Fairphone 4 Ubuntu Touch
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The Fairphone 4 has almost everything to become a very good UT smartphone in short/medium term because my feeling is that the team of developers behind it is very motivated to make it that way.
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@domubpkm Indeed that's true
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Agree with you. Hope, to me, some improvements will come quickly, like waydroid or support of esim too
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I wish Fairphone also becomes available in other regions. I'm still looking for a long term UT main phone. My Xperia X's RAM can't hold up with my usage anymore
And my Fxtec Pro1-X purchase seems to be a big mistake 
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@kugiigi said in Fairphone 4 Ubuntu Touch:
Fxtec Pro1-X purchase seems to be a big mistake
I won't say 'a mistake' but a 'bet' at the moment T with that part of uncertainty. Potentially, it's true that the Fairphone 4 inspires confidence as well as the Volla range developed by Hallo Welt System (actively supported by UBports of course).
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You can't find it on ebay ?
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@jukebox3711 I don't use ebay and I don't even know if it's available in my country
Also, I don't have money anymore, maybe I'll sell my Pro1-X but let's see. -
The in call sound issue has been fixed
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@lakotaubp Thank you a lot! This port is wonderful, it works almost everything!
It's my first Ubuntu Touch experience, so I'm not sure how to upgrade (will I receive an OTA upgrade or should I use the ubports-installer again?).
EDIT: Never mind, just received an OTA. This is WONDERFUL. I confirm call audio is working.Besides the audio call problem, I found the fingerprint sensor not working (not a big deal). Everything else is working: GPS, Wifi, Bluetooth audio (tested with Fairphone Earbuds), tethering and so on.
All the 3 cameras are recognized in the browser and are working fine. Unfortunately the Ubuntu Touch Camera app doesn't support the double back camera and uses only the primary (i think it should be trivial to implement a dropdown showing all the cameras like in the browser at this point).Also, I'd like to send a little donation, do you accept ko-fi, paypal or other means?
Thank you very much for your work!
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@penguin86 Thank you for the offer of a donation details here https://ubports.com/donate Yes this port is looking very good so far. All the issues you mention are on the fix list. You can track issues here https://gitlab.com/ubports/porting/community-ports/android11/fairphone-4/fairphone-fp4/-/issues
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@lakotaubp said in Fairphone 4 Ubuntu Touch:
You can track issues here https://ubports.com/donate
track issues https://gitlab.com/ubports/porting/community-ports/android11/fairphone-4/fairphone-fp4/-/issues
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@domubpkm Sorted thanks. Another issue to double check copying links from Morph, only one allowed at a time without closing
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@lakotaubp Done!
The build is pretty solid atm. Only issue I could notice was the GPS not fixing every time I tried to use it. Not sure how to reproduce the issue, I'll keep an eye on it and if I find a pattern to reproduce it I'll file a bug on the gitlab repo issues tracker. -
@penguin86 GPs would fail in UT side if it was used in Waydroid, just saying... Needs reboot then
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@flohack I don't think that's the case: I'm not using Waydroid and the GPS behavior is more an hit-and-miss: yesterday I had a fix in the morning through the window with no problems, then in the afternoon I was outside and couldn't make it work. When back home, I unlocked the phone and noticed I left the app open: it fixed instantly, even if I was in a room with no direct sky view. The phone was never rebooted in the meantime.
Under "location" I see only "Using GPS", so I don't think it used my home Wifi to obtain the position (but I may be wrong).
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@penguin86 Yeah we do not have geolocation hints by WiFi
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Can't believe they were stupid enough to go with rounded corners. It's become a disease lately. Who are the idiot customers who are asking for phones that effectively cut away screen real estate?
Rounded corners don't look "modern" or "designy", they just look stupid, and for practical use ARE stupid. I would've bought one otherwhise, but I'll send Fairphone a mail saying the rounded corners make it a no-go for me.
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It's your taste, but me, I like it. If i follow your comment, a lot of premium smartphones don't look modern : iPhone 13, S22 etc...
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@bocephus Please for the last time of asking stop calling things/people stupid, idiots or anything else along those lines for not going along with your personnal view. It is not wanted or needed on the Forum.
https://ubuntu.com/community/code-of-conduct if needed -
@bocephus I have similar sentiments about excessively rounded corner and notches/punchholes but you should calm down
There are valid reasons why Fairphone went for those. I think mainly because available screen components are mostly like that and they can't ask someome to create special components just for them considering their size as a company. Also, it's just the truth that people nowdays expect "edge to egde" screen. Personally, the size, the notch and the rounded corners are turn offs aside from the fact I can't really buy it here in Asia But if it is easily available here, I might actually consider it because I've been looking for a long term UT phone as my daily driver.
