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And added a new part "rebirth" (La renaissance), as the last one "The fall" (Le déclin), could make readers think uTouch is dead.
What do you think about it (French and others).
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubuntu_Touch#La_renaissance
Feel free to tell, if i wrote mistakes, or forgot something (and i probably did).
Feel free to try translate lol : https://www.deepl.com/home
@dalharmony said in Android Apps Is A NonStarter:
I don't see how Ubuntu Touch will ever become more than a curiosity without being able to run them.
That's a bit odd to say that. It's like saying "i don't see how GNU/Linux desktop OS will ever become more than a curiosity without being able to run Windows programms"...
You don't choose GNUL to run windows apps or reject it because it can't, you choose it to free yourself from microsoft or apple. Same is UT with google or apple.
@nero355 said in Life with BQ4.5 after 20.04:
Well, I thought the following would be possible :
Keep using the 16.04 LTS release without OS updates/upgrades.
Keep using the apps that will still work with the 16.04 LTS as long as they do...Basically what I am doing with my current Android based ZUK Z2 Pro phone
That's what i'm going to do, as i also did after canonical drop.
I stayed 2 years with their last OTA using Open Store.
This time i hope by there Pinephone(s) will be full working devices, i'd really prefer open source hardware so no more vendor obsolescence.
Little update :
I managed to find some icons with transparancy (this way you can change background colors @domubpkm :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes: ) in /usr/share/icons, i used thoses from suru/apps/scalable, i let them grey for the moment, but color can be changed with Gimp for instance...
I also managed to find some additional URLdispatcher compatible apps, wich are dialer app, openstore app, uTouch settings, contact app.
To add one of them, add an internet widget, and go to "Link URL" field, erase it, and add instead (edited since new findings) :
document:// for launching document viewer
dekko:// for Dekko mail app, or mailto://xxx@xxx.xxx for opening new mail form to setted address
addressbook:// for contacts
openstore:// for openstore
settings:// for uTouch settings
dialer:// for opening dialer, or tel://01.02.03.04.05 for opening dialer with number pre-composed, each number need to be separated by one dot (in this example, it's a french number pattern), "tel" with no number do the same as "dialer".
message:// also exists for opening messaging app, but it opens it with form to create new message, i did not find a way to open it the same as if you open it from drawer/launcher, but if you add contact name or contact number after it + a third / it will open the contact thread (thanks @domubpkm for the finding) : message:///01.02.03.04.05
You don't need to be so aggressive... :flushed_face:
People here don't earn billions to do what they do, like GAFA do.
They earn nothing, and their only reward is optional donations and user using their work.
If you think some things could be better, tell, gently, sure you could even participate to make it better, it's a community work after all...
Now if you need help, ask, gently, and be patient for answer.
Have you even thought your problem could be hardware issue, sim connectors or sim port connectors, have you tried cleaning it?
@CiberSheep
I don't think this is spam, just a ping for "home apps" users (like I did myself here when Pavel released "Home").
Sadly "home" and "launcher modular" no longer have their original mainteners (and I'm very worried about what happened to Pavel...).
They got "forked" by some others to work under Focal, but that's kind of dead ends.
So this is a way to tell those apps former users there is an alternative, I guess.
After all, he announced here, just few post upper, that he intended to do something "homish".
Now he did and announce it.
I don't believe that deserved locking thread.
@bforpc said in runnig a webserver - no chance:
If ubports should be more then a system for nerds and some special interest groups, then it should have more than the other 2 OS'es.
Before anything else, uTouch is a phone targeted os for people, any kind, that wish to get rid of gafam.
All those people need, 90% i'd say, is reliable basic smarphone features first, and if possible when such is done, reliable advanced smartphone features.
Right now there is lot to do for few devs, so just take on you and wait.
You can't ask ten devs or so, to achieve the same work that hundred of thousand do for the other 2 OS'es in the same time.
@bocephus
Stop being offensive right now please.
You have your thinking about what should be a GNU/Linux user, ok, well, that's your right.
Now being aggressive on other users just because they think different is not in the ubports community code of conduct.
You have twitter or facebook to do that...
@Lakotaubp said in Volla Phone X23 about to ship:
hard/ tough discussions carried out in a polite manner with respect and tolerance for the other persons views are fine
This.
If you insist calling name and cursing community members, we'll have to pull hammer out...
Here is not a jugement for what you are saying about Hallo Welt way to sell their rebadged gigaset with "only" software work on indiegogo diferently than on their online shop, but the way you say and argue it, and call name members that don't agree with you.
You're not on twitter or reddit here !
https://devices.ubuntu-touch.io/device/arale/
"This device currently offers minimal features, most of the smart functionalities might not work yet. It can be a very nice second device."
I run UT on MX4 from its launch by canonical and it's a perfectly fonctionnal phone.
Only battery percentage is bugging, but as i understood it was also the case under android.
I know very few if not no one will get a MX4 now, but its device page is wrong, please correct it.
For the first fix, going outside and keeping the screen awake should help a lot.
This. And I'll add, the more tall building around, the more time GPS fix will extend.
but in a sense of being told that "we don't want you here"
🤯
I am autistic and have a tendency to read to deep into what someone writes online
All what I said is that volla is the device manufacturer and porter, and that best support (port related) for those devices is volla.
Since you need support, i redirect you to the place I think you'll get the best for your device : volla.
I'm not a dev, just here because I love Ubuntu Touch since more than 10 years, and try to help UBPorts and community with my limited knowledge and assets.
@DerekZoZo
Plignus is a volla device, and volla is commited to the task of making things work under Ubuntu Touch (they are the porters of Ubuntu Touch on their devices, and making waydroid to work on a port is a porter task).
Maybe you should try first to ask support for that kind of requests on volla forums.
This issue board shows issues known to affect Ubuntu Touch 24.04-2.0:
https://gitlab.com/groups/ubports/development/-/boards/9687679
Although, we have to admit that not all issues are recorded here; we have been pretty lousy regarding to issue tracking. We hope to improve this in the future.
Well, with so much to do and so few time and people, not everything can be perfect 
I edited your first post to add link in bottom.
@musicologist Indeed.
@lakotaubp i don't remember who has "supermodo" accès, maybe @arubislander ?
@Vlad-Nirky
Yes, @luksus and an other member noted this first page, see from :
https://forums.ubports.com/post/96809
Seems only the clock is "broken".
@peat_psuwit
Could you give a link for known and for reporting issues on this RC please ?
when I switch from portrait to landscape, I lose the adjustments
This issue is described in the blog post "known issues" related with this RC, see first post.
would update to a more recent version
Do NOT. Android version on top of which you install Ubuntu Touch must be exactly the one the porter tells to install, not any other one.
If you have problems (re)installing Ubuntu Touch, this is a support forum, make a dedicated thread, with the most details possible