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  • This section is specifically useful for new contributors on the project

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    This Category is for those starting to contribute for the UBports Project and Community.

    By contributing, we mean doing things like:

    coding quality assurance (testing, bug reporting and validation, etc...) translations app development and maintenance writing and validating technical documentation and user manuals UBports social media and marqueting etc...

    If you want to contribute in these ways or others and have questions about it, like how to get started, where can you find information, please leave your questions in this category and we will try to answer them the best we can.

  • Discuss and solve problems with other users

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    I found a "workaround" for now:

    You can get "somewhat" around the sending issue. Type enough so the "Expand Text Box Arrow" is usable (or move you finger around the text box a little (up works very often), for some reason the arrow shows up then too), press it and now you can press the blue send button to the right. It is far FAR from working / good but it works for now. That also allows selecting and then "overwriting" the current text. That can be considered as a "backspace" workaround.

    ALSO: Signal-Desktop uses more battery then it should. It uses a far less if you close it and reopen it and don't open any chats. IDK. why.

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    @ds2k5 said in Signal stop working after switch backup Ubuntu and back zu Signal:

    How to setup if close the App
    that the app will closed that I do not need to do it by hand

    Getting Waydroid apps to work more like regular UT apps is still a work-in-progress. For now you probably have to use the work-around you discovered.

  • DEKKO 2 SETTINGS

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    @guru Ok. Thanks.

  • Connection cable between motherboard and screen (M10 FHD)

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    I managed to order one from ebay, but unfortunately it's not the one. It's 9147C instead of 9146C. It was written for BQ M10 FHD. I guess there is a new one as well. I tried it nevertheless, but it's not the right one. It a bit to wide on one side.

    So for now, I'm without a media to test/use ubuntu touch 😞

    If someone will find a spare connection cable, let me know. Until then I'll be a passive observer.

    Cheers

  • MX4 Ubuntu Edition: FAILED (remote: unknown command)

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    @jamieweb Perfect Thanks

  • Unable to Receive Group Text Messages

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    @clint-d001

    i have the same problem. on virgin mobile as well. did you ever find a workaround to receive pictures through text??

  • How to safely testing a modifed recovery?

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    @UniSuperBox Very nice, thank you!

  • no more screenshots on my phone by mistake

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    Yes, thanks a lot πŸ™‚
    Now it is working again

  • Uninstalling Apk using Anbox

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    When you uninstall an Android app (that removes the app in the android container), the corresponding Ubuntu Touch icon on the app scope will still be there and needs to be removed manually (for now?).
    Those are stored in /home/phablet/.local/share/applications/ and IIRC all Android apps starter files begin with anbox (or was it android or apk?; you'll get it once you see it πŸ˜‰ ).

  • Encryption and vpn

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    @haveaniceday said in Encryption and vpn:

    What do you think? Do you know how we can receive a passphrase during boot time via user interaction?

    PostmarketOS uses OSK-SDL to accept encryption password input on touchscreen devices during startup. If you're good with C++, you might have a look at the code on Gitlab.

    I'm still slowly working my way back into coding after many years of only scripting and am sadly not up to the challenge of seeing how that could be integrated to the Ubuntu Touch boot process.

    Bear in mind that even if you can unlock a crypt on startup, integrating this into the UBPorts installer is going to be another large challenge.

    @haveaniceday said in Encryption and vpn:

    Maybe those files are what you are looking for:
    https://github.com/ubports/unity8/blob/xenial/qml/Components/PinLockscreen.qml
    https://github.com/ubports/unity8/blob/xenial/qml/Components/Lockscreen.qml

    Thanks, I'll take a look. Maybe it's not too hard to integrate a counter there and link to a shutdown or nuke script.

  • Nexus 5 Convergence don't work

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    Thanks for the answer.

  • Change boot splash image from inside

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    Please dont touch the bootloader, this will brick your device for sure πŸ˜‰ - the splash screen is in a separate partition for all devices I know, so that should never need to touch the bootloader itself.

  • turn off the notification light

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    Me turns off the notification led by putting the phone face down on a book 😜

  • Import bookmarks from Firefox

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    @advocatux your proposed links answer my question ☺
    Ubports is a great work many thanks to all !πŸ₯‡

  • Installing on Meizu MX4(Android version)

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    @Eryk-Michalak you need to get rid of Android before using that tool (the UBports installer), that's why you need to follow those special steps I linked you earlier.

  • Nexus 5 Instability

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    @Stefano I wish. A refund wouldn't have been enough. The repair was $20 (I already had the board out, I just took the button and board in and had it soldered), and was "no warranty/guarantee" for the repair. πŸ˜• Needed a new phone after that, and $20 wasn't about to buy a newly working Nexus 5. So I ended up buying a Pixel (which was another adventure in suffering), after which the suffering led me to getting an HTC 10. So now I just use the N5 for testing UT stuff, but without network or bluetooth.

    @ChaoticBeard It seems like that could happen, if the button is getting stuck in the "pressed" position somehow. It's possible there could be a software issue, but whenever someone posts one of these threads, it always seems hardware is most likely cause.

  • Wireless convergence on FP2 : black screen

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    @Ingo said in Wireless convergence on FP2 : black screen:

    Now the only problem is that it's not really sharp. Like the resolution is somewhat off or so.

    I think the output resolution is limited to 720p, which may be much lower than whatever your displaying it on.

    And indeed, xrandr will not work on UT, as we use Mir, not Xorg.

  • How to determine what went wrong

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    I guess it should be

    "C:\Program Files (x86)\GnuWin32\bin\wget" --no-check-certificate https://system-image.ubports.com//pool/ubports-b2daf85c2a255a0affc93d808e709697e472777de4bc189dd9128211db551469.tar.xz -O pool/ubports-b2daf85c2a255a0affc93d808e709697e472777de4bc189dd9128211db551469.tar.xz && echo "a1a0e2e7d5e2e242b11e7a2fabbabeaaffa7b62fa8b0b014f25b92e0ed888437 pool/ubports-b2daf85c2a255a0affc93d808e709697e472777de4bc189dd9128211db551469.tar.xz" | sha256sum -c

    i.e. the --no-check-certificate is an option for wget, no sha256sum

  • Nexus 5 boot loop

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    @circ I've used the edge of a table before now, and quite hard. It took a few attempts to get it to work. good stress relief though.

  • New OnePlus One Issues on Fresh Install

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    @boygenuis said in New OnePlus One Issues on Fresh Install:

    debug: Error: Command failed: adb -P 5038 shell echo 1
    error: device unauthorized.

    Device Unauthorized means that your phone forbids adb access. You have to solve that by enabling developer mode (the usual 7 touches on the kernel version, was it that one) and then allow usb debugging, and optionally also allow OEM unlocking the bootloader.
    then disconnect/reconnect the computer, you should get a popup to allow access for this machine. click OK and you should be in.
    As long as adb devices shows error messages, you donΒ΄t need to try start installing UT.

  • Oneplus One installation stuck on a spinning wheel

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    @advocatux I tested everything expect GPS so maybe it's broken, but as I said I planned to use my watch for workouts and navigation anyway so it's not a big deal to me. Thanks for your time!

  • Cracked the screen of my BQ Aquaris M10 tablet

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    Hello Catalyst,

    To my opinion this is a quality device worth fixing. I bricked my E5 phone twice and the first time i sent it back for repair to BQ. It was almost as expensive as buying a new one but they made the thing like new. They even renewed the old Ubuntu-version and the battery as far as i know. So yeah, i say fix it (and learn to not trash it again) ✌