Couple of issues after switching to Nexus 5
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Hello, I switched from my BQ e4.5 with the official Ubuntu to a Nexus 5 and UBports. A couple of things are already reported here (notification LED, today scope). Here are a couple of other thngs that bother me:
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uTorch doesn't work anymore. The switch works, but the flashlight doesn't turn on. Going to system settings to see the app restrictions, the camera section is greyed out and shows 0/0, so there's no way to give uTorch permissions.
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When making a phone call, the (voice) volume of the other person is noticably quieter than on the BQ. I installed uVolMan and the call volume is already at the maximum. Maybe this is hardware related instead of UBports?
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I have a WiFi repeater in the house. It's the same SSID as the router. With the BQ I was able to just move around and the network would switch between the router and repeater seamlessly. Now with the Nexus I get disconnected and it's asking me for the password each time. I can just cancel and select the network from the dropdown, but still.
Point 3 is probably the most annoying one. Any help, ideas or tips are welcome. I can provide logs and further debugging if neded.
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@RandomUser I confirm 1. Let's see if we can open a ticket. On 2. I'm not sure, I also switched from a Bq E5 to a Nexus 5, but I think I can hear my calls OK.. 3. I can't confirm as I don't have that setup.
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@RandomUser, I think Nexus 5 is not a supported device for utorch.
https://open.uappexplorer.com/app/com.ubuntu.developer.majster-pl.utorch
Supported devices:
BQ Aquaris e4.5
BQ Aquaris 5
Meizu MX4
Meizu Pro5
Nexus 4 -
- If I open uTorch LED doesn't work, but if I open the System Setting: Security & Privacy -> App permissions (Camera is greyed out), the LED comes ON and I can switch the light on and off.
- Not tested, because no SIM card
- The first time I used the N5 at home it could not find the Wifi network, only after I set the Channel from automatic to a single channel, the N5 could see the SSID; next I switched back to automatic channel and N5 worked without problems.
Seems there is something odd with Wifi using N5.
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Now I got a call, and I think @RandomUser is right that the volume is low.
On the led, I don't understand what you do, @cherrie , the camera permission is greyed out so nothing can be changed, right? In any case, uTorch also allows to use the screen as the flashlight, so that can be used.I opened a ticket on the volume of incoming calls:
https://github.com/ubports/ubports-touch/issues/137 -
@advocatux Thanks for pointing out, I didn't check the description and just assumed it would work.
@wgarcia Thanks for your comments. About the volume, just to be clear as possible. It sounds like it's also the dialing tone when making a call.
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@wgarcia Well I open uTorch, try to switch it on, not working, very briefly a blue messages appears on top of
window, saying something to need to allow access; next I open the System Setting, go to Security & Privacy -> App permissions -> click on the greyed out Camera item and then back to uTorch and it worked.
Today I am not able to make it work, the LED only flashes briefly when I switch from System Settings to uTorch. -
@cherrie Weird, I can't even tap on the greyed out camera option. Does it also say 0/0 for you?
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@RandomUser It says: Camera 0 and it is greyed out. Now I managed to get it working again! Kept switching between uTorch and System Setting (Apps permissions), but it is very unreliable. Best to report a bug: https://launchpad.net/utorch
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Since a couple of days ago I'm having issues with GPS in my Nexus 5. Whenever I try to use uNav, after I tell it to get the location, a black screen appears with "GPS access disabled". GPS is enabled. Also: the GPS indicator is always full white, even if I disable GPS. Curiously it was working perfectly only two or three days ago, and I haven't received any updates or changed anything in my settings AFAICT
I'm on 15.04/rc.
