@bmlu said in Any chance of updating 16.04 to 20.04?:

f.e. a Google Pixel 3a would do the job 😉

It would! I use the Oneplus 5t and that is also a fine device for UT. Just keep your eye on the top of that list and see what's on offer.

@bruzzler Kernel is not seandroid enforcing just means that is a custom ROM (not the oriiginal operating sytem ) and have no effects. This answer appears in LinneageOS blogs.

@test_root
Depending on your use case you can remount the root partition in RW and then mount the SD card.
But you need to understand what you are doing and playing with links in order to get something to work.

Of course prior to that the SD card should be formatted properly.

But as I mentioned, booting directly from the SD might be too difficult.

@sturai said in Is sound working?:

Now sound is working.

Bravo! Well done, I'm happy to hear it!

@mrt10001 thats why i checked system with adb,
it also says halion 5 so that means its based of android 5 but there is no android 5 stock rom for this device does this mean i need to use lineage/cm as a base and not stock rom?

update: it now shows a loading screen with a jumping orange dot
fixed by changing my csc from dtb to dtm and back to dtb dont know how the f that worked but it did (probably also other stuff involved)

and it just booted up

thx for your help

@arubislander Unfortunately that is beyond me at the this moment in time (I went down the hardware route and following the schematics rather than programming which I dabbled in with machine code and BASIC)..😧

@mrt10001 Good to know ! Especially given the fact this phone has very good battery life out of the shelf

@hoh61 No the problem lies in the Android container and its proprieatary drivers. The Ubuntu side of things is fine since video recording and playback works well on other devices.

Please do understand that currently there will be not much investment into this device, because there is only a handful of users, its rather slow compared to others which makes the Ubuntu Touch experience very limited, and it is based now on Android 5.1 and a very old kernel, which will create a ton of issues for the 20.04 upgrade.

After we upgrade to 20.04 we will focus on devices mainly based on Android 9 and above, and only after all those that we want to lift up, there will be time to look at older ones.

Please understand that, we have so limited resources, and we need to look on hardware that people want to buy in a shop, with preinstalled UT, rather than only having support for devices that you can buy as used. Our partners are targeting Android 10, 11 and 12 now, and we need to expedite our efforts to support those hardware pieces.

@domubpkm not yet, i'm on the cell broadcast now, and it takes some time....
we need to wait for new contact backend ( work in progress ) first:
https://github.com/ubports/ubuntu-touch/issues/997

I've installed OSM and puremaps , after a long time Belgium was downloaded and i could drive my first gided route with UT. Super!

@synpolka
It seemd that's a "no" : https://forums.ubports.com/topic/5406/samsung-s3-neo-facts-figures

this port only work on the Plus version (GT-I9301I)!

Some news? 🙂

Hello kugiigi,
Thank you for your concise and clear answer.
I’ll try to follow your instructions.
🐱

Another thing I have discovered is the USB port isn't too accommodating with certain USB cables. To solve this, I fold a piece of paper and when inserting the cable, put it on the bottom of the cable connector as I insert it. This holds the cable in tight (all the USB contacts are on the top of the connector) and the phone won't lose communication with the PC if you move it, nudge the cable, breath etc.

@mrt10001 said in Cannot get UBports to install...:

My bad, should have said ubuntu touch.

No biggie, and now you know! 🙂

@flohack and I always believed it was intentional, to transfer a sense of calmness to the user... So for me it adds a certain charm to the device 🙂

I'll just add to avoid misunderstandings.

The display does not switch off immediately when the button is pressed, but goes out unnaturally slowly. After the set timeout, it will personally turn me off normally. However, I have 30 seconds set and I usually use the button.