Update: I set-up a postal forwarding service so I have an address in the EU. Responded to the email that was sent out after my chat where I was informed that it would not be possible to assist me in any capacity without an address in the EU. Mind you I am paying for this and not trying to scam a warranty policy. The do not respond, I wait a few days and send a follow up email in the same email thread, no response again, I follow up again in a few more days.... Today I receive a response, do you think they opened a repair ticket or did anything at all to assist with facilitating this process? Nope, they responded with the following. "We apologize for our delay in responding to your message. With this message we want to assure you that your request has been received, and we are doing our best to get back to you as soon as possible. To prevent further delay, we would like to ask you to not create multiple requests. If your request is urgent, then please reach out to our support team via Live Chat. We also have an Online troubleshooting tool and useful Support articles to help guide you at home. We appreciate your patience and value your continued support. Your Fairphone Support Team"

@mihael Not on all devices, I expect. Some need a more complicated song and dance to unlock.

OK -- replying to my own post To resolve the issue, I decided to revive the old 'ubtd' app. Its new incarnation has passed the code review and v0.1.1 is now available on the OpenStore. You will find it under the name "Ratatoskr (Bluetooth file transfer)", in the "Utilities" category. If you install it, may I suggest that you check the README here: https://github.com/petroniusniger/ratatoskr/tree/main for a brief description of how to use it most effectively? Also, should you discover any bug, please report them here: https://github.com/petroniusniger/ratatoskr/issues

@harmhero No, the M8 FHD is a different device. It has a different CPU, a different LCD, and more RAM. I actually own a M8 FHD device, and I like to support that device, too. However, I am currently busy with writing another book, so most likely this will not happen before late summer. Kai

Question: Are there any thoughts/discussions going on (or that have gone on in the past) about widening the number of apparmor permissions to allow for more fine-grained control of things? Some examples: Permission to disable app suspend so the user doesn't have to do it themselves. Permission to start background services. Could maybe be implemented similar to read/write paths with the ability to execute specific commands.

Nice idea, that’s actually pretty clever! I’ve never thought about using the phone as a remote audio sink like that. Did you notice much delay in real use, especially for videos?

“Sounds really interesting! If the UT port on the FLX1 turns out stable, it could be a solid alternative. Dual boot support is a nice bonus too—curious to see if they’ll eventually make it work with the main storage

@lduboeuf thank you very much for taking this on, Lionel. When I looked at the code a few years ago, I was overwhelmed by the complexity.

@projectmoon funnely enough we had the same idea hours apart, i stopped development on my end (no need to have two apps for the same thing). thanks this is huge because now i can have push notifications for my university mail (dekko can't login to my university mail I have it forwarded to my protonmail).

@Vlad-Nirky Thanks. 1)miflash_unlock_en_7.6.727.43 (warning. MIui account: 7 days to wait for every error) 2)joyeuse_global_images_V12.0.3.0.QJZMIXM_20210419.0000.00_10.0_global_0801ff7d09.tgz Free Download Manager https://hugeota.d.miui.com/V12.0.3.0.QJZMIXM/joyeuse_global_images_V12.0.3.0.QJZMIXM_20210419.0000.00_10.0_global_0801ff7d09.tgz bigota.d.miui.com e bkt-sgp-miui-ota-update-alisgp.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com 3)MiFlash20220507 (clean all) 4)USB debug on miui 12 android 10 5)ubports installer

I tried with another display, it works! It seems, for some odd reason, my main display is the cause. Thank you all for help! P.S.: It's really cool to have this working, so I can now make FP5 my main device. Ubports is such a great project, after leaving Windows to Manjaro, I now can leave the Google ecosystem too and gain back control of my hardware. Just to mention, waydroid works as well very nice. Not everything is perfect (I have issue with bluetooth), but what it offers, is good enough for me, I can live with the workarounds for the rest, until things are fully working sometime in the future (hopefully).

@playforvoices Hello, Would this apply now in 2026? I thought that the bootloader should be left unlocked.

@richdb Dat kan ik alleen maar aanbevelen. Ik had echt meer mensen willen spreken. Een volgende keer dan maar!

@wqyeo There is a telegram group dedicated to quality assurance: https://t.me/ubports_qa_team Hope it may be useful for you

@Moem said: it's definitely possible to get quite similar specs at very affordable prices similar specs and prices, yes indeed. And the op5t seems more easily unlockable. but not at equivalent features (according to devices.ubuntu-touch.io) Now yes the op5t is an interesting option, if VoLTE is not in use.

@jagdtigger said: are they any errors in journal for the lomiri system settings service? Nothing: phablet@ubuntu-phablet:~$ sudo journalctl -u lomiri-system-settings -- No entries -- well, there is no such thing as a lomiri-system-settings systemd service so it's to expect that you will find nothing in the systemd journal under this item. I'd say that if you can connect to your UT phone with ssh (it's really more to my liking that the UT terminal to do debugging) you could start bluetoothctl, take a look at the result of 'show' (your controller should be powered, discoverable and pairable), 'devices', and if you see your device 'info <bluetooth address>' - if not, see what is displayed when you disable/enable pairing on your Bluetooth device.

No problem for devices with MTK Power Bypass. @arubislander said: Unless you don't mind your battery degrading, because the device would be constantly plugged in to the charger, you would have to device a routine for charging and discharging the device.

@projectmoon said: Mir 2.0 in the last UT Q&A was demonstrated an UT phone running Mir 2, the main blocker is the rootfs device size problem.