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

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

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          CatWithUT
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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 πŸ˜‰

          COOL!

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          Current state of the port:
          https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/Fairphone_5_(fairphone-fp5)

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            Kamikaze @CatWithUT
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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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              aarontheissueguy @Kamikaze
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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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                Inali
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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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                  CatWithUT @Inali
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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. πŸ˜„ It probably will be great!

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                    Moem @CatWithUT
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                      Inali @CatWithUT
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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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                        CatWithUT
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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 πŸ˜‚. 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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                          Peter Gamma @CatWithUT
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                          @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: πŸ‘

                          PETER GAMMA (Physiologist), MEDITATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE SWITZERLAND

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

                              2015-2023 : Meizu MX4 ☠️⚰️✝️
                              2023-2024 : Nexus 5 ☠️⚰️✝️
                              2024-***** : FPOS Fairphone 5
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                                Peter Gamma @Keneda
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                                @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.

                                PETER GAMMA (Physiologist), MEDITATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE SWITZERLAND

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                                  kugiigi
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                                  Yeah I'm sure there will be an announcement and/or will be talked about in a Q&A. Also, I don't think the installer has to be updated since the list and device config are dynamically retrieved from a server.

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                                    Inali @kugiigi
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                                    @kugiigi
                                    Ah, perfect. This is what I wanted to know. I suppose I'll just continue to impatiently wait and open the installer every day to check lol

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                                      kugiigi @Inali
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                                      @Inali Or just wait for any news or announcement πŸ˜›

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                                        x2u
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                                        Hello,
                                        im on CalyxOS 5.8.2.....and waiting for Ubuntu........
                                        anyone try to install PostmarketOS??????

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                                          arubislander @x2u
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                                          @x2u please consider that discussions on postmarketOS are off-topic in this Thread.

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                                          Happily running Ubuntu Touch
                                          JingPad (24.04-1.x daily)
                                          OnePlus Nord N10 5G (24.04-2.x daily)
                                          PinePhone OG (20.04)
                                          Meizu Pro 5 (16.04 DEV)

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                                            kingu @x2u
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                                            @x2u There might be something within the month. Stay tuned.

                                            As an indication of generic Linux-support, https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/Fairphone_5_(fairphone-fp5)

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                                              x2u @kingu
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                                              @kingu

                                              thanks mr.

                                              Do you mean that Ubuntu Touch will be released this month?

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