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As someone who considers the Nokia N9 the greatest phone ever made, I’d love to pick up an Xperia 10 ii and pay for a license… but apparently because I live in Australia, I’m not authorised? What’s up with that — seems like an odd restriction.


It has to do with bureacracy and regulations. Even the UK fell off after the Brexit. The most common advise is to use a VPN or your own VPS to download the free image for trying out and also for buying the license in the shop.


You try to can build it yourself [1] for many devices [2].

[1] https://sailfishos.org/wiki/Sailfish_X_Build_and_Flash

[2] https://wiki.merproject.org/wiki/Adaptations/libhybris


Do what some do and use a VPN inside europe to buy your license ;-)


I actually think I will, as long as it will work with the right bands here in Aus — I’ll do some research!


but they can then revoke your license anytime?


In all those years I haven't heard of even one situation where this happened. I think the Sailfish X licensing exists since 2017 and many people have gone this route.


Thanks for sharing. Maybe I will try it out then.


Just try a community port. I iwn a jolla phone, but daily driver is a volla phone and backup a fairphone 2




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