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New Comer Guide to UTouch

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      A Former User @cliffcoggin
      last edited by 28 Jul 2020, 14:18

      @cliffcoggin Yeah, I'm still finding almost everyday new aspects, both about where you can find information and UT in itself.
      Welcome to the club!

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        A Former User
        last edited by A Former User 8 Apr 2020, 05:43 28 Jul 2020, 15:05

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        KEYBOARD (OSK)

        You can hide the keyboard by swiping it with a gesture downwards.

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          Rondarius
          last edited by Rondarius 28 Jul 2020, 19:41

          Morph browser: Instead of taping the three horizontal lines when changing category in the forum, from the middle of the screen swipe to the right to bring up the category tab, this works on other forums too. While logged in to the forum, from the middle of the screen swipe to the left to bring up the chats tab(speech bubble).

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          2 Google Nexus 5
          2 Pinephones
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            Rondarius
            last edited by Rondarius 28 Jul 2020, 19:45

            To make a quick reply on a message: tap the envelope in the indicator(top bar) bar when it turned green. Tap on the message that you want to reply on and a message field and osk will appear. Tap on the message itself and not the pen with lines, the pen with lines will launch the message app. Write the message and tap the green send button. This can be done while the screen lock is activated.

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              A Former User
              last edited by A Former User 8 Apr 2020, 05:47 4 Aug 2020, 05:03

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              #Sprint
              You can change the aspect of the apps layout by using Sprint and it's available in OpenStore; is the icon right above the Clock app from the launcher, on the first image. Sprint behaves like any other app and you can open/close it as you wish. It will retain your desktop app layout even when closed.
              To add apps to your desktop, just slide up the bottom arrow, long press the wished app, choose grid, adjust the possition on the screen.
              It works on landscape mode as well.

              Note: From my tests on Nexus5, you cannot fill the bottom line with apps and you can't have more than one window.

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                CiberSheep @Guest
                last edited by 4 Aug 2020, 10:24

                @C0n57an71n We shouldn't promote experimental / unconfined apps.

                Specially if they change the use of the UI. Is better that new comers learn how to use Ubuntu Touch properly first.

                Another planet, another time, another universe!

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                  A Former User @CiberSheep
                  last edited by 4 Aug 2020, 11:19

                  @CiberSheep Idk... It's a grey zone... Probably you are right and we should stick to the core apps since so will avoid discussions like: why that guys app is promoted and mine not, etc. I'll leave this one here, just in case a newcommer doesn't know that he has this option. Plus, I don't think UBports is responsible for apps that are not in the core so that will leave the app developer responsible for it.

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                    cliffcoggin
                    last edited by 4 Aug 2020, 11:53

                    Answer a phone call: swipe from the central button to the green icon.

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                      A Former User
                      last edited by A Former User 8 May 2020, 03:05 4 Aug 2020, 13:58

                      Terminal core app

                      Official documentation: https://ubports.com/blog/ubports-blogs-news-1/post/terminal-chapter-1-3082

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                        CiberSheep @Guest
                        last edited by 4 Aug 2020, 22:39

                        @C0n57an71n Sorry, I didn't understand you. What is the «navigation slider»?

                        The cursor (█) should be visible always. If not, it's a bug

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                          cliffcoggin @CiberSheep
                          last edited by 4 Aug 2020, 22:52

                          @CiberSheep said in New Comer Guide to UTouch:

                          I have summarized (I hope all) here

                          https://pad.ubports.com/p/FAQ_and_How_to

                          From my point of view this is the most succinct and useful of the formats so far presented. It sticks to the sort of basic information that I wanted, but could not find collated into a single piece of work. I have bookmarked it already even though it is incomplete.

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                            A Former User @CiberSheep
                            last edited by A Former User 8 May 2020, 02:17 5 Aug 2020, 01:38

                            @CiberSheep Well is not, and nobody knows is a bug as long as there is no manual or something, and that apply for naming stuff as well. I call "slider" the bar on your right that allows up-down navigation. The thing behaves wierd because keeps disappearing .

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                              CiberSheep @Guest
                              last edited by 5 Aug 2020, 02:51

                              @C0n57an71n Oh, I see. The scroll bar is supposed to hide and only be visible when scrolling. You can do that tapping with two finger up or down. See: https://ubports.com/blog/ubports-blogs-news-1/post/terminal-chapter-1-3082 item number 3

                              Another planet, another time, another universe!

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                                A Former User @CiberSheep
                                last edited by 5 Aug 2020, 02:56

                                @CiberSheep Niceee... Thanks! 😀👍👍👍

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                                  Moem @CiberSheep
                                  last edited by 5 Aug 2020, 08:14

                                  @CiberSheep said in New Comer Guide to UTouch:

                                  You can do that tapping with two finger up or down.

                                  Wow. I would never in my life have guessed that. 😲
                                  I tried using the terminal in UT a while ago, and felt so lost and powerless. Nothing I tried to do worked. It was such a frustrating experience. A manual will certainly help here!

                                  Is currently using an Op5t
                                  Also owns an Op1, a BQ E4.5 and an Xperia X, as well as a BQ tablet and a Pinetab2. Please, someone... make it stop.

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                                    CiberSheep @Moem
                                    last edited by 5 Aug 2020, 09:41

                                    @Moem When you know the gestures, the Terminal is the most pleasant experience in my opinion.

                                    You can read all in those four blogs. They are a bit hidden though. That's the reason of this thread ^__^

                                    Another planet, another time, another universe!

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                                      Moem @CiberSheep
                                      last edited by 5 Aug 2020, 10:23

                                      @CiberSheep I'm not sure that I will ever love any kind of terminal, or consider it pleasant to use, honestly. At best it feels like cooking a meal while blindfolded. At worst, it's like that but with my dominant hand tied on my back. 😉
                                      But having the instructions at hand will help a lot, so I'm happy that there is going to be a manual / guide.

                                      Is currently using an Op5t
                                      Also owns an Op1, a BQ E4.5 and an Xperia X, as well as a BQ tablet and a Pinetab2. Please, someone... make it stop.

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                                        AdLinux
                                        last edited by 9 May 2021, 21:30

                                        After being quite frustrated by the lack of much information in the 'User Guide' part of the UBports documentation (especially the 'Daily Use' portion) I am actually really glad to have found this post.

                                        I'm glad to see that there is some serious thought going into improving it, as right now I feel like a robust user guide is exactly what I need as someone who still feels like they are wrestling with Ubuntu Touch rather than using it comfortably. I know that I also can't be the only one who feels this way.

                                        If the UBports documentation can be improved in the way that has been suggested in this thread (as well as some other ways too), then I think this would solve a lot of issues that people are having. Looking across the forum I am seeing a lot of questions being asked that could in theory be solved by a good user manual. I think this would reduce headaches for both people who are getting used to the OS, as well as for those who frequent the forum to help people who are always having to answer questions that have already been asked, (I'm pretty sure I've asked questions that have already been answered before).

                                        I'm not suggesting for a minute that we start telling people to RTFM, but I would really like a good manual to go and read when it comes to using Ubuntu Touch.

                                        I hope that these suggestions and posts are in the works to be added to the current documentation.

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                                          CiberSheep @AdLinux
                                          last edited by 9 May 2021, 21:50

                                          @adlinux certainly is important but like the see, time and efforts comes and goes.
                                          Recently I remembered the welcome app could have a small list of most wanted features explained.

                                          Help adding item to the docs is wanted and would be really appreciated. You could help here: https://github.com/ubports/docs.ubports.com/

                                          And just by curiosity, what is the aspect of the OS that would you struggle the most?
                                          Maybe that could be an interesting poll

                                          Another planet, another time, another universe!

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                                            flohack @AdLinux
                                            last edited by 11 May 2021, 19:05

                                            @adlinux Well maybe it is YOU doing Pull Requests to improve it?

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