Adopting abandoned apps?

asked 2018-12-04 22:45:23 +0200

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updated 2020-03-21 23:14:03 +0200

Direc
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Hello Sailors!

I stumbled across Picross in Jolla Store a year back, but it didn't work at all. At some point a fatal bug had slipped in the release version, or something, but there was a patch for it already. I tested it and it worked - and I liked the game, too. I decided to fix the application properly and publish it, and ended up rewriting some parts of it.

This gave me an idea; are there any other community-provided applications that you would like to use, but are no longer maintained? Submit your suggestions in answers, and I see what I can do :)

Edit: This question was inspired by Sailfish Devember, so make sure you check out that, too!

Edit: Translators are always needed! Many of the projects I picked up are not quite up to date... Please consider helping the community by translating a few applications if you can spare an hour or two.

How are the projects progressing, you ask? First the more active ones:

GPSInfo
- Mostly done for now at least
- Bar chart component may have to be re-implemented (without qcharts.js...)
YTplayer
- Uses custom-made "youtube-dl-lite" for speed
  (It means youtube-dl script execution kind of speed, not download faster speed :)
Battery Buddy
- Finally supports automatically pausing/resuming charging the battery!
- Landscape orientation support
- No longer Jolla Store compatible; only from OpenRepos from now on

Then the ones that haven't had much attention lately, but forgotten they are not, trust me:

CarBudget: Pushed layout fixes to condo4, hopefully he still updates the app... (11.2.2019)
SailKino: major UI rework done and released (25.2.2019)
CountMe 2: Screen blanking prevention added. (12.2.2019)
Picross 2: Updated welcome screen, translations added. (12.2.2019)

The future of these ones is unclear to me (but you can help, too):

Daedalus: It compiled and ran almost out-of-the box!
SMPC: Not started yet.
PhoneHook: Not started yet, but definitely on my list :)
Call Flasher: In consideration. It may be possible, but the results may be poor. Looking at it later this year.
Squeeze UI: In consideration. It's hard to test this, as I don't have a Squeebox... https://openrepos.net/content/pawelspoon/squeeze-ui-remote-ps
File Browser (although it is not abandoned): I am implementing support for other applications to open files and folders in the application. Serious nerd snipe at the moment! Need to learn D-Bus first...
Swipe URL in browser toolbar right/left in order to go back/forward - updated to latest sailfish, forked, with pull request, also released on OpenRepos

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Even abondend apps on OpenRepos that with some TLC may find their way in the Jolla store?

JSEHV ( 2018-12-04 23:51:04 +0200 )edit

Absolutely!

Direc ( 2018-12-05 00:42:35 +0200 )edit

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These two I miss:

Phonehook: https://openrepos.net/content/omnight/phonehook

Call Recorder: https://openrepos.net/content/dpurgin/call-recorder

kaari ( 2018-12-05 03:05:57 +0200 )edit

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I miss "Daily Comics" from tardypad on OpenRepos: https://openrepos.net/content/tardypad/daily-comics

Code is here:

https://github.com/tardypad/sailfishos-daily-comics

And maybe you can improve it by enabling users to edit and fix the comics definitions/urls.

melg01 ( 2018-12-05 06:25:53 +0200 )edit

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Daedalus Musicplayer: https://openrepos.net/content/djselbeck/daedalus-musicplayer

In my eyes the best player for SailfishOS, but unfortunately no longer able to get/display album information since Sailfish 2.1.4.14

dyraig ( 2018-12-05 10:10:40 +0200 )edit

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answered 2020-03-01 00:49:50 +0200

olf
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updated 2020-03-01 00:56:05 +0200

Battery notifier 2

Up to now this has been the only native app, with which one can effectively

set an upper charging limit, at which the device automatically stops charging
set an arbitrary lower limit as a threshold for extra intensive acoustic warnings
settings and functionality persists over GUI (Lipstick) restarts and reboots (i.e., it autostarts when booting)

But unfortunately it does not work at all on Xperias.
It might have additionally stopped working on all devices since SailfishOS 3.

If the code turns out to be hard to maintain, the resources at TJC mentioned in Battery notifier 2's version history at OpenRepos might be helpful to enhance a similar utility (e.g. Battery Buddy) to include Battery notifier 2's essential functionality: automatically stopping to charge at a freely chosen battery level.

P.S.: Its source code is (only, AFAICS) the script files (QML) in the RPMs at OpenRepos.

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Thanks, I'll have a look at it. It has been on my to-do list but time to kick it up a bit.

Direc ( 2020-03-20 10:44:23 +0200 )edit

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This hit the nerd in me quite effectively. It's now done!

Direc ( 2020-03-21 23:19:55 +0200 )edit

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answered 2020-03-01 00:29:25 +0200

olf
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Defender

Up to SailfishOS 3.2.0 only the automatic updates of the block lists was broken, but since SailfishOS 3.2.0 it seems to cause havoc on Xperia 10s, hence fixing Defender has become much more relevant.
Side note: As @Direc already had it on his second list in April 2019, this is just for creating a separate entry and bringing Defender's issues to attention, again.

Defender provides

a comprehensive cookie manager for the SailfishOS web browser, including persistent white- and black-lists
hosts file based Adblocking for native and Android apps
a block lists manager to select sources of Adblocking lists and to update the system hosts files with it

P.S.: I suspect Defender to fail when trying to patch the new (AOSP8 based) AlienDalvik's hosts file, which might be at a different location than before (with the old AOSP4.1.2 and 4.4.4 based AlienDalvik versions).

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answered 2019-12-02 17:58:18 +0200

xbt123ufo
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updated 2019-12-02 17:59:42 +0200

Prxrv—native pixiv app

Can't login now . Don't know if it's abandoned or not but it's not working anymore and it hasn't been updated for a long time. Hope this app can come back to life.

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Just heads up that it came back from dead, login works and you can finally zoom pictures!

JacekJagosz ( 2020-03-01 01:20:35 +0200 )edit

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answered 2019-09-20 18:15:53 +0200

b3pio
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Morsehttps://openrepos.net/content/mjtorn/morse This can be a very handy app for helping transitioning people to Sailfish OS easily if they can migrate their Call/SMS info from android/.XML.CSV files. Currently doesn't work at all (Tested on XA2)

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answered 2019-03-25 12:52:52 +0200

monkeyisland

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Hi after Update to 3.0.2.8 Dolphin Keyboard is broken.

https://openrepos.net/content/saberaltria/dolphin-keyboard-core

I wrote a report in openrepos.net but no reponse so far. :(

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AFAICS Dolphin Keyboard has been a candidate for this list for long (i.e., it seems to be unmaintained for a long time).

olf ( 2019-03-25 22:41:25 +0200 )edit

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answered 2019-03-19 22:37:44 +0200

kuba77

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patch - Browser history swipes

https://github.com/cornerman/sailfishos-patch-browser-history-swipes

Doesn't work since 2.1 :(

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See my update. Hope it'll work for you too (as it does for me). Just forked and rebuilt with my local changes. Also I made pull request to original patch creator/maintainer. https://openrepos.net/content/pemek/swipe-url-browser-toolbar-rightleft-order-go-backforward

pemek ( 2019-05-23 16:24:27 +0200 )edit

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answered 2019-03-13 16:00:28 +0200

cquence

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updated 2019-12-03 12:42:12 +0200

Foursail

A native foursquare/swarm client for checkins. It had quite complete functionality however it seems that the "Nearby" page gets stuck forever without returning nearby locations.

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answered 2019-03-13 07:45:48 +0200

jjjhhhppp
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One application that I used a while back but hasn't received any updates is the telegram-desktop client. The version on openrepos still works but crashes a fair bit. https://openrepos.net/content/dimaasket/telegram-desktop

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Please check out Depecher. I use and it works kinda very well :)

Direc ( 2019-03-28 16:27:24 +0200 )edit

Then again, I could try compiling it again fro sources and see what happens...

Direc ( 2019-05-07 10:29:49 +0200 )edit

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answered 2019-03-12 16:19:59 +0200

This post is a wiki. Anyone with karma >75 is welcome to improve it.

updated 2019-03-13 03:20:58 +0200

pawel

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can we vote for patches too ?

just found out that the most important patch is unmaintained and cornerman is looking for an substitute (code is on github)

i'm talking of course about NO HOME CAROUSEL

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NO HOME CAROUSEL still works on 3.0.1.11

kuba77 ( 2019-03-12 18:49:53 +0200 )edit

@kubba77, that does not change the fact that you have to enable dev mode in order to install it and that cornerman left sfos at least 8 months ago

pawel ( 2019-03-13 03:21:53 +0200 )edit

One has to enable Patchmanager's "Developer mode" for many Patches, even (more or less) maintained ones, because Patch authors miss to update the list of SailfishOS versions a Patch is compatible with (when new SailfishOS versions are released, but the Patch does not need to be adapted to them).

olf ( 2019-03-13 03:31:07 +0200 )edit

well reordering apps does not work anymore with that patch..

pawel ( 2019-03-13 09:52:51 +0200 )edit

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answered 2019-03-08 10:51:36 +0200

247

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Don't know if it's abandoned or not but prostogram it's not working anymore and it hasn't been updated for ages, so i'll add prostogram or prostogram alpha to the request :)

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Already requested here :) https://together.jolla.com/question/195152/adopting-abandoned-apps/?answer=201176#post-id-201176

raketti ( 2019-03-08 10:53:21 +0200 )edit

Yes, didn't saw that, thanks for pointing that out...

247 ( 2019-03-08 10:56:58 +0200 )edit

already posted see top answers

cemoi71 ( 2019-12-02 13:24:11 +0200 )edit

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