@stanwood This worked fine on my Sony Xperia X Performance (F8131). Thank you!

@pulsar33 Thank you, that is the discussion I like. You give me an example for a reason why this kind of desktop is useful, in this case as a digital picture frame.

@zubozrout Thanks for the hint!!!!

I upgraded the firmware with the official Sony Flash Tool and after the next installation via ubports (with "developer"-option) everything looked different. Attention: Nearly no apps worked until I repeated with the "wipe all data"-option, at the same time switching to "stable". Now it works in the intended way.

Though the WLAN-PW-problem is not solved. But I guess it will when OTA-19 is stable for my device.

I have several issues on my Sony Xperia X using Ubuntu Touch.

First of all, I have been asked to update the system. Which is not as easy as it seems.

1.) In "Info" I can only find out the Ubuntu Version (16.04 of 2020-06-07) and the date when I updated some Apps last time. No way to find out the Version of the OTA.

2.) In the Updates-Section I can choose between "Development - edge - Release-Candidate - Stable". No matter, what I chose, there's no update.

3.) Forcing the system to update via adb doesn't work, because there is no device listed after entering "adb devices". Lucky users that use Fairphone 2 or OnePlus One get their hardware-ID in the manuel. All others can guess.

So can anybody tell me how to find out the OTA of my Sony Xperia X and, if necessary, update it to OTA-19?

Thanks!

@robthebold Thank you for exactly replying to the core of my post. If the goal is to provide a platform for pet pictures, I confirm that it is achieved and the job is well done.

I messed around about 3 weeks for installing Ubuntu Touch on my device (Sony F8131).

It should result in the recognition, that the latest firmware was missing on my phone. But why did this happen?

Simply compare the install instructions of F8131 and F5131 (which are quite similar). You see that for F8131 you only have the links to the UBPorts-Installer, while there is much more information for F5131.

That is why I recommend you to keep an eye on the technical instructions for installation on your internetsite, which could save the forum from many unnecessary questions and maybe keep some people from reinstalling Android.

Remember your physical desktop. A plane piece of wood with sorted items on it.

When the first GUIs came out, there was a background you soon could chose. But the icons to click and launch applications were sorted in groups, and as soon as you opened the groups, you didn't see the background.

Then Windows 95 came. I am really not a fan of Microsoft, but they realized that people want to see their chosen background behind their icons, and MS managed to find a solution. This was a great improval and the thing how people want to have their desks.

Then Touchscreens appeared. Icons had to become bigger, but instead of migrating Microsoft decided to separate the traditional Desktop and the Touch-Desktop, resulting in chaos.

Meanwhile Ubuntu developed the Unity-"Desktop" with a bar on the left side and an empty desktop. This is what we still have in Ubuntu Touch.

While Ubuntu is back at Gnome, and you can fill the background with icons again, the Ubuntu Touch Desktop is still empty. It can be filled with Applications by pressing that orange button on the leftside down button, but then the background is darkened.

Why don't we

• get rid of that bar on the left side
• make a Desktop with background and icons?

That was and is the best solution, working on Windows 95 - Windows XP and Android.

I messed around about 3 weeks for installing Ubuntu Touch on my device (Sony F8131).

It should result in the recognition, that the latest firmware was missing on my phone. But why did this happen?

Simply compare the install instructions of F8131 and F5131 (which are quite similar). You see that for F8131 you only have the links to the UBPorts-Installer, while there is much more information for F5131.

That is why I recommend you to keep an eye on the technical instructions for installation on your internetsite, which could save the forum from many unnecessary questions and maybe keep some people from reinstalling Android.

@flohack I have the same problem on my F8131 since my first installation about 3 weeks ago. Now all upgraded to actual "stable"-state, and the issue still exists. Also have raised the loudness of the ringtone in the settings to "Max", but without any effect.

@zubozrout Thanks for the hint!!!!

I upgraded the firmware with the official Sony Flash Tool and after the next installation via ubports (with "developer"-option) everything looked different. Attention: Nearly no apps worked until I repeated with the "wipe all data"-option, at the same time switching to "stable". Now it works in the intended way.

Though the WLAN-PW-problem is not solved. But I guess it will when OTA-19 is stable for my device.

@applee Hey, I am the guy that installed Ubuntu Touch several times onto his Sony F8131 with several versions of installer, and always only gets 5 updates, nothing more and nothing fewer, no matter which channel I chose: calculator, calender, notes, ... what was the other one? ... and yes, file manager ... which I may not update because it doesn't work otherwise but don't let you bother by my problems, my phone works as a featurephone in the meantime and I am waiting for a fully capable image at any time in the future.

@applee It does not work fine on other devices. In the release notes to OTA-19 there is a note that this bug had been fixed. So it's not a unique problem of my device.

I wait until once an update to OTA-19 will work on my system.

@applee I am in Developer Channel, but updating doesn't really work in my system. But that's another bug.

@keneda It's clear to me that many work is done here liberatelly, and that there is no time for such things. But if we want to give this system a future, we have to

a) suggest improvements
b) implement the best of them
c) make satisfied customers that pay a contribution.

I pay my contribution as soon as the system works on my phone.

WLAN works very well on my Sony F8131. The only problem is that with each reconnect, the system shows me a new WLAN (eg. first time "Home_Network", second time "Home_Network1", third time "Home_Network2").

Thus I always have to re-enter my password.

How can I fix that?

@robthebold Thank you for exactly replying to the core of my post. If the goal is to provide a platform for pet pictures, I confirm that it is achieved and the job is well done.

@pulsar33 Thank you, that is the discussion I like. You give me an example for a reason why this kind of desktop is useful, in this case as a digital picture frame.