Call for testing: Ubuntu Touch Focal OTA-4

peat_psuwit

We've just released the RC image for the OTA-4, which should have version 2024-W02 or newer. Please take some time to switch your spare/development phone to the Focal RC channel, and report any issues found.

(It's a known issue that some devices e.g. Volla Phone 22 doesn't receive an RC yet. We're investigating.)

In particular, I would like you to look out for:

The ability to use ADB with the phone (we've ~~added~~ restored prompt system). Note that the reliability issue of the USB port on FP4 is a known issue.
If your ringtone settings are still effective across updates.
Whether the permission request works for a new app.
If you can still change your PIN and/or passphrase in the System Settings.
Browse your everyday websites with Morph Browser.
For Waydroid users, see if Waydroid still works for you.
Use Bluetooth headset to make a voice call.
If video playback, both in and out of browsers, works.
If applications that vibrate still do.

We appreciate all testing we will receive.

Update: it's a known issue that on some devices, the device's kernel doesn't report information required to calculate the charging time. In that case, the charging time might not appear or it can always appear as "Fully charged". In such case, the porters will have to fix the issue on that device.

Moem

I'm on Op5t.

My first impression is that it seems smoother/faster.
~~The second is that incoming Axolotl messages do not vibrate, when they did before.~~ Not true!
Waydroid still works. Incoming messages in Waydroid do vibrate.
Starting the camera, I very briefly see a strip of the background at the bottom of the screen which is otherwise black during camera startup. Camera works fine.
Double tap to wake doesn't seem to be working.
Battery charge information on the lockscreen works nicely. Great new feature.

alagirialagiri

@peat_psuwit Iam in pixel 3aXL RC 2023-w44.Not received 2024 W-02 rc update so far.

alagirialagiri

@alagirialagiri Received the 20.04 focal-24.04 RC. W-02 updates.Thanking You UT team.Also please rectify the teleport,settings and header problem.

messayisto

@peat_psuwit Is Xperia X still on the list? There is an upgrade for rc. Its called version 10, about 150 mb, but upgrading lands in recovery saying upgrade failed. Do I have to switch ti devel or do I have to use the installer?

peat_psuwit

Update: for those that don't receive the RC in the first round, please check again if you can now receive an RC. Sorry for your inconvenience.

I'm currently working on another "thing", so I will come back to you on Monday.

ATTESA

@peat_psuwit said in Call for testing: Ubuntu Touch Focal OTA-4:

Whether the permission request works for a new app.

Do you mean the new policikit/pkexec feature for apps with elevated privileges?

If so, any app we can take as example to update the code of our apps?

Thanks for your hard work.

lduboeuf

@Moem said in Call for testing: Ubuntu Touch Focal OTA-4:

Double tap to wake doesn't seem to be working.

It is an opt-in setting.

Moem

@lduboeuf said in Call for testing: Ubuntu Touch Focal OTA-4:

It is an opt-in setting.

I know. I've set it and it doesn't respond.

Oh, wait, I disabled it and set it again and now it works! And yes, it's persistent now :heart_suit:

peat_psuwit

@messayisto said in Call for testing: Ubuntu Touch Focal OTA-4:

@peat_psuwit Is Xperia X still on the list? There is an upgrade for rc. Its called version 10, about 150 mb, but upgrading lands in recovery saying upgrade failed. Do I have to switch ti devel or do I have to use the installer?

We does intend the Xperia X to be part of this release. However, due to limit resource we didn't test it before hand. We'll take a look at this.

@ATTESA said in Call for testing: Ubuntu Touch Focal OTA-4:

Do you mean the new policikit/pkexec feature for apps with elevated privileges?

If so, any app we can take as example to update the code of our apps?

Thanks for your hard work.

We actually meant whether usual microphone/camera/location prompt appear when you use a new app. Sorry for confusion.

Unfortunately, the work on PolicyKit agent has to be reverted for now, due to regression found in the System Settings app.

arubislander

@peat_psuwit said in Call for testing: Ubuntu Touch Focal OTA-4:

due to regression found in the System Settings app

Might you be able to clarify? The more people know, the more people that are able to answer questions about this if it comes up.

peat_psuwit

@arubislander said in Call for testing: Ubuntu Touch Focal OTA-4:

@peat_psuwit said in Call for testing: Ubuntu Touch Focal OTA-4:

due to regression found in the System Settings app

Might you be able to clarify? The more people know, the more people that are able to answer questions about this if it comes up.

It's a regression in the user experience when a user changes the PIN or passphrase. With the changes, an additional password prompt will show up after pressing OK, asking for a new password while confusingly implying that the old one is needed.

https://gitlab.com/ubports/development/core/lomiri-system-settings-security-privacy/-/issues/7

Sander

I've updated and tested on my Pixel 3A.

Things that work:

The ADB prompt works reliably on both macOS and Ubuntu.
My ringtone is still the same as it was before updating.
Permission requests work.
Changing my PIN works.
Waydroid still works.
Morph seems to be working fine for my everyday browsing. 1080p YouTube videos playback fluently.
Video playback in Teleports and the Media Player works.
Vibrations from app notifications or calls work.
The dark mode switch in the Settings app works great

Things that don't work:

I don't see charging information on my lock screen, even though it is enabled in the Settings app.
In the camera app, I can see the same strip of background that Moem describes.
I encountered a weird bug: when changing the system language from Dutch to English, the system is partly in Dutch and partly in English. After a second reboot, this issue still persists. When changing back to Dutch, the entire system (apart from some untranslated strings) is in Dutch again. I've also tried other languages and there is still a mix-up with Dutch. I've added two screenshots where I've set the system language to English.

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peat_psuwit

@Sander-Klootwijk said in Call for testing: Ubuntu Touch Focal OTA-4:

Things that don't work:

I don't see charging information on my lock screen, even though it is enabled in the Settings app.

This is weird. Please get the result of command upower -d, executed either via ADB, SSH, or the Terminal app.

In the camera app, I can see the same strip of background that Moem describes.

I can reproduce this, how this seems to be purely cosmetic. Either you or @Moem, please file an issue at https://gitlab.com/ubports/ubuntu-touch so that we don't lose track of it. Since this doesn't seem to break the actual camera usage, it will probably be fixed in the next OTA.

I encountered a weird bug: when changing the system language from Dutch to English, the system is partly in Dutch and partly in English. After a second reboot, this issue still persists. When changing back to Dutch, the entire system (apart from some untranslated strings) is in Dutch again. I've also tried other languages and there is still a mix-up with Dutch. I've added two screenshots where I've set the system language to English.

This is also weird, and I can't reproduce this - although my phone is originally set to English. Could you please get content of file ~/.pam_environment and file /etc/default/locale, and also the output of command locale? Again, this can be done via ADB, SSH, or the Terminal app.

I also have a few questions:

Have this ever happen before with the previous OTA?
Does the reboot seem to happen fully? In other words, does the Google logo appear after reboot? I'm looking into a possibility that the reboot might not actually happen, but instead our shell (Lomiri) crashes create a reboot-looking situation.

Sander

@peat_psuwit said in Call for testing: Ubuntu Touch Focal OTA-4:

This is weird. Please get the result of command upower -d, executed either via ADB, SSH, or the Terminal app.

This is the output, while charging my phone: https://pastebin.ubuntu.com/p/GGQKnC8YKn/

I can reproduce this, how this seems to be purely cosmetic. Either you or @Moem, please file an issue at https://gitlab.com/ubports/ubuntu-touch so that we don't lose track of it. Since this doesn't seem to break the actual camera usage, it will probably be fixed in the next OTA.

I'll file an issue for this.

This is also weird, and I can't reproduce this - although my phone is originally set to English. Could you please get content of file ~/.pam_environment and file /etc/default/locale, and also the output of command locale? Again, this can be done via ADB, SSH, or the Terminal app.

These are the results with the system language set to English (US).

Content of ~/.pam_environment:

LANGUAGE        DEFAULT=nl_NL
LANG        DEFAULT=nl_NL.UTF-8
LC_NUMERIC      DEFAULT=en_US.UTF-8
LC_TIME DEFAULT=en_US.UTF-8
LC_MONETARY     DEFAULT=en_US.UTF-8
LC_PAPER        DEFAULT=en_US.UTF-8
LC_NAME DEFAULT=en_US.UTF-8
LC_ADDRESS      DEFAULT=en_US.UTF-8
LC_TELEPHONE    DEFAULT=en_US.UTF-8
LC_MEASUREMENT  DEFAULT=en_US.UTF-8
LC_IDENTIFICATION       DEFAULT=en_US.UTF-8
PAPERSIZE       DEFAULT=letter

Content of /etc/default/locale:

LANG=en_US.UTF-8

Output of locale:

LANG=en_US.UTF-8
LANGUAGE=
LC_CTYPE="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_NUMERIC="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_TIME="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_COLLATE="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_MONETARY="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_MESSAGES="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_PAPER="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_NAME="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_ADDRESS="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_TELEPHONE="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_MEASUREMENT="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_IDENTIFICATION="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_ALL=

Have this ever happen before with the previous OTA?

I have not changed the system language before. It has been Dutch since I flashed Ubuntu Touch. So I don't know what the behavior would have been on previous OTA's.

Does the reboot seem to happen fully? In other words, does the Google logo appear after reboot? I'm looking into a possibility that the reboot might not actually happen, but instead our shell (Lomiri) crashes create a reboot-looking situation.

After clicking 'Restart Now,' a full reboot occurs. I see the Google logo, and I have to enter my SIM PIN again.

vince.vs

Hello,
I agree with you about the improvements to UT, and about not always saying the same thing, namely that the led notification still doesn't work permanently on OPT5 : https://forums.ubports.com/topic/9592/notification-lights-not-working-topic-8775

As for the comments shared by several users, here's what I've noticed:
@Moem writes:
My first impression is that it seems smoother/faster.
I reply: absolutely true!

Waydroid still works. Incoming messages in Waydroid do vibrate.
I reply : I don't use Waydroid - lineage in practice, but in my case, I have installed it and I notice that MicroG crashes and so use would then be difficult ... ( but that may be beside the point ... )

Starting the camera, I very briefly see a strip of the background at the bottom of the screen which is otherwise black during camera startup.
I reply: I've also noticed this.

Camera works fine.
I reply: yes and no, that is to say that sometimes the recording has no sound, and this happened with ota 2, then it worked with Ota-3, then not always the sound with RC ota-4

Double tap to wake doesn't seem to be working.
I reply:as has been pointed out, it's permanent, so it also works after restarting the device, but .... if I start Waydroid, then stop Waydroid, the double tap to wake is deactivated and you have to set it up again.
@Sander-Klootwijk write :
I encountered a weird bug: when changing the system language from Dutch to English, the system is partly in Dutch and partly in English. After a second reboot, this issue still persists. .....
I reply : same problem for me, in my case in French ...
Sincerly

peat_psuwit

@Sander-Klootwijk said in Call for testing: Ubuntu Touch Focal OTA-4:

@peat_psuwit said in Call for testing: Ubuntu Touch Focal OTA-4:

This is weird. Please get the result of command upower -d, executed either via ADB, SSH, or the Terminal app.

This is the output, while charging my phone: https://pastebin.ubuntu.com/p/GGQKnC8YKn/

Sadly, I can't find any interesting information from this. If you could help, could you please get the output of command gdbus introspect --system --dest org.freedesktop.UPower --object-path /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/DisplayDevice?

This is also weird, and I can't reproduce this - although my phone is originally set to English. Could you please get content of file ~/.pam_environment and file /etc/default/locale, and also the output of command locale? Again, this can be done via ADB, SSH, or the Terminal app.

These are the results with the system language set to English (US).

<snip>

And for this, please help me get additional information. To avoid getting too much clutter, please follow these steps in this order:

Go to System Settings > Language & Text > Display language, so that you're in the language chooser. Don't choose a language yet.
Over ADB or SSH connection, run the command sudo dbus-monitor --system sender=org.freedesktop.Accounts destination=org.freedesktop.Accounts. The command will output a few lines, and then wait for more.
Choose a language and confirm, so that you're asked to reboot. Command in 2.) will output a lot more. Press Ctrl + C to stop waiting for more output.
You can now reboot the phone. Please send the output from 2.).

@vince-vs said in Call for testing: Ubuntu Touch Focal OTA-4:

@Sander-Klootwijk write :
I encountered a weird bug: when changing the system language from Dutch to English, the system is partly in Dutch and partly in English. After a second reboot, this issue still persists. .....
I reply : same problem for me, in my case in French ...
Sincerly

Could you please also follow the steps from above to collect more information?

lduboeuf

@Sander-Klootwijk write :
I encountered a weird bug: when changing the system language from Dutch to English, the system is partly in Dutch and partly in English. After a second reboot, this issue still persists. .....
I reply : same problem for me, in my case in French ...
Sincerly

Could you provide some contexr: device, have you started on Focal with a clean install, or from 16.04 to 20.04 and maybe came back to 16.04 for some time, did you have used apt install or some random commands that may write to the device ?

domubpkm

Volla. I'm still on OTA-3, not rc. But is it normal to see this when I use a French keyboard ? Bug ? known or corrected in rc test OTA-4 ?

kristatos

@domubpkm I've observed this since I'm on focal. On Xenial it has worked like expected and since focal the keyboard-quickmenu is always "English".