@l-00548 Glad it was useful as that was what I hoped might help others with the same interest in getting a cheap means of trying UBports UT.

I am still extremely pleased with this OS and I am now looking at apps that do the same as the ones I use on my Android phone. I am also re-assessing the apps I have on my Android phone and if I actually need to have them.

I know that GPS works on my Nexus 5 but even after to trying uNav and Pure Maps several times, it is still takes several minutes to get "locked on".

Occassionally some things seem a bit laggy and then when doing other things the phone seems very smooth and slick. It may be that this what you get from 8 year old hardware even with a lightweight OS.

So I continue to look for and try apps for my day to day use. I am currently looking for a new password manager as the Bitwarden app, which I already use on my laptop and Android phone, doesn't seem properly to work in the UT app or web app.

@applee Oh yes you're right. Now I see what it is... Thank you.
So I confirm there's no kind of such a Led working on Redmi Note 7, UT OTA-16 Stable.
Btw, there's no charge indicator on this device yet. Nothing's shown on the display when USB-C cable is plugged in, but battery does charge correctly anyway.

Thank you both. I'm very tempted to try the bridge experiment to see if I could get Matrix/Signal interoperability in place and test it in an Ubuntu Touch client, but it takes a bit of time and infrastructure (you need a server that runs 24 hours a day).

@markatrafik That's right, but I think this law (which is valid from April 1rst 2021) is related to the global sales market.
I don't think it applies to a single working device hopefully.

@stanwood confirm, Im using xiaomi note 7 for 2 weeks as my main phone. No problems. No battery drains. Screen is good and quality of pictures also. I can recomend this hardware

Hi, when is the deadline?

@povoq
So i'm safe with my deprecated kernel? 😂

@rik said in VoLTE and 3G shutdowns:

Does UT have nmcli available? I am not even sure....

Yes, but it does not have mmcli which is for modem-manager, as UT does not use it. I don't know what the equivalent command to issue an arbitrary AT command to the modem would be for ofono, which UT uses.

At the moment I have ubports packages installed in my system (also to work with Android HAL?) from 2020-08-27. From ubports_GSI_installer_v10.zip

~$ dpkg -l | grep libandroid | awk '{printf "%s\n", $3}' 0.1.3+ubports3+0~20200827080951.2~1.gbp002f19

now, as far as I see in the repository packages from 2020-11-13. May be it fix the problem:

https://repo.ubports.com/dists/xenial_-_android9_-_gralloc-20201113062738141602671/

If I apt upgrade them, I get a brick... I wrote in another post. I can't install with ubports-installer - errors, brick... tried on different computers. I would like to get an OTA instead of a GSI somehow. But it's kind of a dead end. And I've already setup a lot of things... and I don't know what settings get lost during re-installation and how to return them.

@kugiigi ok ! I was not aware about this "hidden" detail, it's confusing.
For me Nextcloud account sync means obviously Contacts and Calendar + optional features (trough this sync or through specific apps).
Now I really understand te reason of his thread and agree with the fact that when you leave iOS or Android for Ubuntu Touch, you expect to have self hosted sync or alternative sync, although it is good to see Google sync.

Contact sync is a very important feature, I hope it will be implemented.

@lduboeuf Yes I saw it in the thread shared by @Lakotaubp. Thank you very much for sharing it !

@cibersheep Ha, interesting. Rebooted and it pauses now. My bad. Thanks!

@domubpkm said in How safe is UT from trackers?:

I think your uAdBlock is fully disabled even if you think it is activated and shows lists.
It can be the case for an OTA update or if you change of channel.

Thank you for this, I had no idea!

Hi @kjetil

Most android based ports use a firmware blob to access the camera. It's not a standard V4L so it would be hard to use it for your computer.

On the other hand, maybe it can work with the PinePhone. I cannot remember if it uses V4L or not...
And maybe there is also hope with the VollaPhone.

@dobey well, thanks anyway !