SailfishOS Useful Commands

Commands that are not so easy to remember

Feel free to add stuff

PLEASE BE AWARE WHEN RUNNING THESE COMMANDS! THEY MIGHT BRICK YOUR PHONE! ONLY USE THEM IF YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING!

Re-install lipstick

pkcon install zypper && zypper in -f lipstick-jolla-home-qt5

Open

xdg-open

Reversing applied patches

devel-su

patch -R -p 1 -d / -i /var/lib/patchmanager/ausmt/patches/{patchname}/unified_diff.patch

• ignore "already unapplied" ones

Applying patches from CLI

devel-su

patch -p 1 -d / -i /usr/share/patchmanager/patches/{patchname}/unified_diff.patch

Restart android VM

devel-su

systemctl restart aliendalvik.service

Take a screenshot from command line

/usr/bin/grabscreen [/path/to/snapshot.png]

Send SMS from command line

For example sending and SMS to +358500000000:

dbus-send --system --print-reply --dest=org.ofono /ril_0 org.ofono.MessageManager.SendMessage string:"+358500000000" string:"test sms"

HARBOUR-proof version:

dbus-send --type=method_call --dest=org.nemomobile.qmlmessages / org.nemomobile.qmlmessages.startSMS array:string:"+358123456" string:"Hello world"

Manually run BTRFS balance

??? btrfs fi balance /home ???

Battery status

upower -i /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/battery_battery

upower -d

Journalctl (~ Syslog)

devel-su

journalctl

Media player from CLI

gst-launch-0.10 playbin2 uri=file:///path/to/file/music.mp3

SSH to SailfishOS emulator

ssh -p 2223 -i ~/SailfishOS/vmshare/ssh/private_keys/SailfishOS_Emulator/nemo nemo@localhost