@domubpkm
News is still fresh but going viral : https://ubports.com/blog/1/post/271

@domubpkm
In fact there are 6 of them.

This is a picture I took of my BH. The label on the left describes what they are for.
Sorry for the blur macro is bad with the phone's camera.

@nexus5
Hi, you just opened 4 threads in a row just with complains about the OS.

We are a community and everyone can contribute. But simply asking for stability, customization or anything that is convenient to you does not help.
I don't say your ideas are bad, just that if you take the time to read a bit more and learn about what is currently done you'll know that anything you ask here is far from being a priority.

Ubuntu Touch is very stable and it is one of the top priorities despite what you wrote here: https://forums.ubports.com/topic/4905/stability
That's why OTA13 has been postponed.

As I said, we're a community and here to help each other.
Opening a bunch of thread just to complain about UT not being Android is considered like SPAM.

So please ask yourself how you can help. Or if you have a specific issue you can ask for help or open an issue in gitlab if you found a bug.
But you'll have to be specific.

Thanks.

@makeixo
Stating fact is not the problem here. We are all aware of what could be better.

You came here and wrote this and this. What people trying to actually DO something hear is:
I don't understand why such basic think is not done yet.

Even if you came just asking question this is not the way to do it.
In community like this one, what is appreciated is:

• Being thankful for the job already done
• People who want to contribute by trying/doing

Stating the obvious doesn't help anyone.
Criticism is not banished. But it should be a productive one.

When you see something that doesn't work the way you want, you can come here and ask what can I do.
Personally I use UT for 2 years now on my daily driver (a Nexus 5). There are some issue, battery leaks, ... but I'm glad to have an alternative to Android which drove me crazy years ago.

I couldn't control my domotic, so I created an app. Some people use it and I'm glad I'm able to give a little back to the community.

This message is not condescending, I expect it to be something that will help you (and others) understand the philosophy of open source communities. Do not simply come and ask ; come and ask what you can do to help.
Everyone is welcome to contribute with what they can offer.

Nice opportunity for me to say a big thanks to every contributor. I'm a happy user of UBPorts !

@PINE64 Yeah \o/
I refreshed my browser all morning until could place an order

@jezek said in The MMS lost story:

I'm sorry, I'm so slow with progress

Don't be sorry, you're infinitely faster than one that does nothing.
Thank you very much for your time and trouble.

@peter-gamma
I think Xiaomi is the next Google.
Their products look good, sound good are not expensive (yet). But later scandal after scandal users will discover the truth behind and quality will decrease...
A company is a company, no brand makes only good products, so you still need to compare products.

And as for the best hardware to install UT on, the answer is : the more open
Less blobs, more open source drivers/firmwares, mainstream kernel, ...
Those will help our community as @PhoenixLandPirat already said.

@dobey
No need to be rude back. We're still a friendly community.

You know you can scare people off sometimes

@poVoq said in What do you think? Use only Lomiri as poweruser?:

And Libertine is a workaround, claiming the opposite makes no sense at all

Now you're doing what you don't like from @dobey ...

Libertine is as much a workaround as VirtualBox is one.
That's a feature allowing the user to extend how to use its device.

The workaround is to use a desktop app with poor UX on a phone because no native app has been developed yet.
I know expressing an idea is difficult, but when the explanation doesn't work, try understanding why and change it so it become more precise.

@poVoq
Sorry, but I don't get your point.
You're mixing subjects in order to make your point, but comparing the open store with apt is not a valid comparison.

The store is used for third party software. Like snap store on Ubuntu or other stores.
On a traditional Linux distro you have several ways to get these third party : from stores, from the developers, ppa, ...
How you get third party software doesn't matter because it has the same issues.

The OS is updated using images instead of a trusted repository... Well I don't see any issue with that.
As said many times it's for the best because you don't want to crash your phone with a simple update failure so it's more robust.

I just want to add that I'm not part of the core team and mostly a standard user of Ubuntu Touch.
So my opinion is forged on my experience with the system and I appreciate how reliable it is and how it is continuously improving.
Choices are made, you can either accept them or search for something else. If there are things I wish different, I'd create an issue and hope it is heard. Or I'd make a PR... Or even shut myself up because it is what it is.

Last, I try to give back a little of what is offered by UBports by giving time as a moderator here. And as such I'd like to point out that in order to make a point there is no need to use harsh words. People from different horizons and ages come here, so please be careful. You never know who you can hurt with a poor choice of words.

Thanks.

@something_wrong
It is probably not in the installer.

I'm confused with all those variant versions...
So there are entries in the forum for Pixel 3a XL that might work with Pixel 3a (Sargo), ...
Have you read those threads ?

@keneda
You can find the soc used in the Pinetime between 3 to 15 USD.
Then you have the mold for the watch case, add the screen and the screen controller and a strap.
The PineTime has 64K of RAM, 512 K of flash memory and additional 4MB

To run UT you need a much stronger hardware.
To run AndroidWear you need at least 1,000 times the power of the Pinetime (512MB of RAM and 4GB or eMMC) almost comparable to UT's requirements.
And to run Asteroid you also need a stronger SOC, additional RAM and ROM this is not free and to integrate in a smal factor it will cost even more.
For a company like Pine64 it should be around 150 to 200 USD for a product less powerful than the Pinephone...

Yes cost is important, technology is cheaper and cheaper but not cheap.

@keneda
It's a 25$ device, not a high end 200$ smartwatch...

Hi @lordzeed
This ain't the right place for this kind of question.
AFAK, no port is in progress, please check there for compatible devices : https://devices.ubuntu-touch.io/

@ohnez
That's more a question for Pine64 than here.
As far as I know if enough demand exists it is likely to be produced.

But the PineTime cannot host an heavy OS like Asteroid, so the firmware has to be device specific thus it will require a specific app.
Given the projects are open source it might land on UT one day, but it's been a year with major progress but still no real product... wait and see

Hi everyone,

On Nexus5, I have an issue with pinch to zoom-out.
I saw it within the camera app (when scrolling photos) and in the gallery app.
I can zoom in easily, but it got stuck, I can't zoom out or move to the next picture...

Anyone else can confirm ?

Hi @squigly

To give a simple answer.
The port has been made for the Volla phone.
Thus the installer works and is tested for the Volla phone.

One can try and make a dedicated port for the GS290.
But yes both ports would be very similar, but UBports as a foundation cannot give any guaranty wether the Volla port will work with a GS290.

It seems to work for some, but we don't know the risk to do it for yourself.

@moem
I don't really know the market of smartwatches but long time ago when I ran an Android phone, I had a LG G Watch R.
Now I have a project to fix it if I can and migrate to Asteroid, but that's not the point.

My point is this kind of watch is high end and uses AndroidWear.
AndroidWear is deeply integrated into Android... On iOS at that time an app was proposed by Google and Apple was not so found of it...
Now, I don't know the situation. A lot happened I guess.

But IF something similar is still possible (an app for iOS), then I guess one can find a way to do it for UT. It's a huge work of retro-engineering and tweaking UT (in the right way of course).
But seen the battle a that time over smartwatches and maybe some fragmentation in various OSes it might be very hard.
And the worst case is if each cheap smartwatch is sold with its own app available on Android and iOS. This way for each brand you can expect a lot of trouble for each individual model.

Basically if one app can rule them all : difficult but possible
If not forget about it...

@keneda
That is the right kernel.
Data works fine with my carrier and APN were automatically detected.

I had some issue from time to time and a simple check of the SIM and a reboot solved this.
It's been 3 years without issue on this front and just few reboot when carrier got lost or maybe ofono bug.

Hi @webmust
This forum is english only as @Moem and @stanwood already mentioned.
You can head to https://t.me/UBports_French to talk with Ubuntu Touch French community.

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Vous pouvez vous rendre sur https://t.me/UBports_French pour discuter avec la communauté française d'Ubuntu Touch.