Can't install Android App support or Android apps

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Freshly flashed Xperia 10 iii.

| Sailfish OS 5.0.0.68 (Tampella)

Purchased free licence which appears at https://account.jolla.com/devices

Searched in Jolla Store for ‘Android AppSupport’ and it does not appear.

Tried the suggestion from the Trouble shooting section of the docs via ssh

devel-su
pkcon install feature-alien

which gives the response

[root@Xperia10III defaultuser]# pkcon install feature-alien
Resolving
Querying
Testing changes
Finished
Fatal error: The packages are already all installed

I rebooted anyway, and tried Jolla Store again - still no sign of ‘Android AppSupport’

If I try to install and Android app such as F-Droid, the install fails after ~30 seconds with an error ‘Problem with installing F-Droid, Problem with store, could not install F-Droid’

Any clues how to proceed?

Thanks

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What does “purchased free license” mean?
Android App Support is a paid feature.
IV and V are a bit different with being beta (and subscription in the future), but for the III it is very much a normal paid license.

license
license610×200 20.5 KB

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OK - my mistake. I’ll go and pay

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You’ll not regret. It’s worth the small money. Appsupport really works good. Word suggestions could be better but is usable.

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I’ve paid, and installed F-Droid from Jolla Store. But it does not appear in the App Drawer Grid that appears when I swipe up on the home screen.

  • Is there some other way to open an app?
  • Are Android apps opened differently to ‘native’ apps?
  • What do I need to do to have it appear in the App Drawer Grid ?
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Hmmm, odd.
You should first install AAS itself - from store.
Does Settings have an entry for it? (And there - is it running?)
Android apps will show up like any other app in the drawer.

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Try install Aurora Store from the F-Droid and reboot the phone. After reboot all the icons should be in place. In the Aurora Store you will find all the apps which are on Google Play Store.

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Not an easy way, but something for the worst case scenarios: Settings -> Applications-tab -> F-Droid -> Open Android-settings -> Open

No when everything works as expected.

I’m assuming you have logged in with your Jolla-account on your phone, but have you tried to reboot the phone after the purchase “just in case”?

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That was it - thanks. F-Droid now running and appearing in the grid

:+1: I will install Aurora Store, when I’ve got a few other Android apps up and running from F-Droid

Which they are doing now - thanks!

My next question will be about how to access and install apps from OpenRepos and / or Chum. I’ll do some searching, but any shortcuts or useful links would be very much appreciated

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Chum Installer is here

Storeman installer is here

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Thanks again for all your help.

Everything seems to be working as it should. Time to put the computer and the phone away, and have a beer :slight_smile:

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What if you are in the US and want to pay for App Support but can’t as that country is not in the pick list and you can’t hit pay until you pick a country. So that would mean no, not available. Correct.

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Yiu could just put whatever country there and pay for it unless you have a reason to have a correct address there.

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I did that and at first the card I used was rejected, one of the loadable cards i use for internet use only, except it does not support international transactions. So i used my good card from my bank for this one transaction and it went through. Now I will wait a bit and then go to the store and see if it shows up as an app to download. i am hoping it will also allow me to update the os as I heard the new version, 4.4.0.68 and I have only 64 but the 68 has VOLTE beta built in. Right now my update software says i am all up to date but im not. So maybe I have to download and flash ?

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Sony Experia 10 Plus

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You could use sfos-upgrade to update to a newer version of Sailfish. It is available on chum and openrepos.

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Thanks, I’m so happy. It worked , so easy, I just went to the store after I bought the License and there was the AAP app so I installed it and then re-booted. Then my first download was for F-droid, it worked, then from inside F-Droid (as instructions recommend) I downloaded Aurora store, it worked, then from inside Aurora store I downloaded LinPhone (VOIP) app., it worked, So everything is working except calls over Volte.

So here is my new question, it seems the Sony Device to have right now is the Sony Experia 10 iii or the ii which I think is older but may be better, I dont know. But I have the Experia 10 Plus. If you look on your chart I don’t get the Volte beta, and there is no mention if I am going to get it soon, or sometime next year or maybe never.

So what would you do if you were me, just sit and wait for the update to come to me or go buy the 10 iii on ebay as a christmas present to my self and find a good home for my experia 10 plus.

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Never a good start for staying on topic in a thread…

That’s Xperia.

Never happening. An older phone won’t get it years after the newer ones got it.

Make do with the 10 Plus, and wait for the J2.