started from here: https://twitter.com/JollaHQ/status/1100036246754213894 https://twitter.com/JollaHQ/status/1100036246754213894