[Release notes] Pispala 5.1.0.11

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This is the first release in the long awaited Sailfish OS 5.1.0 series.
Many thanks to you our active contributors for your feedback and proposals.

Known issues

Update size check

There was issues with the update installation required disk space check. We made a fix for that and published it in Sailfish 5.0.0.78 hotfix release. You should install that first. If you are on 5.0.0.77 and it already offers you 5.1.0.x, check again for updates from the pulley menu and it should give you the correct version.

After updating to 5.0.0.78, the update UI will correctly check required space for 5.1 update, but just to be sure you can check that you have at least the following amount of free space for system data:

  • Sony Xperia XA2 and 10: 800MB
  • Sony Xperia 10 II, III, IV, and V: 1.2GB
  • Jolla C2: 1.3GB

Other known issues

  • On Xperia 10 IV and V user data encryption does not work on first boot after flashing, so flashable images are not provided for those devices at this point. Flashing 5.0.0.78 and doing a OTA update works.

  • Sometimes the device does not automatically reboot after successful update installation. If the installation progress bar has reached the end, it is safe to reboot the device with power button after few minutes (may require forced boot on some devices with power + vol up buttons pressed).

  • Bluetooth on Jolla C2 sometimes goes into unusable state.

  • Call history access over bluetooth doesn’t work in some cases.

5.1.0.11 release highlights

A major part of this update are “just” updates to libraries and components that are not so much directly visible to the average user. But they do contribute to the overall system stability, security, performance, and progress.

Even though the grunt work of distribution jenga has taken a lot of our time, we have managed to also include some much awaited features and bug fixes in this release.

AppSupport Bluetooth for Android applications

The long promised bluetooth support for Android applications is now here! It is still considered a beta release and your experience may vary depending both on which Sailfish device you have and what kind of bluetooth device you are trying to use.

After system update you can find the “AppSupport Bluetooth (beta)” from the store. Install it, reboot the devices, and you are good to go. Try out all the weird bluetooth thingies you have and let us know how it went it this separate feedback thread, which also has more information, debug logging instructions, etc.

And if it turns out that it does not work out for you and causes more problems than it solves (it may in some cases interfere with the Sailfish side bluetooth functionality), you can just uninstall it from store and get the bluetooth stack back in the normal mode.

Note: AppSupport Bluetooth is currently not available for Xperia 10 V, as the device does not boot properly with it, and bluetooth might stop working completely at least with some versions of the vendor blobs.

Other user facing features

  • Connectivity:
    • WLAN: WPA3 support
    • Option to set default VPN, and top menu toggle
    • Tethering / WLAN hotspot client details
    • Settings / Utilities option to restart ofono cellular subsystem
  • Browser:
    • Option to start in private browsing mode
    • Option to make toolbar fixed
    • Enable mouse scroll-wheel scrolling and back/forward buttons
  • Email:
    • Support for using email address aliases
    • Always show from address in composer (for better usability with multiple accounts and aliases)
    • Account auto-configuration from network resources
  • Gallery
  • Calculator:
    • Add basic hardware keyboard support
    • Add grouping separator support
  • Display settings:
    • Add “Gigantic” font size option
    • Add inverted landscape in orientation options
  • Clock: Default to next starting hour on new alarm dialog
  • Weather: Back with support for multiple weather data providers
  • Location: Replace obsolete Mozilla Location Services with BeaconDB
  • Sharing: NFC and QR-code sharing options
  • AppSupport:
    • Security patch level updated to 2025-12-05
    • “Treat mobile data as WLAN” -option available on all devices

Bugs fixed

Developer corner and lower level components

As mentioned, much of this release was about updating the tooling and libraries,
which is probably of special interest to all the awesome developers in our community.

Some notable features and changes include

  • Compositor support for Wayland xdg_shell protocol and subcompositor/subsurface interfaces
  • cmake rpm dependency generator
  • Use systemd resolved as the DNS resolver
  • New things allowed in Harbour applications
    • Nemo.Time QML components
    • Mimehandlers as Provides in RPM metadata

Several build and development tools received major updates

  • gcc - 10.3.1 => 13.4.0
  • make - 4.2.1 => 4.4.1
  • cmake - 3.27.1 => 3.31.8
  • meson - 1.4.1 => 1.9.1
  • gdb - 12.1.0 => 16.3.0
  • valgrind - 3.18.1 => 3.26.0

As did many libraries and languages…

  • abseil-cpp - 20230802.1 => 20250127.1
  • curl - 8.9.1 => 8.19.0
  • cython - 0.29.14 => 3.0.11
  • glibc - 2.30 => 2.41
  • glib2 - 2.78.4 => 2.86.4
  • glslang - 14.1.0 => 15.3.0
  • gobject-introspection - 1.72.1 => 1.86.0
  • gstreamer1.0 - 1.24.6 => 1.26.11
  • libphonenumber - 8.13.27 => 9.0.5
  • linux-glibc-devel - 3.18.136 => 4.4.302
  • lxc - 5.0.2 => 6.0.3
  • ncurses - 6.5 => 6.6
  • net-tools - 1.60 => 2.10
  • openssh - 9.8p1 => 10.3p1
  • openssl - 1.1.1v => 3.5.6
    • openssl1.1 kept available for compatibility
  • perl - 5.16.3 => 5.40.3
  • poppler - 24.08.0 => 25.12.0
  • pulseaudio - 14.2 => 17.0
  • python3 - 3.8.18 => 3.11.15
  • python-pip - 19.3.1 => 23.3.2
  • python3-fuse3 - 2.0.0 => 3.4.0
  • python3-lxml - 4.6.5 => 5.3.0
  • python3-setuptools - 46.1.3 => 70.3.0
  • python3-twisted - 20.3.0 => 22.10.0
  • sqlite - 3.46.1 => 3.50.4
  • taglib - 1.12 => 2.0.2

Changelog

The lists above are not at all comprehensive, and more details can be found from the
full Changelog_from_5.0.0.77_to_5.1.0.11.md (211.9 KB)

Also, the changelog may mention some things that were already included in the 5.0.0 minor updates, as our diff tool is not perfect.

Changes and fixes in the Early Access updates can be found from
Changelog_from_5.1.0.7_to_5.1.0.11.md (2.9 KB).
Thanks to all our EA users for the feedback that helped iron out some of the issues.

How did the upgrade go?

  • I had no issues during the upgrade process
  • I had small issues, but was able to handle them
  • I got into serious trouble when upgrading my device (please help!)
  • I did not dare or want to update
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Version history of the Sailfish 5.1.0 releases

2026-06-16 5.1.0.11 Released to all
2026-06-12 5.1.0.11 Early Access
2026-06-04 5.1.0.10 Early Access
2026-05-28 5.1.0.8 Early Access
2026-05-28 5.0.0.78 Hotfix for the update disk space check
2026-05-25 5.1.0.7 Early Access
2026-03-30 5.0.0.77

All recent Sailfish OS release notes can be found here.

Help articles

The Sailfish OS help articles are available at Sailfish OS Documentation.

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I am waiting to see what the xdg_shell will bring.

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This will bite many people.
Please don’t count only on this post reaching everyone before they update.

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The disk space requirement is highlighted also in the update description on device.

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Problem is more like all those who never read forum, but just get the upgrade message on phone.

Believe me, there will be trouble.

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so excited!!

  • disk space requirements make reflash more convenient than OTA for me, should we expect images in SJC soon? (for 10III, i mean, not 10IV/10V). i ask because if it will be within a week or so, ill just wait, but otherwise ill probably flash 5.0 then ota 5.1.
  • i dont see any mention of ‘treat mobile data as wifi for android’ for 10II+10III, which i hear is part of this release
  • ringback bug fix is huge for me!
  • cannot WAIT to setup my air conditioner using appsupport bluetooth, instead of an ancient android phone :slight_smile:
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Yes, that is indeed available on all devices now, will add to the notes.

And the flashable images will be available when we release this to all, which is possibly in a week or so, if no huge issues pop up.

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My Xperia 10 III has been frozen for 20 minutes even though the signal bar is full. What can I do? Should I just reboot it?

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If the progress bar has reached the end, then you can just reboot it. Need to add that into known issues, that for some reason it does not always reboot after installation, even if it was successful.

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I got into trouble, I am on 10-iii, I’ve deleted an app and my free storage was 1.1GB. Installation started smoothly, I think it was 1/3 or more done and displayed a message on top that installation had failed. Rebooting the phone it prompts to unlock FS, then there is a message on a flashing screen for 3 times “No apps running”
fingerprint unlock seems to respond but screen is black, hm!
Battery level was 67% not on charger tho

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Thanks. It worked. So tomorrow we’ll move right on to C2 :wink: Great support!!

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That’s the too-little-space error alright.

Please consider pausing this update before the free disk check works. This will be a PR nightmare.

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I had the exact same issue, and reboot worked. (X10III)

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well in that case the required free storage for 10-iii should be more than 1.1 GB

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This looks huge step forward! Thanks, Pami and the rest of the team. Can’t wait for a full release.

P.S.: I took the liberty to fix the title.

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I bumped the recommended sizes up a bit for now.

I agree that it would be way better if we could find a proper solution for this, but at the moment we don’t have any in sight.

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For me xperia 10 III did the same but it does not react power button and volume button felt of year a go so I may need to figure out how to force boot via android tools over USB.

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Thank you for the update. It went smoothly. May your efforts always continue. It is really nice that you are even providing updates for the XA2.

I only have one question. I updated my Xperia 10 III, and there is this Ruska wallpaper, but for some reason it does not look as vivid as it does on others’ devices. When others shared screenshots, it looked higher quality and higher resolution, but on my Xperia 10 III it seemed a bit blurry to me.

How does the Ruska wallpaper look on your Xperia 10 III devices, friends? Does anyone have any information?

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Maybe a dumb suggestion but I hope not:

What about a release before official one with nothing else but just the fix for proper required space for upgrade.

Assuming that such fix does exists.

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I have the same Problem, have you solved it?