@sm-xcx Hey xcx, how far are we with this project? what is still requirered to finish this project?

Hello all, It has been decided to postpone the new contact backend to 26.04.x to avoid slowing down the overall roadmap. We will try to move also at that time to the new calendar backend.. 2 major internal changes in a row. I keep you informed.

@gpatel-fr I may have some other underlying issue on my install, seeing as I can't even use adb properly to reboot to fastboot: Failed to write reboot parameter file: Permission denied Developer mode is enabled on the device and the remote machine can detect the device with 'adb devices'.

@vince.vs to expand a bit on the answer given, the system allows for applications to add to the predefined user metrics, but there is no provision to remove an existing user metric; not that there is any provision to remove features added to the system by apps, there is no such feature but even if there was one, no app could use it to clean an user metric added to the system because there is no api for that. If this is really annoying for you the system database for user metrics is /var/lib/usermetrics/usermetrics6.db and I'd guess that (if you know your way with sqlite3 utility) hacking around in this sqlite database could help you to bid good riddance to this user metric and it may even work after restarting the phone, but it's at your risk. I did not try it myself, I don't know if renumbering the entries is necessary or useful or deadly.

@Linus67 Thanks very much. Will try it out…

I wouldn't use a META product if there were alternatives. But there are a lot of people who are very resistant to change. There are groups for their kids' school activities: soccer, tennis, music, and so on. If you use Ubuntu Touch every day, a lightweight QML app like Greenline is perfect. You can check WhatsApp messages when needed. In an emergency, you can send a message like, “I'll be 10 minutes late.” Personally, I prefer a WhatsApp alternative that is fast and stable, uses few resources, and adapts well to changes in WhatsApp’s data structure—such as the Go library, whatsmeow, protobuf structures, and WebSocket conditions on the servers. I don’t need features like video or forms. If someone wants all of WhatsApp’s features (including META AI) on Ubuntu Touch, then they have the wrong device. Keep Greenline lean, efficient, and adaptable to changes at Meta for a long life on Ubuntu Touch. Many people and groups still need some time before they’re ready to switch to alternatives.

@gpatel-fr That´s perfect! Thank you very much for solving this stubborn problem. Now I can put the Pixel 3a into ‘Nokia 3210 mode’ with a single click. Calls and text messages work, and the battery lasts at least three days in this mode. #!/bin/bash # ==================================================================== # NOKIA 3210 MODUS: CPU throttling + All offline services (Pixel 3a) # ==================================================================== if [ "$EUID" -ne 0 ]; then echo "ERROR: Please run the script using: sudo $0" exit 1 fi echo "Enable Nokia 3210 mode..." # 1. Force CPU cores into power-saving mode for governor in /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu*/cpufreq/scaling_governor; do if [ -f "$governor" ]; then echo "powersave" > "$governor" fi done echo "[✓] CPU throttling enabled." # 2. Turn off Wi-Fi nmcli radio wifi off echo "[✓] Wi-Fi disabled." # 3. Turn off location tracking (GPS) sudo dbus-send --system --type=method_call --print-reply --dest=com.lomiri.location.Service /com/lomiri/location/Service org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties.Set string:com.lomiri.location.Service string:IsOnline variant:boolean:false echo "[✓] Location tracking disabled." # 4. Turn off Bluetooth rfkill block bluetooth echo "[✓] Bluetooth disabled." # 5. Turn off mobile data sudo -u phablet DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS="unix:path=/run/user/32011/bus" dbus-send --session --type=method_call --print-reply --dest=com.lomiri.connectivity1 /com/lomiri/connectivity1/Private org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties.Set string:com.lomiri.connectivity1.Private string:MobileDataEnabled variant:boolean:false echo "[✓] Mobile data disabled." # 6. Greenline-Service stop at user level XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/run/user/32011 sudo -u phablet systemctl --user stop greenline.service 2>/dev/null echo "[✓] greenline.service stopped." echo "------------------------------------------------" echo "Success! CPU, wireless modules and GPS are in sleep mode." sleep 3

@Turbolqk said: @kugiigi I see, I haven't used UT in a few months, so I might've missed a few things. These things you think you might have missed have been implemented for years, so even the few months ago that you used UT last, you should have come across them.

host you could use google drive or whatever is allowed in your country

@developerbayman Thanks! It is now available on the openstore, so I hope people will enjoy it!

@egregiousecan There's some bug that causes random bootloop, forcing shutdown by holding all phone buttons simultaneously helps. I was also not able to boot into Ut 24.04 after upgrading from 20.04, I had to reflash the device with Android to do that.

@mihael yes it's a bug and probably in the push service. I tried to kill the service process (I don't know any other way to restart a service activated by d-bus) and after an initial failure (it seems that when the service is restarted it don't take in account the task that started it), the second time I sent a mail message the notification used the new sound. To be continued.

@libremax Spain when there's football on the tv (I'm not joking)

Hi, I am back again. I didn't want to bother you with my long posts until I made it. Still working on it, though. @wally, as I said, my phone sent the SMS but get no response. I hadn't yet updated anything. I was chatting with the Xiaomi customer service and told me two things: Clear data/caché from "Settings" --> "Apps" --> "Manage apps" --> "Xiaomi SIM Activaton Service". Change "Settings" --> "Additional settings" --> "Languages and input" to other language, in my case to "English (UK)". You can try it. I don't know if both are necessary, but were simple to accomplish and so did I. Tried again, SMS sent and paid, and MIXiaomi account was linked to my phone number. Next step, was linking the account to "Settings" --> "Additional settings" --> "Developer options" --> "MIUnlockStatus". For this to work I had to turned off the "Find Device" option: "Settings" --> "MIAccount" --> "Xiaomi Cloud" --> "Find Device" --> Off. And it did the trick. This is all like a puzzle, a jigsaw, an escape room ... Still no luck, though. The device is still "deactivated". Again Xiaomi customer service said that this matters are part of the "Xiaomi Community" and that I should asked there. I found an interesting post, that maybe everybody is aware of, but me. I asked it here before, but it seems that, yes, the unlock request must be made within this app. I made a Google account just to download the "Xiaomi Community" app. In the left lower icon, "ME, go to "Set up" and "Change region" to "Global". Go back to "ME" and "Unlock bootloader" will now be visible. Click on it and mine says "Account must be registered over 30 days". I have mi fresh Xiaomi account, my fresh Google account and one week still to go ...

At a suggestion from @sander I implemented the Content Hub to select the local fallback audio file. The API of https://www.radio-browser.info is great, and also already implemented by the Radio app as far as I can tell from a quick glance. So I would rather ask Patrick Fial (does he have an account on this forum?) to add something like a 'copy URL'-button to the station in the favorites-list of his app. Or create a merge request for this myself, of course. @vlad-nirky Classic2 yes! Not waking up too gently though ;-).

@MrT10001 then I guess it's not for me. Thank you all for the clarification.