Pim | # 1341 | 2017-10-04, 15:45 | Report

Yes I would like to see this automated before using it. And I'm a Linux using IT guy. I'd recommend something like Fabric (fabfile.org) to automate the scripting. That would work on Windows and Linux.

cvp | # 1342 | 2017-10-04, 15:47 | Report

its a 49,99€ refund?

Watchmaker | # 1343 | 2017-10-04, 15:55 | Report

They took 49,90€ from my remaining credit, yes. I could choose to donate the rest, or keep it in queue for refund.

kinggo | # 1344 | 2017-10-04, 16:05 | Report

Nothing. It's just that SONY doesn't have official linux client and I'm sure that they will not make one just for Jolla. Hence, they made it to work with what they have.
After all, 99.999999% of all sattelite receiveres are way more linux than any phone and yet, there's no linux channel editor. At least I never found one.

nieldk | # 1345 | 2017-10-04, 16:28 | Report

We were given option for

Donate all
Purchase 1 (or 2) vouchers and donate rest
Purchase 1 (or 2) vouchers and Rest refunded
Refund fully

mariusmssj | # 1346 | 2017-10-04, 16:56 | Report

Sorry to be sound stupid but just trying to get my head around all of this.

We need to use EMMA tool to flash Xperia X with a sony android image that is more open than the one installed. After which you use the flash script to flash SFOS onto it?

Freddo | # 1347 | 2017-10-04, 16:58 | Report

I don't think so, the Xperia X is freaking huge. Then again, for the past 6 years I've been a Nokia N9 user, so I'm used to a smaller size. So far I've barely used the Xperia X I bought about a month ago, waiting for this Sailfish thing, but it's damn hard to use it comfortably.

meloferz | # 1348 | 2017-10-04, 17:08 | Report

After a logged into my Jolla account, I realised that there is a devices tab, that will show the information about your phone, as I see... The licence for the image will be attached for your Jolla account (as Jolla said), model, IMEI and serial number

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deprecated | # 1349 | 2017-10-04, 17:35 | Report

I don't understand why you're always so up in arms about this topic.

Whether you flash it with Linux, or Windows, or a washing machine running some UNIX derivative... you are still flashing binary blobs, which are closed software that you have no access to, and have absolutely no control over. What's more, none of the blobs are open sourced or available to public scrutiny.

That said, why are you so intent on repeating the same tired diatribe about openness? If you don't want to flash the software with Windows, don't. But, please, stop filling up these threads with the same sensationalist nonsense.

jakibaki | # 1350 | 2017-10-04, 18:01 | Report

There are two flash-modes on the Xperia X:

The (pretty much universal) fastboot mode and a more "powerful" sony-specific flash-mode.

There is a special partition on which Jolla is supposed to put the xperia-x blobs on (closed source drivers, which are unfortunately necessary on all current smartphones).

This special partition is by default not writable in fastboot mode.
So Sony is providing an update that enables this special partition to be written using fastboot.
This update can only officially be installed using emma, the flash-tool by Sony (which works with the sony-specific flash-mode).
After that the blobs can be written to the special partition in fastboot-mode.

That is the official ways of doing things; there are ways around the requirement of emma by writing the speical partition while the phone is booted up or in recovery-mode but these are unofficial for now.