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      • lduboeufL Offline
        lduboeuf @kristatos
        last edited by lduboeuf

        @kristatos Just tested on my BQ4.5 and i have the same issue...

        Will have a look tomorrow, but i doubt we are going to investigate hours on a device that will not be Focal ready.
        Can't you test on your Volla 22 ? ( note that you can reinstall UT on it after all patches without issues )

        That is weird because i have tested on BQ4.5 before as well on Nexus5, XperiaX and Pixel3a. And the BQ is the only one not activating CellBroadcast

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          kristatos @lduboeuf
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          @lduboeuf Thanks for investigation. I can't guarantee, that I can test with my Volla because I'm on a business trip for the whole week and I don't know if I'll have time for the testing and enough bandwidth for updating/installing.

          BQ Aquaris E4.5 (UT 16.04)
          Vollaphone (UT 20.04)

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          • lduboeufL Offline
            lduboeuf @kristatos
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            So today was also a Cell Broadcast test day for NL

            Unfortunatly things were not working as expected and we can't figured out why yet.
            If i find better debug command i will add it to the ticket. But we suspect something not working between the modem and ofono and that part of code is out of my skills, sorry.

            Will notify here if anything new found.

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              lduboeuf @lduboeuf
              last edited by arubislander

              @lduboeuf said in The Cell Broadcast story:

              So today was also a Cell Broadcast test day for NL

              Unfortunatly things were not working as expected and we can't figured out why yet.
              If i find better debug command i will add it to the ticket. But we suspect something not working between the modem and ofono and that part of code is out of my skills, sorry.

              Will notify here if anything new found.

              I've found the debug command for arm64 , see https://github.com/ubports/ubuntu-touch/issues/2003 ( Logs section ).

              As it is now, we noticed that for Xenial, the test was not conclusive. But i have no idea if it's a porting issue or RIL<->Ofono issue.

              I don't think we need to spend time on Xenial.
              We should try with Focal, as it has a different code base for ofono.

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                lduboeuf @lduboeuf
                last edited by arubislander

                Feedback from yesterday Alert test in Germany:

                Xenial users had no notification and issue is noticed between RIL and Ofono.
                There has been a Focal test which was partially satisfying. No notification but logs shown that it was received by Ofono and a signal was emitted. So that is really good news!
                Now I need to debug a bit why notif didn't went trough.

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                • lduboeufL Offline
                  lduboeuf
                  last edited by lduboeuf

                  Just to tell you i've received a Monthly test alert last Monday in my area, France ( Pixel3a 20.04 devel ).

                  So the stack is working! ( Notification + Indicator + Messaging-app )

                  Only one interrogation for me is if topic filter works ( Settings-> Notifications->Cell broadcast ).
                  Mine were all toggled on.

                  I will add screenshot ( only missed notif )

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                  • IanI Offline
                    Ian @lduboeuf
                    last edited by Ian

                    @lduboeuf It looks like the cell broadcast feature will be trialled in the UK next month.

                    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-64999417

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                      kristatos @lduboeuf
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                      @lduboeuf Hi, I've checked the CB-settings with 20.04 OTA-1. I can activate notifications for the several alerts with their sliders, but the very first slider is off and greyed out and says "cell broadcast deactivated". Is this a bug? And do the alerts still work, if the first slider says "cell broadcast deactivated"?

                      BQ Aquaris E4.5 (UT 16.04)
                      Vollaphone (UT 20.04)

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                      • lduboeufL Offline
                        lduboeuf @kristatos
                        last edited by lduboeuf

                        @kristatos said in The Cell Broadcast story:

                        @lduboeuf Hi, I've checked the CB-settings with 20.04 OTA-1. I can activate notifications for the several alerts with their sliders, but the very first slider is off and greyed out and says "cell broadcast deactivated". Is this a bug? And do the alerts still work, if the first slider says "cell broadcast deactivated"?

                        Yes, we can't toggle on CB for now
                        Are you sure it is deactivated and not only greyed like below ? If it is deactivated, then no alerts will happen

                        screenshot20230329_121958232.png

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                          kristatos @lduboeuf
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                          @lduboeuf Yes, it says "Cell Broadcast disabled" and the slider is on the left side, not on the right like in your screenshot.
                          Is there an option to activate cell broadcast (maybe from the terminal) or will the feature (toggling CB) come in future releases?

                          BQ Aquaris E4.5 (UT 16.04)
                          Vollaphone (UT 20.04)

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                            lduboeuf @kristatos
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                            @kristatos said in The Cell Broadcast story:

                            @lduboeuf Yes, it says "Cell Broadcast disabled" and the slider is on the left side, not on the right like in your screenshot.
                            Is there an option to activate cell broadcast (maybe from the terminal) or will the feature (toggling CB) come in future releases?

                            Idk if this could be fixed easily or not, but it is broken currently.

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                              lduboeuf @kristatos
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                              @kristatos Just to know, do you have a SIM activated ?
                              CB should be activated by default.

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                              • LakotaubpL Offline
                                Lakotaubp @lduboeuf
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                                @lduboeuf Not really looked at this before but we are due a test of this in the UK on 23/04 Is the set up here the same for the UK do you you know.

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                                  kristatos @lduboeuf
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                                  @lduboeuf Yes, if have two SIM-cards and both are activated. I can have CB-settings seperate for both of them, but both have this "Cell Broadcast disabled".

                                  BQ Aquaris E4.5 (UT 16.04)
                                  Vollaphone (UT 20.04)

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                                    lduboeuf @Lakotaubp
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                                    @Lakotaubp said in The Cell Broadcast story:

                                    @lduboeuf Not really looked at this before but we are due a test of this in the UK on 23/04 Is the set up here the same for the UK do you you know.

                                    If you are on 20.04 there is nothing to setup. But that may or may not work.
                                    Last test in Germany failed in Ofono part ( not related to my work )

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                                      lduboeuf @kristatos
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                                      @kristatos said in The Cell Broadcast story:

                                      @lduboeuf Yes, if have two SIM-cards and both are activated. I can have CB-settings seperate for both of them, but both have this "Cell Broadcast disabled".

                                      Which device ?. It could be also a device config missing

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                                      • LakotaubpL Offline
                                        Lakotaubp @lduboeuf
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                                        @lduboeuf Thanks will have a look for it. Never botherd about it till now 🙂

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                                          kristatos @lduboeuf
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                                          @lduboeuf Volla Phone (not Volla22)

                                          BQ Aquaris E4.5 (UT 16.04)
                                          Vollaphone (UT 20.04)

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                                          • lduboeufL Offline
                                            lduboeuf @kristatos
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                                            @kristatos said in The Cell Broadcast story:

                                            @lduboeuf Volla Phone (not Volla22)

                                            Maybe ask for support there ? If its device specific ?, or there anything that needs to be done with your provider ?

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                                              Ian @lduboeuf
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                                              @lduboeuf After the anouncment of cell brodcast tests in the UK I decided to wait for OTA-25 to land before looking any further.

                                              My Volla Phone X took the update today and everything appears to be OK..... apart from I can't find cell broadcast in System Settings. Where should it be?

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