Re: SailfishOS on Motorola Droid 4 XT894 (alpha port)
 

I don't blame you. I know that there are risks. I'm happy that there even is Sailfish OS port :). I'm just wondering what went wrong?

My Droid 4 didn't charge during night so I already bought another Droid 4. I should get before end of this month. Then I have two units to play with ;). I'm sure I get the old one working again with fully charged battery.

Re: SailfishOS on Motorola Droid 4 XT894 (alpha port)
 

I always make sure my battery level is fully charged before flashing. Would be even better if safestrap checks battery level before flashing or at least warns you.

@TheKit I don't care that much for stock OS so will replace that for SFOS or Lineage OS anyway. Any chance you will make it possible to flash stock with SFOS later?

@QWERTY_Slider pretty sure you are not the first with an issue like this and is not SFOS specific. You can also post your problem at the XDA forum if TheKit's suggestion doesn't work.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/droid-4

Re: SailfishOS on Motorola Droid 4 XT894 (alpha port)
 

But why to remove installed stock ROM on stock slot when you can use safe slot to install Sailfish OS without any affecting the performance (in opposite to virtual slots 1-4)?
On my Droid 4 I currently have stock ROM (in case of problems), CM11 (in the safe slot - as the main used OS at the moment) and Sailfish OS on virtual slot 1 (for testing it out).

EDIT:
As I can see currently the fixboot.sh file inside ramdisk.img in the base CM11 build does not allow to install Sailfish OS in the safe slot. It recognizes only stock and virtual slots 1-4.
@TheKit Is it possible to include such a possibility in the next build?
It may be done as described here: http://www.internauta37.altervista.o...install-webtop
In case of problems I have encountered when following that - the block size must be equal before and after modification. Otherwise the OS won't boot.

Re: SailfishOS on Motorola Droid 4 XT894 (alpha port)
 

Well, basically only one reason. Not going to use it so keeping it is a waste of space.
In this case I agree it was my mistake to use stock slot initially though, I should have used a virtual slot because it is just an early port.

I blame lack of experience and lack of patience :)

Re: SailfishOS on Motorola Droid 4 XT894 (alpha port)
 

I agree - it wastes space. I haven't booted it at all since few months (~latest flashing).
But in case of problems might be useful.

To be honest, shortly after I've bought the Droid 4 bricked it once or twice. :)

Re: SailfishOS on Motorola Droid 4 XT894 (alpha port)
 

It looks like you need a special cable (buy it or make it) to be able to bring it back to life without battery replacement.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1...FBR9VBa80/edit
https://forum.xda-developers.com/sho....php?t=1077414

I haven't tested it on my own, though.

Re: SailfishOS on Motorola Droid 4 XT894 (alpha port)
 

I don't blame you. I know that there are risks so this is my own fault. I'm just happy that there is Sailfish OS port for Droid 4 :).

My Droid 4 didn't charge during night so I bought another Droid 4. I should get it before end of this month. Then I have two units to play with ;). I'm sure that I will get the old one working again. I'm just wondering what went wrong in the first place. Was it that I used stock ROM slot at first?

Yeah, I already searched over the net and found that thread. I don't mind to have two droid 4. I believe that it is the easiest method. Can't just wait to receive it :rolleyes:.

PS: For some reason moderators blocked my previous post yesterday :confused:

Re: SailfishOS on Motorola Droid 4 XT894 (alpha port)
 

@TheKit
Where can/should I report bugs?

Re: SailfishOS on Motorola Droid 4 XT894 (alpha port)
 

Here in topic, or create issues at https://github.com/NotKit/droid-config-maserati/issues.

Missed your edit before. Safe slot should be supported in current (old) build. fixboot.sh isn't used by SailfishOS directly, but I integrated parts of it into SailfishOS ramdisk init script.

Re: SailfishOS on Motorola Droid 4 XT894 (alpha port)
 

Thr phone will not charge without os on it. One way to fix this is to take out the battery find its + and - terminals and charge it with 5 v for about 10-15 minutes. This will revive the battery.