Looking for Testers: Ubuntu Touch 26.04-1.x (Early version)

mariogrip

@gpatel-fr said:

Update on 5 june, the daily version still can't start Morph, but I noticed another quirk (I don't remember if I tested this 6 days ago), I have 3 test videos that I can use and one of them is very choppy under 26.04 while under 24.04-1.3 it is playing smoothly.

The video running badly is mpeg4 high bitrate (17 Mbits/s) while the videos playing correctly under 26.04 are low bitrat (1 Mbits/s).

For the record, all 3 videos are failing under 24.04-2 so it' not so bad for 26.04

edit: thanks to @vlad-nirky for the date correction 5 may -> 5 june

Just sendt put new update with fix for the browser

gpatel-fr

@mariogrip

with build 69 Morph runs ! and the choppy video now plays perfectly !

@vlad-nirky

I have never even looked at the gyroscope so I can't say what's normal, but orientation seems fine to me (Fairphone 5)

Vlad Nirky

@mariogrip
Hello Marius.
As the NP1 doesn’t have a fingerprint reader, I’d like to temporarily disable the login password.
I’ve tried everything in Settings/Security/Lock & Unlock
to change how the device is unlocked or to change the password, but nothing works.
Is it the same for you?
The UI returns wrong passphrase...
Even change password doesn't work.

lduboeuf

@Vlad-Nirky said:

@mariogrip
Hello Marius.
As the NP1 doesn’t have a fingerprint reader, I’d like to temporarily disable the login password.
I’ve tried everything in Settings/Security/Lock & Unlock
to change how the device is unlocked or to change the password, but nothing works.
Is it the same for you?
The UI returns wrong passphrase...
Even change password doesn't work.

confirmed for me as well ( FP5)

lduboeuf

very good experience btw, on FP5, i have caldav + cardav working with new PIM backends, not tested with SIM yet

kugiigi

@lduboeuf Do we have the new contacts backend and syncing in 26.04?

lduboeuf

@kugiigi said:

@lduboeuf Do we have the new contacts backend and syncing in 26.04?

Yes + new calendar backend.
But not easy to test for now, it needs a bunch of ubports-qa + apt install

Vlad Nirky

@lduboeuf
I'm up for it.
You can send me a private message with the details if you like.

wouterx

ubports-installer_0.11.2_linux_x86_64.AppImage - FP5 - options: Wipe Userdata, Partitioning, Bootstrap - 26.04-1.x = ERROR; No space left on device
New users cannot install 26.04 on FP5 via the ubports installer.

ubports-installer_0.11.2_linux_x86_64.AppImage + custom YML (partition size: 4294967296) - FP5 - options: Wipe Userdata, Partitioning, Bootstrap - 26.04-1.x
Using a custom YML that enlarges the partition to 4294967296 allows the installation to proceed.

phablet@ubuntu-phablet:~$ system-image-cli -i
current build number: 76
device name: FP5
channel: 26.04-1.x/arm64/android9plus/daily
last update: 1970-01-01 04:14:48
version version: 76
version tag: 2026-06-08
version rootfs: 2026-06-08T02:57:44Z_arm64_ubports/26.04-1.x_65_b17341d80377936ec2b515693cde376c1045afce
version keyring: archive-master
version device: 20260607-1956
version boot: 20260607-134008Z

Hardware:
Wi‑Fi

During initial setup you cannot select Wi‑Fi; it is not possible to enter the Wi‑Fi password, and this cannot be done via the UI afterwards either.
sudo nmcli --ask dev wifi connect Hotspotje
Error: Failed to add/activate new connection: failure adding connection: settings plugin does not support adding connections
After restarting the device it is possible to connect to Wi‑Fi.

Camera

Camera app works but only with one camera; it does not switch between Wide and Ultra-wide camera.

GPS

GPS works; tested with "Pure Maps" and "SensorsStatus". Cold start fix took ~1 minute.

Cellular

GSM: 5G, VoLTE/VoLTE (T-Mobile NL)
Outgoing voice call works
Incoming phone call works

Bluetooth

Device finds and connects to Bluetooth headset.
Plays music through the headset.
Switching between music and phone calls always fails; the Bluetooth headset disconnects and then produces no sound. This has happened multiple times and is not a one-off. With different headsets the same issue occurs, especially when first listening to music with the headset and then trying to make a call. It seems the switch between Bluetooth profiles does not work correctly; when switching from HFP/HSP the Bluetooth connection drops entirely.

Fingerprint scanner

Works fast and correctly.

Display

Auto brightness works. (This was not enabled by default, which made the setup screens quite dark.)
Touchscreen works.
Rotation adn rotation lock works.

Physical hardware buttons

Volume buttons work.
Power / fingerprint button works.

USB

File transfer works.
adb works.
USB dock / convergence works (via dock: USB keyboard/mouse, HDMI monitor).

Software

Lomiri greeter: I set a numeric PIN and when opening the keyboard appears where previously a numeric keypad showed.

Browser

Browser works with, for example, GitLab where earlier versions had login issues.
YouTube test videos play fullscreen.
Videos with DRM (for example NPO Start here in the Netherlands) do not work. Enabling the Widevine plugin does not seem to complete correctly, the device stays showing "downloading" while the progress bar is at 100%... after 15 minutes had to force-closed the browser.

Convergence

Display, touchscreen, mouse and keyboard, external mouse and keyboard, Wi‑Fi work.
Ethernet does not work, this worked on 24.04.
Snap LibreOffice does not work; in fact no snaps work.
When disconnecting from the dock all programs are closed, so you cannot continue working mobile.

Other

The punch‑hole for the camera obstructs icons in the top menu bar, and the clock is cut off by the curved screen edge.

gpatel-fr

gpatel-fr said:

the choppy video now plays perfectly

err, well, actually this problem had (almost) nothing to do with 26.04 (of course).

I had the impression that 26.04 was eating into my battery a bit too fast for my taste so I had set scaling_governor to 'powersave'. However while the processor of my Fairphone 5 is powerful for a phone, it's not enough to handle a video of 18Mbits/s bandwidth.

Testing after a restart (so with scaling_governor set to 'schedutil' the default value) the video olays well. On 24.04-1.3 with the powersave on, the video playing is choppy as well (maybe a bit less than 26.04 but still).

Well, another bit of testing leads to a real 'tada !'.
The long standing problem of phoning 'blind' without ringing with some providers is solved on 26.04 (well, if you use a Qualcomm device like the Fairphone - sorry for y'all Volla users but you'll have to wait a bit more even if you make 26.04 your daily driver)

lsitongia

@wouterx
This is an aside, but there are a number of phones that do not have enough space to install 24.04-2.x. Would your yaml change work for them? I wonder. Where is that yaml file? How did you decide on that new partition size? Where does it take the space from to make that partition larger? Thank you.