[Jolla 1] No updates/installations possible whatsoever
asked 2019-05-18 18:11:19 +0200
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Rather odd behaviour as of late. I cannot update from any repository and also not form the Jolla store. I receive the response that it is not possible to update any
Furthermore, an update of the OS to the latest version -- I am on 3.0.2.8 -- to 3.0.3.9 is not possible. I receive the error that the size of the file in the repository could not be made out.
I also cannot switch to the developer mode and can therefore not activate the terminal. The installation does not succeed and ends at some point.
I made a reset of the app registry, but it had no effect.
Any ideas on what I could do?
Before you do anything, go into recovery mode and dd an image of the mmcblk0p28 partition to microSD. Wish I had, my Jolla 1 is currently bricked and I can't either repair the filesystem image or find a firmware image to copy to the phone.
tux_in_iE ( 2019-05-18 21:34:03 +0200 )editDo backups like mentioned, After you're done with that, you can try manually installing the fingerterm RPM from https://openrepos.net/content/lourens/fingerterm-terminal-app. That would at least get you a terminal (provided there aren't dependency issues). That said, I don't think you'll be able to become root. I am not sure about the recovery, but doesn't the recovery let you access the device as root? That should let you do some things. You may be able to set a password for root so you can use
mynameisnotimportant ( 2019-05-19 04:39:24 +0200 )editsuonce you boot normally to gain superuser capabilities. I am not sure how good of an idea that is, and I'd backup /etc/shadow before setting a root passoword. Just some ideas, hope it helps you somehow.