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  • The Meta category: Organizational or general discussion.

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    ikozI

    @ds2k5 You can enable the SSH server from UT tweak tool.

  • Discuss news updates from Ubuntu Touch and its related projects

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    Ubuntu Touch 20.04 OTA-6

    Prior to it's release a call for testing blog for OTA-6 is available now.

    https://ubports.com/blog/ubports-news-1/post/ubuntu-touch-ota-6-call-for-testing-3940

    #UbuntuTouch #UBports #OTA6

  • Discuss and solve problems with other users

    New Contributors Libertine Waydroid
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    Hello everyone,

    I’m experiencing a significant battery drain on my Pixel 3a running Ubuntu Touch. When Wi-Fi is enabled, the battery drops from 100% to 10% in about 6 hours. However, when I turn off Wi-Fi, the battery only drops by about 15% in the same period.

    I’ve reset the phone to factory settings and tested again without installing any additional apps, but the issue persists.

    Has anyone else encountered this problem or have any suggestions for troubleshooting?

    This issue was discussed here and as a result it was suggested that it be moved here.

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    ikozI

    @Salah You can replace the backup directory with your icons, and then "restore". Not the best way, but it works.

  • Discussions on development of Ubuntu Touch

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    @peat_psuwit said in Call for testing: Ubuntu Touch 20.04 OTA-6:

    @lduboeuf Could you please try the devel image? @fredldotme mentioned that he has reverted a kernel change that supposedly cause a kernel panic on sleep. If it's fixed there, we can have another RC, possibly also with a fix for the mentioned above Volla Phone X23 breakage.

    No random reboots since 2 days. So fixed, ty

  • Discuss the user experience or design of Ubuntu Touch or its apps

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    Hi,

    I've added the Pinetab2 model to the collection of gimp files for compatible devices with Ubuntu Touch.

    See gitlab project
    https://gitlab.com/design3680819/ut-hw-models
    pinetab 2.png

    PS: As always feel free to use the files for marketing purpose or "spread the word" posts or videos...

  • Creating Ubuntu Touch apps

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    @Beta-Break said in Would it be possible to port this app?:

    Though I can't find how their mobile apps are made nor licenced...

    I would guess it might be a modified build of Element or something. Beeper is just a hosted Matrix service, running lots of bridges. You can self-host it too I guess, and use any Matrix client that supports the features you need.

    It however, is not Signal, and will not provide the same experience as using Signal.

  • Porting Ubuntu Touch to new devices

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    Sota4Ever_kS

    @Sota4Ever_k It is impossible for a human to read and understand everything I have written.

  • Lomiri, the operating environment for everywhere

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    Hello!
    Please advise me with cross compiling lomiri for arm64.
    I have already setup sbuild environment according to https://docs.ubports.com/en/latest/systemdev/testing-locally.html :

    sudo apt install sbuild schroot devscripts debhelper dh-migrations dh-python ccache sudo sbuild-adduser user ... etc

    But after executing sbuild --host=arm64 --build=amd64 -d "focal" i am getting this error:

    E: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/focal/main/binary-arm64/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.82 80] E: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/focal-updates/universe/binary-arm64/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.82 80] E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead. E: apt-get update failed

    How can i fix that?

  • Discussion on translating Ubuntu Touch and its core apps

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    @oya-g said in Japanese!!:

    Channel Update → 20.04Development has Japanese. My device is Pixel3a, so it is 4G compatible.

    The "development" channel is maybe not meant for day-to-day use, as it may be buggy and/or unstable. So really looking forward to japanese support arriving in stable.

    Note that even with a 4G compatible phone, you will not be able to do any phone calls inside japan, as the 4G protocol stack does not by itself support telephony. It only supports data.

    For telephony, you need VoLTE support, which is quite a messy affair, as it requires various firmware and software components to cooperate properly for calls to be routed over the 4G data layer (i.e. as VoIP call). UBports does not support that currently.

  • A place to discuss ideas for promoting Ubuntu Touch

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    @Arnoldko
    About your question:
    UBports is a German foundation. And when I search for "public transport" at open-store.io (app store for Ubuntu Touch (UT)) I see four German, two Spanish, one Norwegian, one American, one Hungarian and one Swiss app(s). So you have maybe slightly more people who know some things about UT in this countries, but I do not think that this is significant.
    It probably depends more on what you want to do and how you want to structure your company (How closely do HW and SW teams need to work together? Where is the head of your company? Is this a commercial project?...).
    If your hardware team also takes care of firmware and drivers and you are only searching for some people who write some apps for you, you should find people who can do some C++, Qt and server stuff nearly everywhere.
    Specifically for Ubuntu Touch, you could maybe post a job description in this forum and let the people work from home.

    Some time ago some people related to Volla did a fundraiser to bring Android apps to UT. They commissioned some Russian developer and it was very successful. So maybe this could also be an option for you:

    https://forums.ubports.com/topic/5907/open-ubuntu-touch-to-all-android-applications/ https://forums.ubports.com/user/stanwood https://www.gofundme.com/f/anbox-on-ut?utm_medium=copy_link&utm_source=customer&utm_campaign=p_lico+share-sheet

    About no phone numbers:
    A lot of messengers and other services depend on verification via SMS. This is maybe something you want to consider.

    About using UT as a base:
    Please be aware that Ubuntu Touch has some limitations and depending on what you want to do (how much you want to modify the system), it could maybe be more convenient to start with something else (like Debian). There are currently also some people working on Lomiri (the desktop environment of Ubuntu Touch) for Debian.
    But this very much depends on what you want to do.

  • Other Projects

    Projects which are started by a group within the UBports community

    UT for Raspberry Pi UBports Installer OPEN-CUTS
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    ikozI

    The last step installs the rootfs usually in system partition, see the install section of the porting documention.
    Basically flash the latest xenial image from the CI to system. Alternatively push the image with adb to /data/system.img when booted to recovery.
    Otherwise you could try ubports installer with only the systemimage:install command.
    You can also see the halium-install source code, particularly these lines.

    Be sure to check if this partition exists as partition schemes can vary.

  • For things that just don't fit in the other categories.

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    @Keneda Officially (according Fairphone Company) it works on T-Mobile:

    https://support.fairphone.com/hc/en-us/articles/16674972235537-Murena-Fairphone-4-with-e-OS-in-the-USA

    Excerpt below:

    *Fairphone 4 with /e/OS will only work with T-Mobile in the US, as it is not optimized for Verizon and AT&T. This means that as long as there's T-mobile coverage, it'll work.

    After the 3G network is shut down, the Fairphone 4 will continue working on the 4G network. It also supports VoLTE (Voice over LTE, a.k.a. 4G calling) and VoWi-Fi (Voice over Wi-Fi, a.k.a. Wi-Fi calling) on the T-mobile network in the US.*

    However, I did travel to North America in August 2023, and my FP4 worked also perfectly well on AT&T network (4G, 5G and VoLTE). I didn't test Verizon as I remained in New Hampshire and Vermont states.
    It worked also perfectly well on Rogers and Telus carriers in the nearby province of Quebec (Canada), even on 5G frequency.
    Phone calls and cellular data were used without the slightest hitch.
    For this travel I used /e/OS on the device. I was Roaming using my own sim card (Salt. Switzerland).

    So I guess, when VoLTE and 5G support will soon come in Ubuntu Touch on the Fairphone 4 and 5, it should work fine as well on those networks.