@voila Messing with the IMEI number is illegal in most countries to help prevent phone theft and cloning. I have had to recover it from a IMEI 0, the device had two stickers on the inside and out with the IMEI number, the SIM tray had it stamped on and the box had the same number. I did a lot of Google-fu and found a program to recover it and the device worked fine. It took a bit of doing, and the device had been flashed with multiple ROMs which probably helped cause the issue.

@bauk This is a bug which hit a lot of people on this device. Flohack's comment seems to be the easiest fix: https://github.com/ubports/ubuntu-touch/issues/1999#issuecomment-1189554354

@ian i mean the fingerprint reader outputs a command on swiping on it which isn't supported by Ubuntu touch or waydroid it types into the terminal random character when swiped on

I got my phone back from Volla, they restored it to OTA-21. Costed 50 Euros for the repair and 6 Euros for shipping within Germany.

I managed to upgrade my Volla Phone X to OTA-23 with this workaround: https://github.com/ubports/ubuntu-touch/issues/1999#issuecomment-1173449818

I have a VollaPhone X and auto brightness does not work. Currently at OTA-23 but it has not worked for some time.

@marius-ciclistu Mine did the same on OTA-22 but it appears to be fixed in OTA-23.

@lakotaubp Sorted. The phone was not booting to recovery mode by pressing vol down and power. So tricked it by failing the upgrade from settings which took me to the recovery screen. The installer worked from there with wipe data and reflash partitions not selected. Data intact, now at OTA-23 and happy again Would the 'un-brick' my Volla X route be to go back to the stock software given above (on halium9) and then install the latest OTA from the installer with the 'flash partition' option selected?

@kristatos if you go to the link from my first message, and scroll down , I explained there that the folder from .cache must be deleted if the patch gives an error. Maybe it is related to that.

@luksus What can I say? I have a special talent! I'm told that the latest updates should make it a less painful experience, even for someone of my ability. I will wait for OTA22 and have another try. Just need to pluck up the corage.... and get some more beer in just in case I brick my phone again!

@ian No you are correct, we must avoid use of USB3 ports, USB2 is required.

Idduno, it just works now. Maybe I needed to reboot my laptop or whtever, not usre. ADB connects and I can browse within.

@c0n57an71n said in Volla Phone X in practice: @bluefroggie Volla Phone X user here: I can go almost 2 days with one charge without stress. Everything works except vibration and notification LED. I'm really pleased about it. I'm currently choosing which phone to get as my next daily driver (I have BQ Aquaries E5 since... 2016). Do you have any new experiences to share about that phone? Since Pine Phone Pro is still a developer version, Fairphone 4 not ported yet, and it does not have physical headphone jack... Not much to choose from . Do you have any regrets so far? Maybe "X" version is "too big"? Though I like Idea for it to be sturdy, as I am probably gonna use it for long time too...

@regeczy Thanks for translate