Rockpool

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Submitted by abranson on Fri, 2026/09/25 - 19:35
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"Marginally less" unofficial Pebble smartwatch support for Sailfish.

Rockpool 2.0 is a substantial rewrite of the original app. It no longer uses the Rockwork libpebble, but instead builds a new libpebble3d daemon from the official app Kotlin source (slightly modified), and sticks a Sailfish OS adapter onto it. The UI has extra bits for watch pairing, viewing health data, setting quiet time and much more. It should support all Pebble watches, old and new.

Some older devices might have trouble connecting to the BLE watches. It definitely works with the new Jolla phone though, and I think the C2. I recommend removing AppSupport Bluetooth Bridge for now, as it has a bug where Android will block the Pebble after a while, that should be fixed in an upcoming SailfishOS release.

Contributions are welcome on GitHub, either by filing issues or chipping in. New translations are always welcome on https://hosted.weblate.org/projects/rockpool/translations/!

My OBS build is retired for now, until I figure out how to build this Kotlin thing on OBS. This is the only place to get 2.0. Aarch64 only for now - will get round to 32bit and 486 later.

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AttachmentSizeDate
File rockpool-1.11-1.2.1.armv7hl.rpm1.03 MB05/10/2020 - 01:06
File rockpool-1.11-1.2.1.i486.rpm1.18 MB05/10/2020 - 01:06
File rockpool-1.10-1.24.3.armv7hl.rpm1.03 MB05/10/2020 - 01:09
File rockpool-1.10-1.24.3.i486.rpm1.13 MB05/10/2020 - 01:09
File rockpool-1.12-1.9.1.aarch64.rpm1.07 MB27/05/2021 - 12:47
File rockpool-1.12-1.9.1.armv7hl.rpm1.05 MB27/05/2021 - 12:47
File rockpool-1.12-1.9.1.i486.rpm1.19 MB27/05/2021 - 12:47
File rockpool-1.13-1.27.1.aarch64.rpm1.06 MB29/09/2021 - 22:55
File rockpool-1.13-1.27.1.armv7hl.rpm1.03 MB29/09/2021 - 22:55
File rockpool-1.13-1.27.1.i486.rpm1.18 MB29/09/2021 - 22:55
File rockpool-1.14-1.28.1.jolla_.aarch64.rpm1.06 MB17/10/2021 - 02:14
File rockpool-1.14-1.28.1.jolla_.armv7hl.rpm1.03 MB17/10/2021 - 02:14
File rockpool-1.14-1.28.1.jolla_.i486.rpm1.18 MB17/10/2021 - 02:14
File rockpool-1.15sfos4.4.20230111102118.2.g69124a8-1.33.1.jolla_.armv7hl.rpm1.03 MB18/01/2023 - 12:33
File rockpool-1.15sfos4.4.20230111102118.2.g69124a8-1.33.1.jolla_.aarch64.rpm1.06 MB18/01/2023 - 12:33
File rockpool-1.15sfos4.4.20230111102118.2.g69124a8-1.33.1.jolla_.i486.rpm1.18 MB18/01/2023 - 12:33
File rockpool-1.15-1.36.1.jolla_.i486.rpm1.25 MB16/02/2023 - 11:14
File rockpool-1.15-1.36.1.jolla_.armv7hl.rpm1.11 MB16/02/2023 - 11:14
File rockpool-1.15-1.36.1.jolla_.aarch64.rpm1.16 MB16/02/2023 - 11:14
File rockpool-1.16-1.1.1.jolla_.aarch64.rpm1.15 MB06/04/2024 - 19:41
File rockpool-1.16-1.1.1.jolla_.armv7hl.rpm1.09 MB06/04/2024 - 19:41
File rockpool-1.16-1.1.1.jolla_.i486.rpm1.23 MB06/04/2024 - 19:41
File rockpool-1.18-1.40.1.bso_.i486.rpm1.19 MB29/10/2025 - 17:21
File rockpool-1.18-1.40.1.bso_.armv7hl.rpm1.05 MB29/10/2025 - 17:21
File rockpool-1.18-1.40.1.bso_.aarch64.rpm1.11 MB29/10/2025 - 17:21
File rockpool-2.0.0-1.aarch64.rpm60.62 MB25/09/2026 - 19:35
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2.0!

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realwillow

Wed, 2017/11/08 - 16:00

Hi,

thanks for the App. I have a short question. In some Pebble Apps I am not able to use the "settings". For Example in the Maptastic, cards or pENDLER. Sometimes the settings tab is not open, or does not react or cannot be used at all. Will there be an update on that in the future?

Thank you

 

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abranson

Tue, 2017/11/14 - 17:43

The webview is very unreliable at the moment. Either it needs to switch back to Webkit, which would mean lots more settings pages wouldn't work, or wait for the silica webview to get fixed, which might take a long time.

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Piece_Maker

Fri, 2019/03/22 - 19:39

I'm curious to know if it'd be possible to yank the configured settings files from the Android app, and copy them over to ~/.local/share/rockpoold? I know it's a bit heavy-handed of a workaround, but if it works it works. I've found the Android app settings in /data/data/com.getpebble.android.basalt (needs root to access) and there's an 'app_webview' file which seems to contain all of the files. Would simply copying this over and re-naming it to what Rockpool expects work?

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Termitebug

Sun, 2019/05/12 - 21:31

Might work if you have on Android side the exact same file structure (xx.xx.xx.xx.xx Bluetooth folder), database encoding and .conf files. For reference my twitter picture @Kalnoize. IDK that is bad way to share, but easy SFOS ways are limited :p

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Piece_Maker

Sat, 2019/05/18 - 14:30

I actually found my solution worked better using the UBPorts version of the app than the android one, presumably because it's a port of the same app. It's a bit messy, but the UBPorts app can change settings of watch apps/faces, and stores them in the same location as the Sailfish version, so you can just scp it across to your other phone once you're done setting stuff up.

I'm also curious to know if canned messages in Rockpool work for everyone - the default ones show up on the watch but my user defined ones don't. This is the same for both SMS and instant messages via my Jabber account!

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jtab

Sun, 2017/10/29 - 22:06

Is there any chance to get rockpool-1.3-3 for i486? I have a Jolla tablet and the armv7 version doesn't work there.

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abranson

Tue, 2017/11/14 - 17:42

Sorry, I didn't think anyone was using that! I'll try to do an x86 version next time I build rockpool.

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ABreen

Tue, 2017/10/17 - 01:34

Thank you for a great app. It works very well with my Pebble Steel.

I'd like to use my Pebble 2 on my Sony Xperia with Sailfish X. Are there plans to implement Pebble's BTLE protocol in  Rockpool?

Thanks again

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abranson

Tue, 2017/11/14 - 17:41

No, no plans to do that right now sorry.

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An_Dal

Thu, 2017/10/05 - 10:37

thanks for updating this app.

unfurtunately I can't update it coz of an error. dep-resolution-failed

nothing provides libQt5WebSockets.so.5

what can it be? Qt5 Web Sockets by coderus is up to date.

 

thanks for your help

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abranson

Thu, 2017/10/05 - 10:39

Hmm I'm not sure where that came from - I'll check later and do another build.

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An_Dal

Thu, 2017/10/05 - 10:53

thanks gor your fast response and thanks for your effort. have a good day

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abranson

Sat, 2017/10/14 - 01:22

I've re-done that build. Can't really tell what's wrong with it as websockets should be part of the standard Sailfish repos now. You could try removing the Coderus version and disabling his repo, in case it's conflictind.

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An_Dal

Mon, 2017/10/16 - 12:22

I tried it. and wanted to startd from the beginning. no I have the problem I can't install your websocket dependencies anymore. now I have the error "requires pkgconfig (Qt5Network), but this requirement cannot be provided"

 

what might be that?

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abranson

Mon, 2017/10/16 - 12:28

You shouldn't use that package anymore - QtWebsockets is now included in Sailfish - you should be able to install it without adding this repo. I think I might need to remove that build.

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An_Dal

Mon, 2017/10/16 - 13:05

I see, thanks for the info.

 

but the problem still exists. I can't update it

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abranson

Mon, 2017/10/16 - 13:49

I've removed my websockets library from this repo. Uninstall it with zypper rm, refresh the repo with zypper ref openrepos-abranson, and installing rockpool should work.

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jdrescher

Wed, 2017/11/15 - 16:57

Hm, I am still not able to install the new version on my OPX. I followed your instructions carefully an have now qt5-qtwebsockets installed from the jolla sources but no luck.

Error: nothing provides libQt5WebSockets.so.5(Qt_5) needed by rockpool-1.3-3.armv7hl

Installed is: qt5-qtwebsockets-5.7.0-10.24.1.jolla.armv7hl

My phone has SFOS 2.1.0.11

Edit: I found a solution: https://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?p=1538505#post1538505

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sponka

Mon, 2017/10/16 - 21:55

Thanks, managed to solve new install with latest instructions.

Question about weather app -- have Pebble Time Steel and tried to enter location information into settings. It went OK but setting is not saved, location is lost after each save.

I have weather underground API key and tried with that, too -- API key is preserved /saved, but location is always lost.

Maybe me doing something wrong? Bests, b.

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axolotl

Sun, 2018/02/04 - 18:37

Hello,

I've the same issue. You may try to edit ~/.local/share/rockpoold/XX_XX_XX_XX_XX_XX/appsettings.conf on your phone and add the following (example) to the [weatherApp] section:

[weatherApp]
...
size=1
1/name="Berlin,Germany"
1/lat=52.520000
1/lng=13.410000

Restart the app and check your weather location. Unfortunately, my pebble still doesn't even try to retrieve weather information (checked it by tcpdumping my Jolla's net traffic).

When entering the URL (as it would be built by the app) directly into a browser:

https://api.wunderground.com/api/<MY_WUKEY>/conditions/forecast10day/lan...

I get a valid result.

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abranson

Mon, 2018/02/05 - 11:42

I left the first set of values as 'current location' and added a second. That seemed to work.

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anasyntes

Fri, 2017/08/25 - 12:31

Hello Andrew. I love your Rockpool app. Do you accept donations?

Thanks a lot for your work!

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b100dian

Mon, 2018/02/05 - 01:07

Joining here to thank for Rockpool too. I want to donate too.

I never had a pebble watch before and I got one now, never used it on another platform, I was shocked how well it works on sailfish! Thanks Andrew!

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abranson

Mon, 2018/02/05 - 11:44

No, this is really an amalgamation of the work of lots of different people and accepting donations for it wouldn't be right. Open source! :)

 

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loki_ast

Tue, 2017/06/20 - 02:44

It will be great if you add support for Pebble 2 watches))))

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alanmorford

Sun, 2017/04/02 - 20:45

I'm running 2.0.5.6 on a Nexus 4. Rockpool does not seem to work properly under this build despite working perfectly in the previous build. With an original Pebble on the latest fw 3.12.3 and the latest Rockpool version from Warehouse, notifications on the watch are blank.  Also, I can't login via the app. Tapping on the username block brings up the keyboard but the screen goes black. :( Is rockpool still in development?

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abranson

Wed, 2017/04/05 - 10:54

Hi,

The app is slightly in limbo at the moment as it's using the browser's webview and that's quite broken in the latest couple of versions of Sailfish. I'll probably build it for 2.1.0 with some small fixes, but it's waiting for a breakthrough. I haven't seen blank notifications before though. Do you even get an icon, or is it just the default bell?

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jcoder

Thu, 2017/03/23 - 22:38

Will there be a version for 2.1.0, too?

Installation stops with error on my Jolla 1 (2.1.0.10) and Jolla C (2.1.0.9) with status "repo not available". File not found:  './qt/armv7hl/qt5-qtconnectivity/qtbluetooth-5.2.0+git0-1.3.61-.armv7hl.rpm' on medium 'https://releases.jolla.com/releases/2.1.0.10/jolla/armv7hl'

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jdrescher

Thu, 2017/04/27 - 09:41

I was able to install it on my Jolla 1 after doing pkcon refresh in the terminal.

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jcoder

Sat, 2017/04/29 - 16:40

Thank you! That made it for me, too.

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