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    The keyword and the touch don't work

    Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved Fairphone 2
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      • AppLeeA Offline
        AppLee @richardg
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        @richardg
        Have you checked the connectors ?
        IIRC Fairphone tend to have contacts issues due to their modularity.

        My bet is on the hardware issue if you don't have the OSK and touch is not working at all.

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        • richardgR Offline
          richardg @AppLee
          last edited by

          @applee , I may have misspoken.
          When I start the phone, the touch part works but the keyboard is not accessible.
          Once inside, I can’t get the touch part to work.

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          • AppLeeA Offline
            AppLee @richardg
            last edited by

            @richardg
            Can you give more information on what works.
            Did you get through the initial configuration (language, wifi, timezone, ...) ?
            At which step are you stuck ?

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            • richardgR Offline
              richardg @AppLee
              last edited by

              @applee I can do the initial setup because the touching work but the keyboard doesn't appear.
              Although I managed to pass the initial configuration, the graphical environment doesn't accept the touch so I can only turn off the phone.

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              • AppLeeA Offline
                AppLee @richardg
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                @richardg
                Do you have a screen protector of some sort ?
                After the initial setup, you are proposed with a small tutorial asking you to swipe from the top, left and right edges to see what features are available.
                Did you pass this point ?
                Can you unlock your phone when swiping left or right at the login screen ?

                My best bet is that all is connected. If you have trouble with the touchscreen.
                You can try to plug a physical keyboard with an USB OTG or try to connect with bluetooth (but I don't think it will work)

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                • richardgR Offline
                  richardg @AppLee
                  last edited by

                  @applee

                  • Do you have a screen protector of some sort ?
                    Non

                  • After the initial setup, you are proposed with a small tutorial asking you to swipe from the top, left and right edges to see what features are available.
                    Yes but when I am beginning the tutorial the touching not work and instructions don't appear.

                  • Did you pass this point ?
                    Non

                  • Can you unlock your phone when swiping left or right at the login screen ?
                    Non

                  • My best bet is that all is connected. If you have trouble with the touchscreen.
                    But after the initial setup where I have the touching, it isn't work more.

                  • You can try to plug a physical keyboard with an USB OTG or try to connect with bluetooth (but I don't think it will work)
                    Unfortunately I don’t have an adapter

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                  • AppLeeA Offline
                    AppLee @richardg
                    last edited by

                    @richardg
                    AFAIK the Fairphone have some "contacts" issues.
                    Maybe the connectors got loose for the touchscreen.

                    I would open up the phone, trying to clean the connectors and be sure everything is in good shape.
                    Before doing such operation, have a look at iFixIt to learn about how to do it and what you have to be careful about.

                    If you're afraid to open the phone, you can try to flash Ubuntu Touch again, sometimes it fixes stuff but in your case I'm more incline to think it is hardware related.

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                    • richardgR Offline
                      richardg @AppLee
                      last edited by

                      @applee
                      Yes I think the same.
                      I have installed the fairphone OS and the mobile est full memory and slower.

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                      • richardgR Offline
                        richardg
                        last edited by

                        VICTORY
                        The solution is install fairphone OS, to be reset, activate the debugging and reinstall ubports.
                        The big problem in this phone is the hard disk, when is full nothing work.
                        Thanks @AppLee
                        Now I will test all the functions.

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                        • arubislanderA Offline
                          arubislander @richardg
                          last edited by arubislander

                          @richardg said in The keyword and the touch don't work:

                          The solution is install fairphone OS [...]

                          What OS was installed before the first attempt to install Ubuntu Touch?

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                          • richardgR Offline
                            richardg @arubislander
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                            @arubislander
                            I don't know, the first time to start the phone was very slow and all the time, the screen was coming black.
                            After I installed Fairphone OS I found the old photos, videos, everything. I was surprised because I thought that ubuntu touch erased all but not it.
                            The phone have the matters with the hardware, the SIM card don't recognise the internet network, the history in calls and SMS don't stay (very strange) so I use the phone only for tests now.

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                            • AppLeeA Offline
                              AppLee @richardg
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                              Hi @richardg
                              When you first install Ubuntu Touch, you should select the "wipe data" option so the former user partition is cleaned.
                              I don't think that only explain the weird behavior, but that's a start.

                              My advice if you can is flash back fairphone OS and in the installer be sure to choose "wipe data".
                              Of course if you didn't when you reinstalled Ubuntu Touch recently.

                              This option is available in the installer because one would want to keep its data when reinstalling Ubuntu Touch over another version of Ubuntu Touch.
                              When installing over the former android OS it's always good to wipe the user partition.

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                                Keneda @AppLee
                                last edited by

                                @applee
                                After reinstalling Fairphone OS he could also do a factory reset before installing uTouch.

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                                • richardgR Offline
                                  richardg
                                  last edited by richardg

                                  Thanks, I will select "wipe data" before to reinstall Ubuntu Touch and I will begin the process to install.
                                  Before I test the phone with fairphone OS to see the hardware works.

                                  Question: It's possible to format the phone and install Ubuntu touch or I need the android OS in the phone ?

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                                  • AppLeeA Offline
                                    AppLee @richardg
                                    last edited by

                                    @richardg
                                    You can do it with the UBports installer.
                                    Or with TWRP if I'm correct (not really sure of this one 😉 )

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