topic Re: Sailfish OS for XA2 in XA Series

Sailfish OS for XA2

G111111 — Thu, 31 May 2018 02:45:27 GMT

Is there an official version of Sailfish OS that could be run on the Sony Xperia XA2 currently ?

Re: Sailfish OS for XA2

Jonas — Thu, 31 May 2018 07:17:44 GMT

Hi @G111111,

As far as I know the Xperia X is the only device that supports Sailfish OS, but you may want to have a look at the website for the Sailfish OS if there are other Xperia devices that can run this software.

Do note that all support for Sailfish OS is provided by Jolla who are the developers of this OS.

I hope that helps!

Re: Sailfish OS for XA2

G111111 — Sat, 02 Jun 2018 06:20:47 GMT

I found this on the Jolla's website

https://www.google.by/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://jolla.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/MWC2018_press_release_FINAL.pdf%3Fx54860%26x54860&ved=2ahUKEwjrqenbqrTbAhVEEywKHaokC9UQFjACegQIBhAB&usg=AOvVaw0jpo97wsKIu1IGR23Pkk6O

Re: Sailfish OS for XA2

Jonas — Fri, 08 Jun 2018 06:56:33 GMT

Hi again @G111111!

Very interesting find, I didn't know they would support the Xperia XA2 with the release of Sailfish 3!

Based on the information in the press release I guess you will have to wait a bit longer as it states that Sailfish 3 will be released later this year (Q3)!

Thanks again for this information and I hope you have a great weekend!

Re: Sailfish OS for XA2

MonkeyControl — Wed, 08 Aug 2018 09:40:27 GMT

Hi,

I´m in the same boat, (Jolla), if you´ll pardon the pun, waiting for the release of SFOS3, but I´m also waiting for the XA2 to be officially released in NZ to install it on. Do you have any idea of a release date for the XA2 in NZ.

Thanks,

Re: Sailfish OS for XA2

Sonyraiden — Wed, 20 Feb 2019 14:12:36 GMT

Hallo!

I found the new range of xperia, compatible with Sailfish OS 3 this is the latest news from Jolla blog: https://blog.jolla.com/sailfish-x-beta-available-for-xa2/

Also, i found a little blog / store about the devices:

https://jolla-devices.com

See you

Re: Sailfish OS for XA2

Jonas — Thu, 21 Feb 2019 15:45:39 GMT

Hi @Sonyraiden, that awesome news!

Thank you so much for this information and have a great day!

Re: Sailfish OS for XA2

Haldun — Fri, 02 Aug 2019 10:20:10 GMT

So, in the mean time, Sailfish OS 3.1 is out....it supports XA2 Ultra....

However, be aware, in order to install SailFish on your sony...you HAVE to unlock bootloader...(and from that moment on, you have no official warranty any more on your device, meaning tools Like Emma or Companion will not work anymore)

Re: Sailfish OS for XA2

Jonas — Mon, 05 Aug 2019 13:08:49 GMT

Hi @Haldun!

Thank you for the information about Sailfish OS 3.1!

Yeah, as always when flashing/installing a custom ROM, you will need to unlock the bootloader which means you can't go back the stock firmware using Emma or Xperia Companion (not sure if flashtool works though) and since unlocking the bootloader voids the warranty, there will be no more warranty on the device.

Thanks again!

Re: Sailfish OS for XA2

Mars_TheHuman — Wed, 07 Aug 2019 19:29:10 GMT

I think that is really weird. Sony promoted the possibility of Sailfish on the XZ and XA2, but doesn't support you anymore with updates because you unlocked the bootloader. If you won't support people going back if they think that SailfishOS may not be for them, stop promoting the open devices program.

Re: Sailfish OS for XA2

Jonas — Thu, 08 Aug 2019 12:23:44 GMT

Hi @Mars_TheHuman,

That is one of the reasons for why it's not recommended for a standard user to do this, since it will void the warranty on the device, DRM security keys will be removed and so forth.

I haven't seen any promotion about this at least not in the market where I'm situated, but there are always risks with unlocking the bootloader and it's important to understand what it means to do so.

For more information about Open devices and so on, I would recommend that you take a look at our developer part of our forum that you can access on the link below.

/t5/Developer-World/ct-p/DeveloperWorld