@stanwood Thank you - the workaround worked for me
@Lakotaubp thanks for all your help

@Stefano @rocket2nfinity @Photojoe4
Hi
Thank you all so much for your replies.
I am going to look for an ASUS Transformer Book T100HA as that will allow me to use it as a tablet and as a laptop.
I will be keeping an eye on the progress with UT as I am hoping that I can replace my android (yuk) phone with one running UT as soon as possible.

Thanks again

Kind Regards
Kaz

Hi @AppLee, @Thatoo, others

I hope you are all well and thank you again for your help and advice.

Just an updated:

This is what I did to get my phone close to what I need. 
The phone is taking updates from the stable channel.

Please note - this works for now but I cannot guarantee how long it will work but at the most, the crontab may need to be set up again with the two tasks.
I will need to monitor my contact and calendar exports in the Documents folder for the modified timestamps now and then.

I set up nextcloud account and installed ubsync on my phone. Marked my Documents folder as a backup dir (among others) in ubsync

I set up 4 scripts (.sh files) with execute permissions in Documents - this will also keep my scripts backed up - they will not have execute permissions if you need to pull them down from nextcloud:

#calendar_export.sh#!/bin/bash
export display=:0.0
export DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS=$(ps -u phablet e | grep -Eo 'dbus-daemon.*address=unix:abstract=/tmp/dbus-[A-Za-z0-9]{10}' | tail -c35)
syncevolution --export /home/phablet/Documents/utcalendar.ical backend=evolution-calendar database=Personal

#calendar_import.sh
#!/bin/bash
syncevolution --delete-items backend=evolution-calendar --luids '*' export display=:0.0 && export dbus_session_bus_address=unix:abstract=/tmp/dbus-t5OB5i75dT && syncevolution --import /home/phablet/Documents/utcalendar.ical backend=evolution-calendar database=Personal

#contact_export.sh
#!/bin/bash
export display=:0.0
export DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS=$(ps -u phablet e | grep -Eo 'dbus-daemon.*address=unix:abstract=/tmp/dbus-[A-Za-z0-9]{10}' | tail -c35)
syncevolution --export /home/phablet/Documents/utcontacts.vcf backend=evolution-contacts database=Personal

#contact_import.sh
#!/bin/bash
syncevolution --delete-items backend=evolution-contacts --luids '*'
export display=:0.0 && export dbus_session_bus_address=unix:abstract=/tmp/dbus-t5OB5i75dT && syncevolution --import /home/phablet/Documents/utcontacts.vcf backend=evolution-contacts database=Personal

To do the initial import I exported my contacts and calendar from gmail and renamed the files as utcontacts.vcf and utcalendar.ical and placed them in the Documents directory.
syncevolution needs a blank line after every END:VCARD and END:VCALENDAR in the contacts vcf and calendar ical files respectively.

I connected my phone to my laptop and did the following:

On the terminal:
adb shell
Note: After restarting the phone the drive will become read-only again from what I can tell (no promises) - I did not do these are root:
sudo mount -o remount,rw /
crontab -e

add the following - you can change the frequency to suit your needs:

30 2 * * * /home/phablet/Documents/contact_export.sh
31 2 * * * /home/phablet/Documents/calendar_export.sh

I am not sure how crontab works as every time you open it the filename is different but my scheduled tasks are present.

I have set up a tutanota email account so the only thing that I will not have on my UT phone is email notifications.

I think I have covered everything.

If you spot any problems or issues please let me know - thank you and good luck.

Kind Regards
Kaz

Hi @AppLee

Thanks - I have marked it as a question and as solved.

Kind Regards
Kaz

Hi @applee

Thank you for your reply.

I look forward to 20.04 and beyond.

I will search for the thread you mentioned.

Hi

I have a Nexus 5 which I am trying to connect to my car (Mercedes) using Bluetooth. It connects for a few seconds then gets disconnected.

I am running OTA-15 but this issue was also present prior to this update.

Do we have any idea when this may be resolved?

Many thanks

Hi @AppLee

Thanks - I have marked it as a question and as solved.

Kind Regards
Kaz

Hi @AppLee, @Thatoo, others

I hope you are all well and thank you again for your help and advice.

Just an updated:

This is what I did to get my phone close to what I need. 
The phone is taking updates from the stable channel.

Please note - this works for now but I cannot guarantee how long it will work but at the most, the crontab may need to be set up again with the two tasks.
I will need to monitor my contact and calendar exports in the Documents folder for the modified timestamps now and then.

I set up nextcloud account and installed ubsync on my phone. Marked my Documents folder as a backup dir (among others) in ubsync

I set up 4 scripts (.sh files) with execute permissions in Documents - this will also keep my scripts backed up - they will not have execute permissions if you need to pull them down from nextcloud:

#calendar_export.sh#!/bin/bash
export display=:0.0
export DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS=$(ps -u phablet e | grep -Eo 'dbus-daemon.*address=unix:abstract=/tmp/dbus-[A-Za-z0-9]{10}' | tail -c35)
syncevolution --export /home/phablet/Documents/utcalendar.ical backend=evolution-calendar database=Personal

#calendar_import.sh
#!/bin/bash
syncevolution --delete-items backend=evolution-calendar --luids '*' export display=:0.0 && export dbus_session_bus_address=unix:abstract=/tmp/dbus-t5OB5i75dT && syncevolution --import /home/phablet/Documents/utcalendar.ical backend=evolution-calendar database=Personal

#contact_export.sh
#!/bin/bash
export display=:0.0
export DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS=$(ps -u phablet e | grep -Eo 'dbus-daemon.*address=unix:abstract=/tmp/dbus-[A-Za-z0-9]{10}' | tail -c35)
syncevolution --export /home/phablet/Documents/utcontacts.vcf backend=evolution-contacts database=Personal

#contact_import.sh
#!/bin/bash
syncevolution --delete-items backend=evolution-contacts --luids '*'
export display=:0.0 && export dbus_session_bus_address=unix:abstract=/tmp/dbus-t5OB5i75dT && syncevolution --import /home/phablet/Documents/utcontacts.vcf backend=evolution-contacts database=Personal

To do the initial import I exported my contacts and calendar from gmail and renamed the files as utcontacts.vcf and utcalendar.ical and placed them in the Documents directory.
syncevolution needs a blank line after every END:VCARD and END:VCALENDAR in the contacts vcf and calendar ical files respectively.

I connected my phone to my laptop and did the following:

On the terminal:
adb shell
Note: After restarting the phone the drive will become read-only again from what I can tell (no promises) - I did not do these are root:
sudo mount -o remount,rw /
crontab -e

add the following - you can change the frequency to suit your needs:

30 2 * * * /home/phablet/Documents/contact_export.sh
31 2 * * * /home/phablet/Documents/calendar_export.sh

I am not sure how crontab works as every time you open it the filename is different but my scheduled tasks are present.

I have set up a tutanota email account so the only thing that I will not have on my UT phone is email notifications.

I think I have covered everything.

If you spot any problems or issues please let me know - thank you and good luck.

Kind Regards
Kaz

Hi @ComLarsic

I know this is a little late but it may help others with the same issue.
There needs to be a black line after each END:VCARD entry in the vcf file
As soon as I added the empty lines it imported all my contacts.

Kind Regards
Kaz

Hi @AppLee

Thank you - I will try and get this set up in the next few days.

Kind Regards
Kaz

Hi @Thatoo

I will try the solution suggested by AppLee but I am hoping to find a solution which does the sync in the background without me worring about it.

I will post what I find here.

Thanks
Kaz

Hi @AppLee,

Thank you for your reply.

I will try with the solution you are using.
Are you using the ubsync app to sync your files?

I may have to go back to my android phone temporarily as the UT phone (nexus 5) started entering some digits on the emergency dialler by iteself while it was locked and on charge. I only realised due to the dialpad sounds - something strange going on there. Should I report this as a bug?

Thanks
Kaz

Hi

I hope you are all well.

I am hoping to get some advice regarding email, calendar and contact synchronisation on my UT phone.
I am currently using my gmail for the contact sync but I am planning on leaving google and set up an email address with a company has some morals.
What I need is to be able to sync my contacts and access my emails and calendar on my UT phone. In the contact sync the only option for an email provider seems to be for google.
Can anyone provide any recommendations where I can get these all working on my UT phone with a different (preferably free) email provider?

Thank you

Kind regards
Kaz

@stanwood Thank you - the workaround worked for me
@Lakotaubp thanks for all your help