Getting re-started: How to start using again old Jolla phone running Sailfish OS 1.0.0.5 (Kaajanlampi)?

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I took my old Jolla out of the drawer and decided to start playing with it again. The starting point is a factory reset First One, running Sailfish OS 1.0.0.5 (Kaajanlampi). Unfortunately opening jolla.com fails on certificate error, OS update check timeouts and I can login to the phone with my Jolla account.

I suspect I need to run some manual updates to get automatic updates starting. Has somebody else been in this situation and how did you solve it?

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You may try using sfos-upgrade.

Ideas how to transfer the RPM file to your phone:

  1. Try directly downloading it using curl -LO with additionally all certificate checks etc. switched off, see curl’s man page for these options. Maybe Openrepos still allows for downloading via HTTP, e.g.
    http://openrepos.net/sites/default/files/packages/5928/sfos-upgrade-3.11.4-release4.noarch.rpm?
    Caveat: Likely you are also unable to enable “developer mode”, hence no terminal app.
    Idea: You may try inputting the aforementioned HTTP link into the Jolla Browser.
  2. Download to your PC / Laptop and use
    scp sfos-upgrade-3.11.4-release4.noarch.rpm nemo@<ip-addr>:
    I wonder if that works without “developer mode”?
  3. Use MTP or Bluetooth file transfer. If this fails repeatedly, try some more times with .txt appended to the file-name; i.e. rename the downloaded file on your PC / Laptop from sfos-upgrade-3.11.4-release4.noarch.rpm to sfos-upgrade-3.11.4-release4.noarch.rpm.txt. But do not miss to un-rename the file later (e.g. by using Jolla’s mini-filemanager in Settings→Storage→…) even though installing it may even work without that.
  4. More, alternative methods for this file transfer are denoted here:
    How to transfer files from and to my SailfishOS device without developer mode enabled? [closed] - together.jolla.com

If you have transferred this file successfully onto your Jolla 1, enable “Allow for installing untrusted software” in the Settings.

Then try installing it:

  • For method 3 (both, MTP and Bluetooth) and method 1 with the Jolla Browser, you should find the download listed in Settings→Transfers, can tap on it to select it and then hit Install in the top pulley menu.
  • For all other cases you have to locate the transferred RPM file by using Jolla’s mini-filemanager (usually in the home directory of nemo or the Downloads directory there), select it there and then hit Install in the top pulley menu.

If all that fails, one can potentially achieve something by using the recovery console, but for that you should really know Linux (sysadmin work) very well, and have or acquire knowledge about some specifics of SailfishOS.


After that: Do search this (aka “FSO”, e.g. here) and the original forum (together.jolla.com aka “TJC”) thoroughly, similar threads do already exist!

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