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If Jolla servers shut down...
...how will brand new devices be updated to the latest OS version?
I bring this up, as Microsoft recently shutdown the servers for OTA updates for Symbian devices. Fortunately it is not too huge of an issue as Symbian devices are mature in the development community and it is possible to flash the latest version from a download-able image. That, or the various custom firmwares such as Delight. The Jolla phone, on the other hand...I had to send mine back to Finland when the filesystem became too full and the phone became unusable. I tried using the recovery off my Linux desktop beforehand, but to no avail. There is no obvious way to flash a firmware image as it is known for Symbian and Android, I can't even find them online. |
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If that happens we are pretty much screwed - there are no (official) images and no third party OS repo mirrors.
If the servers ever go down:
Also mentioned on one of the community meetings - the device pings a Jolla hosted server to check if it is online. If I understand it correctly then if this server goes down the device might forever thing it is offline. Someone with more information is welcome to clarify the ramifications of this & if this could be worked around. |
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That last point about the ping I had no idea. Maybe we could work around that with a hosts file so it pings somewhere else. The hosts file could be put in an openrepoes package for the somewhat less technical people.
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nemo ~ $ cat /etc/connman/main.conf |
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Don't forget you can't mirror official "adaptation" repos, because it requires credentials :)
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(with sailors still around for the meetings, hopefully some way to backup the latest, even if a bit dodgy from legal pov, should be doable) |
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I assume if you have your device, dd backup of everything.
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But this is for the network status only. And stskeeps talked about this service may be hosted by community members some mer meetings ago. |
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What hasn't jolla shutdown yet :O
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Losing the repos and store isn't too big a deal as many apps have Github pages and/or are also available on Openrepos. I have made a list of all the apps I've got, with their related links elsewhere, so that if the store goes down I can try to maintain contacts and updates.
The firmware on the other hand...I'm curious whether it is possible for us to extract the proprietary blobs (for our own personal use as it would be illegal to distribute) and deposit them into a flashable image from the source code, which others have made images for Android devices from. |
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Well what happens if one takes a fresh N9 and enables devmode? Did someone make a work around maybe via additional repos added? Maybe something similar could be done for Sailfish and installable via openrepos
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