hi defghi, i reboot my device very rarely

@rondarius thanks very much for this information. I am still a bit of a noob when it come to fiddling around with bootloaders on android devices.

@jite I have now rebooted android on the device and I can confirm that gps works flawlessly so it is not a problem with the device hardware. This is really disappointing as it shows that really gps is only ‘partially working’ for UT for the pixel 3a xl. I really did try to use the gps and give it every chance to pick up a satellite (I would consider beyond what most people would be willing to do). I think I will wait until focal fossa is developed a little bit more before retrying UT in the future. I use a linux desktop and enjoy the freedom it gives me. I know that droidian is a possibility but my ideal would be to use sxmo on the device and currently the pmos port is not advanced enough for it to be a daily driver. For my taste (and yes this is an opinion) UT is a bit too locked down and the best bit of linux for me is the ability to do whatever you want with the phone so the script writing nature of sxmo really does appeal to me. Different tricks for different folks I suppose. One of the things I look forward to with fossa is the use of libertine as with 20.04 some of the desktop apps will be more up to date and useful, which is the sort of thing that will take me back to using UT as running it in desktop mode would potentially be more useful. Still love the fact that UT still exists and it is still a great distro!

@lordkrs Docker will probably not work in libertine. Libertine creates unprivileged containers and it is not obvious that Docker would be able to run properly in those. Furthermore Docker is a daemon, and daemons are not supported in Libertine. Is there something specific you are trying to do? Maybe there is another way to do it, more compatible with how UT works

@ultrasonicnoise https://www.xda-developers.com/15-second-adb-installer-gives-you-lightning-fast-adb-fastboot-and-driver-installation/ might just be windows for linux just use terminal commands (seach on net).

Hi @jite I have an Pixel 3a running "Stable". No issue with the GPS. When you let your phone open, were you out in the open? Also the screen must remain on and an app actively searching for your location. My steps are to just launch Pure Maps and choose to navigate to somewhere. Pure Maps keep the screen on when navigating (default setting) so I don't have to do much then leave the phone do its thing.

@mrt10001 Thank you so much. Using Chromium to flash a phone was an odd experience but I'm pleased to say it works a treat now.

So I reinstalled through the installer to get the latest updates and now both open store and terminal are there I did try installing waydroid through the terminal but it can't find the package. I'm guessing it's not ready yet.

Hi, i know it's been awhile since i posted in this thread, but i just wanted to say that i decided not to use Linphone. I was told at the North American Carrier Issues Forum on the Telegram app that i can use a sim card if i only use 2G speed in the cellular settings. I got a Tracfone sim which uses the T-Mobile Network and T-Mobile still has 2G service. But i found out with the sim card in my phone the UT browsers i use get pretty wonky. Sometimes pages won't load unless i turn the phone off for 30 seconds and then restart it. It happens when i want to go from one website or forum to another. Sometimes the site i go to doesn't load, and i have to power cycle my phone so the page will show up. It happens with the Morph and Sapot browsers. It doesn't happen with Demo browser but that is a very limited browser, ie: you can't bookmark pages or save favorites. And the inability to load pages also happens with Onion browser, and not only that, but whenever you want to go to a site, you have to re-enter your username and password. Thank God that doesn't happen with Demo browser, because with the sim card in my phone it's the only reliable browser in UT. Is anybody else using a sim card in their UT phone and having these browser problems?

Hello, I've installed with the installer 0.9.7-beta the stable/rc and devel version on my pixel3a and I've some errors with apparmor. For each version I've wipe data hablet@ubuntu-phablet:~$ sudo dmesg | grep denied [ 5.052271] init: Command 'write /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/online 1' action=vendor.skip.init=0 && init (/vendor/etc/init/hw/init.sdm670.rc:106) took 1ms and failed: Unable to write to file '/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/online': open() failed: Permission denied [ 5.052995] init: Command 'write /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu1/online 1' action=vendor.skip.init=0 && init (/vendor/etc/init/hw/init.sdm670.rc:107) took 0ms and failed: Unable to write to file '/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu1/online': open() failed: Permission denied [ 5.054302] init: Command 'write /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu2/online 1' action=vendor.skip.init=0 && init (/vendor/etc/init/hw/init.sdm670.rc:108) took 1ms and failed: Unable to write to file '/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu2/online': open() failed: Permission denied [ 5.054536] init: Command 'write /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu3/online 1' action=vendor.skip.init=0 && init (/vendor/etc/init/hw/init.sdm670.rc:109) took 0ms and failed: Unable to write to file '/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu3/online': open() failed: Permission denied [ 5.054751] init: Command 'write /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu4/online 1' action=vendor.skip.init=0 && init (/vendor/etc/init/hw/init.sdm670.rc:110) took 0ms and failed: Unable to write to file '/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu4/online': open() failed: Permission denied [ 5.054909] init: Command 'write /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu5/online 1' action=vendor.skip.init=0 && init (/vendor/etc/init/hw/init.sdm670.rc:111) took 0ms and failed: Unable to write to file '/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu5/online': open() failed: Permission denied [ 5.055574] init: Command 'write /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu6/online 1' action=vendor.skip.init=0 && init (/vendor/etc/init/hw/init.sdm670.rc:112) took 0ms and failed: Unable to write to file '/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu6/online': open() failed: Permission denied [ 5.055749] init: Command 'write /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu7/online 1' action=vendor.skip.init=0 && init (/vendor/etc/init/hw/init.sdm670.rc:113) took 0ms and failed: Unable to write to file '/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu7/online': open() failed: Permission denied [ 17.087618] audit: type=1400 audit(1666711957.650:72): apparmor="DENIED" operation="open" profile="/usr/bin/media-hub-server" name="/proc/4338/timerslack_ns" pid=4121 comm="gst-plugin-scan" requested_mask="w" denied_mask="w" fsuid=32011 ouid=32011 [ 18.492002] audit: type=1400 audit(1666711959.053:73): apparmor="DENIED" operation="open" profile="/usr/bin/media-hub-server" name="/proc/4656/timerslack_ns" pid=4651 comm="gst-plugin-scan" requested_mask="w" denied_mask="w" fsuid=32011 ouid=32011 [ 19.548700] audit: type=1400 audit(1666711960.110:74): apparmor="DENIED" operation="open" profile="/usr/bin/media-hub-server" name="/proc/4837/timerslack_ns" pid=4108 comm="media-hub-serve" requested_mask="w" denied_mask="w" fsuid=32011 ouid=32011 [ 19.549695] audit: type=1400 audit(1666711960.110:75): apparmor="DENIED" operation="open" profile="/usr/bin/media-hub-server" name="/proc/4839/timerslack_ns" pid=4108 comm="Binder:4108_1" requested_mask="w" denied_mask="w" fsuid=32011 ouid=32011 Am I the only one with this problem ?

@keneda Well, it might not have been the origin of the issue, but it did help me solve it. I saw the battery charge limit was set to 85%, so I increased it to 100%, rebooted, and now it charges to 100% perfectly. Thanks for your help!

Display link barely works on linux desktop last I checked, was super bummed out by the bad proprietary drivers :sleepy_face:

Well, that's all said, I'll wait for the next update, thank you

If you want to use android apps in Ubuntu Touch maybe you want to try out waydroid.

Clarification for future readers of this post that might be considering Ubuntu Touch in Canada: All 3 major Canadian networks have stated that they're maintaining 3G until December 2025. Different story in the USA, where at different points in 2022, the major networks discontinued 3G. In Canada, Ubuntu Touch is very much usable as a phone. Telephone calls, SMS, MMS photos, audio, and video all work as expected for me. (Group texts do not, and MMS has caused me plenty of headaches in general, though I think I've got a stable setup now.) Hopefully VOLTE can work soon. I'm much too inept to be of use in that quest other than to keep donating to UBports and crossing my fingers. My enduring gratitude to those working to make UT better. It's already improved considerably since I started using it in late 2020.

@mrt10001 Success! I tried what you suggested but I had no luck. I tried what the twrp site said and again no luck. I flashed Android v9 and started again. And that worked. Thanks so much for your help, MrT; it got me started!

@keneda That is what I want to find out. There have been a few questions in WayDroid of late that should be somewhere else. We need the forum to be as easy to use as it can be.