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        kimo @Br1
        last edited by kimo

        @Br1 As he said, Keneda if you can building an app, this would be great. I tried it on focal. It worked with me in the first time, and when I tried to return to restore default settings, I lost my connection to the Internet without finding a solution, despite my attempts to fix it, which forced me to re-install UT 😅

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          Br1 @Keneda
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          @Keneda I can't promise anything but I will try.

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            Keneda @Br1
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            @Br1
            I don't know if you saw my post responding to you on another of your thread so i put link here, it may be helpfull : https://forums.ubports.com/topic/8144/how-to-record-calls/4?_=1680905394718

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              Br1 @Keneda
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              @Keneda to build apps it is necessary to know qml and python and I don't know them 😞 "Touch IDE" is an interesting app, but I would like to do something with shell scripting

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                domubpkm @Br1
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                  Br1 @domubpkm
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                  @domubpkm said in Change DNS servers, wifi and mobile data:

                  @Br1 typo error

                  fixed, thank you.

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                    domubpkm @Br1
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                      Br1
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                      ---- UPDATE OTA-2 Focal ----
                      ---- Stable Channel ----

                      Usual three steps :

                      1 - download (just tap) setdns-ota.2 from here

                      2 - open file manager, go to Downloads, tap setdns-ota.2.tar.gz and tap extract archive

                      3 - open terminal, type :

                      sudo Downloads/setdns-ota.2/setdns-ota.2.sh
                      

                      and hit enter,

                      type 1 + enter to set Cloudflare servers
                      type 2 + enter to set OpenDNS servers
                      type 3 + enter to set custom servers (*)
                      type 4 + enter to restore default settings (Restore OS)
                      type 5 + enter to exit (OS unchanged)

                      Remember to "Restore OS" before the next OTA update !

                      set-dns is one single script, preview :

                      #!/bin/bash
                      
                      # Make sure only root can run this script
                      if [ "$(id -u)" != "0" ]; then
                         echo " - You must prepend 'sudo' !" 1>&2
                         exit 1
                      fi
                      
                      echo -e '\n- Set DNS servers / Restore default -\n' ;
                      
                      rsv_cnf=/etc/resolv.conf ;
                      
                      # these are Cloudflare's DNS servers
                      CLF_one=1.1.1.1
                      CLF_two=1.0.0.1
                      
                      # these are OpenDNS servers
                      OPE_one=208.67.222.222
                      OPE_two=208.67.220.220
                      
                      PS3='
                      Please enter your choice : '
                      options=("  Cloudflare  -      " "  OpenDNS     -      " "  Custom DNS  -      " "  Restore OS  -      " "  Quit        -      ")
                      select opt in "${options[@]}"
                      do
                      	case $opt in
                      	"  Cloudflare  -      ")
                      		# check resolv.conf
                      		if [ ! -L $rsv_cnf ] ;
                      
                      		then
                      
                      			# -------------------- runs if resolv.conf is a file --------------------
                      
                      			# mount root in read/write mode
                      			mount -o remount,rw / ;
                      
                      			# add it Cloudflare servers
                      			echo -e "# Cloudflare servers" > $rsv_cnf ; echo -e "nameserver $CLF_one" >> $rsv_cnf ; echo -e "nameserver $CLF_two" >> $rsv_cnf ;
                      
                      			# remount root in read only mode
                      			mount -o remount,ro / ;
                      
                      			echo -e '\n Cloudflare DNS are set up !\n'
                      
                      			exit 0
                      
                      		else
                      
                      			# -------------------- runs if resolv.conf is a symbolic link --------------------
                      
                      			# mount root in read/write mode
                      			mount -o remount,rw / ;
                      
                      			# delete symbolic link
                      			rm /etc/resolv.conf ;
                      
                      			# create file
                      			touch /etc/resolv.conf ;
                      
                      			# add it Cloudflare servers
                      			echo -e "# Cloudflare servers" > $rsv_cnf ; echo -e "nameserver $CLF_one" >> $rsv_cnf ; echo -e "nameserver $CLF_two" >> $rsv_cnf ;
                      
                                             # remount root in read only mode
                                              mount -o remount,ro / ;
                      
                      			echo -e '\n Cloudflare DNS are set up !\n'
                      
                      			exit 0
                      
                      		fi
                      
                      		;;
                      
                      	"  OpenDNS     -      ")
                      		# check resolv.conf
                      		if [ ! -L $rsv_cnf ] ;
                      
                      		then
                      
                      			# -------------------- runs if resolv.conf is a file --------------------
                      
                      			# mount root in read/write mode
                      			mount -o remount,rw / ;
                      
                      			# add it Cloudflare servers
                      			echo -e "# OpenDNS servers" > $rsv_cnf ; echo -e "nameserver $OPE_one" >> $rsv_cnf ; echo -e "nameserver $OPE_two" >> $rsv_cnf ;
                      
                      			# remount root in read only mode
                      			mount -o remount,ro / ;
                      
                      			echo -e '\n OpenDNS servers are set up !\n'
                      
                      			exit 0
                      
                      		else
                      
                      			# -------------------- runs if resolv.conf is a symbolic link --------------------
                      
                      			# mount root in read/write mode
                      			mount -o remount,rw / ;
                      
                      			# delete symbolic link
                      			rm /etc/resolv.conf ;
                      
                      			# create file
                      			touch /etc/resolv.conf ;
                      
                      			# add it Cloudflare servers
                      			echo -e "# OpenDNS servers" > $rsv_cnf ; echo -e "nameserver $OPE_one" >> $rsv_cnf ; echo -e "nameserver $OPE_two" >> $rsv_cnf ;
                      
                                             # remount root in read only mode
                                              mount -o remount,ro / ;
                      
                      			echo -e '\n OpenDNS servers are set up !\n'
                      
                      			exit 0
                      
                      		fi
                      
                      		;;
                      
                      	"  Custom DNS  -      ")
                      		# check resolv.conf
                      		if [ ! -L $rsv_cnf ] ;
                      
                      		then
                      
                      			# -------------------- runs if resolv.conf is a file -------------------- 
                      
                      			# mount root in read/write mode
                      			mount -o remount,rw / ;
                      
                      			echo -e "# Custom DNS servers" > $rsv_cnf ; 
                      
                                                              read -p " Type primary server : " priDN
                      
                      					echo -e "nameserver $priDN" >> $rsv_cnf ;
                      
                      					read -p " Type secondary server : " secDN
                      
                      					echo -e "nameserver $secDN" >> $rsv_cnf ;
                      
                      			# remount root in read only mode
                      			mount -o remount,ro / ;
                      
                      			echo -e '\n Custom DNS are set up !\n'
                      
                      			exit 0
                      
                      		else
                      
                      			# -------------------- runs if resolv.conf is a symbolic link --------------------
                      
                      			# mount root in read/write mode
                      			mount -o remount,rw / ;
                      
                      			# delete symbolic link
                      			rm /etc/resolv.conf ;
                      
                      			# create file
                      			touch /etc/resolv.conf ;
                      
                      			echo -e "# Custom DNS servers" > $rsv_cnf ;
                      
                                                              read -p " Type primary server : " priDN
                      
                                                              echo -e "nameserver $priDN" >> $rsv_cnf ;
                      
                                                              read -p " Type secondary server : " secDN
                      
                                                              echo -e "nameserver $secDN" >> $rsv_cnf ;
                      
                                             # remount root in read only mode
                                              mount -o remount,ro / ;
                      
                      			echo -e '\n Custom DNS are set up !\n'
                      
                      			exit 0
                      
                      		fi
                      
                      		;;
                      
                      	"  Restore OS  -      ")
                      			# mount root in read/write mode
                      			mount -o remount,rw / ;
                      
                      			# delete file
                      			rm /etc/resolv.conf ;
                      
                      			# recreate symbolic link
                      			ln -s /run/systemd/resolve/stub-resolv.conf /etc/resolv.conf ;
                      
                                             # remount root in read only mode
                                              mount -o remount,ro / ;
                      
                      			echo -e '\n Default settings have been Restored !\n'
                      
                      			exit 0
                      
                      		;;
                              "  Quit        -      ")
                      			echo -e '\n  - OS unchanged !\n'
                      
                      			break
                      		;;
                      			*) echo "invalid option $REPLY"
                      		;;
                          esac
                      done
                      
                      

                      (*) For example, if you want to set Google DNS servers enter 8.8.8.8 as primary server and 8.8.4.4 as secondary server.

                      ^

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                        domubpkm @Br1
                        last edited by

                        @Br1 Hello. is your OTA-2 work / procedure the same for OTA-3 ? Thanks again

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                          Br1
                          last edited by Br1

                          I can’t test ota 3 update, install at your own risk (*)

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                            Br1
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                            OTA 3 Stable channel --- You can reinstall, no changes are necessary.

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                              domubpkm @Br1
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                              @Br1 Done, it works as expected.

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                                domubpkm
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                                @Br1 I am on RC test OTA-4, it seems ok for me.

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                                  domubpkm
                                  last edited by domubpkm

                                  @Br1

                                  New tests.

                                  I noted this:
                                  . Sometimes a reboot is necessary to get my carrier's DNS fully restored if I no longer want to use cloudflare dns. Just using the 'restore' option in the script is not enough.

                                  . When using cloudflare, in the list of cloudflare DNS servers, some are in the USA (Missouri). Is this normal ? Shouldn't cloudflare DNS all stay in its country of origin like I see with Firefox (all in France for me) ?

                                  Thank you to enlighten me.

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                                    Br1 @domubpkm
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                                    @domubpkm said in Change DNS servers, wifi and mobile data:

                                    Sometimes a reboot is necessary to get my carrier's DNS fully restored

                                    It could be caused by dns cache, after restoring try this :

                                    sudo resolvectl flush-caches
                                    

                                    if it works, I can add it to next version

                                    @domubpkm said in Change DNS servers, wifi and mobile data:

                                    Shouldn't cloudflare DNS all stay in its country of origin

                                    servers in 120+ countries ... I don’t know what criteria they use

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                                      domubpkm @Br1
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                                      @Br1 said in Change DNS servers, wifi and mobile data:

                                      It could be caused by dns cache, after restoring try this :

                                      sudo resolvectl flush-caches

                                      Sorry, i can't confirm it works for me. A reboot is yet necessary.

                                      @Br1 said in Change DNS servers, wifi and mobile data:

                                      Shouldn't cloudflare DNS all stay in its country of origin

                                      servers in 120+ countries ... I don’t know what criteria they use

                                      When i did my precedent feedback, i was in RC TEST OTA-4. Now i am on 'real' OTA-4 and all cloudfare DNS are in my country. So for this, it's solved. 🤔 🙂

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                                        Br1
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                                        --- New version (only an optimization) here, as reported by @domubpkm to restore the original dns servers reboot is required (added message).

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