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  • This forum is all about the ongoing efforts to upgrade UT to the 20.04 codebase of Ubuntu.

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    @hlbkv Here is probably best https://forums.ubports.com/category/110/lenovo though it may well be because development of that devices ha snot got any further. I will lock this thread now.
  • "The other" Bluetooth Thread

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    @jezek : Hum, I don't know ... It seems to be scripts using rfcomm. bt-serial : Connects to a specific RFCOMM based service on a remote device and then creates a RFCOMM TTY device for it Not installed by default I think. So, a bit out of scope. Best regards Pulsar33
  • "The" Bluetooth Thread

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    I'm really quite upset with the turn this thread took, so I'm locking it now. The reason Rodney even became aware of this thread is because I complained about the tone it had taken in its last few posts. I get (probably unnecessarily, it's a personal failure) upset when people suggest that "thing x should be critical because it affects me". I also get upset about answering questions about specific bugs in the Q&A. Before long, the sessions become long talks about how Bluetooth is in a bad state because of greater market reasons, or how Libertine (which we acknowledge is experimental, but we put in the image for exactly that reason) isn't working in exactly the way someone wants. More than that, we don't have a full understanding of why some bugs occur so we end up speculating for too long in front of the audience. It's not fun for the viewers and it's certainly not fun for the team. As for whether things are a priority or not, we've put forward our major ideas for the next few releases in the milestones. I grant you that they aren't filled with specific bugs, but they say the "big things" we're working on. The reasoning for Bluetooth being in a poor state is not for lack of trying or for lack of impact. We know that Bluetooth is an important function of a smartphone. However, it is an unreliable (at best) protocol with tons of vendor-specific "gotcha!"s and weirdness. It's likely that fixing a bug with one device by tweaking a timing or changing a message will actually break another device. Personally, this bums me out. I love to use Bluetooth car kits and other gadgets. Not having them with UT is unfortunate. Even the big players have trouble with Bluetooth. Look at the one-star reviews for any Bluetooth car kit and you'll find lots which say "this worked with iOS 10 but not 11" or "my Android updated and now this broke, what a piece of crap". These are companies who can devote entire teams to the protocol and, honestly, it's still terrible. We may have paid developers, but this is still an open source community and our team is still extremely small. There's a huge amount of power in the "scratching an itch" factor. Bugs are fixed most completely when an interested developer picks them up and pulls them through to completion. Let me be very clear: I'm not trying to attack anyone with this message. If you feel that I am, PM me and let me know so I can edit any ambiguity out. I'm also not saying that Bluetooth is not important, rather that it is an undue amount of effort for little forward movement. In more concrete terms, we could spend the time to fix Bluetooth for one gadget or tackle OTA-5. If you'd like to solicit feedback about a specific Bluetooth device, please open another thread in the Support section. If you want to discuss anything I've said in this message, opening a thread in General is probably the best course of action. Opening megathreads like this is not conducive to good discussion in this forum software.
  • Upgrading to latest Mir

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    alan_gA
    Hi @Andreas-Pokorny, I know you've made some progress updating the hybris/android platform. Could you post an update?
  • Proposal: The Edge channel

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    mardyM
    This channel would be useless to me and to many other developers, but if it brings benefits to halium developers, then why not. But then, why not call it "halium", "porters" or some other name that makes it clear what its target audience is? "edge" to me means "more ahead than devel", but there's again the assumption that packages from this channel will eventually end up in "devel", "rc" and "stable"; so, I would suggest a different, more specific name.
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  • Anbox on Ubuntu-Touch

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    The information provided here: http://docs.ubports.com/en/latest/userguide/dailyuse/anbox.html doesn't mention the Nexus 4. Since it's been edited 3 weeks ago, the aticle is still up to date, I guess.
  • OS Updates not retaining their original dates

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    Cheers guys, I thought it must ot already been raised. Hopefull it will be addressed soon.
  • Broadpwn WiFi vulnerability fix ?

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    There is work being done on a 3rd party fix - https://github.com/seemoo-lab/nexmon/issues/108
  • Confinement / Sandboxes

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    @hoh61 i have an m10 fhd ML002151 if you need to download UT firmware http://www.mibqyyo.com/en-download/categorias/aquaris-m10-fhd-ubuntu-edition/
  • I try unsuccessfully to upgrade my version to 16.10 or 17.04.

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    @stefano don't worry about that guy, he/she is a spammer and that's why his/her post has been deleted
  • Xenial UI constantly freezing at least on MX4

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    @advocatux Thanks for your report. So i will wait...
  • Mobile signature support?

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  • Nexus 5 Screenshot Control

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  • Ubuntu UI Toolkit - who would join me if I tried to move it to QQC?

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    I think @sverzegnassi has been working on the Suru style for QQC for some time. Would you share some information on what the status is and if anything has been done not only to style, but also SDK components (bottom edge, headers, swipeable list items etc.)? I decided not to take up any work in it currently and focus on an idea that might someday evolve into a decent app. I'll not shere more information though, as there is still a long way ahead and the entire thing is uncertain. But if the app will approach to materialization, I'll definitely consider implementing in QQC2 (if Suru style and component set is in good shape enough by this time), and maybe help out with the SDK in that time.
  • Running desktop applications on UBports (X11, Wayland, Mir and toolkits)

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    A few links for tracking Mir's progress since the OP: Wayland support (for some extensions) is available in Mir already and will improve with the next release For non-Wayland applications: there are plans for X11 support (but this come later)
  • Global Online Accounts

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    mardyM
    @amolith We do have Online Accounts in Ubports; we just need more applications using them
  • UBPorts Installer - Excellent user experience

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    Same for me . Great congratulation to the developpers for their excellent work. Keep going !
  • Bqm10 fhd wifi,forgets password

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    @marathon2422 I got excellent customer service and an RMA to return my m10fhd,to get the nvram err x10 fixed
  • Detecting "silent SMS" and pagings to locate your mobile location

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