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Buy a new phone for a daily use

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      Teigneux
      last edited by 17 Nov 2018, 10:56

      Hi everyone,
      My wife's phone, a firefox zte open c, is dying.
      I would like to replace it by a new phone, with UT of course. But, as I can see, all promoted devices are old ones, and not so easy to buy, sometime.
      In another hand, it is maybe a good opportunity to buy a phone which will last for a long time.
      I really like the fairphone concept, but it is really expensive.
      What good phone will you recommand to me for a daily use with Ubuntu Touch on?

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        advocatux @Teigneux
        last edited by 17 Nov 2018, 11:02

        @teigneux hi, I moved this topic to Support.

        OnePlus One and Nexus 5 are the best options for a daily driver (if the FP2 price is a concern).

        You have to know that Nexus 5 has a camera bug though (https://github.com/ubports/ubuntu-touch/issues/611) but I hope it will be fixed for OTA-6.

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          Lakotaubp @Teigneux
          last edited by 17 Nov 2018, 11:14

          @teigneux Agree with @advocatux Fairphone us pricey. I use OPO now as a daily driver. That has no zoom on the camera at present but other than that is really good as a DD. Got mine second hand from that well known place e**y

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            Teigneux
            last edited by 17 Nov 2018, 12:56

            Thank you both of you for your advices!
            Another question: with the OPO, or the nexus 5, do you receive well mms pictures, even if the data are turned off. It worked well for the open C, but it doesn't for my BQ E5 HD, whereas it worked at the really beginning of the UT adventure (I really hope that this problem will be fixed one day...).

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              Lakotaubp @Teigneux
              last edited by 17 Nov 2018, 13:14

              @teigneux I have not had mms yet : )

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                advocatux @Teigneux
                last edited by 17 Nov 2018, 15:26

                @teigneux I don't use MMS but if IIRC there are some issues with that depending on the carrier

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                  domubpkm @Teigneux
                  last edited by 17 Nov 2018, 17:55

                  @teigneux Maybe NEXUS 5 is a good phone... but don't forget what i wrote on this topic :

                  https://forums.ubports.com/topic/1606/ota-4-nexus-5-status


                  domubpkm 27 Aug 2018, 14:16

                  Hi.

                  I am a USER who has a Nexus 5 impacted :

                  Be carreful if you want to buy a NEXUS 5 because of this annoying bug afecting LG-D821 LG-D820 :

                  Overheating in some circomstances. So the phone is ALMOST unusable. Or not easily usable.

                  See :

                  https://github.com/ubports/ubuntu-touch/issues/304

                  FOR ME, I can't only use my Nexus 5 as a hotspot without overheating.

                  It's seems to be topical yet with 16.04 Xenial.

                  I can't tell you what are the nexus 5 without this problem.


                  THE PROBLEM CONTINUES TO EXIST with OTA 5

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                    Matyas @Teigneux
                    last edited by 18 Nov 2018, 11:28

                    @teigneux Hello, i have an OPO with ot 16.04RC in daily use and i am realy happy with this fast device. There is only the bug with the zoom in the camera.

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                      Teigneux @domubpkm
                      last edited by 18 Nov 2018, 21:13

                      @domubpkm @Matyas @advocatux @Lakotaubp thanks so much!
                      I ordered an OPO and will receive it this week!

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                        Lakotaubp @Teigneux
                        last edited by 19 Nov 2018, 05:23

                        @teigneux Nice choice. Enjoy it.

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                          drennanelawar
                          last edited by 19 Nov 2018, 16:52

                          OPO after years with nexus 4 and 5. I finally switched because the N5 has power button issues that made it very problematic. Very happy with the OPO.

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                            Teigneux
                            last edited by 21 Nov 2018, 21:45

                            I am installing Ubuntu Touch into the OPO!
                            Excited to see how it works!!! 🐵

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                              Teigneux @Teigneux
                              last edited by 21 Nov 2018, 23:30

                              @teigneux Ok, in fact, not so easy to install.
                              I am stuck both with windows 10 and osx with the installer.
                              The installer ask me to reboot to bootloader, that is what I did (Fastboot Mode is written on my black screen), and... and nothing appends... 😢
                              I also have a ubuntu computer but without connexion. How to fixe that?
                              I searched since the beginning of the evening, but still stuck...
                              Thanks

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                                Lakotaubp @Teigneux
                                last edited by 22 Nov 2018, 05:25

                                @teigneux With windows you need 15sec adb tools installed from xda developers also try lots of usb cables. I tried 4 before it went though. Also when it doe s start it take s some time so don't worry about that round about 20 mins if I remember correctly. You may also need to remove all other phone drivers if you have any installed ( I didn't though).

                                https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2588979

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                                  Teigneux @Lakotaubp
                                  last edited by 22 Nov 2018, 09:26

                                  @lakotaubp Thank you!
                                  I am trying and this time, I can see Flashing images in the UBports Installer.
                                  At the same time, the phone did strange things like "optimazing the apps". I didn't touch. I am just waiting.
                                  Wait and see... 🐵

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                                    Teigneux @Lakotaubp
                                    last edited by 22 Nov 2018, 10:54

                                    It works!
                                    After a first trial, I have been trying again, and this time was the good!
                                    Cool!
                                    Thanks again all of you for your advices!!!

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                                      Lakotaubp @Teigneux
                                      last edited by 22 Nov 2018, 12:38

                                      @teigneux Well done. Enjoy.

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                                        Teigneux
                                        last edited by 22 Nov 2018, 21:24

                                        Arg, everything works well, exept this little detail: the phone doesn't find any network (phone network). The sim card works: the pin code is ok.

                                        Another little problem, due to the wifi mac address: it is not possible to join a wifi network which select devices depending of the mac address.

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                                          Marathon2422
                                          last edited by 22 Nov 2018, 23:13

                                          Have you you manually entered your APN settings for your phone service provider ?.

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                                            Lakotaubp @Teigneux
                                            last edited by Lakotaubp 23 Nov 2018, 07:33

                                            @teigneux Try toggling Flight mode on and off and restarting. Just so I have it straight your OPO picks up the sim card and you can unlock it?

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