Sailfish OS can be installed on existing Android devices

It was just last week when the Sailfish-powered Jolla smartphone was launched, now Jolla CEO Tomi Pienimäki has revealed that Android users will soon be able to install Sailfish OS on their devices.

During an interview with Talouselämä Magazine, Jolla CEO Tomi Pienimäki has confirmed that Android users will soon be able install the Sailfish OS on their current devices. “That is the plan. We are on device business and OS business. It is fairly easy to install the OS on Android devices”, said Pienimäki.

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The Finnish company is planning to distribute the OS in countries like China where people are actively installing new operating systems on their devices. “There are websites that already distribute [OS] software and the Chinese customers are doing it so we don’t have to teach them. We just have to get Sailfish to those websites – and to make sure that Sailfish will run on different kind of Android devices.”

Pienimäki also added that selling the OS isn’t the company’s main method of attracting revenue. “It has to be something else on top of that. It can be applications, services or advertising.”

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The CEO didn’t mention when they’re planning to release the Sailfish OS and the method on how to install it on an Android device. However, it’s good to know that we’ll soon be able to tinker around with a new ROM especially if you’re getting bored of Android.

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Diangson Louie

This article was written by Louie Diangson, Managing Editor of YugaTech. You can follow him at @John_Louie.

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14 Comments

yuja says:

11 years ago

its worth a try i guess. and hope the specs requirements are low.
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pcso says:

11 years ago

i would love to try that on my samsung grand
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wew says:

11 years ago

kung mas less ang lag sa OS nato vs android at wala naman masyadong magiging problema sa sideloaded apps eh magandang itry to =)
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CopyCatDroid says:

11 years ago

Goodbye windows phone ! Welcome third OS player.
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enlightened1 says:

11 years ago

free OS = sailfish OS

Windows OS = selfish OS

Toinks!
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roiji says:

11 years ago

everything looks good except for the launcher. a bit bland at the moment.

water resistant? hahaha
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Justin says:

11 years ago

“Sailfish OS can be installed on existing Android devices”

… Hmm… apart from just to “try it out”, is there any other REAL reason why anyone would do such a thing?
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Matrix says:

2 years ago

Install Sailfish OS on Oppo find x3 neo
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Matrix says:

2 years ago

Is it possible to install sailfish os on oppo find x3 neo device running Android.
Thanks
Matrix
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