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    • F Offline
      fmulcar @guru
      last edited by 23 Aug 2017, 11:00

      @guru You have small child answers, how do you want people to use this operating system?
      Slow, slow ... and there are no good applications, whether you want it or not.

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        guru @fmulcar
        last edited by 23 Aug 2017, 11:11

        @fmulcar said in Daily usable ?:

        @guru You have small child answers, how do you want people to use this operating system?

        By showing and explaining zthem the big advantages.

        Slow, slow ... and there are no good applications, whether you want it or not.

        You have wrong and useless answers. There are a lot of good apps: Dekko, uNav, ...
        Again, what exactly do you miss?

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          hans1977se
          last edited by 23 Aug 2017, 15:54

          I think other phones are superior in most ways, but there is no other phone that i feel as good to use as an Ubuntu Phone. 🙂 I think it works well enough and is also constantly improving.

          I'm very happy for all positive contributions to make it better, including constructive criticism.

          Thanks for all the nice contributions so far, and keep up the good work! 🙂

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            Gerd
            last edited by 23 Aug 2017, 18:02

            fmulcar does not like our beloved phone system. He is trolling us for quite a while along the ubuntu-phone-list. He should stay with the system of his choice. Keep him outside, his comments were at least useless and sometimes offending. Just my opinion, hope it was not too harsh. Have a nice day and ignore him.

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              hans1977se
              last edited by 23 Aug 2017, 19:07

              I see what you mean, and i think it will probably always be like that. Some people prefer spending time on the things they don't like rather than like. I'll surely have a nice day. Have a nice day, you too (and all the rest of you). 🙂

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                Bastos
                last edited by 23 Aug 2017, 20:40

                I use my fairphone 2 since 3 month as daily drive with UBports UT and I am very happy with it. Battery, connectivity and speed is comparable to android. Some minor bugs are already there like the led is not working and sometimes apps have no access to the sensors after coming from background.
                The major core apps are available and even my smartwatch (pebble time round) is working.

                So I could recommend UBports as daily driver.

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                  UniSuperBox
                  last edited by 24 Aug 2017, 01:26

                  I've notified fmulcar about the Ubuntu Code of Conduct that we practice. Sorry about the interruption here.

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                    zsoltmd
                    last edited by zsoltmd 24 Aug 2017, 07:35

                    I bought my Pro5 in first week of dec, 2016. This was an Android version, originally. I installed Touch on one-day device. I have used Touch until apr of 2017... after it I reinstall Android...
                    pro: I love GUI of Touch, no ads/spy/etc, convergence was amazing, base apps are well designed and easy handling of base apps.

                    contra #1, overall/base: bugs and GUI/phone random reboots, no notification services
                    contra #2, ~400EUR phone point of view: missing apps (you know what I mean...from offline navigation to social media)
                    contra #3, "come on guys, it is 2017!!!" point of view: no online banking, online pay (parking/road toll/tickets/food/etc), NFC pay

                    So, if you have base reqs for a phone then you can use Touch, as I used it. You will love it. But before install Touch look around what apps do you need and are there required apps for Touch.

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                      siucdude
                      last edited by 29 Aug 2017, 17:53

                      I use my 1+1 on daily basis.. This is development image, only wish camera worked.
                      Thanks UB for hard work!

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                        guru @siucdude
                        last edited by 29 Aug 2017, 18:40

                        @siucdude said in Daily usable ?:

                        I use my 1+1 on daily basis.. This is development image, only wish camera worked.
                        Thanks UB for hard work!

                        Hello, What is a '1+1' device, just curiouse?

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                          BrisPete
                          last edited by 29 Aug 2017, 21:08

                          The One Plus One smartphone. There are latter versions but they're not supported yet.

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                            vandys
                            last edited by 26 Sept 2017, 03:08

                            Nexus 5, daily driver. Note my whole world is web centric, so the Chromium/oxide part is what makes this a win (it's a fairly recent and quite high performance port of Chromium's guts). I also use my own messaging and notification server, just run a Python3 script to shim notifications onto the phone. This will obviously not help those who are less hands-on!

                            I was recently back onto Android to test that Bluetooth security fix, and was struck by how much of the screen is taken from actual usage--the top with Android bars and the bottom with Chrome nav bar. The "UI tax" from UBports is noticeably lighter.

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                              ratte
                              last edited by 26 Sept 2017, 08:46

                              Depends of your requirements!

                              For instance I will use it as a daily driver as soon as:

                              • wifi bug is fixed (N5)
                              • dekko works better
                              • caldav/caldat works
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                                etoregui
                                last edited by 26 Sept 2017, 09:16

                                I have a BQ E4.5, and with the new update to OTA2, the phone works phenomenally, the use is complete. Many thanks to the team for this marvel.

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                                  domubpkm @etoregui
                                  last edited by 26 Sept 2017, 13:46

                                  @etoregui
                                  Hi.
                                  I have a Bq 4.5 so.
                                  Can you develop when you say your bq works phenomenally ?
                                  What is very better for you ? for me it is the browser and the dash background which bring a 'new look' to the phone.
                                  Thanks.

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                                    hans1977se @ratte
                                    last edited by 26 Sept 2017, 15:44

                                    @ratte said in Daily usable ?:

                                    wifi bug is fixed (N5)

                                    Which one is that? The issue i have seen is very minor. When i come home it's waiting for password, so i press cancel and select my network from the menu. Then all is good. Is that the one?

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                                      ratte @hans1977se
                                      last edited by 27 Sept 2017, 12:01

                                      @hans1977se wifi settings are forgotten, have to set the wifi credentials after every reboot.

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                                        hans1977se @ratte
                                        last edited by 27 Sept 2017, 13:11

                                        @ratte I know that it appear to be forgotten, but have you actually tried to press cancel and after that select your wifi manually from the network menu?

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                                          Shea83
                                          last edited by 28 Sept 2017, 15:19

                                          Hi, i'm trying ubports on my nexus 5 for three days and i have to say i am pleasantly impressed.
                                          Phone works fine, fast and smooth..the volume of calls is a bit low..but everything else works great!
                                          Fully usable as daily.

                                          The only reason I'll have to go back to Android is the lack of a valid alternative to whatsapp.
                                          Most of my contacts use it and I can not convince them to migrate to telegram 😞 ...
                                          LoquilM unfortunately for me is not yet usable as many features don't go.
                                          Sadly I had to go back to Android, but great work so far!
                                          Compliments!

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                                            Galaxia
                                            last edited by 28 Sept 2017, 16:08

                                            I've got UBports on my N5 and I've been using it as a daily driver now for over a week. I'm very pleased with how things are going but there are clearly some issues still to be worked out. My use case is very easy... Phone, TXT, Browser, email, contacts, calendar, camera, doc viewer, calc and Hotspot. Nice to have are notes, podbird, uNav, uAdBlock and a couple games for the kids.

                                            The only thing not working consistently is mobile data on ATT network. Once the phones manages to establish a mobile data connection it works great, but as soon as the phone stops using data, the connection silently drops. I have to toggle Cellular data on/off a bunch of times to get it working again. I'm working now to find a workaround, like setting up ping in Terminal, using uNav or getting a VPN tunnel established. Anything to keep data flowing so the connection doesn't drop. Also, wifi glitches up and doesn't activate... like turning flight mode on/off to fix cell connection.

                                            Notifications working with Dekko2 and txt messages is great to finally have.

                                            All in all...I real winner in my book. I couldn't be happier... just ask my family. 🙂 Now its time to move my M10 FHD over to UBports.

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