@Capsia yes for me it seems to work now! I checked the config according to your advice and the fields where different, secrets was empty. I also added the port according to @thilov and entered directly myurl.com:1194

Then I forced the config and secret with your commands and now it works! Many thanks!

(I also used the same folder, you used in your post but I don't know if this has any influence, just made it easier for me to check the fields and make the new input.)

As I want to come back to UT after using Android custom roms for a while, I tried to register at this forum without success. Finally it was only possible by allowing the access to google servers and use the captcha. Please remove google from this website. Many people are using UT just because they do not want to use google services.

Volla Phone 22 has dual boot now again. I have the Android version and it comes with Volla OS. Volla OS is based on AOSP with some components from Lineage OS and specific components from Volla. I have Ubuntu Touch installed on the external MicroSD card as dual boot. UT runs quite fast from my SD card, I can use it as my daily driver. In some cases I boot Android, but most of the time I use UT. It is much faster than my Pinephone with mobian.

Thanks for the hints! Yes this worked for me.

After configuring all my email accounts I created a backup folder on the external SD card and went to this folder and created the backup files:

tar -czf cache.tar /home/phablet/.cache/dekko2.dekkoproject/
tar -czf config.tar /home/phablet/.config/dekko2.dekkoproject/
tar -czf local.tar /home/phablet/.local/share/dekko2.dekkoproject/

I copied these files to the backup folder on the external SD card of the new device, navigated to it and restored the configuration:

tar -xzf cache.tar -C /
tar -xzf config.tar -C / 
tar -xzf local.tar -C /

And dekko 2 is working with the restored configuration!
(just copying the folders did not work, because I got an error message)

I agree it is not easy to escape totally from google, amazon and microsoft, but it is easy to make a registration form without google captcha ...

I have the same problem. I have raspian on the pi, pihole and pivpn installed and created a ovpn file. Then I split the information of the ovpn file according to an explanation https://www.ubports.com/blog/ubports-blogs-news-1/post/using-vpn-in-ubuntu-touch-3065 but I can't connect to my pivpn.

So now I am waiting for the support of ovpn files ...

For somebody familiar with scripts, I think it would not be so difficult to write a script for the procedure written in the mentioned tutorial.

In my case syslog shows:
NetworkManager ... result="success"
... Started the VPN service ...
... Saw the service appear; activating connection ...
... <error> ... vpn-connection ... Failed to request VPN secrets #3: No agents were available for this request.

@Capsia yes this command works, I can enter the password and at the end it confirms "Initialization Sequence Completed". On the pivpn I see the connected device. But opening Morph Browser the traffic is not routed via the pihole. So I suppose, that I make something wrong with the "Manual Configuration" or the four files.

It is a little bit confusing, that the configuration never remembers the settings: "key-direction 1" and "cipher AES-256-CBC" when I edit the connection.

On http://www.openstreetmap.org/ you can double tap on the map and it makes some kind of "zoom in" and center. Then you can zoom out again with the button and by repeating this procedure slowly reach your target. This is far away from good usability but at least a way to use the map if really needed.

Volla Phone 22 has dual boot now again. I have the Android version and it comes with Volla OS. Volla OS is based on AOSP with some components from Lineage OS and specific components from Volla. I have Ubuntu Touch installed on the external MicroSD card as dual boot. UT runs quite fast from my SD card, I can use it as my daily driver. In some cases I boot Android, but most of the time I use UT. It is much faster than my Pinephone with mobian.

I can confirm this behaviour, I have an E4.5 and a M10 FHD and both make frequently a restart, when I hit power off. I think the second time it works normally. I can't find any rules behind, it seems randomly for me. Possibly it is only after they have been running for a while? Testing right now I can't reproduce it. But I always wait and check weather the device is really powered off.

I think the bigger problem is, even when charging the M10 in powered off status, I come back after some time and the M10 is running again without having it restarted manually. If I had the screensaver disabled possibly the screen was on for hours.

On http://www.openstreetmap.org/ you can double tap on the map and it makes some kind of "zoom in" and center. Then you can zoom out again with the button and by repeating this procedure slowly reach your target. This is far away from good usability but at least a way to use the map if really needed.

This is somehow similar to the "autoload" of gpx tracks we discussed on github:

The program Cachebox for example has a folder called "Autoload". All gpx files that are in this folder are loaded at program start and shown on the map. It has no UI for the "Autoload" folder, only shows the tracks as an overlay over the map. Each track has a different colour to distinguish them from each other.

@Capsia yes for me it seems to work now! I checked the config according to your advice and the fields where different, secrets was empty. I also added the port according to @thilov and entered directly myurl.com:1194

Then I forced the config and secret with your commands and now it works! Many thanks!

(I also used the same folder, you used in your post but I don't know if this has any influence, just made it easier for me to check the fields and make the new input.)

I repeat my example from above LibreOffice should be independent from SUN/Oracle.

In this thread it is easy, NTP and Connectivity Check independent from "Home" ...

I am also not a lawyer or expert on this, the FSF page also didn't help me ...
Reading the posts I suppose that many UT users also use Ubuntu and are not questioning dependencies to Canonical.

That's the point, I don't want to read Ubuntu's Privacy Policy, I want to reduce Third Party Services as much as possible or use independent services.

Thanks for the clarifications!

OK, the update check seems to connect to system-image.ubports.com, for me this is the real home.

The "problem" with the public Wifi you describe seems to be the same I mentioned above as wlan-hotspots with the corresponding link. During the last years I never tried these connections with my android phone with disabled captive portal check. So possibly this does not work or it requires to navigate to a specific website for login.

The problem with the apps is clear, for that reason I mention only UT is calling "home". To prevent apps from calling trackers I think there is uAdBlock.