Received mine. Too big (outlook is nice) with poor screen resolution. Mostly disappointed about camera quality.
They should select better hardware (ready to pay more). One good HMD-device with SFOS would be nice (really like this OS and like to move away from Android). Opening device only with securitycode is annoying (fingerpirnt or pattern is better).
Things moving a little bit slow. All Andriod apps I need (and there is not native alternative), are not working (in one case keyboard does not show up to log in; one app needs notifications enabled (even they are); FB Messenger is asking to save login information every time I open it; notifications are not going in etc.).
And cannot start using because cannot connect to Outlook account.
Haven’t seen this mentioned before so I’ll do it. The camera lenses have a serious build quality (or design) issue in that the glass lenses stick out a tiny bit from the plastic rings surrounding them. This means that when laying the phone down it actually rests on the lens surfaces, potentially scratching them. Maybe even more serious it that the edges of the glass lenses are very sharp, I can actually use them as a paint scraper to scrape paint from my desk surface. Hardly ideal. I will probably 3d print something and glue it around the lenses at some point to protect both the lenses and my desk.
If I were you I would glue a plastic ring fitting in size around the lens, because this cannot stay that way in the long run to avoid damaging/scratching surfaces, things in the handbag and the lens itself.
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I want to second that. After a few weeks of using the phone, I can confirm that bluetooth is crashing regularly, even in what should be considered low stress situations (only one app running) although I haven’t dug deeper into this.
Would it make sense to open a separate thread for bluetooth on C2? I’ve noticed that there are now separate threads for a couple of C2-specific topics.
Oh and on that note, the clock alarm sounds not working is also a huge issue for me, and there’s already several related threads for that: [1] [2] [3] …
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Same here as well, works sporadically but typically does not work immediately after a fresh boot.
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It starts working if you force the lock screen once (press power button).
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With that power Button of the C2 and the missing fingerprint sensor, double tap to wake up woukd really be of so much help!
Start-Up experience with the pre-set-up device was great, btw.
I notice, that the browser still feels not so smooth when scrolling.
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clear command is missing from Fingerterm.
vi-editor doesn’t recognize + option (jump to end when file is opened)
vi seems to be linked to busybox. Is this real meaning?
date command doesn’t recognize -d “-1 day” option any more.
All of these of course in Fingerterm
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I printed a lens protector and uploaded it here in case someone would find any use for it: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6854451. Came out not too ugly, certainly better looking than the clumsy plastic case that came with the phone which would of course also solve the issue.
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All the following things are not dependent in the terminal app you use: Fingerterm, Toeterm, SSH etc.
clear command is missing from Fingerterm.
Fingerterm clears the screen on Ctrl-l (i.e. a small L), as most terminal apps do.
The clear command is part of ncurses IIRC, which you can install, if you really need it.
vi-editor doesn’t recognize + option (jump to end when file is opened)
This is not a vi option according to the POSIX standard, it is only supported by vim: Either install vim if you really need it, or use 999E in vi after opening the a file (with less than 999 “bigwords”, else use a higher number).
vi seems to be linked to busybox. Is this real meaning?
vi is part of the busybox multi-call binary (as configured and compiled for SailfishOS).
date command doesn’t recognize -d “-1 day” option any more.
IIRC date is also part of the busybox multi-call binary and this option not defined by the POSIX standard.
HTH
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Until yesterday when I gave my Xperia10iii for reuse to a colleague I did not use the C2 with a SIM card. When moving the SIM card from Xperia10iii to C2, to use it as daily driver with SfOS 5.0.0.29, I can partially confirm with mobile data set to “Prefer 3G” that call in and out works, text in works, but only the 3 first texts out worked. So since yesterday after those three were delivered no further texts have been delivered out. I also switched to “Prefer 4G” to re-confirm neither calling nor texting in any direction worked. Switching back to “Prefer 3G” calling in and out and text in works again. This, no text out, is a bit off compared to other user experiences reported, so is there something I can do to fix this odd one to get on par with the common calling in and out and text in AND out works?
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Thank you for the answer! I have made a lot of scripts using these options. I have probably installed these (ncurses and vim) on my old device and forgotten about it.
I noticed that the C2 running Sailfish Connect can’t find my computer, even though my Xperia 10 II running Sailfish Connect, connected to the same network, can find my computer just fine.
In the same way, the Xperia 10 II is able to effortlessly find WiiM devices with the WiiM Home app (in Android AppSupport), whereas the C2, connected to the same network, can’t find anything at all. Entering the computer’s IP address in Sailfish Connect doesn’t do anything, either.
I checked the settings on my router, but the Xperia 10 II and the C2 have exactly the same settings applied to them, so the problem must be on the device. But what could it be?
Edit: just to be clear, the Android AppSupport side is connected to the internet. It just can’t seem to find the other devices on the network.
Have you tried ssh or scp? I have had some difficulties when having conflicting ip addresses with the other devices. Somehow managed to connect though.
For me it works. Both devices (RPi5 and Andy phone) are always available for connection at once. I use ssh a lot from RPi and it always works right away. Other already known than sometimes C2 needs Wifi disable/reenable to connect to LAN.
Do you mean from pc to phone or from phone to pc? Pc to phone works fine, but I haven’t checked phone to pc yet.
After I made the post, Sailfish Connect on the C2 was suddenly able to find my Xperia 10 II and vice versa. But it still can’t find my computer (or the WiiM devices in the WiiM Android app).
Edit: Well, it seems like posting in this thread brings good luck, because right after posting this post, the C2 noticed my computer and the two are now KDE-connected. But the WiiM devices aren’t working yet.
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Except from no VoLTE, there is just one thing I find strange. Transferring large amount of data over USB doesn’t work flawless.
Transferring my mp3 collection (436 files/4,4 GB) from my Linux PC to internal memory of C2 just stopped after about 80-100 files. I had to reconnect USB cable to restart transfer, and again it stopped after about 80-100 files. The same thing happened when transferring my even bigger audio book collection to the C2 SD-card.
As an amateur I can just guess it has something to do with cache handling.
Anyway, I ended up connecting my SD-card directly into PC to transfer audio books with no problem.
I can’t remember I’ve seen this on any of my other SFOS phones.
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I always use scp for this, although rsync would be better, because it supports resume of transfer
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I haven’t done extensive testing, but sending SMS only works for me in 2G mode, not 3G or 4G.
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Soon you have VoLTE as well. We do have a group that is already testing it.
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