Change OS on Jolla Phone [subjective]
The phone is fair
The OS is not brilliant
I bought the Jolla Phone December 2015
I have tried to sell it (But no one has any interest)
I wonder if it's possible to change the OS to Android
That way I could get something more familiar
I need something familiar
Technically this is possible, but since we dont have flashable images for the JPhone I dont really like your chances.
It's going to be a hard sell now because the phones are still available new, and the technology in the phone (os aside) is nothing really great at this point.
r0kk3rz ( 2016-02-06 23:47:46 +0300 )editHello,
I don't think installing android will make your Jolla phone user experience any better. Here's why: The phone hardware (dual-core; ~800MB usable memory) is more than three years behind current Android phones. Jolla (the company) actually did (and is still doing) a great job optimizing SFOS for the Jolla phone - it's the only platform in existence that can demonstrate the full potential of SFOS. Even Jolla's Android support (alien-dalvik) runs fairly swift; it's unlikely that a (recent) native Android runtime will achieve the speed of alien-dalvik on the Jolla hardware.
So - what keeps you from using Jolla's Android compatibility mode with your favourite apps? What's missing for you?
t-lo ( 2016-02-07 13:47:50 +0300 )editIf you really want a Jolla device with Android, why not get yourself a Tablet from Taobao ;)
Moshroom ( 2016-02-07 14:29:31 +0300 )edit