Adaptations/libhybris/Install SailfishOS for hammerhead

Revision as of 16:06, 3 October 2015

Steps to install

• Install adb and fastboot on your workstation :
  • Debian/Ubuntu: apt-get install android-tools-adb android-tools-fastboot
  • Fedora: yum install android-tools
  • Mageia: urpmi android-tools (included in upcoming relase of Mageia 5).
  • OpenSUSE: zypper in android-tools
  • Mac OS X: Install Homebrew from http://brew.sh/, then: brew install android-platform-tools
  • Windows: See http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Doc:_fastboot_intro for instructions

• Download CyanogenMod 11 snapshot M11 from https://download.cyanogenmod.org/get/jenkins/86435/cm-11-20141008-SNAPSHOT-M11-hammerhead.zip and follow instructions from http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Install_CM_for_hammerhead to install the CyanogenMod image.

• Download Sailfish OS for Nexus 5 image from http://images.devaamo.fi/sfe/hammerhead/beta0/sailfishos-hammerhead-release-1.1.9.28-beta0-201510022255.zip and flash it over CyanogenMod.

• Reboot the device and it should boot to Sailfish OS. If the device shows Google logo for 4-5 minutes, do a reboot using power button.

• See below for MultiROM instructions

WIP Over-the-Air updates (OTA)

# open shell with normal nemo user
# you can be on any Sailfish OS version you have installed before

# Currently available OTA version: 1.1.9.28

devel-su sed -i -e "s|^adaptation=.*$|adaptation=http://repo.merproject.org/obs/nemo:/testing:/hw:/lge:/hammerhead/sailfish_latest_armv7hl/|" /usr/share/ssu/repos.ini

ssu dr adaptation0

ssu release 1.1.9.28
ssu dr extra
ssu dr mw
ssu ar mw http://repo.merproject.org/obs/nemo:/testing:/hw:/common/sailfish_latest_armv7hl/
ssu er mw
ssu ar dhd http://repo.merproject.org/obs/nemo:/testing:/hw:/lge:/hammerhead/sailfish_latest_armv7hl/

ssu lr
# ^ double-triple check that no -two- enabled repos point to the same URL

# Because Jolla Store started working only recently, you may have
# many of OpenRepos enabled. It's recommended to disable them, even
# though version --dup will do its best-effort to isolate repositories:
ssu lr | grep openrepos

devel-su zypper clean -a
devel-su zypper ref -f

version --dup
# if above fails, try again
version --dup

sync
reboot
 

How to Build Image

• Refer to https://sailfishos.org/hadk and download the porting guide PDF from Step 1 in that link

• Automated Script - https://github.com/dmt4/sfa-mer

Hardware Support

For current status of hardware support refer to https://wiki.merproject.org/wiki/Adaptations/libhybris

Play Android OpenGL Classic Games

devel-su zypper in apkenv

Find a game's APK on the Internet that matches _exact version_ from this list: http://wiki.maemo.org/Apkenv/Game_Compatibility

Once downloaded, perform in Terminal as normal user, e.g.:

apkenv Angry_Birds_2_3_0.apk

Enjoy!

You're welcome to help us by writing a small UI app that manages/launches those, or provides .desktop files.

Games tested on Nexus 5 successfully:

Amazing Alex
Angry Birds
Cut the Rope
Fruit Ninja
Petals Redux
Plants vs. Zombies (no sound, WIP)
Rabit Game 2
Super Hexagon
World of Goo

To join the effort (or request a game), join #apkenv IRC channel on Freenode

Android Dalvik/Art apps are _not_ supported by apkenv.

MultiROM

• MultiROM Installation instructions at http://forum.xda-developers.com/google-nexus-5/orig-development/mod-multirom-v24-t2571011

• MultiROM Install Steps
• 

  Select Sailfish ROM Type

• 

  Select Cyanogenmod and Sailfish zips to install

• 

  Select Install

Known Issues

Refer to bugzilla for list of known issues.