@projectmoon I installed the package qtubuntu-qt6 provided by Ubports into my bundle, the same that is used in Morph Qt6 version.

@Escain said in Any solution to get decent photos?: my picture with 12.6MP is usually between 2 and 3MB, but that could depends on the details on the image. I tried with a zoom and the image is indeed smaller at 2.8 Mb - as could be expected with a zoom done in software, there is less detail. I played a bit with the zoom (never used it before, for doing near distance photos I find much easier to actually get the phone nearer to the object) and it can indeed throw the focus off, but doing the video/still image switch fixed it. @Escain said in Any solution to get decent photos?: several hypothesis compression: my guess is not, 4.5 Mb for a jpeg image is not very aggressively compressed if at all. beautifying filter: there is nothing of the sort in the app code, as it is using QT controls it could be integrated in these controls, don't know. problems with zoom: this could be the more likely idea. Maybe you could give a try to the photo app in Waydroid. When faced with the focus problems, before finding the switch to video trick, I found that it focused properly immediately for near distance photos.

@gpatel-fr Ok I'll wait a little bit more time before the upgrade though... Thanks!

but the expectation is to totally eliminate halium for all future devices ...but yeah just random inspiration

@Kadafi Where are you located geographically? Does your ISP implement blocking of certain IP addresses?

“Sounds really interesting! If the UT port on the FLX1 turns out stable, it could be a solid alternative. Dual boot support is a nice bonus too—curious to see if they’ll eventually make it work with the main storage

No problem for devices with MTK Power Bypass. @arubislander said: Unless you don't mind your battery degrading, because the device would be constantly plugged in to the charger, you would have to device a routine for charging and discharging the device.

@KJU said: About adb&fastboot from the UT terminal, though, any such barrier there? There shouldn't be, no. I happened to pull a file from one UT device to another via ADB. So I know that works. In haven't tested fastboot myself, but I see no reason it wouldn't work.

@gpatel-fr You are correct. "How to enable developer mode" states enable USB debugging (<- me bad - didn't see correctly), ADB, or Android D... Bridge". Sheng-Cheih P.s. i'll try again after shower nap - so sleepy now.

@projectmoon The main problem that currently prevents using Wayland for electron apps, is that the On-Screen-Keyboard cannot work with GTK+Wayland+Mir1.x . By the way the Merezhyvo Browser ( popriatary app ! ) is an electron app using Wayland, but it has found it's way around this problem by coding it's own OSK inside the app itself, which is not really a way I want to go. (Especially for Signal because I want to modify the code only as strictly necessary, and also because for Signal there are other problems when it comes to using it in Wayland mode with Mir1.x). Anyway I've already tried it (see in the Signal UT topic), and reallu the best is to wait for Mir2.x, I hope it won't be in too long.

@sermountain Dualboot with UT is not supported by UBports but directly from Volla. You may get some help here of other users, but not very likely since Volla support does not participate in this forum.

@arubislander said: it is not the case for video codecs either indeed. This week-end I tried seriously to add ffmpeg codecs to my FP5 with 24.04-1.2 stable and basically succeeded, see https://gitlab.com/ubports/development/core/lomiri-messaging-app/-/issues/359#note_3122981838 So it is possible to play ALAC files with the existing UT applications (mediaplayer...). The fact that it is slower than when accelerated by the hardware is true of course, but a not too old processor like the FP5 one is powerful enough to handle simple video files without acceleration (did not try 4K though).

said: Hello, With the next calendar-app release coming, a bunch of new strings are waiting to be translated, thanks for looking into it: https://hosted.weblate.org/projects/lomiri/lomiri-calendar-app/ Lionel oops forgot to mention the forum post about it: ( arf can't paste the link here), look into category OS->Call for testing: calendar-app)

@Kjetil Yes, sorry UB Connect is what I'm thinking of. Wasn't sure what all features were involved. Hope you find something that fits your use!

@gpatel-fr Cheers! I'll stop by an electronics store tomorrow to get a proper cable that will be my dedicated flashing cable. Guess there is no need risking anything.

im thinking about bolting on a python ide as well so its built in ...kinda a one stop shop manage/develop/deploy

@tacofeast Yes, welcome! It takes some considerable work to get Ubuntu Touch working on a given phone. There are no ports of Samsung phones at present, and porting is done by community members like yourself. So to see UT running on those phones, you'd need to do the work, or find others interested in sharing that work. There's documentation on porting on the UBports website. Alternately, there'd a list of already supported devices, and perhaps you could find one available used to test out the OS.

@harmhero No, the M8 FHD is a different device. It has a different CPU, a different LCD, and more RAM. I actually own a M8 FHD device, and I like to support that device, too. However, I am currently busy with writing another book, so most likely this will not happen before late summer. Kai

Question: Are there any thoughts/discussions going on (or that have gone on in the past) about widening the number of apparmor permissions to allow for more fine-grained control of things? Some examples: Permission to disable app suspend so the user doesn't have to do it themselves. Permission to start background services. Could maybe be implemented similar to read/write paths with the ability to execute specific commands.

Nice idea, that’s actually pretty clever! I’ve never thought about using the phone as a remote audio sink like that. Did you notice much delay in real use, especially for videos?