Looking for Testers: Ubuntu Touch 26.04-1.x (Early version)
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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) -
@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. -
@lduboeuf
I'm up for it.
You can send me a private message with the details if you like.Just a little patience ;-), all will be in the rootfs image, easier to test then :).
But some parts are missing still due to Qt6/Qt5 mixing -
@lduboeuf
Yes, I saw that.
I read Ubports Dev (but don't interact usually).
Glad to see that!
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@mariogrip
On android9plus_qt6/daily, the issue with the change in the unlock method has been resolved. Brilliant...
I’d fixed my weather app because the display rendering was different on 26.04-1.x; with android9plus_qt6/daily, that rendering issue has disappeared. -
ubports-installer_0.11.2_linux_x86_64.AppImage - FP5 - options: Wipe userdata, Partitioning, Bootstrap - 26.04-1.x/arm64/android9plus/daily
New users can now install 26.04 on the FP5 via the UBports installer without special steps; the partition has been enlarged and setup completes smoothly.phablet@ubuntu-phablet:~$ system-image-cli -i current build number: 85 device name: FP5 channel: 26.04-1.x/arm64/android9plus/daily last update: 2026-04-29 21:16:10 version: 85 version tag: 2026-06-11 version rootfs: 2026-06-11T05:53:52Z_arm64_ubports/26.04-1.x_72_b17341d80377936ec2b515693cde376c1045afce version keyring: archive-master version device: 20260610-19936 version boot: 20260611-002753ZHardware
Wi‑Fi- It is not possible to select a Wi‑Fi network during the initial setup; you cannot enter the Wi‑Fi password, and this cannot be done via the UI afterwards either.
- 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 lenses.
GPS works. Cold start fix took ~1 minute. Cellular works. GSM: 5G, VoLTE (T-Mobile NL).Bluetooth
- Device finds and connects to Bluetooth headsets.
- Plays music through the headset.
- Switching between music and phone calls consistently fails: the Bluetooth headset disconnects and then produces no sound. This has happened multiple times with different headsets, especially when first listening to music and then trying to make a call. It appears the switch between Bluetooth profiles does not work correctly; when switching from HFP/HSP the Bluetooth connection drops entirely.
Fingerprint scanner. Works quickly and reliably.
Display. Auto-brightness works. (It was not enabled by default, which made the setup screens quite dark.) Physical buttons. All hardware buttons work. USB. File transfer/ adb, USB dock / convergence works (via dock: USB keyboard/mouse, HDMI monitor).Software
- Lomiri greeter: I set a numeric PIN but the on-screen keyboard appears where previously a numeric keypad was shown.
Browser
- Browser works with sites such as GitLab where earlier versions had login issues.
- YouTube test videos play fullscreen.
- DRM-protected videos (for example NPO Start in the Netherlands) do not work. Enabling the Widevine plugin does not complete correctly: the device shows "downloading" while the progress bar is at 100%; after ~15 minutes I had to force‑close the browser.
Convergence
- Display, touchscreen, external mouse and keyboard, and Wi‑Fi work.
- The top bar is much larger than before and is dark, which conflicts with the icons; window information is not displayed.
- Ethernet works! but there is no indicator icon yet.
- Snap LibreOffice does not work; in fact no snaps work.
- When disconnecting from the dock all programs are closed, so you cannot continue working on the go.
Other. The icons and clock are now neatly arranged and perfectly visible around the punch‑hole and curved screen edge in the top menu bar. -
Fingerprint scanner. Works quickly and reliably.
for me there is no change, it's not possible to record one. It was advised to me to reinstall Android, set a fingerprint and get back to UT afterwise but I never did and it don't work yet.
The icons and clock are now neatly arranged and perfectly visible around the punch‑hole and curved screen edge in the top menu bar
it's not 'perfect' (look at the clock in landscape mode) but there is finally improvement here ! Thanks for sharing, I was beginning to despair on this.
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For the FP5 you must use FP5-TT4H-factory (Android 13). With Android 14 and 15 I also had various things that didn't work properly... and I vaguely remember the fingerprint scanner not working correctly on one of those two; I reported that once in the FP5 Telegram group. And now that you mention it, in landscape mode the clock does fall just outside the visible area... but there's good progress!
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fairphone 5 works fine
it´s more responsive then 24.04 1.3
flashed from andriod 15 soo no fingerprint and wifi but everything else work -
oneplus 6t:
phablet@ubuntu-phablet:~$ system-image-cli -i
current build number: 14
device name: enchilada
channel: 26.04-1.x/arm64/android9plus/daily
last update: 2026-05-17 02:55:36
version version: 14
version tag: 2026-05-16
version rootfs: 2026-05-16T03:09:26Z_arm64_ubports/26.04-1.x_34_166ad1a2b5b5d7b09bcd8b01d9e25947c77e54f9
version keyring: archive-master
version device: 20260425-20807
version boot: 20260312-23417wifi/bluetooth--normal
Camera --cannot save file, related to Gallery
GPU--host and lxc containers without GPU
Gallery--not working as missing libs
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