Hey@bruce_one i have a 10 iv xq-cc72 variant that i was tryinh to flash but I’m having issues editinhg the flash file properly. i thought i made all the correct changes but apparantly not. can you please provide me me with the proper steps that you used.
So, how did it go? What is the status of the Xperia 10 IV on Sailfish OS right now?
I tested couple of weeks ago with 10 V. Kind of works but too much troubles. Moved back to 10 II
It went well, it worked just as well as before the update to SFOS 5. (meaning with the blobs I used at the time I had no camera, battery indicator and fingerprint sensor)
I still have to try the newer blobs, but I would only gain a battery indicator. Using a phone without a fingerprint sensor is somewhat annoying.
Both the Xperia 10 IV and the Xperia 10 V are unusable as a daily driver and will be like that for the forseeable future (probably forever).
I must say, that the 10V has been an enjoyable (only) daily phone for me for the last year. So whats unusable to some, can be an excellent phone for others. I love it.
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But do more things work for you than others? Or do you just not care? @juz This is mentioned in another thread as not working:
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Hi @martinbook85,
That list is a very good summary. I think things aren’t getting better until someone from the community does a port based atop lineage rather than sony’s AOSP.
It is far from ideal, but I just wanted to point out that it is good enough for some (or at least 1 - being me) to use as their one and only phone. I did write a follow up post clarifying that I would love for it to be working better, but it was deleted in the thread clean up that occurred not long after following some slanging.
Let’s hope someone with the skills can take what Rinigus and Vlagged have done with the 1 and 5 IV and do it for the 10V.
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Is it really a Sony’s AOSP problem or would a community port based on it make more progress then Jolla’s port?
Community port could be done over LineageOS which would allow to use (working) propriety blobs. Would free from chaos of AOSP. So at least in theory it should work much better.
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Is there still work actively being done on improving the state of affairs on the 10 IV?
I’ve been running SFOS as a daily driver on my 10 IV for over a year and a half now and I hate to say it but my resolve is starting to break. Between the reboot every morning when I unplug from the charger, no camera, and no private phone calls (only speakerphone), I’m starting to wonder if SFOS is more trouble than it’s worth.
The software troubles only exacerbate my feeling that the hardware is beginning to let me down too, and I’m looking at potentially buying my next phone. Is there any hope sometime in the next 18 months things will get better, or shall I cut my losses and start to investigate alternatives?
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cut your losses
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I don’t believe so.
Jolla has not quite said they’ve abandoned the implementation of SFOS on the Xperia 10 iv and v but, other than getting the mic to work for things other than traditional phone calls (which was a simple one line change in a configuration text file) there has been nothing new released to fix the problems for well over a year now.
People on this forum say they are waiting for updated low level software from Sony (called binary blobs). Sony has released multiple new versions of these over the period, but either they don’t do what Jolla needs them to do, or they haven’t had the time or resources to do anything with them (because of working on the J2).
So, I wouldn’t hold your breath.
The moral of this story is don’t buy any hardware for SFOS until you see it actually working properly. Trusting on promises will only get you disappointment.
I bought both the iv & v, and I am disappointed. They’re just occasional play things now.
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