Overview

Sailfish OS is, of course, designed to run on actual devices and there are a number of areas related to making that work smoothly.

Logically the flow is:

• Port Sailfish OS to work on a given device
• Build an image
• Install (flash) the image onto the device

However the order in which they’re most used is:

• Flashing
• Image Creator
• Porting using the Hardware Adaptation Development Kit

Different devices have different mechanisms for some of the steps related to flashing; the Devices page provides links which may be helpful for some devices.

The hardware areas which need adapting are:

• kernel
• display
• touch
• LED indicator
• audio
• NFC
• bluetooth
• GSM : SMS/voice/data
• wlan : connect/hotspot
• GPS
• Camera
• Sensors : Ambient Light/PS/Accel/Gyro/Magnetic
• Keys: Home/Volume
• Vibra
• Haptics
• Power management
• Real time clock/alarms
• USB : Network/Charging
• FM Radio

The status of community adaptations to common devices are recorded here.