List of stuff I tested with last tested Status and the Tickets if any (Copy of: https://catwithcode.moe/Blog/2024.10.07_Ubuntu_Touch_on_Fairphone_5/Ubuntu_Touch_on_Fairphone_5.html) :
Note: I test drove the Fairphone 5 with UbuntuTouch for around 17 days. Don't worry I hand a second, fully configured phone on hand just in case (And a Android Phone was ready to swap in) ;). I relyed on some Android apps to work but the main once are covered more or less, but especially the Signal installation explained below can be skipped as soon as waydroid works.
UPDATED: 2025.06.29
SOFTWARE: r494 - 20250629-2096
WORKS |
WORKS, BUT STILL TESTING |
NOT TESTED YET |
ISSUES |
NOT WORKING
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Install
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Setup
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Working with German SIM-CARD
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WiFi (With Network enforced Pi-Hole)
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Camera (Photo, Video, with and without Flash, Switching between cameras. Sometimes I need to reboot for it to work.)
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LTE [Works but sometimes I need to reboot for it to work]
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Alarm and Timer
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Stability (Fine)
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5G
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VoLTE
β GPS [NEEDS TESTING. ALSO WANT TO TEST: https://github.com/waydroid/waydroid/issues/226#issue-comment-box]
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Battery Life - Really good! X11 App's running can consume a good bit more.
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Heat (More with Waydroid)
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Snap's (Using Snapz0r - Many Apps run! BUT onscreen keyboard dose not work in general for snap on UbuntuTouch! Normal USB-Keyboards do!)
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Tap to wake
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Performance (Good. Display seems to run at 60hz (not the possible 90hz), but performance-intensive stuff like streaming 1080p@60fps is working great regardless.)
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SMS
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CALL (2G, 3G, LTE, 5G)
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FLASH
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Vibration
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Screen Brightness (Sensitive but works)
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Proximity
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Rotation
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Fingerprint reader (Needs screen to be on. Seems just the way UbuntuTouch works.)
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USB-OTG (I had many issues with USB3.X and newer. BUT it was with the phone not matter what. So it is a FP5 or PC chipset issue, not Ubuntu Touch.)
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Keyboard
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Mouse
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USB-HUB
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USB-AUDIO (Even USB to AUX Audio. Dose not work for me on Android for some reason)
β USB-VIDEO [BUG: Black Screen, Soft/Hard-Reboot and a broken Dekstop on Phone. Tested with USB-C to HDMI (Probably 3.0) and a Dock (Mostlikly 3.X).
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Waydroid
How well dose it work:
It works. It is a stopgap and nothing more. I recommend to use it as little as possible and make the battery settings for apps as aggressive as you are able too. I also removed literally anything not needed. Even the calculator.
Working:
Camera
Sound
Internet
Microphone
NOT Working:
Vibration
Notifications inside Ubuntu Touch
GPS (COULD BE MADE TO WORK. NEEDS TESTING: https://github.com/waydroid/waydroid/issues/226#issue-comment-box)
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NFC (Tested with Flipper Zero)
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Bluetooth
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Libertine (Tested with Firefox and Signal-Desktop [AUDIO/MIC WORKS IF YOU INSTALL "pavucontrol".])
Second: In the linked blog entry in my profil here I have made a very extensive list of things that have been tested (to not spam this area with usless topics like "works lol").