@Jules said: There's a long road ahead obviously but has anyone at Ubports made that first step to find out? To find out what? Sure, there is lots of talk of getting away from 'big Tech' and many of us are here precisely because we want that. UT already is a viable alternative to many. We're not just thinking or talking about it, we're doing it. Can you help me understand what you're asking?

@lduboeuf I installed the devices a week ago (a fairphone 5) from the linux ubports-installer_0.11.2_linux_x86_64.appimage. I picked the stable channel I have not installed anything manually since that (with an apt-get I mean) I just used the AppStore to install a few apps The contents of my /etc/lsb-release indicate: DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu DISTRIB_RELEASE=24.04 DISTRIB_CODENAME=noble DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS" In the settings UI, it says Update channel: 24-04-1.x/arm64/android9plus/stable Os version: 24-04-1.3

@Zer0 Pleas keep sharing, i don't want buttons on my home screen, but i am glad you build it... i know there is a lot of people out there that do want exactly that. i like Kugi's attempt more to organize the launcher, that works like a charm for me. That is the beauty of Ubuntu Touch, if you can dream it you can build it.

And some pics: [image: 1780593457929-photo_2026-06-04_08-50-30.jpg] [image: 1780593457952-photo_2026-06-04_08-50-38.jpg] [image: 1780593457970-photo_2026-06-04_08-50-42.jpg] [image: 1780593457991-photo_2026-06-04_08-50-46.jpg]

Hallo Pparent, thanks for the hint

@gpatel-fr anyway thanks for your lines and good to know, that the problems with tones is frequently.

gpatel-fr said: I realize belatedly that I did not think of giving some advice about the problem of returning back to a newer version once the goal of revert to a previous one has been achieved. It would be easy to imagine that it will be easy, but it's not as straightforward as following the usual procedure. When going from 1.1 -> 1.2 -> 1.3, history of these upgrades was recorded. If the phone is rudely returned to 1.1 and the user asks it to update back to 1.2, it will look at this history and conclude 'I have nothing to do !'. So the way to go in this case is to delete all this history in the lower part of the phone screen by swiping to the right and pushing the red trash button for all theses updates, and then the normal update behaviour will be restored back to normal.

@gpatel-fr Oh, wow, I would have never thought of checking after a restart... Let me just link that here: https://forums.ubports.com/topic/12289/changing-message-sound-requires-restart

@ubuntushop said: Why not just fix the problem.? You mean instantly ? How could that happens ? This sure will be fixed, but be patient, this is not a trivial task to maintain and fix such an OS with so few Devs involved...

Please use pure English on forums, use deepl if you need translation. And avoid double posting. And you should go on Google play site if you search for a number to reach them. I don't know it.

@PhAndersson said: the Pixel is able to get its time from the traditional GSM networ My memory is a bit dim on the subject and it's all hearsay anyway, however I remember I was said otherwise. Sorry to not be more precise however my meter says that I posted 563 posts in 9 months, so I finding precise details in the answers I got in all theses threads is not an attractive proposition. It could be that the Pixel is able to save clock and this ability was lost on more recent phones. @PhAndersson said: use your phone as alarm clock when you travel not sure it's a huge priority - there is an obvious workaround: do not stop your phone during the night.

@gpatel-fr Excellent! Many thanks. Will try that.

@fischer.poco Welches Android ist aktuell auf deinem OnePlus?

@Moem I think @fischer.poco has already downloaded the ZIP file, but he doesn't know what to do with it or how to install OxygenOS_10.5.7 on his OnePlus Nord N10 5G. Unfortunately, the process leading up to the UBports installer isn't well documented and varies from device to device. You'll have to do some research.

@domubpkm said: user friendly. The aim of UT installer. that's a goal yes. You'll see in this thread that is not always effective on the ground. Convoluted indeed.

@mihael said: I don't want to get you upset I'm sorry. I should learn again how to listen. Forgive me. @mihael said: why are you against click on notification bubbles? - especially since you have them disabled True and well spotted. I find bubble notifications annoying (that I left clear) additional the app badges (or whatever called). Let me explain and mix. I disabled notification bubbles but SMS ones can't be disabled (nor incoming call ones, that's understandable). I do that because they turn on the screen (unwanted behavior for me) and I read «add tap actions». So for me is «unwanted with SMS and unwanted tap actions on top». I read now that they might be options. I already answer automatic responses when I get a call (and the phone is on my pocket). On the desktop, as Unity does, notification bubbles are «click transparent» so you tap through them because you cannot move them. I find it terrible if you are using an app and tap on the header and SMS bubble shows. Add a url action. That's my point of view. @mihael said: Thank you. Thank you. PS: I find a terrible idea those App badget Notifications should be all in one place: the Notification indicator, not scattered on each app. [image: 1780424376287-8f233fe5-4d9e-422f-abf1-8617f0169591-image.jpeg]

noticed something, there is no date to the messages. my only note is that you probably want to either have an option in the settings or decide based on account region if to use dd/mm/yyyy scheme or US mm/dd/yyyy scheme.