@peat_psuwit said in Call for testing: Ubuntu Touch 24.04-1.1:

(there has been flooding in my area).

I'm glad to hear that you're safe. Please give priority to your health and safety, and those of your family, over a software update!

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NOTE written on January 20 2026:
The post below was written in February 2025. Since then, a native version of Signal for Desktop has been made available by one of our app developers (thank you!)
It's working quite well and you can find it here.

ORIGINAL POST below:

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Unfortunately, there is currently no native, working Signal client for UT and this is unlikely to change soon. But if that's a problem that impacts you, read on! I found a solution that works well for me and maybe it will work for you, too.

My solution consists of several parts:

• Signal for Android, running in Waydroid. You can download it from their webpage or from F-Droid or Aurora Store.
• Signal Desktop running on several computers, and linked to the first Signal, which is the primary device. All others are secondary devices. You can have only one primary.
• Cinny, running on UT, using a Matrix bridge to connect to Signal. This is very new to me and yet it was easy.

I followed these instructions given by Danfro:

For everyone here who is looking for an alternative to use Signal on Ubuntu Touch.
There is a matrix signal bridge hosted here: https://tchncs.de/matrix.
This can be used with Cinny or any other Matrix client. Instructions are given on the website there.
Note: Some things do still not work. Image download is fine, but right now no other file types. I am working on it...

• Open Cinny (or another matrix client)
• create a new room
• invite the bridge bot @signalbot:tchncs.de
• open your primary signal device and head for settings, linked devices
• add new device
• got to chat with bridge bot and type "login" as message
• scan the qr code with your primary device, it should now link them
  Done.

I had an extra step because my primary is running in Waydroid and it's a pain generating and scanning a QR code on one and the same device, plus it refused to work. So I installed the latest Cinny on a spare phone and used that to link Cinny to Signal. It worked fine.

I hope this is useful to anyone else!

I was one of the volunteers humanning the stand, and it was great. We were able to answer a lot of questions, we showed many different devices on our stand, and people were quite enthousiastic about what we had to show and say. It was an inspiring day and we helped promote UT and make contact with organisations for possible collaboration. Time well spent!

@libremax Thanks for posting! I'm still at Bornhack, and beside the talk, there are so many folks here who are interested in Ubuntu Touch. Now that people know that I'm using it, lots of people want to talk to me about it and ask me questions, and I answer as many as I can.
My show-and-tell device (BQ Aquaris E4.5) goes from hand to hand (yes, we use sanitizer) and people are amazed by the smooth operation, and more when I tell them how old it is.

I'm hoping to be causing a small influx of interest in our OS and community. I'm certainly doing my best to do so!

YESSS
It's working! I have zoom, autofocus and flash! This is the last thing that was missing for me to be able to say that the phone is fully functional under UT!

Excuse me while I dance the happy dance...

Some of their applications can run on Waydroid. But most people who are using Ubuntu Touch wish to get away from Google. Personally I want to avoid Android applications and the Google Playstore.

If we are going to do everything that Android does, what would make us special? Why would we even bother?

This was a lot of fun. We had a really simple stand because we didn't bring a lot of equipment, but it was enough: we got plenty of interest, had some good conversations, and answered many questions. It's definitely worth planning for T-Dose 2026 (June 6 and 7)!

Greetings from all the creatures of T-Dose!

I'm not sure how relevant this is to the development of this extremely useful native app. But I think it's at least interesting.

https://aboutsignal.com/news/signal-desktop-without-a-mobile-phone-standalone-version-in-development/

Ubuntu Touch:
It's in your hands.

@cliffcoggin said in Ushby have released an official Review on UT.:

I suggest the review is removed until a more objective one can be written.

Let's cut the author a little slack. They're allowed to voice their opinions, even if their opinions are based on a misunderstanding; as for feeling ill, the world would in my view be a better place if everyone was this open and honest about what influenced their mood at a certain time.

@klh I'll edit it.

Since you care about it, you are the most likely person to make it happen.

In order to make it happen, what's needed is:

• the ability to unlock the bootloader
• the kernel source
• someone who is willing and able, and has the skills or is willing to learn
• and who has the device in hands.

If all of these conditions are met, it could happen.

Since this question is not about any existing port or port-in-progress, it will now be moved to the 'off topic' category.

@Peyo Waydroid fonctionne dans un conteneur et est donc isolé du reste du système.

Il faut également garder à l'esprit que le passage à un autre système d'exploitation comporte toujours des inconvénients. Je crains que les fonctionnalités limitées de l'application appareil photo en soient un exemple.

L'application appareil photo d'Ubuntu Touch est tout simplement différente de celle d'Android et offre donc d'autres fonctionnalités. Vous pourriez essayer d'installer Waydroid (via l'application Waydroid Helper) et d'utiliser ensuite l'application appareil photo Android.

J'ai déplacé votre message vers la section francophone du forum.

@stephanmartin You might have to find someone to donate a device to, because in order to make a port the porter would need to have it on hand.

Generally the easier route by far is for you to go and get a supported device.

Okay, okay, okay. I couldn't resist that sexy, sexy backside. I have one coming in the mail.

@Koen1966 Tof zeg, ik ga een lijstje maken.

@Vlad-Nirky said:

Niet in Nederland, maar in België

Dat is een kleine topic-aanpassing waard! Dank je voor je terugkoppeling.

Ik heb het zelf heel makkelijk: bankzaken doe ik op mijn laptop, niet op mijn foon. Maar velen van ons willen/moeten wel eens iets financieels doen of regelen via de smartphone. Het lijkt me nuttig om hier ervaringen te verzamelen zoda we weten wat er mogelijk is en waar de struikelblokken zitten, en de geitenpaadjes.

Ik heb bijvoorbeeld van @adelaar gehoord dat je de bank-app van Triodos in Waydroid kunt gebruiken. Nuttige informatie! Wie volgt? Ik ga de meldingen hier verzamelen.

Deze banken hebben een app waarvan is gemeld dat die werkt in Waydroid:

• Triodos (NL)
• Crelan (BE)
• ASN (NL)
• ABN AMRO (NL) met MicroG

@danfro That's a shame, it seemed like a good 'new' device for the list.