Q&A 113 This Saturday At 19:00 UTC
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Q&A 113 is this Saturday 4th Dec at 19:00 UTC. As well as the latest news on Ubuntu Touch development and updates we will be answering your much appreciated questions. Forum questions will get priority so post them here before the event or during the live show using Youtube Livechat https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVmucF8aVok and Telegram.
Please remember that questions on porting to device **** or it's status, and questions on bugs will not be answered
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U UBportsNews pinned this topic on 2 Dec 2021, 14:55
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U UBportsNews referenced this topic on 2 Dec 2021, 14:58
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@ubportsnews
Are there any plans to implement a Doze like feature in UT to prolong battery life and reduce RF radiation? -
I've got two questions:
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(Maybe this is a dumb question but I'm far from be a developer) The migration to 20.04 is a project which had been take a lot of time but in terms of time and now mainstream version of Ubuntu is closer to 22.04 than 20.04. It would be possible to jump directly to 22.04 rather than 20.04? I know that there isn't yet a 22.04 release but I just wonder...
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I know that this isn't a priority and that the community have limited resources but just wonder if the team has took a look over projects for Text to speech and Speech to text or assistants like Mycroft to implement them on UT
Thanks to the community for keeping this project alive ^^
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Is there any update to @jezek 's MMS fixes, and its implementation into OTA-21?
The current issues of MMS on Ubuntu Touch, particularly MMS messages being lost in the air, is a frequent issue among UT users. With integrating more phones being ported or included in the project into the future, I figured it would be something most users are interested in.
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It is more or less said or understood (is this a misconception?) that all the time spent to solve issues or implementing features under 16.04 is time wasted. Is this really the case? To be clear, doesn't everything you fix or implement in 16.04 make your job easier compared to direct implementations or fixes in 20.04 ?
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In channels.json the 16.04/community/fredldotme/devel channel has a hidden:true tag. Why? This channel disappeared from the list in ubports installer and from the channel settings list on my suzu (Xperia X ) device. Is there any way to install the 16.04/community/fredldotme/devel images on my Xperia X?
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This is the 32-bit image for the Xperia X. It was hidden as we are planning to drop this image with the 20.04 upgrade. It is not receiving a lot of attention and you probably shouldn't install it newly on your device. The 64-bit image in the devel/rc/stable channels is getting much more attention and is recommended.
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U UBportsNews referenced this topic on 4 Dec 2021, 08:29
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@nocturn-adrift
I'll ask related to messaging app, could it be made updatable outside OTA updates, in openstore, as some other core app are ?It would be good for legacy device to still have updates on such important app, after the 16.04 drop.
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@unisuperbox
Many thanks Dalton, I get it. The device is on 64-bit image now, but a lot of apps don't work (like file manager, bluetooth file transfer, openstore, terminal etc.). I think i installed newly the 32-bit image long ago. May it be the reason? I'm afraid i would lose my contact list, my messages, the installed apps etc. if i re-install with wiping the user data. Is it possible to keep (or somehow save) the personal data and get the apps work also? -
@yoni what is a 'Doze' feature? is that like a timed airplane mode?
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App Roundup:
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Steps by Javad Rahimipour Anaraki: Count your steps using the accelerometer, you can even set a step goal for your journey.
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Baby Monitor by Fabian Huck: In early development this looks very promising for a new parent, map out and monitor the most important events for your newborn.
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Fixel: Nicolas Colla forked and brought back a very important tool for helping to fix stuck pixels - help bring a classic UT app up to date
Nicolas has also done some work on Gimped Mark a markdown editor - if you know anything about porting to qtwebengine some features needed to be reimplemented - but it is great seeing this app run again. -
Waydroid Helper from Aaron Hafer: This app has some tools that are of great help to Waydroid users, it can hide all those extra app icons waydroid makes, and lets you create a 'Stop Waydoid' icon so you can be sure waydroid is not running and using battery when you don't need. Also this app gives you some useful terminal commands ready for copy/paste.
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(if Alfred is there have him read
) Pocket VM's ! Run vurtual machines on your phone, { insert features Alfred wants to talk about }
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@gy0im Go to system settings -> updates -> click the gear -> Reinstall all apps
because it changed from 32 - to 64 all the system apps were left at 32, if you use this option it should keep the user data and pull in the 64 bit versions
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Question for mariogrip
For assisted GPS (aGPS) Ubuntu touch has currently a feature which is not in use.
The Mozilla location service (mls).
What is the status of this, does it work for the pinephone?Not that it is more important than 20.04 but just curious.
The pinephone branch of location-service has the mls code from https://code.launchpad.net/~thomas-voss/location-service/add-ichnaea-provider-next in it.
It can only be tested with the api key. Florian has one if I remember it correctly.Probably it can be tested on the pinephone with:
exec /usr/bin/ubuntu-location-serviced --bus system --provider gpsd::Provider --provider mls::Provider --mls::Provider::api=<example: 329694ac-a337-4856-af30-66162bc8187a>
for an android device it is probably this:
exec /usr/bin/ubuntu-location-serviced --bus system --provider gps::Provider --provider remote::Provider --provider mls::Provider --mls::Provider::api=<example: 329694ac-a337-4856-af30-66162bc8187a>Indicator location: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Location
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Hello @ubportsnews, On last Q&A I asked Marius about the lomiri on debian. Unfortunately, you had too little time to anwser my question, so now I'm repeating the question: Can you tell us more details about lomiri on debian project?
I hope it'll get answered this time
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Here in the Netherlands, it's Saint Nicholas this weekend, the festivity of mysterious gifts. I have a gift-related question for whoever is doing the honours tonight:
If Saint Nicholas would come by and gift you a device of your choice, plus a matching and completely working UT port for it (it's Saint Nic, he can do anything!) which would be the device of your dreams, that you would choose? -
@mateo_salta
Thank you Mateo! What a great and simple solution. It solved my problem. And i hadn't noticed that reinstall all apps button before. I love this community, and this OS. -
System unpinned this topic on 5 Dec 2021, 00:00
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@carlod
Here is the latest news of Lomiri on Debian: -
@mateo_salta
you can see more here: https://forums.ubports.com/topic/6971/wifi-mobile-data-on-off-according-to-screen-state/
And thanks to @c4pp4 who made a script to accomplish my suggestion, you can try it out yourself and see if it works for you: https://forums.ubports.com/topic/6211/howto-alternate-way-of-saving-battery-when-using-4g-lte/ -
@nocturn-adrift said in Q&A 113 This Saturday At 19:00 UTC:
Is there any update to @jezek 's MMS fixes, and its implementation into OTA-21?
The current issues of MMS on Ubuntu Touch, particularly MMS messages being lost in the air, is a frequent issue among UT users. With integrating more phones being ported or included in the project into the future, I figured it would be something most users are interested in.
Even if the question has not been answered in QA. I can imagine that the core team is mostly focused on 20.04 migration. As that enhancement is a quite big change it would slow down the process. Hope to see it merged soon too