You can also easily access the Android settings by installing an Android ‘launcher’. This is especially important if you’re using an Xperia 10 II (or later), because the versions of Aliendalvik Control on OpenRepos aren’t compatible with its architecture and therefore can’t be installed.
Now I have some more expelience of using Sailfish (4.2) on Sony Xperia 10 II dual SIM and have noticed some more issues:
Some Bluetooth devices don’t work well with the phone:
Sennheiser HD 4.5 headphones
VW e-Golf
An Android app that doesn’t work for me is the Swedish “SOS 112” app. Perhaps this is because I didn’t install GmsCore? I have written to SOS Alarm and asked them if they would make a version for Sailfish and would welcome more to do so.
It seems impossible for me to send and receive MMS. Would be great if anyone has advice how to make that work at least for SIM 1 (Hallon). When receiving, the phone says “Problem with downloading message”. I have checked the settings for the Messages app and “Download MMS automatically” is selected.
SMS , MMS… the settings that get applied are often wrong.
Google for the settings of your provider and crosscheck.
In my case MMS is always wrong and while data works in my country it does not aboroad until I fix the.settings
If apn settings in Sailfish OS are wront for your mobile network you can fix this here https://github.com/sailfishos/mobile-broadband-provider-info/blob/master/mobile-broadband-provider-info/serviceproviders.xml
Found that on a web page of my provider (MMS & surfinställningar 📡💻 | Hallons forum). So under Settings → System → Mobile network SIM1 → MMS access point → Proxy address, I changed from 172.16.53.11 to mmsproxy.tre.se. However, the web page also lists MCC, MNC and APN Type, which I don’t know how to check/set in Sailfish.
Some years later, I have another Xperia 10 II Dual SIM with Sailfish 4.6 (Sauna). Now Bluetooth works better - well done Jolla!
BankID seems more complicated these days. Found another thread about that: Swedish Bank-ID/Swish - #91 by eson
However, a peculiar thing was that when I put a second (Norwegian) SIM card in the phone here in Sweden, suddenly none of the SIM cards seemed to register on the network (not even SIM1, which is Swedish, and worked before). After I allowed roaming for SIM2, both SIM cards work as they should.
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… is mostly applicable to other phones with SailfishOS, too.
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This link doesn’t work on SF Browser!
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Oh, there is really nothing special about it (no special characters, just a plain jump target (HTML ID)):
https://gitlab.com/Olf0/sailfishX#guide-installing-sailfishx-on-xperias
What does your SailfishOS bowser say (i.e. error message etc.) and which OS version do you use?
Pretty sure it’s not accesible when you’re selected for random cloudfare checks:)
I think it was some bad luck yesterday. Today the link works fine.
Or you can check for instance here:
Hope it helps some new users. It is of cause going to be outdated as close to anything like this soon. 
(available in German and English)
Best regards
Fuchur
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Good article, why aren’t there much more of this kind?
I have ordered the c2 community edition, and that will be my first experience with Sailfish when it arrives… Question: does anyone knows if Sailfish can project to external monitors? I’m curious whether Sailfish could be a good option for what they call a “lapdock”…
There are some devices that hardwarewise support video out, but this does not work with sailfish. There are working solutions for screen casting, see for example the current community newsletter
https://forum.sailfishos.org/t/sailfish-community-news-12th-september-2024-flashing-line/19958/3
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The USB-C in the phone needs to support that, and also SFOS needs so also.
I’ve asked, years ago, this same question for the Gemini PDA (which, hardware-wise, can support it through HDMI), but the OS doesn’t have it.
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Cool, I was just thinking Sailfishos into a lapdock could be a cool combo, I know I’m asking for something quite niche but yeah, was just a general idea!
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Turbot, if you install Aurora Store, which is the pirate version of Google Play Store, use it anonimously. That works well.
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- Install F-Droid
- Search for Aurora Store in F-Droid and install it.
NewPipe is a Youtube clone without tracking that you can find in F-Droid.
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1 and 2: Yes, that is quite normal for Sailfish users.
Apps from F-Droid are mostly open source, you can search on Github for details.
Openrepos is a reliable source but it needs some trust.
Aurora: a pirate store of Google Play that works through the account of the developer. Only free apps are available.
You can modify the rights of Android apps in Sailfish Settings under ‘apps’.
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