Then again… you don’t want an alternative phone, you want same as always.
I think that is the problem for everyone who complains about SailfishOS.
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I’m not sure if you are aware about it, but you can apply patches on Sailfish with Patchmanager (install it from Chum). Once it’s installed, a new setting will appear in the Settings app and from there you’ll be able to install and apply patches. One of them makes exactly what you want: Project: sailfishos-patch-homescreen-always-show-launcher
The downside is not all of them are maintained and compatible with the latest version of SFOS. Unfortunately, this patch will need some rework to be compatible again with the latest version.
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I do want alternative phone, but fully usable one. For sure I can get used to new os design and navigation, but proper browser is critical, especially since missing apps you have to use web access instead.
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Quick Launch is great, thanks 
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For me, functional calls (2G or 4G VoLTE), SMS, reliable basic web browsing on a 4G-5G network, and an average or decent camera are enough for daily use of the new Jolla phone.
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The vague usage ‘pretty bad and too basic [music] apps’, ‘strange to navigate’ you describe here seems all to be about app usage rather than this specific phone. If you find feedback threads for the native apps you tried, please don’t forget to fill in your constructive feedback there.
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There’s Multi Keyboard Layouts. One of this first things I install on a new SFOS device because it is super annoying not to have a number row.
This has support for multiple languages and it’s easy to add support for missing ones.
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Completely agree with your sentiment. But look at it this way the primary objective of the exercise is to provide a usuable alternative to the existing and dubious duopoly. In this Jolla have done exceptionally well in launching the J2 in small but significant numbers. Sure it’s not perfect and I speak as a C2 user which is one generation back.
When I decided to make the switch to Jolla I sat down and wrote out the things that I really needed to have on the ‘phone. The Jolla C2 does that and more though I recognise that I’m not a power user.
Thread drift,
My reasoning for making the switch was reinforced recently by reading the privacy statement of an international corporation. It took me a half hour and left me with the cold feeling that these people are part of a system that is designed to control what we can do.
Close thread drift
I hope that this thread continues as it will provide feedback to Jolla. Their decision to have such a thread shows courage.
PS A similar thread for Iphone users going to Android (or vice versa) would probably be full of grumbles too. Give it time.
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Yes I have that one installed, but unfortunately there in no layout in my language (croatian) with number row. So I can either use english layout with number row, or slovenian without numbers to get needed diacritics.
You can merge those two.
I have added a number row to my language layout years ago. Works well. I also changed some accents placing and emoji, iirc.
If you search for the keywords: keyboard numbers
there are many threads popping and yuu might find how to do that.
(not easy to help more from the phone, in a crouded train but please ask again of you don’t find how to do it )
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I found the thread you are talking about, I edited slovenian layout to include number row at the top. Thanks
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BUT
I just saw the Nephros big fat warning on another thread, that recalled me:
Fiddling in a bad way with the kb can get you locked out of the device if the kb can’t start for any reason.
Perhaps good to temporarly replace the passphrase/password with a pin (numbers only).
Double check that everything is working well and that the kb does not crash.
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so funny thing here; noticed calls were listed as ”rejected” (or something), with a large red sign on the call list. turns out on the other end, the call goes straight to answering service…happens now every time; am on telia 4g with VolTE. Network and whatsapp work including calls. any mitigation available? reboot doesnt seem to fix it
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Not sure this is new for JP2, though. Had this on C2 with VoLTE until I switched the SIM over to JP2 as well. Especially if reception is half-bad like in my office. Same carrier.
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“switched sim” as in moved to slot #1? (i have it in slot #2 btw)
No both used the SIM-card in slot 1
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dang. sounds like a reception issue; however the cell tower is like right next door.
Yes, most probably. For me it is like 2-3 dm between ok-ish and non-existent
The Jolla 2026 has been a pleasant experience for the 5 days I now have used the device. Snappy and no major issues. I was a bit skeptical reading the sub par experience with more recent Xperia devices. But this feels like a true successor to the Jolla 1. My last device, the Xperia XA2, has served me well, but SFOS 5.1 release caused me real battery drain issues. Hope to enjoy this devices for the years to come with more software updates to iron out small issues.
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