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    • RE: Best way to support Porting / Checking Status for the Fairphone 5

      From the Newsletter Sept 27th:

      Hello again and welcome to the latest newsletter,

      All things FP5 have moved along a lot recently with quite a few things fixed and working. These include the following

      fixed vgrid units
      adb, mtp and usb
      Modem is up
      Sound and video decoding works
      vibrationaidl added to hfd-service
      flashlight
      auto brightness
      mobile data and calls
      GPS

      Many of the parts for voLTE have also no been merged but have not yet reached our devel update channel yet.

      Work is being finished to make the FairPhone 5 available on the installer and as we know many of you are looking forward to this port we will let you know as soon as it is available.

      We intend to show the FairPhone 5 at the up coming Ubuntu Summit in the Hague so if you are there please come and look us up to find out more.

      I am excited!

      Also "and as we know many of you are looking forward to this port we will let you know as soon as it is available" πŸ˜„ . Meaning this forum topic has received a good amount of attention in the UT space πŸ˜„ . 4.3K Views is a lot lol.

      posted in Fairphone 5
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      CatWithUT
    • Firefox Setup - Guide for near Android like usage

      Hi. I currently testing the BETA port of UT for the Fairphone 5.

      On the way I build a setup for Firefox running in Libertine.

      The UI and accessibility is in my opinion really close to the android app. I thought other Ubuntu Touch user might find this useful too! It can be found on my website (because i m currently updating the information very frequently). Ask me if you need any help πŸ™‚

      (If linking to external source is not welcome i can also just copy past it here. Just let me know if that’s the case πŸ™‚ )

      CatWithCode.moe - Everything about Ubuntu Touch on the Fairphone 5

      Firefox.jpg

      posted in Libertine
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      CatWithUT
    • (No longer Updated) - Feature Report - CatWithCode

      List of stuff I tested with last tested Status (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 two times. 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 and waydroid helps with the rest.

      UPDATED: 2025.07.21
      SOFTWARE: r52X

      βœ… WORKS | πŸ“ˆ WORKS, BUT STILL TESTING | βž– NOT TESTED YET | β­• ISSUES | ❌ NOT WORKING

      βœ… Install
      βœ… Setup
      βœ… Working with German SIM-CARD
      βœ… WiFi (With Network enforced Pi-Hole)
      βœ… Camera (Photo, Video, with and without Flash, Switching between cameras. Sometimes I need to reboot for it to work.)
      βœ… LTE [Works but sometimes I need to reboot for it to work]
      βœ… Alarm and Timer
      βœ… Stability (Fine)
      βœ… 5G (Somehow works better, faster and more reliable then on Android)
      βœ… VoLTE
      βœ… GPS (Works even inside Waydroid. Enable it in UB then start waydroid and enable it there)
      βœ… Battery Life - Really good! X11 App's running can consume a good bit more.
      βœ… Heat (More with Waydroid)
      βœ… Snap's (Using Snapz0r - Many Apps run! BUT onscreen keyboard dose not work in general for snap on UbuntuTouch! Normal USB-Keyboards do!)
      βœ… Tap to wake
      βœ… Performance (Good. Display seems to run at 60hz (not the possible 90hz), but performance-intensive stuff like streaming 1080p@60fps is working great regardless.)
      βœ… SMS
      βœ… CALL (2G, 3G, LTE, 5G)
      βœ… FLASH
      βœ… Vibration
      βœ… Screen Brightness (Sensitive but works)
      βœ… Proximity
      βœ… Rotation
      βœ… Fingerprint reader (Needs screen to be on. Seems just the way UbuntuTouch works.)
      βœ… 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.)
      βœ… Keyboard
      βœ… Mouse
      βœ…* Emergency Broadcast (If your country uses the reference implementation correctly it should work if you ask the forum. For me impossible to test. If at some point I get one and I see it for myself working in Germany I will update this: https://forums.ubports.com/post/83531)
      βœ… USB-HUB
      βœ… Sleep (Same time everywehere even on LockScreen (Unlike Android))(Same time everywhere even on Lock-screen (Unlike Android) aka. long Screen On times not recommended.)
      βœ… AUDIO (Is combined on Ubuntu Touch. So don't forget to make your phone quieter in the evening or you alarm will be at full volume or whatever was used last... .)
      β­• USB-MTP (USB to PC. Works but Copy/Past and file management is very buggy and slow. adb shell/pull/push is way better and WAY faster and 100% reliable)
      βœ… USB-AUDIO (Even USB to AUX Audio. Dose not work for me on Android for some reason)
      ❌ 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).
      βœ… 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.
      
      NOT Working:
          Vibration
          Notifications inside Ubuntu Touch
      
      βœ… NFC (Tested with Flipper Zero)
      βœ… Bluetooth
      βœ… Libertine (Tested with Firefox and Signal-Desktop [AUDIO/MIC WORKS IF YOU INSTALL "pavucontrol".]) [Currently, generally broken for Ubuntu Touch. It actually works but one package (libc6) is outdated or miss-configured and needes to be tricked to install https://forums.ubports.com/topic/11112]
      βœ… Shutdown/Reboot (Was Bugged in the past. Now it works.)
      β­• Snaps - Work relatively well but without OSK it is kinda hard to use. But else stuff like Signal are the best here because of native Notifications System use incl. Screen-Wake, background usage and even calls (Without microphone)!
      

      In the linked blog entry I have made a very extensive list of things that have been tested, workarounds and mods.

      I test-drove Ubuntu Touch two times now and I decided it is not for me.

      posted in Fairphone 5
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      CatWithUT
    • RE: Keyboard Bar from the Terminal in any App?

      @kugiigi Thanks for asking! πŸ˜„ I know the Arrow and Touch Area of the Keyboard exsits. But I would need tap, ctrl, alt, ... more or less the keyboard modifier keys

      posted in OS
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      CatWithUT
    • Signal-Desktop - Setup for Devices without waydroid using Libertine (More or less fully functional. Better than nothing)

      Hi. I currently testing the BETA port of UT for the Fairphone 5.

      On the way I tried to get Signal running. After a lot of tinkering I got it to work in Libertine.

      I thought other Ubuntu Touch user might find this useful too because there is no nativ signal client.

      The UI is usable after some tweaking and all feature except video-calls work flawless. Even notification when the screen is off πŸ˜„

      (BOTH IMAGE LOADING AND ENTER/DELETE HAVE WORKAROUNDS NOW! NOT VERY GOOD ONCE BUT THEY ARE THERE! SEE REPLYS OR BLOG ENTRY):
      Well… nearly all. One issue is still that the On Screen keyboard can not hit enter or backspace text. A USB-Keyboard still works though. Tried to create a custom Keyboard Layout but did not succeed until yet.

      If someone has an idea to get the Keyboard full working PLS let me know.

      Hope someone thinks this is helpful πŸ™‚
      And be warned. The setup involves A LOT OF jank xD

      CatWithCode.moe - Everything about Ubuntu Touch on the Fairphone 5

      (If linking to external source is not welcome i can also just copy past it here. Just let me know if that’s the case πŸ™‚ )

      [EVERYTHING WAS WORKING AND DISPLAYING NORMALLY! JUST REMOVED PRIVATE INFORMATION FROM THE SCREENSHOT!]
      Signal.jpg

      posted in Libertine
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      CatWithUT
    • RE: UBports Shop - PayPal not working

      @AppLee Hi. It still says: Something doesn’t look right. Your payment to this merchant can’t be completed using PayPal. Choose another way to pay.

      posted in Support
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      CatWithUT
    • Best way to support Porting / Checking Status for the Fairphone 5

      Hello together!

      I have a Fairphone 5 and really want to use Ubuntu Touch on it.I saw in the FAQ that support is potentially in the works.

      I wanted to ask what the best way is to help with the Porting / Development and how to check the current Status on that Topic.

      I can help with testing, donations and coding.
      What ever the best way around this Topic is in this Community.

      Thanks!

      posted in Fairphone 5
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      CatWithUT
    • Libertine currently broken (libc6)

      If I try to create an container i get this after it downloaded everthing:

      ...
      I: Extracting passwd...
      I: Extracting perl-base...
      I: Extracting procps...
      I: Extracting sed...
      I: Extracting sensible-utils...
      I: Extracting sysvinit-utils...
      I: Extracting tar...
      I: Extracting util-linux...
      I: Extracting zlib1g...
      I: Installing core packages...
      W: Failure trying to run: chroot "/home/phablet/.cache/libertine-container/firefoxcontainer/rootfs" dpkg --force-depends --install /var/cache/apt/archives/libc6_2.31-0ubuntu9_arm64.deb
      W: See /home/phablet/.cache/libertine-container/firefoxcontainer/rootfs/debootstrap/debootstrap.log for details (possibly the package /var/cache/apt/archives/libc6_2.31-0ubuntu9_arm64.deb is at fault)
      ChrootContainer.py:94: ERROR: create_libertine_container():     Failed to create container
      libertine-container-manager:126: ERROR: create():       Failed to create container: 'destroy_libertine_container() missing 1 required positional argument: 'force''
      
      

      It can be reproduced by just simply creating a new container with the Terminal or with the System Settings.

      Still an issue 14.07.2025. Can be forced to work by doing this https://forums.ubports.com/post/73301.

      posted in Libertine
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      CatWithUT
    • RE: Best way to support Porting / Checking Status for the Fairphone 5

      Small update about Linux on Fairphone 5:
      I saw that the UBports installer already supports the Fairphone 5! It offers postmarketOS devbuilds, for those who want to try postmarketOS πŸ˜‰

      COOL!

      a.png

      Current state of the port:
      https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/Fairphone_5_(fairphone-fp5)

      posted in Fairphone 5
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      CatWithUT
    • RE: Best way to support Porting / Checking Status for the Fairphone 5

      In "Ubuntu Touch Q&A 139" there is a "Fairphone 5" section which states: "Marius has continued work on getting FP5 to a usable state. Nice!

      This thread started as a question about the state of things and has now become an information dump about UT and Fairphone 5 πŸ˜‚. Whenever something about this topic comes up somewhere, I will probably hear about it here first. :grinning_cat_face_with_smiling_eyes:

      posted in Fairphone 5
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      CatWithUT
    • RE: Best way to support Porting / Checking Status for the Fairphone 5

      @Keneda Right. And now that a FP5 Area in the Forum exists this topic can also be moved there if im not mistaking.

      posted in Fairphone 5
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      CatWithUT
    • RE: (No longer Updated) - Feature Report - CatWithCode

      (This can be locked. I will no longer Update it.)

      posted in Fairphone 5
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      CatWithUT