Hello everyone, I am a user of Ubuntu Touch since February 2015, first developed by Canonical, and then developed by UBports since January 2018. I am using and enjoying this OS as my mainly drive. I have seen that UBports team is serious and dedicated to the project, maybe too much, as they are 24/7 working on it, just take a look at the Telegram groups.
UT has evolved and improved a lot until today. Now it has a very good visual and performance level, and thanks to the latest device ports you can use modern mobile phones.

It pains me to see that the project could go much better and that most of the users won't fully support it.
We need the whole community contributing and by that I mean the whole community, which is not the reality nowadays. I see that people think donating money is for others, that some other user who has more cash will donate, that we don't have so much money than others. We want a free OS with good apps, and we don't pay for it. Yes, great!

Ubuntu Touch could have been based on Ubuntu 20.04 a long time ago and we are still here on 16.04. What is the reason for this failure? Its users… those of us who use Ubuntu Touch, don't make any effort and don't care to fight for this. So, if UT stops being developed it won't matter either, because Android is better, right?

I do not understand it, we are more than 5000 users and the funding of this great project is nearly nothing, about 10% of users donate to UBports. I can understand those who live in countries with low purchasing power, countries mostly located in Asia, Africa or South America, but surely more than half of users live in countries with high purchasing power, even so, the amount of donations received is laughable and this is not a joke. UBports does not finance itself, you think of the expenses: lawyers, developers, servers, etc.
This petition is not only for the foundation, it is also for the app developers. App developers do not receive money for their hard work, I mean only few people have donated to them. Developers need money to eat, not just enough for a coffee. I have seen the money that some developers receive in Liberapay and is shameful: 1000 downloads of 1 app and we donate 20 € a year? Do you want good apps? Apps of all kinds, that are as cool as those of Android?

Well, it looks like in reality we don’t. The users of this community do not fork their money out. Developers are discouraged by the huge effort and leave, so we end up with apps that do not get updates and when we'll move to 20.04 will be left to rotten. Don't you think that we could change this?
An OS without apps is nothing. Ubuntu Touch being good is not enough if it is getting behind Ubuntu desktop.

I want you to think about another way to earn money, would you like to have ads on the UBports forum, like XDA developers do, or would you like to have ads in the apps you use often? It's a way to finance, others do it, why couldn't they do that?
Personally I don't like that idea, but maybe you do. There is one thing this OS is known about: its privacy and there is nothing private about ads. You go to XDA developers website and you will see the same ads as on the pages you browse, it's not very private, is it?

I would like that the 2500 users that live in developed countries would tell me that they can not contribute 5 € per month to UBports and app developers. 5 € you save in beers one day, tell me really… would it ruin you? Would it ruin your holidays?

I understand that there are so many monthly payments to do. You can't help everyone but this OS needs the donations from its users. A fixed donation per month, imagine it is sort of gas or electricity bill but in this case to help to support your favorite OS.

• Do you want privacy?
• Do you want an open source OS?
• Do you want Ubuntu on your mobile?
• Do you want a secure OS?
• Do you want to use desktop apps on your mobile?
• Do you want to use Android apps?
• Do you want your mobile to be your computer?

If we don't move forward in 5 years we will continue as today, having an old and left behind OS.
We need more developers for Ubuntu Touch and more cool open source apps.

What are you waiting for? You are the solution to the problem, you can enjoy the best OS on your mobile, it can be done in a short time, we all have to support this project.

We need all the users of this community to donate money, those who can't, because of their low purchasing power 1€ a month is also a valuable contribution, those who live in countries with higher purchasing power could donate 5€, 10€, 15€, 20€ or more per month.

Guys, wake up. We have to help Marius, Florian, Alfred and all those community developers who make us enjoy Ubuntu Touch, the project has to go on like any flavour of Ubuntu, specially now that Dalton needs to recover, his exhaustion can only be fixed by himself, spending a lot of time resting, I hope he recovers and comes back to us.

Thank you all...

I am delighted with this Navigator, I am all day on the road and I need to look for many streets, I used Via Michelin because the map was all over the screen and the buttons annoyed little, also indicated me the state of traffic.
Pure Maps is at a very high level, it searches the streets well, it does it fast, it has a good design in general, it is intuitive and gives you a lot of information.
My thanks for this great app.

Good morning community, I have tested the convergence in Ubuntu touch and I have been pleasantly surprised, it is important that you have a powerful mobile and with the minimum requirements you need,
there are phones that will not be able to connect and others that can,

Depending on the phone there are two ways to connect to an external screen,

• Via cable from the usb port as in the Nexus 5, this phone has MHL, that makes the phone has video output through the usb port.
  if you use this way it is convenient to use a usb adapter so you have both power input and ability to access memory cards or pendrives.

• Via wifi direct, two devices are paired using Miracast technology, Ubuntu uses Aethercast to pair with devices via mirroring, it is compatible with Miracast.
  you can use a Miracast dongle that you connect to the HDMI port of the TV or connect directly to a TV via wifi,
  After many attempts I have managed to pair my Xiaomi note 9 pro with my Panasonic TV (Firefox OS),

• From the TV remote control we activate the main menu,
  enter Network and look for mirroring settings,

• turn on easy mirroring,
  

• then we go up to network connection and we press,

• then a screen appears for the settings, select Custom to setup manually,

• appears the three possible settings, wired connection to the router, wifi connection to the router and the wireless access point that we will use to connect the TV with our mobile,

• Click to turn on the wireless access point,

• Now a window appears, it says several things,
  it is better not to touch connection to device in WPS,
  but we can change the settings
  connection name,
  connection key,
  I advise that we put wireless type to 5 Ghz, for greater speed of connection, then we press to return,

• now we have the TV wireless connection activated, then we press back to exit the TV menu,

• Now we take the mobile to connect it to the Panasonic TV network, we ask for the key and connect the mobile, then in System Settings look for Brightness and display, enter this window and wait, do not touch anything,

• we take the remote control TV and click on HOME, then click on devices,

• we have the option of mirroring and we press,

• appears the option of connecting mirroring and press YES,

• when this window appears, we have 6 to 8 seconds to pair, take the mobile phone,

• on the mobile we switch on the external display, then quickly we press on wireless display, the mobile searches for a TV, when it is visible we press quickly to pair them. both must be paired,

• this window appears on the TV,
• if this does not happen,on mobile quickly turn off the EXTERNAL DISPLAY
  and start again,
• if the connection time expires, we must connect the wireless connection again and follow all the steps,

• if the devices are paired we will see UT convergent on the TV,
• the mobile becomes a touchpad, we will see a dark screen with two buttons and another button for keyboard option,
  now the mobile phone acts as a mouse, keyboard and speaker, but if you have those devices at home you can connect them via bluetooth and enjoy the convergence much more,

• to disconnect the pairing, go to the main menu of the TV and in easy mirroring change the connection to off, then you will also have to change the TV connection if you want to watch Netflix,
• the mobile recognizes the disconnection and returns to mobile mode.
  Regards...

two ideas better than one idea, look at how these images look like

greetings...

This is a gift to the community, in case someone wants to beautify their phone with our favorite mascot.

My little girl made me this detail for my cell phone

greetings...

if the logo is annoying we have this picture :grinning_face_with_sweat:

BQ U plus

Hi guys, I think Ubuntu is a good name, Ubuntu phone was created by the Mark Shuttleworth team, I am proud that they made an alternative to Android and iphone,
they made a very strong bet on making this operating system, that now we follow the UBport community, I think the name is its origin, where the system comes from, to change the name will not have more impact on the world,

now I have Ubuntu on my mobile and on my computer.
I use Ubuntu Mate, but there is also a family behind Ubuntu, ...Gnome, Unity, Lubuntu, Xubuntu, Kubuntu...

If you talk about Linux, the first word that comes to mind is Ubuntu, although there are many Linux distros and very important, Debian, Red Hat, Fedora Linux Mint......

I think it's better to continue with the name of the Ubuntu family.

Hi everyone, I want to show you an idea about the Phone app, in the android phones appears a great picture of your contact.

I like something more discreet, that if you go on the bus, those behind you do not see who calls you on the mobile.

Download an image, place it on the screen of your mobile to its real position, you will see how the image really looks.

This is my presentation...

Greetings...

@GizmoChicken I share your dream of having version 20.04 on the Pinephone, that would be very exciting for the one who has a phone with Linux and without android. However, you have to be realistic, if there were more people donating to Ubports we would have more developers on the team.

I think it is better to have a Pinephone with a good software in 16.04 in which the phone and its applications work well, than a bad software in 20.04, with malfunctions, crashes or restarts. Furthermore, keep in mind that every app has to be updated.

Haste always brings problems.

When people buy a new phone they don't want problems, they want a software that is stable and works perfectly.

I opt for stability...

greetings...

I think the new Unity makes the background clear, I can finally have a family photo there, a great landscape, an eagle, a beach.
To that background you can add things, shortcuts, documents, notes, those quick view things and you can grab them quickly,
Widgets can also be added. more options for Ut

That could be future stuff, we're at a different point now.

Greetings...

Good morning I see that this phone is quite well, I think it lacks megapixels in the camera and slot for two sim, the camera I can understand by the limitation of the CPU, today there are many people who have two sim cards, for work and personal use,

• Could the second sim card be added?
• If not, could we use an adapter to put it in the Sim slot?

Greetings...

@stanwood ok thank you

@AppLee On Oxigen OS 11 the camera worked fine, I did not test it on Oxigen OS 10,

as you say I will reinstall it again,

thank you...

@AppLee Hi Applee, you are right, I changed the camera app and it is still malfunctioning,

should I install Oxigen OS again?

I installed the correct version, the phone put the data correctly.

@Rondarius said in Camera focus on Nord 100:

What happens when you tap on the screen to make the camera refocus?

Hello, when touching the screen appears the circle to focus, the camera is constantly focusing and until after a few seconds does not let me take the picture, it does not focus properly, this also happens when recording video,

This phone says in its specifications that has digital stabilization, I do not know if this can be a problem.

I will try to install a previous version of camera to see what happens.

Hi guys, after a bit of struggle, I switched to Oxigen OS EU 10.5.2 on my Nord 100 BE2013 with MSM tool ,

my problem was to install fastboot and adb properly on Windows 10
then installing Ut was easy,

I take this opportunity to say that it works the 2 SIM cards, I have done the same action as in the Xiaomi note 9 pro, first you put 1 SIM card, you use it with calls and web connections, then you turn off the phone and insert the 2nd SIM card, you can use both.

the phone works very well, I like it a lot, but I have a problem,

the camera constantly focuses the image and the pictures come out blurry most of the time,

using Oxigen OS this didn't happen

• Does anyone else have this issue?

@danfro Thank you, with this version Tedit works very well.

one other thing to note,
I open the Tedit app
I turn off the screen by pressing the power button,
I turn on the screen by pressing the power button and unlock the home page, the Tedit app has disappeared from the screen,
if I do the same with another app it doesn't happen, the app is still in the foreground.

I open more apps including Tedit, for example three open apps,
I turn off the screen by pressing the power button,
I turn on the screen and unlock the home screen with Tedit in the foreground and the app disappears and I am left with the other two apps.
If I turn on the screen while Tedit is in the background, it is still there and I still have the three apps open,
I do not know if I have explained well.

@danfro it is the openstore version

@danfro is a good idea --------> Btw. how about a button to toggle the toolbar visible/not visible? Would you consider that useful? The padlock would be sitting on the left side of that button.

@danfro I have Tedit version v3.4.0