[SailfishDevel] Question about connecting a Sailfish phone to Ubuntu Linux box

deloptes deloptes at gmail.com
Fri Jul 19 16:43:28 UTC 2019


Sahlan wrote:

> David,
> 
> Thank you for that specific page which I hadn't seen before. However I
> did carry out those steps previously and click Save at the end. On my
> phone there appears to be a small bug with the generated password, i.e.
> that the Save button remains disabled and I have to delete then retype
> the last character of the password to enable the Save button. However I
> was not aware of the other steps on that page under the heading "Using
> Developer Mode" which I will try. The phone is a Jolla phone which was
> purchased with the Sailfish 3 image already on it. Before that I tried
> to download a Sailfish X image onto I think it was an Xperia phone (or
> whichever phone was recommended for Sailfish) but even though the phone
> was unlocked it turned out to be a variant that did not allow flashing
> of new images,
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Sahlan

Sahlan,
slow down boy and read more documentation - it will save you time and
headache. 

The process of installing SailfishOS on Xperia phones is well documented
including requirements and works pretty well.

my 5cent

regards



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