Functional state of the XPERIA 10 IV on SailfishOS

Hi, this topic exist to report the current state of SailfishOS on a XPERIA 10 IV (precisely a XQCC-54).

As of 2026-03-08 on SailfishOS LTS (not beta):

  • screen: YES, 60Hz and right resolution.
  • fingerprint: YES, no issues at all. Maybe even better than Android 14
  • sim1: YES, working 4G and 5G (didn’t tested others)
  • sim2: YES, MicroSD for music and videos (btw the music app is so fast to fetch my 6000 musics in flac that it takes only 3 seconds, impressive).
  • Wi-FI: YES, though only 4G and 5G, 6G doesn’t pop up as available.
  • battery: ~, working but way less. On Android 14 the very same phone lasts 2~3 weeks (Wi-FI + Bluethooth enabled), now it’s only 2~3 days (only Wi-FI enabled).
  • GPS: YES, All modes works.
  • microphone: NO, cannot use microphone at all.
  • camera: NO, cannot use camera at all, the front camera is not even detected.
  • jack (headphone): NO, not working at all.
  • bluetooth (music): YES, I had an issue where it didn’t work on my B&O Beosound A1, restarted the phone and it worked on both my EVERSOLO DMP A8 (network player) and my SUUNTO WING 2 (headphone). I didn’t try again on the A1, maybe this device really doesn’t work.
  • Audio over USB-C (DAC): NO, at least using my B&O Beosound A1 it didn’t work.

Though for the bluetooth part I have to say that only SBC codec is supported, which is shit and the only reason I bought this phone was to have good quality music (aptX, LDAC, …). So this is quite a bummer. For more info on this topic, see: Support for higher quality bluetooth A2DP audio codecs in sailfishos .

Whatever, so I bought a license to support the team because Android may become closed source and/or enforce ID verification. I don’t care about the battery, but I do about Bluetooth codecs and Jack support.

Overall, thank you for this wonderfull OS, it is very near being an alternative for my standards. Until then, I will likely go back to Android 14.

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