Sorry, but I do not see the point for the discussion. We can share our ideas, but it seems that some posts are arguing against others.

I am not a teenager, lets say I am mid-age, but the BQ4.5 was my first smartphone! :astonished_face: I did not want to have an iPhone or an Android based one, nor a WindowsPhone. So when Canonical launched this phone I though it was the right time to buy one. I am not a tech-geek nor a developer but I like to go against the tide. I am also, alone at work, using an Ubuntu as desktop among all the MS machines.

Surprisingly Canonical dropped its development and I felt disappointed. But thankfully UBPorts took it soon up again.

It has served me for 7 years. Some errors raised, some drawbacks, a reflash, etc. but in my opinion, it is a reason to dive into linux and something to enrich the experience. That is why I bought it.

Everything has an end and I understand that the involved people have their limits and also their desires. Why not? For instance, the may want to focus in newer devices to explore new capabilities. And that is marvellous.

As far as I am concerned, I will still use my BQE4.5 as my daily drive. I can make a phone call, send SMSs (sorry I am not a fan of social networks such as Whatsapp, Telegram, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, etc), I can send an email (Dekko2), I can navigate offline (PureMaps, UNav), I can read all kind documents (DocumentReader, SimpleReader, Seabass2), I can navigate (Morph), I can sync my calendar, I can take pictures and videos (they are not very good really), see them, I can even control my PC remotely (CuteVNC), and much more. Brian posted a list of the main downloaded apps in the General section of the forum and some are mentioned above.

It is not the most powerful device, nor the faster. But it really works. It has all the needed features, although it takes 3 s more to launch an app Who cares for 3 s!

I will not have updates. OK. I am sure that behind the curtains the improvements of each OTA are HUGE, but for common users as me, I suppose I will not lack them too much.

If the battery fails or, as it actually happens, the centre of the screen does not respond to my fingers, it is a hardware issue, not related to UBPorts or the software, but to the natural (programmed?) obsolescence. As I said, I like to go against the tide, so I keep using the phone even if I can not click on the number 5 of the telephone app. But then, there is UT Tweak Tool, to change to windows mode and move it to the working part of the screen. There is always a solution.

If any has keep reading until now, congratulations. What I may do to secure I keep using it, would be to download such apps that I may use in the future and keep a copy of the code (it is downloaded and stored in the phone: /opt/click.ubuntu.com). If ever I need one and it is not available in any repository I could still use it. Because even though they will not have the latest features, they work. I am grateful to all the developers that have done it possible. :clapping_hands:

done.
wiped, reinstalled and working like a charm.

Hi @AmauryDBZ. Sorry, I am not a developer, so I cannot provide any hint. I usually use a trial and error approach. You can try uninstalling the package and reinstalling it again.
Actually for me, the first time it was not properly installed because I lost the wifi connection. I tried again and although I had some doubts (see posts above) it works.
My phone requires some time to connect to the satelites, but once it is done, Activity Tracker followed me.

I own a BQ E4.5 of the first batch and it is updated with the last OTA (OTA-21).
Apart from the centre of the screen not responding to finger touch it works great . This is a common failure for this device, according to some other posts I have read in the forum.
I only use one of the SIM cards, so I cannot say both work, but one at least if working properly.
So does the SD card, where I store the photographs of the camera and the maps for OSMServer.
However, yours maybe is a failure of, unfortunately, your devices @mardy @SaimonC.

I use Notes with Evernote, so I can have the notes in my desktop too.
So 2.
No mind to drop Evernote if there is another way to sync with the desktop, but I would prefer it through a core app as the default Notes.

@Flohack maybe I did not explain it clearly. My device is now booting properly without any fix.
I do not need to reinstall it.
I thought it may be an interesting information to those who are still struggling with the boot isuue.
Thank you anyway.

Well, actually I had not used "Pictures" but the translation to my language. It seems that for saving in the SD card, "Pictures" is mandatory.
Maybe I am wrong but at least now I can save wherever I want to.

Take a look to this and this old posts.
Maybe your issue is related to what they described.