Changed my mind. I decided to install Sailfish on the Sony Xperia 10 III.

It was plain sailing.

I guess, things only become difficult when things go wrong, and things went very smoothly.

In brief, I unlocked the bootloader, and downloaded Android 12 from Sony. I flashed that to the Xperia (11 wasn't available). I performed all the usual 'phone stuff, which worked. I then flashed the 'phone with Sailfish using fastboot.

The same things are still working.

@OpenComputeDesign @s31bz @light @admitsWrongIfProven

good feedback! i think #furiphone has support for #android apps (#waydroid iirc?) and back in the day so did #jolla / #sailfish - i think you can get those on a #sony these days

also i've run android-x86 in vm and its alright but idk what those apps are gonna try. supposedly only finance apps are allowed by google to check for a rooted phone but ... who knows https://peabee.substack.com/p/everyone-knows-what-apps-you-use

The best way to check if your current network provider (carrier) supports your 'phone/OS is to check for provisioning.

1. open your dialler
2. type *#*#4636#*#*
3. check the config options are enabled for:
VoLTE provisioned
WiFi calling provisioned

Unfortunately, a further recommendation is to use the Sony flashing tool, Emma, to downgrade the Android version. Emma only runs on Windows. I don't have a Windows PC. So, I will either need to borrow a Windows PC, or try it with Virtualbox/Qemu.

I suspect borrowing a Windows PC might be the easiest route.

One of the things I ordered yesterday was a @jolla C2 phone.
It has 4G (No 5G), you have to pay €4.99 for updates after the first year, and it has no NFC

It's a pure Linux (#Sailfish) device from within the #EU. I loved my #Nokia N900 and N9 despite the small app ecosystem but the #Jolla has an Android VM to run many Android apps

Some of us need to prove how well this stuff works to be get mass adoption of alternative open technologies not subject to #enshittification

https://fosstodon.org/@hweimer@fediscience.org/113860334556241682

@boerni @tuxedocomputers Die #fairphones sehen auch gut aus. Es wundert mich, dass die eher mit #android laufen und nicht mit #sailfish oder #ubuntu . Auch zu den Features findet man wenig. Was nutzt Du?

@boerni Du meinst das #Jollaphone ? Ich habe auch gesehen, dass es mit #sailfish & #ubuntumobile gute Ansätze gibt. Ich hab aber noch nie was in freier Wildbahn gesehen. Es fehlt so etwas wie eine großangelegte Initiative. Meinst du nicht?