Best way to support Porting / Checking Status for the Fairphone 5
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@BlueKenny IIRC, Marius mentioned it in the last Q&A. If there's an installable and working version, I'm sure we'll know it without asking
I'm also excited for this and I'm sure it'll be my next phone
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@kugiigi already got mine, looks promising for PostmarketOS as well. Maybe I'll get back into Ubports if it works well.
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I just checked my E-Mails and found a Uboports Newsletter from February with the following Text:
*Fosdem 2024
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Devices on display included a Bq Aquaris 5HD, just to show how far we have come then a OP5, PInePhone, PinePhonePro with keyboard case, PineTab and PineTab2, Volla Phone, Volla X, Volla 22, Volla X23, Fairphone 4 and Fairphone 5.
Yes you did read that right the Fairphone 5 was at FOSDEM, and it was running 20.04. Not unsurprisingly it got a lot of attention as you would expect. The port was only finished the day before by Nikita from initial work started by Marius.
...*
Very excited! Is there a timeframe in which we can expect a release?
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@CatWithUT good find ! And where do I sign up to these newsletters?
I'm very eager to hear further news on this too!
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@Kamikaze You could send a mail to socials(at)ubports(dot)com and ask to be added to the mailing list.
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@Kamikaze Very bottom of this page https://ubports.com/
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@Lakotaubp Ah, there it is. I was looking for that, but couldn't find it.
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Thanks, I've signed up! Now just have to be patient for any news on FP5
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Small update about Linux on Fairphone 5:
I saw that the UBports installer already supports the Fairphone 5! It offers postmarketOS devbuilds, for those who want to try postmarketOS
COOL!
Current state of the port:
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Wow! Latest ubports newsletter has a hint that VoLTE and 5G may be coming to FP5:
"...by way of a sort of happy accident 5g should be available first, and has been tested on FP5 and 4..."
Looking good!
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@Kamikaze Love to hear that things are looking good for the Fairphone 5, its my current daily driver and I would love to give it a try with UbuntuTouch
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Gosh I really want this to release. I'm so excited for it. VoLTE is 100% mandatory for me though, since I'm in the USA which requires VoLTE on literally all carriers for a phone to work at all. Hopefully there is a working beta sooner than later!
Fingers crossed.
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@Inali In the Q&As you can see an FP5 almost every time. They probably just want to make sure they have something that works well on the release I can imagine. It seems to be running from what is visible and publicy shown. With a good working release (ideally with Waydroid) the FP5 with UB Touch would easily be a great daily driver and literally the best phone in the line up with official support!
aka:
Let them Cook.
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@CatWithUT I hope it works out well.
Honestly I give 0 cares for Waydroid. I doubt I'll even enable it.
I've run horribly unoptimized software releases on numerous devices, I wouldn't be opposed to being a tester for the FP5, regardless if it's an open public release or not. Sadly there seems to be no way to sign up for such a test.
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In "Ubuntu Touch Q&A 139" there is a "Fairphone 5" section which states: "Marius has continued work on getting FP5 to a usable state. Nice!
This thread started as a question about the state of things and has now become an information dump about UT and Fairphone 5
. Whenever something about this topic comes up somewhere, I will probably hear about it here first. :grinning_cat_face_with_smiling_eyes: -
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Yes, bring Ubuntu Touch on the Fairphone 5, I don't trust Google phones anymore, even if Ubuntu Touch runs on it. A privacy phone from Google? Has it really to be a device from Google as our privacy phone?
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No, Fairphone is better. And the Fairphone 5 is my preferred device since it offers a 6.46 screen.
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And I need a privacy smartphone which is not from Google Inc. which I can use as my touch control interface to my Raspberry Pi zero 2 w. And all the model lower than the Fairphone 5 have a screen which is too small for this purpose.
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So to have Ubuntu Touch on the Fairphone 5 his highly desirable for all of these reasons for people who have the same needs as I have:
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So, will the image magically show up in the installer application when ready, or will we need to update the installer app?
I keep checking the installer app every day with my fingers crossed.
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@Inali
I think/hope that when FP5 Ubuntu Touch is ready for users, there will be an announcement. -
I think/hope too, that when FP5 Ubuntu Touch is ready for users, there will be an announcement.
My phones:
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Xiami Redmi 7 & Softmaker Office & SCRPI & NextCloudPi for office applications
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Pinephone PMOS & PP keyboard only for evaluation purposes
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Raspberry Pi zero 2 w & Raspberry Pi OS & LibreOffice for evaluation & future developments (I plan to switch to DietPi)
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I currently hate all of my devices.
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FP5 Ubuntu Touch planned as a privacy phone & Raspberry Pi screen.
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