@Linus67 Thanks very much. Will try it out…

host you could use google drive or whatever is allowed in your country

@libremax Thanks for the link. That’s exactly what I mean, only even better.

I wouldn't use a META product if there were alternatives. But there are a lot of people who are very resistant to change. There are groups for their kids' school activities: soccer, tennis, music, and so on. If you use Ubuntu Touch every day, a lightweight QML app like Greenline is perfect. You can check WhatsApp messages when needed. In an emergency, you can send a message like, “I'll be 10 minutes late.” Personally, I prefer a WhatsApp alternative that is fast and stable, uses few resources, and adapts well to changes in WhatsApp’s data structure—such as the Go library, whatsmeow, protobuf structures, and WebSocket conditions on the servers. I don’t need features like video or forms. If someone wants all of WhatsApp’s features (including META AI) on Ubuntu Touch, then they have the wrong device. Keep Greenline lean, efficient, and adaptable to changes at Meta for a long life on Ubuntu Touch. Many people and groups still need some time before they’re ready to switch to alternatives.

@arubislander said: this is probably the left-overs of some app that shared status info to the greeter infographic Possibly the Lock Message app?

@MrT10001 then I guess it's not for me. Thank you all for the clarification.

@hlbkv said: Failed to write reboot parameter file: Permission denied yes that's also a side-effect of installing Ubuntu Touch for my phone. I can work around it by running adb shell then sudo reboot bootloader

@stevetheobscure Tips: Follow this and be patient, very patient... First off, run it through the installer and install Xenial or Focal. If it boots into the OS, great, don't power off and leave it charged. If it hangs though, at the Lenovo splash screen, this is the patient part....Follow these steps.... Power off. Boot to recovery In recovery Format data and cache, Mount the system and reboot to recovery. In recovery now mount the system and reboot to recovery - do this at least eight times on the final time reboot to the bootloader. Connect to the PC and with command prompt open run fastboot continue, leave it for 20 seconds, if no boot, power off and boot to fastboot and repeat this step four times. Still no boot after step 5, boot to fastboot and run the command fastboot reboot. Do this at least four times, but by now, it should boot. if the above steps fail, leave it for an hour and repeat. It took a while for me to work this out, but it has worked every time on these tablets, I was just very patient.

@gpatel-fr That´s perfect! Thank you very much for solving this stubborn problem. Now I can put the Pixel 3a into ‘Nokia 3210 mode’ with a single click. Calls and text messages work, and the battery lasts at least three days in this mode. #!/bin/bash # ==================================================================== # NOKIA 3210 MODUS: CPU throttling + All offline services (Pixel 3a) # ==================================================================== if [ "$EUID" -ne 0 ]; then echo "ERROR: Please run the script using: sudo $0" exit 1 fi echo "Enable Nokia 3210 mode..." # 1. Force CPU cores into power-saving mode for governor in /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu*/cpufreq/scaling_governor; do if [ -f "$governor" ]; then echo "powersave" > "$governor" fi done echo "[✓] CPU throttling enabled." # 2. Turn off Wi-Fi nmcli radio wifi off echo "[✓] Wi-Fi disabled." # 3. Turn off location tracking (GPS) sudo dbus-send --system --type=method_call --print-reply --dest=com.lomiri.location.Service /com/lomiri/location/Service org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties.Set string:com.lomiri.location.Service string:IsOnline variant:boolean:false echo "[✓] Location tracking disabled." # 4. Turn off Bluetooth rfkill block bluetooth echo "[✓] Bluetooth disabled." # 5. Turn off mobile data sudo -u phablet DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS="unix:path=/run/user/32011/bus" dbus-send --session --type=method_call --print-reply --dest=com.lomiri.connectivity1 /com/lomiri/connectivity1/Private org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties.Set string:com.lomiri.connectivity1.Private string:MobileDataEnabled variant:boolean:false echo "[✓] Mobile data disabled." # 6. Greenline-Service stop at user level XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/run/user/32011 sudo -u phablet systemctl --user stop greenline.service 2>/dev/null echo "[✓] greenline.service stopped." echo "------------------------------------------------" echo "Success! CPU, wireless modules and GPS are in sleep mode." sleep 3

is there a way to move to the stable channel? in the settings & wiki i can only find the daily channel..

Glad I could help, and good luck on your installation!

@hunter_tor To get the 3T working with UT, it is Xenial only (16.04), you have to ensure the data partition is EXT4. Use the installer version 0.10.0. Download this version of TWRP and boot it from fastboot - use the command: fastboot boot (location of your TWRP file) Once in TWRP format date to EXT4, then wipe SYSTEM, CACHE and the others . Reboot to the bootloader and do the same again, but it is not necessary to wipe the system etc, just format the DATA again to EXT4. Reboot to the bootloader and fire up the UT installer and connect the device and manually select it from the drop down box. Leave the "wipe data" box unticked and follow the instructions on the installer. Let it do it's thing. Once it is at the screen in your image, leave the device, it can take up to 15 minutes to install. The OP3 and 3T are very similar, TWRP for 3 and 3T is the same. Ensure you are on OxygenOS (9.0.6) before starting the UT install. The two main points of a failed install I have found for the device is using the latest UT installer, use 0.10.0 instead and the incorrect formatting of the data partition to EXT4. Also as @moem pointed out, the OP3T is old and Xenial is now unsupported... (It still works though).

@egregiousecan There's some bug that causes random bootloop, forcing shutdown by holding all phone buttons simultaneously helps. I was also not able to boot into Ut 24.04 after upgrading from 20.04, I had to reflash the device with Android to do that.

Hi @Thomasb98, There is a documentation: https://docs.ubports.com/en/latest/porting/introduction/ Hope it helps... It seems feasible because this device is supported by lineageos and kernel source code is available: https://wiki.lineageos.org/devices/PL2/ Do you have the version with 4 GB of RAM or the one with 3 GB?

@developerbayman Thanks! It is now available on the openstore, so I hope people will enjoy it!

@libremax Spain when there's football on the tv (I'm not joking)

Hi, I am back again. I didn't want to bother you with my long posts until I made it. Still working on it, though. @wally, as I said, my phone sent the SMS but get no response. I hadn't yet updated anything. I was chatting with the Xiaomi customer service and told me two things: Clear data/caché from "Settings" --> "Apps" --> "Manage apps" --> "Xiaomi SIM Activaton Service". Change "Settings" --> "Additional settings" --> "Languages and input" to other language, in my case to "English (UK)". You can try it. I don't know if both are necessary, but were simple to accomplish and so did I. Tried again, SMS sent and paid, and MIXiaomi account was linked to my phone number. Next step, was linking the account to "Settings" --> "Additional settings" --> "Developer options" --> "MIUnlockStatus". For this to work I had to turned off the "Find Device" option: "Settings" --> "MIAccount" --> "Xiaomi Cloud" --> "Find Device" --> Off. And it did the trick. This is all like a puzzle, a jigsaw, an escape room ... Still no luck, though. The device is still "deactivated". Again Xiaomi customer service said that this matters are part of the "Xiaomi Community" and that I should asked there. I found an interesting post, that maybe everybody is aware of, but me. I asked it here before, but it seems that, yes, the unlock request must be made within this app. I made a Google account just to download the "Xiaomi Community" app. In the left lower icon, "ME, go to "Set up" and "Change region" to "Global". Go back to "ME" and "Unlock bootloader" will now be visible. Click on it and mine says "Account must be registered over 30 days". I have mi fresh Xiaomi account, my fresh Google account and one week still to go ...

@skipperkeith said: Salut, je viens d'installer UT 24.04 sur une lenovo m10, l'open store fonctionne parfaitement mais je ne parviens pas à faire fonctionner waydroid, y êtesvous parvenus ? Salut, Tu utilises waydroidhelper : https://open-store.io/app/waydroidhelper.aaronhafer ?