Posts made by AppLee

@totalsonic said in audio message:

@dozbord - ok - you posted this in the wrong part of the forum

Now fixed. I moved the thread.
If there is no bug report, can you check and create one.

@malmsdoom
Have you tried uVolMan from the open store?

@lundrin17 Only if it's a command line.
Issues are to be expected with GUI softwares

@pingguo8668
The rootfs being locked, you cannot install .deb packages directly.
As I stated it might compromise your device and also any change could be reverted in case of system update.

I don't know about this app, but seems that it is mainly used in China.
Maybe you'll find better help on the Chinese Telegram group.

@lakotaubp
My latest memory of F(x) Tech during a Q&A was when I asked about the relationship with them at the time.
https://ubports.com/blog/ubports-news-1/post/ubuntu-touch-q-a-96-3746

The answer was clear that a licensing agreement was in progress for the Pro1 X.
But the foundation could not contribute much to the development.
Maybe it's time for an update on this question on January the 29th
I'll also ask F(x)Tech directly.

@lakotaubp
The Pro 1 is already available but I don't know about maintenance ; where should a user open a ticket regarding a porting issue?
The Pro 1 X is planned to be delivered end of February so we don't really know anything about the port itself and what works or not. (I hope mine won't take too long to get there because I have to live with android atm and I don't like that).

I guess we have few possibilities here and it would be nice to make them clear for everyone.
A device specific subforum is intented for:

• Reporting issues?
• Seeking help from the community? (others with the same device)
• Asking the community what is there experience with this device?
• Free talks about the device and Ubuntu Touch?

Personally I'd rule out the first one but the other ones are fine to me.
Also the list is not closed but should be kept somehow short enough.

@geekbone said in Cannot receive SMS/MMS:

I don't have this problem with my N5

Good to know.
Thanks.

@jezek
Not sure in fact if it can be used with 16.04 you're right.

Here is the link to the Github repository of the PDK (Platform Development Kit):
https://github.com/ubports/ubports-pdk

Hi @pingguo8668
The rootfs is locked on Ubuntu Touch.
Usually my advice is that if you cannot figure this out yourself than you shouldn't do it.

Setting the rootfs RW is to be performed at your own risks and might break your system.

If you tell us what you're trying to install we might be able to help you figure out an alternative way to satisfy your use cases.

@geekbone said in Cannot receive SMS/MMS:

@rik One more thing.. the images I attach rotate -90 degrees. They look normal in the gallery but when I attach them they rotate. Any suggestions?

This is normal.
The orientation information is read and understood by the gallery app but not by the messaging app.

Also MMS pictures are often resized to fit the data length limitation, in this case I bet the messaging app do not check the orientation metadata and it is send either vertically or horizontally depending on the default.
Check if an issue is open for the messaging app and if not you can file a feature request.

As a workaround you might want to edit and resize the picture yourself giving it the proper orientation.

@applee said in T-Shirt Slogan Competition!!:

I'm with Yumi
So I'm free baby

BTW Yumi text can/should be replaced by a visual of Yumi.

What about this one:

Feel my
Ubuntu Touch

Or

Nothing softer than my
Ubuntu Touch

Substitute "softer" by any of "gentler", "sexier", "tender" but I thought that sotf => software was a nice touch.

All puns intended and assumed

@jezek
Have you tried the development kit made by @fredldotme ?
I'm not sure dev kit is the right term but from what I understood it could help develop and test integrated/core apps.

I didn't have time (yet) to test it out myself so just an option.

@ronbillock
Sure we cannot force you to swap phone/OS again
We're here to help those willing to give UT a try.

@3T_Ed
You're right we allowed this thread to go OT for too long.

@darkeye said in uRSSES app:

@3t_ed do you mean that you want to export the bookmarks?
Thata a good idea. ill added to the gitlab issues list hopefully it will be simple and i can deliver it in the next release

To go back on track I'd say a big thank you to @darkeye for their work.
Hopefully we'll get a great new feature in our RSS reader.

@ronbillock said in MMS success and failure:

@applee which log(s)?

Nuntium, Ofono and maybe the messaging app
You can copy them to a pastebin (e.g. https://pastebin.ubuntu.com/) so we can read them.
The fresher the logs the better after receiving an MMS.

I don't know how to analyze them but I know it will be helful to those who understand the inner mechanism of the MMS stack.

Best of luck

@moem
Right I thought the installer started ; but I was too fast reading.

@leonetikos
Can you try to run the installer from a command line prompt?
You should see an error message.
If you can copy/paste it here it might help.

Probably a missing dependency or an architechture mismatch.

Hi @leonetikos
You'll have to give more details on what you do.
Is your phone recognized by adb?
What button do you click on?

@nero355 said in uRSSES app:

OK, fine : Which topic(s) ?!

Similar topic suggested by Dalton during the last Q&A was the app launcher.
You can find this thread about it to give you a deeper understanding that what you imagine simple is really not that simple.
https://forums.ubports.com/topic/2579/i-wanna-go-home?_=1642580214370

So those features were never planned ahead ?!

How would they ?

I am not saying it's easy but you and I both know damn well that EVERY Android and iOS phone has those features and it's completely LOGICAL or even a MUST to have those features on your phone!
Come on... be honest! Take of the pink glasses!

I'll answer only this point in more details as I'm getting tired.
No I don't know what is done on Android and iOS... and I personnaly don't give a damn.
And no it is not logical to do the same as Android or iOS when we want to build an alternative to those OSes.
I installed UT tweak tool but rarely used it.
Also I think that there are enough settings and I like the simple aspect of it. I might be knowledgeable in IT, I don't want to read a user manual to use my phone or search for hours how to change my ringtone.

My only use for it was to setup PureMaps server (not sure that's the correct name) for offline GPS.
I needed to avoid app suspension for it to work.
But the hacky way it is done renders it rarely useful (used it really a couple of time).

Yes I want a proper background GPS service. And that's a serious topic many times mentionned in Q&A.
I also understand and share the idea that it is simply not the time for this.
I'll praise the developer willing to solve this issue but I cannot tackle it myself at the moment. If the need is really there, than probably I'll handle it myself. But ... priorities.

So once and for all do not mistake what YOU think is needed and what YOU think is right with what is best, needed or right to the COMMUNITY or the foundation.
I just proved you I don't share your opinion. And I bet someone do not share mine AND yours.
People are different and that's what make them interesting.

@nero355 said in Life with BQ4.5 after 20.04:

So there are no guidelines for the community porters either ?!

No, we cannot state that an individual should not work on a given project.
If one wants to port Ubuntu Touch 20.04 on a BQ4.5, they are welcome to try even if it probably won't bare fruit.

So how do you deal with worn out batteries ?!

Sometime you don't have to

But every team needs somekind of planning ahead I think ?!
How does the team take care of that part ?

Planning is based on open issues and priorities set internally.
But anyone can take upon themself to work on a non-priority issue if they want.
Right now the roadmap is clear : 20.04 because 16.04 is not supported anymore and there are security issues that will not be fixed.
The trade-off is that the fix should be back ported to 16.04 and this is a huge workload, so moving forward was decided.
Part of the core team still maintains 16.04, but no major work is done because it would be wasted if not easily transfered to 20.04

Managing priorities is done and that's why you do not see some features like integrating UTTT to the system settings.
The feature is available for people to use. It's not ideal but it's there, VoLTE is a more pressing matter and impacts all users.

Phones going EOL isn't a bad thing in some cases because you simply need certain features which only newer phones have...

Sometimes it is not as features dissapear in newer phones (e.g. Radio tuner)

And in some cases it's simply because they have become too slow for new software like most of the BQ phones by now have become...

Entering Ubuntu Touch that works fine on older devices depending on the user needs of course.
But for many the BQ 4.5 is still fast enough with Ubuntu Touch.

But why waste all that time and talent on too slow and outdated devices ?!

Why do anything?
Don't limit people's freedom because you don't know what they can do with it...

I am not saying they should become a company but the impression I have so far is that certain things need better guidance/management/organization!

I don't think you know what kind of management there is in the foundation.
And it seems that you also don't know how company are managed too. You seem to have a very simplified vision of how it works and how it should work.
I have a career in management and I heard this kind of speech from young employees. I showed them what a low level manager has to consider and told them that's just the tip of the iceberg.
They had no idea and I'm quite sure we have no idea what it is to manage a foundation like UBports with all the specificities of a community of volunteers...