Call for testing: Ubuntu Touch 24.04-1.3

peat_psuwit

We've just released the RC image for Ubuntu Touch 24.04-1.3. Please take some time to switch your spare/development phone to the 24.04-1.x RC channel and test this update.

Ubuntu Touch 24.04-1.3 is a maintenance release of 24.04-1.x series. This release contains mostly bug fixes and small improvements. The notable ones are:

Improved handling of desktop apps, including:
- Allow launching X11 apps outside of Lomiri (e.g. from OpenStore/Snapz0r).
- Fixed dangling placeholder windows and launcher entry when launching X11 apps.
- Fixed launching applications written using GTK4.
Improved handling of docks with input devices such as NexDock.
Fixed playing back AMR voice message sent via MMS.
Fixed scaling factor being slightly off in certain applications (in particular apps which use Qt auto scaling or embeded webview).
Fixed shutdown hanging on some devices.
General bug fixes and security updates.

To receive Ubuntu Touch 24.04-1.3 on a device running Ubuntu Touch 24.04-1.0 and later, heads to System Settings -> Updates -> Update Settings -> Release Channel, then select "24.04-1.x Release candidate". Go back to the previous page, and then install the available update.

If your phone is running Ubuntu Touch 20.04 OTA-11, you can receive Ubuntu Touch 24.04-1.3 RC by first upgrading to Ubuntu Touch 24.04-1.2 first, then follow the above instructions.

Please note that only critical and security fixes will be able to enter Ubuntu Touch 24.04-1.3 as this point. Normal bug fixes and new features will need to wait for our next release. Please do not discuss normal bug fixes and new features here.

Ubuntu Touch 24.04-1.3 is expected to be released on 7 May 2026. We appreciate all testing we will receive.

Note: there's no Ubuntu Touch 20.04 OTA available for testing at this time.

adorsaz

I've installed the 24.04-1.3 RC 1 release on my Fairphone4 today.

I was able to call through 4G network with VoLTE and I received one too. I was able to send a SMS too.

I was able to open the Signal UT application from the OpenStore correctly (it uses X11).

I think I'm not able to test the other items.

I noticed one regression: in the top bar, the cellular network indicator (the triangle on the right of Bluetooth icon) is always empty. It does not report the signal strength. Fortunately calls/SMS work like I reported above.

Thansk for this RC

gpatel-fr

@peat_psuwit

tested it on my FP5

The only regression I noticed is that Min (the Chromium browser hatched by @pparent) crashes as soon as I try to enter an URL (the OSK displays but Min disappears and only the 'X' icon stays in the launcher

Apart of that, I tried settings, ssh, camera, QRcode scanner, Gps (Puremaps), Bluetooth, Openstore install/uninstall, Dekko (sent/receive a mail), note taking, contacts, messages (sms/mms send/receive), calender (sync of Radicale calender), phone, UWolf (Firefox derived), QT6 browser, Terminal, File manager, multimedia player, sensors, Screenshot app, Waydroid, it was a quick test (3 hours total) but nothing like a regression (nothing worked better though)

I was not able to use the Recorder but I never use it anyway and I don't remember if it worked under 24.04-1.2 (although at some point I was able to use it since there are some recordings in the history)
Log:

avril 24 17:29:38 ubuntu-phablet aa-exec[8750]: codec: "audio/x-vorbis"
avril 24 17:29:38 ubuntu-phablet aa-exec[8750]: container: "audio/ogg"
avril 24 17:29:38 ubuntu-phablet aa-exec[8750]: channels: 1
avril 24 17:29:38 ubuntu-phablet aa-exec[8750]: encodingMode: 0
avril 24 17:29:38 ubuntu-phablet aa-exec[8750]: encodingQuality: 2
avril 24 17:29:38 ubuntu-phablet aa-exec[8750]: bitrate: 32000
avril 24 17:29:38 ubuntu-phablet aa-exec[8750]: volume: 0.9
avril 24 17:29:38 ubuntu-phablet aa-exec[8750]: QMediaRecorder::FormatError : Not compatible codecs and container format.
avril 24 17:29:38 ubuntu-phablet aa-exec[8750]: ERROR: "Not compatible codecs and container format."
avril 24 17:29:38 ubuntu-phablet aa-exec[8750]: qml: Not compatible codecs and container format.
avril 24 17:29:38 ubuntu-phablet aa-exec[8750]: QMediaRecorder::FormatError : Not compatible codecs and container format.
avril 24 17:29:38 ubuntu-phablet aa-exec[8750]: ERROR: "Not compatible codecs and container format."
avril 24 17:29:38 ubuntu-phablet aa-exec[8750]: qml: Not compatible codecs and container format.
avril 24 17:29:38 ubuntu-phablet aa-exec[8750]: Could not create a media muxer element: ""
avril 24 17:29:38 ubuntu-phablet aa-exec[8750]: QMediaRecorder::FormatError : Failed to build media capture pipeline.
avril 24 17:29:38 ubuntu-phablet aa-exec[8750]: ERROR: "Failed to build media capture pipeline."
avril 24 17:29:38 ubuntu-phablet aa-exec[8750]: qml: Failed to build media capture pipeline.

The app said to reinitialize but it did not change the problem.

I did not notice the cellular strength problem mentioned by @adorsaz, that is, the triangle was not empty and changing a bit according to the phone location.