hi, my name is max (commisde) i have a german passport and mostly live in east of germany. BSc food science. i use ubuntu and UT on a nexus 4 (daily driver) since 2 weeks.

i have very little programming experience (turbo pascal in school, script kiddie use of an instagram bot, some terminal stuff in ubuntu, colobot) but like logical thinking and working, so i have the feeling, i can understand the idea of how programs work.

i am a little fed up with how smartphone technology in society is used atm and want to contribute to the potential of it for good.

hey there, i just bumped into shiftphone, as i maybe could get my hands on an old one for 30 EUR. so i wondered, if there is anything going on, to get in contact with them? i found this (maschine translated) on the website of shiftphone:

Alternative operating systems: In principle, we allow any software modification on your SHIFTPHONE without loss of guarantee. Unless you make changes that damage the hardware (e.g. by overclocking). The upcoming SHIFT6mq in particular is designed to be able to use operating systems other than Android. On older devices (SHIFT4, SHIFT5, except SHIFT5me) there will probably be no alternative operating systems.

We offer various developer communities extensive custom ROM support to test their operating systems on our devices and make any necessary adjustments. However, we must not advertise that other operating systems can also be installed on our SHIFTPHONES. You will get more information. but from the community of your favorite operating system.

Does anyone know, why this (bold part) is?
Is there already been a contact to the company shiftphone? EDIT: according to @flohack no, but @flohack will write an email to them

@Flohack i am interested in technical writing! if you would tell me where to start, i could work my way into it. i think i am quite good in explaining non technical people (for example my grandma) technical stuff..

So what exactly does technical writing and documentation mean in this case and what would be a first little mission to get into it?

@lakotaubp no, only info@ubports.com

@lakotaubp hereby i let you know, that you received an email by info@ubports.com edit: no offence, i guess you received the email edit2: you meaning you as a representative of ubports.com

@flohack hey there, i think you got some money flowing in, but it would be nice to become a bit more professional with the "money flowing in process" i think there needs something to be done about the SEPA stuff at https://ubports.com/shop also see this https://forums.ubports.com/topic/2083/ubports-ubuntutouch-merch-shop https://forums.ubports.com/topic/4829/ubports-shop?_=1621405037494 pls dont get me wrong, but i think its important. thanks.

@kcir did you get a response yet?

Nexus 4 with UT 16.04 OTA12 as daily driver for about 3 months now, works fine except the wifi hotspot

@Kyrylo hey there, i just tried on a nexus 4 with 16.04 OTA 12 and it doesnt work ("no such file found") anyone any tipps?

hey there, @hankschwie did an overhaul of the Ubuntu Touch article at ubuntuuser.de (https://wiki.ubuntuusers.de/Ubuntu_Touch/) i think an comprehensive how to could be key to push UT more towards wide use in it-unexperienced users circels, so i think this article (german) is a good start to work on something (how to, press kit, manual,..) "everyone" could understand/work with. i plan to translate this article into english, but still have to figure out, how to do it smart, e.g. not as a txt file

hey there, i just bumped into shiftphone, as i maybe could get my hands on an old one for 30 EUR. so i wondered, if there is anything going on, to get in contact with them? i found this (maschine translated) on the website of shiftphone:

Alternative operating systems: In principle, we allow any software modification on your SHIFTPHONE without loss of guarantee. Unless you make changes that damage the hardware (e.g. by overclocking). The upcoming SHIFT6mq in particular is designed to be able to use operating systems other than Android. On older devices (SHIFT4, SHIFT5, except SHIFT5me) there will probably be no alternative operating systems.

We offer various developer communities extensive custom ROM support to test their operating systems on our devices and make any necessary adjustments. However, we must not advertise that other operating systems can also be installed on our SHIFTPHONES. You will get more information. but from the community of your favorite operating system.

Does anyone know, why this (bold part) is?
Is there already been a contact to the company shiftphone? EDIT: according to @flohack no, but @flohack will write an email to them

a) open app to: set an alarm
b) open app from: app launcher
c) app misses: -

d) Clock 1
e) World Clock 1
f) Alarm 4
g) Chronometer 1
h) Timer 2

i) using UT since: ca. 4 weeks (daily driver)

@Profetik777 is anybody here working on press kit or can provide a template?