So, i have a Unlocked Galaxy S9 on Verizon (no SIM.) i’m currently running LineageOS on it. is there possibly a way i could install Sailfish/Ubuntu touch on it?
AFAIK there is currently no port for it.
But if Lineage runs on it there’s a chance that SFOS can too, if someone makes a port.
Which is a non-trivial task.
(I also have an S9/starlte. Would be nice. Also I expect there’s a bunch of them out there, it was a good and popular device.)
Seeing as there’s already a linux 4.x kernel for the starlte/any snapdragon S9, i feel like part of the HADK is already done…? GitHub - droidian-devices/linux-android-samsung-starqlte: Linux kernel source for Samsung Galaxy S9, with packaging
also, i’m willing to try to port it. is there anything i should know/any good guides out there?
I think there’s a droidian port for starqlte;) might wanna try that first
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I’m trying that out now.
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it worked! thank you!
Great - now you have very high chances of adapting SFOS. The droidian kernel most probably resembles the Ubuntu/ubports one, with AppArmor instead of selinux and you have to back out those changes. Following HADK with this knowledge and looking for solutions of what works in the droidian repo should be a better start for you than someone porting the first time on a new device, but patience and writing on #sailfishos-porters (and keeping logs!) is still needed.
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That’s the Exynos one, right? Same here, still on my large-ish todo list. Drodian above is not easy to find for it either (was at one point existing). I may or may not get to this 
Cool. If anyone starts work on this, please share the git repo links so we can collaborate.
Porters IRC is a bit too - noisy and over-my-head for me - so I only lurk there. Also I’m not really a porter although I have dabbled.
There’s this but it seems abandoned??
Okay, wait. since there’s a kernel for 4.x for this device, and a device tree, how hard would the HADK be?
and also in addition it has a “adaptation package” wich contains the device specific kernel, etc. maybe that could be used to make the HADK easier?
Droidian uses Halium and Sailfish uses hybris. They aren’t the same (although Halium uses libhybris).
so it wouldn’t work. I’m honestly okay settling for Ubuntu Touch tbh.