Alphane Moon@lemmy.world to Linux Phones@lemmy.caEnglish · 7 months agoJolla Sailfish pitches a "European phone" for users wary of Google and Applewww.techspot.comexternal-linkmessage-square9linkfedilinkarrow-up177arrow-down11cross-posted to: hardware@lemmy.world
arrow-up176arrow-down1external-linkJolla Sailfish pitches a "European phone" for users wary of Google and Applewww.techspot.comAlphane Moon@lemmy.world to Linux Phones@lemmy.caEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square9linkfedilinkcross-posted to: hardware@lemmy.world
minus-squarenaeap@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 months agoSure about the Android kernel? I was pretty convinced they use a Linux kernel and only have an Android app compatibility layer
minus-squareerebion@news.erebion.euBanned from communitylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 months agoYes, there’s no mainline kernel support. They just use the downstream kernel from the phone vendor. This also means they cannot provide security updates for longer than the device’s vendor, which in Sony’s case isn’t even much support at all.
minus-squarenaeap@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 months agoI was thinking about their own phones, not Sailfish for other vendors For example their community phone or their new Jolla phone
minus-squareerebion@news.erebion.euBanned from communitylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 months agoThe C2 is just a rebranded Reeder S19 Max Pro S, a cheap Android phone from a Turkish company. Some people even buy the phone from Turkey and flash Sailfish OS onto it themselves.
minus-squareBenedikt Wi@ruhr.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 months ago@naeap @erebion Yes, C2 is also using #Libhybris however, there is some mainlining effort, but it does not seem to be easier than for other unlocked Android phones, see the talk or slides at https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/event/9KYVGM-jolla-c2/
Sure about the Android kernel?
I was pretty convinced they use a Linux kernel and only have an Android app compatibility layer
Yes, there’s no mainline kernel support. They just use the downstream kernel from the phone vendor. This also means they cannot provide security updates for longer than the device’s vendor, which in Sony’s case isn’t even much support at all.
I was thinking about their own phones, not Sailfish for other vendors
For example their community phone or their new Jolla phone
The C2 is just a rebranded Reeder S19 Max Pro S, a cheap Android phone from a Turkish company.
Some people even buy the phone from Turkey and flash Sailfish OS onto it themselves.
Thanks, didn’t know that :-\
@naeap @erebion Yes, C2 is also using #Libhybris however, there is some mainlining effort, but it does not seem to be easier than for other unlocked Android phones, see the talk or slides at https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/event/9KYVGM-jolla-c2/
Hm, ok
That’s sad