Re: SailfishOS 2.0 Nexus 5 CM12.1 Alpha1 | Sfdroid Pre-Alpha/Early Preview
 

Damn, the OTA update instructions from the first page differ from the one in the wiki regarding the repositories to be used... New try, new luck:-)

Edit Update to 2.0.4.13 took hours, not recommended. I had to drop adaptation0 as of pattern issues.

Re: SailfishOS 2.0 Nexus 5 CM12.1 Alpha1 | Sfdroid Pre-Alpha/Early Preview
 

This might be of interest to anyone installing SailfishOS roms.

I've been playing around with a very good Moto G (falcon, 2013) SailfishOS conversion made by PiggZ.

Unfortunately GPS was not working at all, even when the main thread in XDA forums said it should.
Eventually I got it fixed by installing normal Cyanogenmod, and making sure that GPS was turned on and working, and then restoring a backup of my previous installation of SailfishOS on top of it.

It is quite possible that GPS had been never used with the Moto G device I had acquired, and Sailfish probably couldn't trigger it without Android proper first activating it. So if you get your hands on Nexus 5, make sure to check that all radios, gps and sensors have been activated before you flash it to Sailfish OS.

Re: SailfishOS 2.0 Nexus 5 CM12.1 Alpha1 | Sfdroid Pre-Alpha/Early Preview
 

Do you mean, if used as a pristine device (never turned on) and if SFOS is installed directly to it?
Or do you mean, that when CM is flashed to the device, turn it on and use it for a while before flashing SFOS on top of it?

Re: SailfishOS 2.0 Nexus 5 CM12.1 Alpha1 | Sfdroid Pre-Alpha/Early Preview
 

I mean that if you use pristine device and then install SFOS (custom Cyano+SFOS) on it, GPS may not work, unless you have at least once started it up with proper Cyanogenmod and set up GPS.

Moto G device I have has been in used as a loaner device for a very short time while the original phone of the user was in repair. It had stock Android Kitkat from Motorola when I got it.
I flashed it directly with custom Cyanogenmod and SFOS, both by PiggZ, and then started the phone.

It is quite possible that GPS has never been enabled before. And definitely it has never had cyano on it before, as I had to unlock its bootloader with an unlock code requested from Motorola.

I'm not sure which would have been more important in my case; turning GPS on in stock Moto ROM before flashing it, or turning it on on "stock" Cyanogenmod, like how I now fixed it.

I just remembered that sometimes custom ROM makers suggest turning all features on before flashing them. I tried that as a last measure to get the GPS fixed, an it really worked.

Re: SailfishOS 2.0 Nexus 5 CM12.1 Alpha1 | Sfdroid Pre-Alpha/Early Preview
 

I don't see my backup in the restore menu after copying the vault.tar file to /home/nemo. I've tried to use "Restore from memory card" using an OTG cable, but it doesn't see it there either. How can you restore on the Nexus 5 if it doesn't have a sd card slot? Is there a way restore the SailfishOS backup vault.tar file without using the restore app, but perhaps via CLI?

edit: I just figured it out. From CLI:
Then go back to Settings > Backup and I can now see my backup.

It didn't restore my customized Ambiences. Seriously? Customizing the sounds on each Ambience is a PTA. That's the main reason I did a backup.

Re: SailfishOS 2.0 Nexus 5 CM12.1 Alpha1 | Sfdroid Pre-Alpha/Early Preview
 

This is a very good observation and a solution is appreciated.

Unfortunately since 2.0.2.x backup/restore from settings needs an sd card or some dubious cloud services. Backuping works in the sense that a tool/command called 'vault' gathers different data to the .vault directory, for instance your gallery pictures, which you will also miss.

We need a kind of virtual sd card or all commands the settings app is triggering using vault. How sailfishos recognizes that an sd card is 'inserted' when backuping / restoring using settings?

Re: SailfishOS 2.0 Nexus 5 CM12.1 Alpha1 | Sfdroid Pre-Alpha/Early Preview
 

For me, it seems that the main camera has a problem with updating the viewfinder, it takes at least 3 seconds before it updates the viewfinder with the correct image.

Front camera and main camera video mode work fine though :(

I'm not sure if it's with the OTA update or no, but everything known to work works well, except this camera bug :(

Re: SailfishOS 2.0 Nexus 5 CM12.1 Alpha1 | Sfdroid Pre-Alpha/Early Preview
 

Have you tried reinstalling the camera app? Or try cameraplus from openrepos.

Re: SailfishOS 2.0 Nexus 5 CM12.1 Alpha1 | Sfdroid Pre-Alpha/Early Preview
 

I'll try reinstalling the camera, but I don't know how. It's just in the Jolla store right?

Cameraplus works well, although if I remembered, it's always in landscape?

I accidentally left my N5 at home, I'll double check when I get it again.

Re: SailfishOS 2.0 Nexus 5 CM12.1 Alpha1 | Sfdroid Pre-Alpha/Early Preview
 

I think it is from terminal.