No replies yet? Hrmmm...
I did find some information about Linphone. It's available on the OpenStore for Xenial but doesn't seem to be available for Focal yet.
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No replies yet? Hrmmm...
I did find some information about Linphone. It's available on the OpenStore for Xenial but doesn't seem to be available for Focal yet.
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Hi all-
Is there a way to reset all the settings in UT Tweak Tool to the default system settings? Or is there a list of all the possible settings and their defaults (if i have to modify them all manually)? Or would just uninstalling it revert everything?
I want to reset to the system default and make sure i've not missed anything. Thanks!
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Hi all-
I've been learning about VoLTE and the current issues with it, and that it doesn't appear UT will have a solution for it any time soon. My understanding is that 2G and 3G calling in the US is now not possible at all.
So, what are the options for making phone calls without VoLTE? In another thread, someone mentioned SIP. I know very little of SIP, so feel free to dumb things down for me.
What SIP options are there for UT? Is there a particular recommended app? Can it still connect if mobile data is on or does one have to be on a wifi connection? Basically, if i find myself in the US, how can i make a phone call?
Hope someone can provide some insigth- want to get ahead of this before i really need it. Thanks!
-Fizz
Unfortunately, the new sim has not fixed the problem.
I did a test this morning. I used my house phone to call my own cell phone. While on 4g, the call failed to go through to me and went immediately to voice mail, my cell phone didn't ring at all. I switched to 3g and the call then came through normally.
A bit later in the day though, it did work while i was on 4g. 3g always works, 4g seems spotty.
Would this be the fault of the provider (Freedom Mobile)? Or is there something bigger going on i need to worry about?
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Well, the new sim didn't change anything in this regard. I got a crash yesterday shortly after opening Messenger- hadn't even had a chance to type anything. After a reset, it's behaved since then.
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@arubislander
Sorry for my delayed reply- got distracted by another issue.
No, the total number of messages was not very high. I'm pretty good at clearing things for most of my contacts usually. At the time of latest crash, it was probably around 100 in my history for that particular contact.
Per another thread, i have a new sim card now (related to missed calls, messages and mixed up messages), but i'm curious if that will help with this issue as well.
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@AppLee said in Mixed up messages, or messages not received... whose fault is it?:
Right now, the only workaround we've got is to use SIP.
I will investigate this. What's the recommended way for using SIP on UT?
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@AppLee
Well, i got my new sim today. So far, all seems good. I can receive calls and texts over 4g. So all looks good at the moment.
However, while talking to the company rep, i learned that all (if not most) networks in the US now require calling over 4g / VoLTE, that there is no 3g or 2g to fall back to. Thus, making / receiving a call in the US would not be possible on UT right now.
Perhaps this is for another thread, but i find this surprising- i would have thought we'd have several UT people in the US, and they must be wanting to make phone calls. Is there a workaround? Are people using a separate app?
Otherwise, i will keep people apprised of the original bad behavior i've been seeing, and let everyone know whether the new sim has fixed it or not- probably will take at least a week or two of testing to see.
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@AppLee
Well, after more missed calls this evening, it seemsd the updated sim didn't do anything.
But what i have noticed is that the issue (for the phone calls at least) seems to be related to being on 4G. When the phone was in 2G/3G/4G mode (mobile settings indicate that, and i see an "L" as my network), i would not get the call or texts. When i switch settings to 2G/3G only, the texts come through a moment later and the phone call comes through. If i switch back to 2G/3G/4G, and on "L" the issue returns.
Now, i've been on the 2G/3G/4G setting for months. I know my provider (Freedom) supports it (or at least they claim they do), but this has only become a serious problem lately.
I think today i need to go to a Freedom store and try getting a new sim; i can't think of anything else to try. If that doesn't work, then it'll be time to change providers i guess.
Any ideas otherwise?
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@AppLee
Interesting. At least it's not just me. Lol.
We'll see if the updates help with anything (per my previous post), but if not then i think i'll have to switch providers. I can't be missing texts or having them arrive super-late.
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@lduboeuf
So there is other stuff going on it seems...
Today on the way home i made a call- it went through fine. The person on the other end had to take care of something, and she said she'd call me back.
She tried to, but the call never came through. She texted, and those never came through.
Even after getting home, i could call her, but her calls to me would not come come through. (I should note, this is not the same person with whom i was having the combined-text issues.)
I call the provider, Freedom Mobile. They tried to text me test texts, and those didn't arrive. They then had me remove, reinstall, and then update my sim card, and after a reboot, all the missed texts and phone call notifications came through all at once (like i got 10 texts and notifications simultaneously). Of course the guy at Freedom was clueless about UT, but they said they had updated their network recently, and perhaps an updated sim card would help. If it didn't, they suggested i go to a store and get a replacement sim.
So i'll give this a go for a bit and see what happens... <shrug>
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@lduboeuf
Looking at the github link you provided, it refers to old fragments and says to do the following:
cd /var/lib/ofono/<tab to select sim>
mv sms_assembly sms_assembly_`date +%F`
But i can't seem to access the ofono directory. Anything i try says i am denied. Any idea how i clear this?
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@lduboeuf
Well, it only took a couple days for the issue to appear again. I had that history-service file cleared, and last night i got another two instances of getting a combined message. It seems to be happening more often, and it seems to only happen with longer messages.
I still don't get how i never saw this under my android S8, my Nexus 5 Xenial on Virgin, but now it's so common under the Pixel 3a Focal Freedom.
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@lduboeuf
I've cleared out the .local/share/history-service folder and restarted. All seems to be working (so i guess i didn't break anything, lol). But whether this fixes the issues we'll have to see.
It seems weird that this would be an issue that has been around for so long on multiple devices, that someone would have fixed it by now.
I also never had this happen on my Nexus 5 Xenial on Virgin Mobile Canada. But I have seen it several times on my Pixel 3a Focal on Freedom Mobile. That makes me wonder if there is a hardware or software or network factor at play here.
-Fizz
Hi all-
I am not sure whether this is a UT (Focal) issue, or a device (Pixel 3a) issue, or a provider (Freedom Mobile Canada) issue, or a combination of the three. So hopefully someone can give some feedback.
1: I'm having instances of messages just not being received. It happened today- i send a question. The recipient sees my message and replies twice. Her messages to me were never received by me. There was nothing special about them- just regular text messages. (I am using Messaging, standard UT app.) From my perspective, it's like she never replied.
2: On other occassions, i get a mixed-up message. The other side sends me a text, but it combines the text with a previous text that had been sent days or even weeks before. The result is something meaningless.
As a simple example, say i receieved a message a week ago "I'm going to order the chile cheeseburger and fries". Then today the same person tries to write me "I am working from tuesday through friday evenings." The message i might get is "I am working from tuesday to cheesburger with fries." I of course question it, and we share screenshots, and realize that what she sent made sense, but somehow what i receive is that combined nonsense.
Neither of these issues happen very often, but enough that i'm concerned about missing messages when it matters. What's the most source of the problem here? Any ideas? Thanks!
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I have had it happen a few more times since my last post. It seems random. One time it crashed shortly after i had just opened Messaging, so it's not like "excessive use" of Messaging caused it.
It does seem to happen in waves... It was fine for almost a month, then i a couple instances inside of 4 days.
Once when i wasn't even using Messaging, or perhaps i had just closed it. So as though solving it wasn't hard enough already. Lol.
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Does UT have any sort of call blocking capability, either natively or through an app? I would like to prevent spam numbers from ringing me all the time (had a lot lately). Thanks.
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@Luksus
The UT Tweak Tool doesn't seem to always work for such events.
I am using an app that makes use of gps, and i have "prevent app suspension" for that app enabled in UT Tweak Tool. However, the gps still only tracks when the phone is not locked.
I notice a few other apps don't seem affected either- for example when taking a video the camera just stops recording when the phone is locked.
Any fix for such events? Am i missing something?
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@Luksus
Regarding #2 and #3, i used to use the Tweak-Tool on my UT Xenial phone. When i moved to Focal, the app wasn't available in the Open Store. But after your comment, i just checked now, i see they released a Focal version only a month ago, so yay!
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Hi all-
i have a few questions about how to makes a few tweaks to UT.
#1: My desktop displays time using AM / PM. How can i configure things so it displays in 24 hour time (ie, display 20:00 rather than 8:00 PM.) ?
#2: Can the Messaging app support different sounds for different contacts? If not, is there an alternative to Messaging that does?
#3: Some (all?) apps don't function when the phone is locked. For example, something as simple as Recorder will stop recording when the phone is locked, and immediately start again when unlocked. Is there a way to have it run normally while locked?
#4: When locked (including when screen is off), the volume buttons still work. So i am often accidentally changing the volume just when i move the phone. Is there a way for the volume buttons to be "disabled" while the phone is locked?
I think that is enough for now. Thanks!
-Fizz