Posts made by Arpi

Just thought I would mention that I was eventually able to test out Hangouts video calling though the browser, and everything works, so a big thanks to all. I suspect a reboot did the trick.

@libremax I appreciate the heads-up, libremax! And that would have been great! I looked into what Telegram is and tried to sign up but it told me (on the web version) I needed to sign up from Iphone or Android and I don't have either of those (I keep a pretty tidy network here, you know).

When I tried using the Telegram App from the OpenStore, it wouldn't go past the screen where it asks for my first and last name. There's also a field for "Code" but I have no idea what to put in there, and if I put nothing, it won't let me go to the next step.

If I had to guess, I am guessing "Code" is something they tried to send me via SMS (though nothing is actually stated saying so), not realising that I don't have SMS capability because I don't have a cell phone number (I use exclusively SIP for telephony).

Hopefully that group will eventually read these posts and reach out to me via the forum! Thanks for letting me know about them.

Hello UBports community.

I'm RP and I am a voice actor, and a recent adopter of Ubuntu Touch (like, 4 days ago) on a second-hand OnePlus One I ordered on eBay.

I've been a Xubuntu user for several years, and it's the main platform I work on except for digital audio workstation stuff where I need to dual boot to Windows 10 (though mainly because I don't know Audacity as well as I know some other proprietary platforms).

Since the RIM 950 I have only ever used BlackBerry mobile devices. Until Ubtuntu Touch came along, none of the BlackBerry knock offs looked especially appealing to me. And unlike so many other mobile Operating Systems, Ubuntu Touch doesn't set out to copy BlackBerry, it instead brings the existing magic of Ubuntu to the device in your hand(s). Glorious.

I am really enjoying the Ubuntu Touch experience, especially being able to SSH into it and hopefully not break it while running things like top and sftp and all that exciting stuff (only light sarcasm, I actually like that I can do those things on a pocket device, at long last).

There a list of things I'd like to see happen with Ubuntu Touch in the long run (SIP phone, SIP phone!), and I am sure everyone has one such list, but not being a developer, I know that at minimum I can sit on the sidelines and cheer the devs on.

"GO DEVS GO! YOU GOT THIS!"

(Just like that).

BUT, I'd like to be able to do more than that. If anyone here is a film-maker of any kind of rank, I'd be into comping my voice over services to help make instructional and promotional material for Ubuntu Touch. Comping as in... as a volunteer.

I'm also a half decent proof reader (as I go back to check this message for oopses... found one! edited....), and I am fluent in French so I can voice and proof-read in two languages. Maybe that's helpful. I'm not particularly talented at translation, mind you. Oh well. Can't win 'em all.

More about me and what pass for my accomplishments on my LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rpthevoice/

Oh and I am also a media host, producer, and event / broadcast MC, and would be happy to comp those services for UBPorts / Ubuntu Touch initiatives too. You never know, IT COULD HAPPEN.

Looking forward to moving forward with this community. Was that too forward?

@lakota I do like Hangups better for the messaging, but if I read my thing correctly, Hangups doesn't (yet) support the audio or video calling. Looking forward to when it will, or to when Anbox will let us run Android apps on Ubuntu Touch the way BlackBerry 10 does (though individually containerised, whereas I don't think BB10 containerises individual Android apps, but it's not like I know for sure).

@lakota Ah so that's where that is, makes sense, thanks. I checked, and 3/3 apps have microphone access, including the browser. Hopefully I can test Hangouts (via the browser) again soon!

@lakota Thanks again, Lakota. After uninstalling rebooting and then reinstalling the Camera app, the video recording now has audio! I have not yet been able to test the microphone use in Hangouts yet though (don't know enough people who use Hangouts, and somehow I suspect BlackBerry will not be making a BBM client for Ubuntu Touch... and the Skype web app gets past the login screen to the usual interface and then freezes, so not holding my breath for Skype).

Hello fellow UB Ports community members.

I have a symptom and a theory as to the cause, and seek your wisdom and assistance.

I've had my OnePlus One since Thursday, installed Ubuntu Touch on it using UBPorts wizard succesfully (thank you, UBPorts), and have already resolved one challenge by simply rebooting (thank you Lakota!).

The challenge / symptom I am seeing now may be singular, or I may be grouping things together that shouldn't be, but here it is:

When I record a video, only the video component is recorded, no audio.

When I do a Hangouts Video call in the browser, 2-way video works great, and I can hear the other party's audio, but they can't hear mine. When I pull up Hangouts settings inside that call, I have options to choose a camera, but under the "Microphone" setting, there are no options to choose.

So those are the symptoms. BUT I know the mic works fine because I installed the audio recorder app and tested and the recordings of audio are totally boss.

My THEORY on what's going on is that it's related to permissions. Allow me to elaborate.

I've noticed (happily) that from time to time an app will ask me to grant permission to it for use of <resource>. If I recall correctly, Hangouts (or more specifically, the Browser) asked politely at some point if it could use the camera.

I FEEL like when I first launched the built-in Camera app, there was one such prompt (for permission to use <resource>) that came up, but before I could respond to it, it was overlaid (or replaced?) by the image seen by the rear camera, leaving me with no way to interact with the prompt (presuming it was still awaiting a reply, but now behind the camera image). My THEORY is that somehow this is related to various places in the Ubuntu Touch OS not making use of the micrphone. It's just a theory.

I am tempted to uninstall the built-in camera app and then re-install it (presuming I can do that; still learning here), and see if it prompts me for permissions all over again. Chances are, that's my next step. While I am doing that, though, if anyone has any ideas on what else I might consider trying, do share, with my gratitude.

@lakota

Actually, once I workee up through courage to reboot, I rebooted and now rotation works great! Thank you for jumping in, it means a lot to get such quick community response!

Hi Dakota! Thanks for your reply.

I see a «Rotation lock» option, but not an auto-rotate option. The device seems to behave the same way whether I have rotation lock enabled or disabled.

Hello fellow Ubuntu enthusiasts!

I am 30 minutes into having installed Ubuntu Touch on the OnePlus One that arrived in the mail today. Exciting times!

My question may seem simple, is there a way to tell the device to auto rotate? For example, when watching a video from the web or (not there yet) watching a video in the built in media player?

Proud to say I posted this from the device itself!