Linux Phones

Hello again!

I have returned with more patches, this time i bring you. All the sensors!

This entire collum can be made green.

We are nearing 100% completion, but im afraid true 100% might never happen.

I was working on the fingerprint sensor aswell, but its gated behind the TEE, and can't be read from the kernel. This is going to be an issue.

So the end state might not be 100% sadly, but i hope people don't miss the fingerprint sensor too much? (ill see if i can get it working but this is one thing i cannot promise)

But we are nearing the end, With the sensors done the only thing left is the cameras.

I contacted the person who's blog was posted here: https://ani.social/post/34679544

and cool guy, we agreed to coordinate our efforts with the camera, so expect that one coming soon.

My hot take on the current discusion

This might earn me some hate but i am against Jolla, many people argue "don't let perfection stand in the way of good" but we have perfection right here, its the FP6.

For several reasons:

This is blatant false advertising.

The Jolla phone is not based on Big Tech technology

Yet it uses a Big Tech kernel. There is a huge difference between a mainline linux phone and a linux phone using an android kernel.

Combined with the fact that has much debated that there are closed source components and it can't run wayland apps.

There should be no excuse for closed source components period, no matter if they are small or easily to remove, if there is close source anywhere that means that open source is not an required but a marketing strategy.

And that is the issue i have with Jolla, it gives me the wrong vibe, big tech wearing foss clothing.

Jolla is a Finnish company specializing in privacy-first OS and Edge AI solutions. Founded in 2011, we continue the legacy of Nokia and MeeGo, driving mobile innovation into the human-centric AI era.

We develop Sailfish OS, the only European mobile OS, trusted globally for over a decade, and now enhanced for AI-driven applications. Our AppSupport technology enables Android™ apps to run on Linux platforms. Our privacy-focused Jolla Mind2 AI computer delivers secure AI capabilities across industries.

With over 60 successful software release deliveries and a proven track record across multiple hardware platforms, we collaborate with partners in the automotive and telecommunications sectors to drive innovation with our OS and Edge AI technologies.

https://jolla.com/

This really makes my alarm bells whistle, are they a private phone company or an AI company??? Why this marketing language?

Let me give you an example:

These are the FP6 wire diagrams, free to download at https://support.fairphone.com/hc/en-us/article_attachments/37795041144082

This is commitment to open source, this single document has allowed me to do this bringup.

Does Jolla publish one? not that i can find. If they do i retract this point but i haven't been able to find it.

So why don't they? If they truly believe in openness why not publish these documents? My hypothesis: they don't care. Its all just marketing.

Soon the FP6 will be fully ready, a true daily drivable modern mainline linux phone.

I believe in maximum openess, so lets define mainline:

its the https://github.com/milos-mainline/linux staging kernel, combined with my patches.

All my patches have already been submitted on the list, but these will take time to be reviewed, it will be a very long time before they will be integrated in the kernel itself.

But they have been submitted, and im activily working on the maintainer feedback, these will make it eventually.

Once cameras are done, i will make an easy to install script and post it here. Simultaneously i will begin selling preflashed units on my shop: https://catcrafts.net/shop/fp6-pmos

These will be identical if you flash it yourself, these are for people that can't otherwise buy one, don't want to flash it themselves, or want to support me.

I also want not only the code to be open but also the business to be open and honest, i take whatever price i can source the phones at and add a €50 euro markup, none of this ending the price in 99 nonsense.

I do this to cover the administrative costs and labor costs.

This is cheaper then the Murena /e/OS version:

https://murena.com/shop/smartphones/brand-new/murena-fairphone-6/ Which is currently priced at €599 as of time of writing.

And this might cost me alot of money but im willing to stand by it:

When a product does have to travel (a hardware fault, or a product so far gone it no longer responds to recovery tools at all), the shipping is paid by Catcrafts, both directions

https://catcrafts.net/legal/terms

This applies worlwide.

I also looked at the privacy policy of the Jolla website:

We may also permit third parties and services providers to use Cookies on our Site to better tailor the services, products and advertising on our Site and other websites.

https://commerce.jolla.com/policies/privacy-policy

THIRD PARTY ADVERTISING COOKIES ON A COMPANY THAT MARKETS ITSELF AS PRIVACY FOCUSED????

What a joke. This is a privacy focused policy: https://catcrafts.net/legal/privacy

The only thing i collect that i don't need is request logging, but i hope you understand why i do that.

No cookies, no advertising, nothing.

No i don't want to make this sound as advertising myself, i want this to sound like what the example of a open, honest, and privacy focused company should look like.

If you made it this far thank you for reading my rant, if anything is wrong or i have made a mistake please let me know in the comments and i will correct it.