Best way to support Porting / Checking Status for the Fairphone 5

kugiigi

@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

poVoq

@kugiigi already got mine, looks promising for PostmarketOS as well. Maybe I'll get back into Ubports if it works well.

CatWithUT

I just checked my E-Mails and found a Uboports Newsletter from February with the following Text:

*Fosdem 2024

...

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?

Kamikaze

@CatWithUT good find ! And where do I sign up to these newsletters?

I'm very eager to hear further news on this too!

arubislander

@Kamikaze You could send a mail to socials(at)ubports(dot)com and ask to be added to the mailing list.

Lakotaubp

@Kamikaze Very bottom of this page https://ubports.com/

arubislander

@Lakotaubp Ah, there it is. I was looking for that, but couldn't find it.

Kamikaze

Thanks, I've signed up! Now just have to be patient for any news on FP5

CatWithUT

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:
https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/Fairphone_5_(fairphone-fp5)

Kamikaze

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!

aarontheissueguy

@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

Inali

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.

CatWithUT

@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. It probably will be great!

Moem

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Inali

@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.

CatWithUT

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.

Peter Gamma

@CatWithUT

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?
No, Fairphone is better. And the Fairphone 5 is my preferred device since it offers a 6.46 screen.
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.
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:

Inali

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.

Keneda

@Inali
I think/hope that when FP5 Ubuntu Touch is ready for users, there will be an announcement.

Peter Gamma

@Keneda

I think/hope too, that when FP5 Ubuntu Touch is ready for users, there will be an announcement.

My phones:

Xiami Redmi 7 & Softmaker Office & SCRPI & NextCloudPi for office applications
Pinephone PMOS & PP keyboard only for evaluation purposes
Raspberry Pi zero 2 w & Raspberry Pi OS & LibreOffice for evaluation & future developments (I plan to switch to DietPi)
I currently hate all of my devices.
FP5 Ubuntu Touch planned as a privacy phone & Raspberry Pi screen.