Re: SailfishOS 2.0 Nexus 5 CM12.1 Alpha1 | Sfdroid Pre-Alpha/Early Preview
 

Great work! Though I think I personally will hang back on 3.3.0.16 until there's a known workaround for AD though :)

Re: SailfishOS 2.0 Nexus 5 CM12.1 Alpha1 | Sfdroid Pre-Alpha/Early Preview
 

I have managed to fix AD! :D

Note: The root cause: the default user nemo has changed to defaultuser.
Therefore this change is only needed on new installs.
If you OTA to release 3.4.0.24 (not available yet) you probably won't need to do this, as the nemo will be kept as default user.

So, to make it work, you need to edit two files:

• /opt/alien/system/script/alien_start_guard.sh
  change:
  Code:

  ---

  SYSTEM_USER_NAME=nemo

  ---

  to:
  Code:

  ---

  SYSTEM_USER_NAME=defaultuser

  ---

• /opt/alien/system/script/platform_envsetup.sh
  everywhere in this file change: nemo
  to: defaultuser

After these changes AD should start as normal.

Re: SailfishOS 2.0 Nexus 5 CM12.1 Alpha1 | Sfdroid Pre-Alpha/Early Preview
 

:eek: Awesome! I'll give this a shot tomorrow, thanks for your amazing work as always :cool:

Re: SailfishOS 2.0 Nexus 5 CM12.1 Alpha1 | Sfdroid Pre-Alpha/Early Preview
 

Worked great, excellent work! 👍

Re: SailfishOS 2.0 Nexus 5 CM12.1 Alpha1 | Sfdroid Pre-Alpha/Early Preview
 

I am glad it works. Enjoy. :D

Re: SailfishOS 2.0 Nexus 5 CM12.1 Alpha1 | Sfdroid Pre-Alpha/Early Preview
 

If somebody interested I have created a boot logo.
To install you need to flash the edp17-hammerhead_sfos-bootimage.zip in recovery.

When my phone boots it looks like:
https://i.ibb.co/FzQZ3Pq/unlocked-boot450x800.jpg

When it is on the charger:
https://i.ibb.co/WHfqTNG/charger450x800.jpg

If you would like to go back to (slightly) original, just flash this: hammerhead_no-padlock-bootimage.zip. (In this one, there is no padlock image at the bottom.;))

Enjoy.

Re: SailfishOS 2.0 Nexus 5 CM12.1 Alpha1 | Sfdroid Pre-Alpha/Early Preview
 

Excuse my ignorance but what is AD? Is it Alien Dalvik or something else?

Re: SailfishOS 2.0 Nexus 5 CM12.1 Alpha1 | Sfdroid Pre-Alpha/Early Preview
 

Followed the instructions exactly but can't get past the bootlogo, the modified CM12.1 won't boot either, any ideas?

Re: SailfishOS 2.0 Nexus 5 CM12.1 Alpha1 | Sfdroid Pre-Alpha/Early Preview
 

A few questions:[LIST][*]What instructions exactly have you followed? Instaling SFOS on the Nexus 5, upgrading an SFOS version to another or changing the boot logo?[*]How do you mean "modified CM12.1"?[*]Multirom or single rom environment are you using?[*]Are you using kexec kernel? (Recommend to read this topic.)[*]What Android version was it on the device before you started?[*]Sili question, is that device a Nexus 5 or a 5X?
[/LIS]

Re: SailfishOS 2.0 Nexus 5 CM12.1 Alpha1 | Sfdroid Pre-Alpha/Early Preview
 

Hi, I'm having the same issue in a single rom environment, without kexec kernel, it was on stock before I started and it's definitely a Nexus 5

Re: SailfishOS 2.0 Nexus 5 CM12.1 Alpha1 | Sfdroid Pre-Alpha/Early Preview
 

This instruction has helped somebody else, so you too can try.

I think the problem is the kernel.

I would go back to Android (6.0) and start everything from scratch again. (Root, multirom, then install secondary roms.)

This is how I set up and use my Nexus 5:
(I mentioned Ubuntu Touch here because I started with that first, then I moved to Sailfish OS.)

1. unlock boot loader
- adb reboot bootloader
- fastboot oem unlock
2. root (Info)
CF-Auto-Root
3. MultiRom with Ubuntu Touch repo (Info and Info about multirom):
- install 1-MultiROMMgr_withUT.apk (multirom with UbuntuTouch repo) with adb (Info):
- adb install 1-MultiROMMgr_withUT.apk
4. reboot recovery and install:
- kernel: kernel_kexec_hammerhead_601.zip
- multirom recovery: multirom-20160207-v33-hammerhead.zip
5. reboot android, start MultiRom and install Ubuntu Touch
6. SailFish OS (Info):
- boot into recovery: Advanced -> MultiROM -> Add ROM
- Choose "SailfishOS" as ROM type.
- Choose first CyanogenMod ZIP and then SailfishOS ZIP. Click install.

I have uploaded all files to my storage and made them available for you. So you don't need to hunt them together from the websites I linked in as Info at each step. However, I recommend to read them to get an overview.

I usually use one of these twrps. (With the newer one you can install Ubuntu Touch but cannot flash a zip on a secondary from. With the older you can flash a zip on a secondary from, but cannot install UT.): TWRP_multirom_hammerhead_20150630 or TWRP_multirom_hammerhead_20160210

Re: SailfishOS 2.0 Nexus 5 CM12.1 Alpha1 | Sfdroid Pre-Alpha/Early Preview
 

Thanks for all the great work!

I seem to have the same problem as LinuxLounge (and probably as iKevinES and monkeyisland who posted in the CM13 thread). I cannot boot my Nexus 5 with the 20160704-UNOFFICIAL 12.1 image linked here, it gets stuck on the boot logo.

I found another image which does work. However, when flashing the SFOS 3.4 image on top of that, it hangs on the boot logo again. Interestingly, when connected by USB on boot, my Ubuntu machine sees a phone device with the cryptic name "init debug in real rootfs", which it cannot access: "Unable to open MTP device “001,065”".

Could the issue be that I am not using multirom?

Re: SailfishOS 2.0 Nexus 5 CM12.1 Alpha1 | Sfdroid Pre-Alpha/Early Preview
 

Apparently the single rom is indeed the problem--when using multirom with the files from the links above, it works without a problem.

I would like to install SailfishOS as single rom, however. If there is anything I can do to make that possible than I would love to help.

Re: SailfishOS 2.0 Nexus 5 CM12.1 Alpha1 | Sfdroid Pre-Alpha/Early Preview
 

I think the problem is the kernel. That should be kexec. You may try to flash the kernel first then reboot into TWRP and then flash the android base and SFOS. (I've seen comments from a single from users about this rom worked for them too.)

Re: SailfishOS 2.0 Nexus 5 CM12.1 Alpha1 | Sfdroid Pre-Alpha/Early Preview
 

I have spotted that some android apps (in this case Protonmail) do not see the internet connection on SFOS 3.3.0.16 (Rokua). I've tried versions 1.9, 1.10, 1.11 and 1.12 but with none of them can sign in. Has anyone experienced the same? Is there any solution?

Re: SailfishOS 2.0 Nexus 5 CM12.1 Alpha1 | Sfdroid Pre-Alpha/Early Preview
 

@edp17

Does Protonmail need Google Play services?

Re: SailfishOS 2.0 Nexus 5 CM12.1 Alpha1 | Sfdroid Pre-Alpha/Early Preview
 

Afaik protonmail doesn't require any google services. It works fine on my sony xa2 where there isn't any google stuff. (It also works fine in Anbox on the Pinephone.)

Re: SailfishOS 2.0 Nexus 5 CM12.1 Alpha1 | Sfdroid Pre-Alpha/Early Preview
 

Yesterday, I've upgraded my Nexus 5 from SFOS 3.3 to 3.4. (Thanks for @mautz for creating a repo for this.) As the upgrade was a bit unusual, I thought to share my experience.

I had to repeat the upgrade about 5 times because every time I rebooted into the new system and reached the lock screen, a few seconds later the screen went black. The phone was accessible via ssh, just the screen remained black.
When that happened I deleted that from, copied the other working one and tried to upgrade again.
Finally, I identified that if I didn't let the android support to start at boot, that solved this issue.
As you may have other problems after the upgrade, I highly recommend doing a backup before you start.

The upgrade steps are defined in this post. I followed that with the following little tweaks:

• DO A BACKUP!!! In TWRP or if you use multirom, create a copy of your system and try upgrading that one!
• uninstall all patches and patchmanager
• uninstall aliendalvik-control (Actually, somehow I had two versions installed. The first one was removed fine with pkcon, but the second one has dropped an error. Finally, I removed that with this command: 'rpm -e --noscripts aliendalvik-control')
• disable to start android support at the boot!
• disable all openrepos
• disable all adaptation-community-<something> repos
• add/enable the following 2 repos:
  
  Code:

  ---

  ssu ar adaptation-community-common-hammerhead http://repo.merproject.org/obs/nemo:/testing:/hw:/common/sailfishos_3.4.0.24/

ssu ar adaptation-community-hammerhead http://repo.merproject.org/obs/home:/mautz:/cm12.1/sailfishos_3.4.0.24_latest_armv7hl/

  ---

Some benefits of upgrading to 3.4:

• newer and much better browser engine
• camera viewer works again
• user 'nemo' will remain, so AD works without any further tweaking

Re: SailfishOS 2.0 Nexus 5 CM12.1 Alpha1 | Sfdroid Pre-Alpha/Early Preview
 

It hit my eyes: "disable to start android support at the boot"
Is there a working Alien Dalvik for SFOS 3.4.0.24 on CM12.1? :eek:
Where? How? Advice please!

Re: SailfishOS 2.0 Nexus 5 CM12.1 Alpha1 | Sfdroid Pre-Alpha/Early Preview
 

I'll work on 4.0.1.48 for hammerhead once that version works fine on my Note 4 (treltexx). (Hopefully soon.)
AD? Take a look at the other topic here.

Re: SailfishOS 2.0 Nexus 5 CM12.1 Alpha1 | Sfdroid Pre-Alpha/Early Preview
 

I have bad news.

The hammerhead may not be able to get SFOS 4.0.1. The reason its old kernel version which is 3.4.
On the release note of SFOS 4.0.1 Koli it says: "The lowest supported kernel version of Sailfish 4 in the remaining Sailfish OS devices is 3.10."

I've built a 4.0.1 image for the hammerhead but it doesn't boot (stuck on the boot logo) as /system is not mounted. If we don't find a workaround, the latest SFOS version for this great device could be 3.4.0.24.

Re: SailfishOS 2.0 Nexus 5 CM12.1 Alpha1 | Sfdroid Pre-Alpha/Early Preview
 

@edp17

Maybe something like this could help?

https://github.com/sailfishos-oneplu...761ba146cdf922

Wanted to try this myself, but i somehow screwed up my SDK environment... :-D

Re: SailfishOS 2.0 Nexus 5 CM12.1 Alpha1 | Sfdroid Pre-Alpha/Early Preview
 

Thank you, it works properly.
However, there is not much use as it's still Android 4.4. None of my favourite apps (Chrome, FB Lite, Msg Lite) are working on it. :(

I've seen the requirements in the release notes, but I hoped there is some kind of workaround.

Re: SailfishOS 2.0 Nexus 5 CM12.1 Alpha1 | Sfdroid Pre-Alpha/Early Preview
 

That AD will stay at 4.4.

On the update to SFOS 4.0.1 there is hope as somebody has already made it work on a device with kernel version 3.0.
Now, I've managed to fix the firejail issue on my Note4 port and firejail finally works as expected :cool:. So, I'll go back to my hammerhead port.
Will keep you all posted if there is any progress.

Re: SailfishOS 2.0 Nexus 5 CM12.1 Alpha1 | Sfdroid Pre-Alpha/Early Preview
 

I'll try those. Bear in mind that in SFOS 4.0.1 all services have moved from /lib/systemd/ to /usr/lib/systemd ! (I've realised this on my Note4 port when, after the boot, none of my services started. :)

To fix your SDK I recommend you to delete these folders (with all their contents) and then set them up from scratch again:

• sdks
• targets
• toolings

Then, for building 4.0.1, update all three submodules:

• rpm/dhd
• hybris/droid-configs/droid-configs-device
• hybris/droid-hal-version-$DEVICE

This time you'll need to update the mer-kernel-check as well because there are a few extra kernel requirements for this new release.

Oh, yes and one more thing before you start building:
delete hybris/mw/libhybris folder and do a clean up on the hybris/mw/libgbinder (in the sdk: cd hybris/mw/libgbinder; git clean -x -f -d).
Then you won't get errors like I did. :D

Oh, and the last one. When you create tooling and target, use the direct link rather than the *latest* because the latest is not pointing to the latest yet! (you'll need the URL that starts with Sailfish_OS-4.0.1.45*)

Good luck!

Re: SailfishOS 2.0 Nexus 5 CM12.1 Alpha1 | Sfdroid Pre-Alpha/Early Preview
 

I just realised there already is a system.mount service in place. But for a reason, it doesn't work. Some logs are here. (It only shows the content of system.mount) I think the problem at lines: 691, 692, 693 and 694

Re: SailfishOS 2.0 Nexus 5 CM12.1 Alpha1 | Sfdroid Pre-Alpha/Early Preview
 

Re: SailfishOS 2.0 Nexus 5 CM12.1 Alpha1 | Sfdroid Pre-Alpha/Early Preview
 

Nice work! What did you do to fix the mounting issue?

Re: SailfishOS 2.0 Nexus 5 CM12.1 Alpha1 | Sfdroid Pre-Alpha/Early Preview
 

It was nothing about the mount points. :) The problem was kind of related to the firejail/sailjail, in terms of I needed the same two patches in the kernel. Once I added those two patches, the device booted up and the apps (with firejail/sailjail) also worked fine. (Well, except the weather because for a reason that cannot find any location.)
I think you will need to apply these two patches:
fs/statfs.c
fs/stat.c

Now, I am fighting with the AD. I've managed to start but so far cannot install any app.

Plus one more issue so far, the Bluetooth cannot be paired (so it doesn't work).

I'll keep you posted.

Re: SailfishOS 2.0 Nexus 5 CM12.1 Alpha1 | Sfdroid Pre-Alpha/Early Preview
 

Have you tried to install Android apps via cli?

Re: SailfishOS 2.0 Nexus 5 CM12.1 Alpha1 | Sfdroid Pre-Alpha/Early Preview
 

Not yet. First, I wanted to ensure all other functions are stable and just quickly checked AD. Now, it looks like I am in that position, so about jumping back to AD to look into it.
Although, I don't think installation via CLI would work because the adb shell doesn't detect the device. I've seen one of the AD binary was crashing internally, so I am not sure what I can do about it. We'll see.

Re: SailfishOS 2.0 Nexus 5 CM12.1 Alpha1 | Sfdroid Pre-Alpha/Early Preview
 

I've completed the SFOS 4.0.1.48 build for the hammerhead. The download link is available in my signature. (Bad news, apps cannot be installed on AD anymore. If anyone would like to help out, let me know and I'll post the instruction on how to start AD itself.)

A little extra work/investigation is still required to make the freshly introduced sailjal (firejail) support more efficient, but in general, it works fine in the current build.
Any issues and/or questions, please let me know.

Re: SailfishOS 2.0 Nexus 5 CM12.1 Alpha1 | Sfdroid Pre-Alpha/Early Preview
 

install sailfish 4.0.1.48, the browser says "server not found" and error the weather says "error loading". thanks for your job!

Re: SailfishOS 2.0 Nexus 5 CM12.1 Alpha1 | Sfdroid Pre-Alpha/Early Preview
 

I think you managed to download the first image I uploaded. That has this issue and I just realised when I uploaded it. Since the issue is fixed. I recommend you do download the image again and try that. (The image name has not changed I just built this new one a few hours after the first one.)

Re: SailfishOS 2.0 Nexus 5 CM12.1 Alpha1 | Sfdroid Pre-Alpha/Early Preview
 

Yes, it is as you say. Thanks a lot! It works great.

Re: SailfishOS 2.0 Nexus 5 CM12.1 Alpha1 | Sfdroid Pre-Alpha/Early Preview
 

Thanks for the new image, I had the same problem with "server not found" on my Nexus 5.
Installed the new Image as you described.
But got the "server not Found" problem again after a while.

Re: SailfishOS 2.0 Nexus 5 CM12.1 Alpha1 | Sfdroid Pre-Alpha/Early Preview
 

I installed a second SFOS rom on my Nexus 5, now the Sailfish browser continues to work perfectly.
Thanks for the great work.
I only have problems linking my Google Mail and Users. It keeps giving an "Account Error", "Could not create account".
I don't get a window where I can enter my email address and password.

Re: SailfishOS 2.0 Nexus 5 CM12.1 Alpha1 | Sfdroid Pre-Alpha/Early Preview
 

Is this happening in Settings/Accounts?
Have you tried to define your google email account as a generic email? (I've defined that way when I used my gmail.)

Re: SailfishOS 2.0 Nexus 5 CM12.1 Alpha1 | Sfdroid Pre-Alpha/Early Preview
 

Hello everybody,

Thanks to edp17. He helped me installing SFOS on my Nexus 5.

I have now in my Nexus 5:
Stock Android 6.0.1 (Marshmallow) and SFOS version 2.0.1.11 (MultiROM).
multirom-20160207-v33-hammerhead.zip installed
kernel_kexec_hammerhead_601 installed
TWRP_multirom_hammerhead_20150630 installed

- What is the best SFOS version for Nexus 5?
2, 3 many versions? or 4?
For daily use give me the best version exactly.

Exemple:
AD compatibility and camera front/rear works in Whatsapp..

- If i would like to install LineageOS 18.1 (Android 11) or LineageOS 17.1 (Android 10) with my TWRP_multirom_hammerhead_20150630 on recovery, is it possible? How to?
If not possible how to install android 10 or 11 with my device?

Regards

Re: SailfishOS 2.0 Nexus 5 CM12.1 Alpha1 | Sfdroid Pre-Alpha/Early Preview
 

I add this here to help others too: Bear in mind that if you'd like to flash a zip file on a secondary Rom, you cannot do that with the TWRP_multirom_hammerhead_20160210.img. You need the older version TWRP_multirom_hammerhead_20150630.img for that.

Which is the best SFOS version?
I think it depends on what you would like to use it for. If you are happy with the native browser and apps and don't need AD, I think always the latest version is the best.
However, if you need AD, you need to stick with an older SFOS. (Although, because of the old AD, in there, many apps do not work properly or do not even start.)

Camera?
Video recording is generally broken on this base (CM12.1), so that option is not available. (In addition: on SFOS 3.3 the viewfinder displays a black screen when you take photos, this is fixed in 3.4 and 4.0)
Whatsapp will only work for texting and calling but won't work with video at all.

I cannot comment on how to install a newer android as a secondary Rom as I never needed it. You need to find a Rom that works and you trust and try it. Then let us know you experience. :)