[Porting] Call for Testers

nero355

I have found three OnePlus 5T phones that might be interesting to buy but the prices are a bit high so I really need my previous questions answered : https://forums.ubports.com/topic/5594/porting-call-for-testers/101?_=1639753177932

I can ofcourse ask if the sellers are willing to lower their prices but before I do that I would like to know if it's interesting at all to start my OnePlus 5T adventure ?!

paju1986

@flohack That did the trick! Thanks you. Installed and all working well.

paju1986

I have been trying ubuntu touch on my OnePlus 5T for some time now.

Some of the thing i have encounter:

Bluetooth earbuds dont work, they can pair but no sound comes from them but from main speaker.
Fingerprint works on setting you fingerprint, but there is no way to unlock the phone with it, it simply dont allow you to enable that option
The notification led sometimes seem to work but most of the time doesnt work.

A Former User

@paju1986 In my case, my bluetooth headphones work just fine. (Im on the dev channel, maybe there were changes related to audio playback recently)?

I can confirm the fingerprint issue though - I am able to add a fingerprint, but it can not be activeated (the respective option at "System settings -> Security & Privacy -> Locking and unlocking -> Lock security" is greyed out. The fingerprint is reported on the device page as not working though.. Is someone around who would know how to fix this?

nero355

@nero355 said in [Porting] Call for Testers:

@owwen
May I ask what you paid for the phone and how old and used it was ?!

I am considering this phone now since all this work is beeing done for it but I need more info like for example : What are my options when it comes to replacing the battery of the phone ?!

@nero355 said in [Porting] Call for Testers:

I have found three OnePlus 5T phones that might be interesting to buy but the prices are a bit high so I really need my previous questions answered : https://forums.ubports.com/topic/5594/porting-call-for-testers/101?_=1639753177932

I can ofcourse ask if the sellers are willing to lower their prices but before I do that I would like to know if it's interesting at all to start my OnePlus 5T adventure ?!

Anyone who can give me any info about the above ?!

flohack

@ra yeah I gave up on the fingerprint. When any print is registered Android does not inform us about that and so UT thinks there are no prints at all. So you can register but not enable ^^

Moem

@nero355 said in [Porting] Call for Testers:

Anyone who can give me any info about the above ?!

Sorry, what exactly is the question again?

A Former User

@moem the only question I can see is about battery replacement possibilities of the OP5T. Possible but not the easiest.

Moem

@loops said in [Porting] Call for Testers:

@moem the only question I can see is about battery replacement possibilities of the OP5T.

My search engine of choice gave me
https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/OnePlus+5T+Battery+Replacement/102745
I guess that answers it. As you say, possible but not the easiest.

nero355

@moem said in [Porting] Call for Testers:

Sorry, what exactly is the question again?

It's right there quoted in my reply ?!

Anyway... nevermind now since this news is out : https://forums.ubports.com/topic/7036/waydroid-on-oneplus-5t/13

I will keep looking around for a different phone then!

Moem

@nero355 said in [Porting] Call for Testers:

Anyway... nevermind

You're welcome, I'm glad I could help by answering your question about the possibility of battery exchange on the Oneplus 5t. My pleasure.

nero355

@moem
Mmm... sarcasm! NICE!

flohack

@nero355 Just saying the port is finished for the 5T and 5, today I added Waydroid patches. There is no reason to not use the device as daily just because I am not able to change stuff ^^ we have had devices in the past where there was no need to change anything for years. After all its only about getting all hardware features to work.

As it has kernel 4.4 or so its also likely to be compatible with 20.04 later - its a good device, and the one with the least power drain I ever had in my hands

nero355

@flohack said in [Porting] Call for Testers:

@nero355 Just saying the port is finished for the 5T and 5, today I added Waydroid patches.
There is no reason to not use the device as daily just because I am not able to change stuff ^^ we have had devices in the past where there was no need to change anything for years. After all its only about getting all hardware features to work.

But still that's a thing that worries me a bit :

Will there ever be a time when you can say even to the most novice users that they can buy phones A+B+C+D+E without any issue because those phones are currently maintained by a couple of developers who will make sure that any bugs get wiped a.s.a.p. so that the phones are 99,99% reliable daily devices running Ubuntu Touch ?!

I was kind of hoping we were heading that way a bit with mainly your own recent ports of the Google Pixel and OnePlus 5/5T phones ??

Currently it's either buy a very old phone from someone and hope it still works or buy a new expensive Volla Phone which doesn't work as it should yet but is more or less useable...

As it has kernel 4.4 or so its also likely to be compatible with 20.04 later - its a good device, and the one with the least power drain I ever had in my hands

Hmm... OK... thanks for the info!

flohack

@nero355 Novice users should always buy phones with UT already flashed in the factory. We have so many pitfalls if someone is not technically inclined that can make flashing the OS with the installer an unpleasant experience.

Well idk if such times will come, hopefully in the future there will be more vendors that sell UT from factory, but who knows? We also cannot compete with those $150 Android phones that are locked up and are throw-away phones basically, but they set a standard over years that everybody thinks a phone can be cheap and powerful AND secure at the same time

nero355

@flohack said in [Porting] Call for Testers:

Novice users should always buy phones with UT already flashed in the factory. We have so many pitfalls if someone is not technically inclined that can make flashing the OS with the installer an unpleasant experience.

OK, but then we need more options than there are currently...

Well idk if such times will come, hopefully in the future there will be more vendors that sell UT from factory, but who knows? We also cannot compete with those $150 Android phones that are locked up and are throw-away phones basically, but they set a standard over years that everybody thinks a phone can be cheap and powerful AND secure at the same time

However...

Even those phones (and let's not forget tablets!) are getting more powerfull each year!

Something as simple as the Snapdragon 480 SoC is now shipped in cheap phones with up to 6 GB RAM and 128 GB of Storage : That would make a nice Ubuntu Touch phone and perhaps even a very nice Convergence phone!

(Or tablet... :grinning_squinting_face: )

Moem

@flohack said in [Porting] Call for Testers:

Novice users should always buy phones with UT already flashed in the factory.

NOW you tell me?! Well it's too late now!

(Seriously, now: on the device page, and elsewhere, there is a lot of encouragement and talk about how easy to use the installer is. Reading that, I definitely got the idea that this was something I could try, as a complete newcomer. It all turned out well in my case...)

flohack

@moem The installer is super awesome but struggles with certain type of locked phones, and also unconventional partition layouts and formats.

If we would add more checks that guide the users what to do next it can be Newbie-safe, but it needs more edge-case detection and such

Moem

@flohack I'm sure you're right. But I'm less sure that the website adequately reflects that. It gave me more of an impression of being newbie-safe than I'm getting from you now.

Luckily I stumbled into the right phone, and had a very survivable first experience!

owwen

Re: [Porting] Call for Testers

Hi everybody.

I'm happy to announce that I managed to flash my OnePlus 5t with the astonishing and lovely good working piece of Open Source Software that Ubuntu Touch actually is.
I experience the following bugs:

volume of any sound on the Device is very low
whenever I try to hang up a call, the phone app crashes. I have to stop the program from running while the call continues, then I am able to hang up after I start the app again.

If there is anything I could do to help with more testing, please let me know.