@nbdynl before i continue, append this to camera / location and if possible networking as well.

we want a one time approval option, as well as foreground only. only system apps (like Phone app) should be eligable for background access for services microphone/camera by default, devision as follows:
only phone (the app) has background access to microphone by default
camera should not be accessible on background by default. (any app)
location should not be accessible on background by default (any app)
networking should not be accessible on background by default ,push notifications goes through a push server so not affected if im wrong this can be ammended (any non system app)

@peat_psuwit this topic (4370) is the one that tells me to go to a shelter to not get killed so yes we should subscribe to it, L.

@oldbutndy i actually know the partitions youre looking for because I had to recover IEMI (a whole other can of potentially ilegal worms) you want to mess around in nvdata/cfg/ram i doubt it but you can check protect1/2 (sometimea called R/L) most likely its in some sort of *loader.bin i tell you the bootloader configs usually sit in some preloader so check for that.

@wally i had this same question, i looked at the repo for the site there is an MR from maintainer with VoLTE support documentation, its just sitting there I think.

I don't remember exactly why its not being merged but you can ask in that MR I bet you'll get an answer at minimum.

@oldbutndy i dont think a port will just happen somebody needs to activly work on it, with amount of money you spent on N10s if you sell those and buy a used Fairphone it would be better.

@oldbutndy not really it would help a lot yes but you can use standard reverse engneering software to check it, also engneering roms have unlocked bootloader so you just compare that to the oldest release if an engneering rom exists.

@hlbkv i do not have the device but as long as its not a spec problem video playback works, its a solved problem on pretty much all devices nowdays.

i can confirm video playback works on N100 and surely that is one of the more underpowered device that can run UT.

@developer there are some freedesktop standards we need, also flatpak integration, outside of that we need eSIM support and way way better waydroid support.

outside of that we need a waydroid compatibilty chart for every major banking app in every country

we also need guides to what messanger has what feature supported natively and how to set it up.

also we probably want to make a public transport app and start supporting every single country we can.

we also need sms forwarding (i remember people asking about it in the forums)

a secure wallet for NFC, so someone needs to expose the treble APIs for hardware backed encryption so we can store credit card NFC tags safely. (to please the google/apple pay users)

and much much more.
we need to compile every UT feature and aspire to feature parity with vanila android (not the apps just pure android)

i'd make a full comparison chart but i dont have the time

@kugiigi somebody should pick up the pine64 devices up again the whole port family for the rockchip is in disrepair.

@oldbutndy you can try the EU version, from there you can flash firmware directly from OS. (EU version can flash an OTA file from android)
so get an OTA update and check if it overrides fastboot to something useable then take an OTA that does and flash it (if its version is older then what you have then do the proccedure with an older EU ROM)

this is the only thing i can think of short of cracking the phone open and starting to dump chip data, or if you can dump NAND dump from there and try to manually patch firmware directly. (after all theres a boolean somewhere for bootloader unlocked y/n)

@toniox if the phone is mediatek, use spflashtool.
its a pain in the *** to do, i recommend using windows for rhis because otherwise you'll need a custom kernel and all the tutorials will use windows.

the steps go like this:

1. download drivers, and set them up
2. use bootrom bypass tool
3. flash with sp flash

i recommemd dumping nvdata,nvram,nvcfg,protect1,protect2 from NAND using spflashtool before flashing anything at all (think of it like youre phones ID it is needed for service ,wifi ,bluetooth)

there is also ways to regenerate the checksums so with lockee xiaomi bootloader you can run custom code but i dont really remember how i managed that one.

@gpatel-fr oh thats great, did you need to config bindmounts or did it just work?

as for xdg desktop portal filechooser backend it won't be to hard to implement some elements but its in the backburner until i get the infurstructure for it right

also for keyboard thats an easy fix you need to include a cache file look to ufirefox/uwolf for example on how to get gtk apps to use maliit

@oldbutndy download the EU firmware (EOL) and the real firmware for your version for EOL, then copy the identifers in the scatter xml file from that version to the EU one, then flash through EOL phone will check see T-mobile or whatever it is you have pass the check and flash EU rom with unlockable bootloader worked on my N100

@bgriffis for sms forwarding its either not implemented or in some dbus function that may or may not be documented, you may be best served by figuring out a solution on you're own for that.

you can probably write some code based on the message app to get sms and then send it to a number and put it as a background service.

EDIT:
i will say this, a lot of things are not implemented because developers were not aware at the time or people forgot.

@tigermoth instantpho is a photo editor, not gimp level but its something to check out.

also after exam season i will be continuing development of xdg-desktop-portal backend for lomiri which will make xdg apps integrate well, my goal is to eventually have flatpak natively on ut.

@libremax
phone: fairphone 5
UT Version: 24.04-1.1
country; Israel
ISP: Partner
VoLTE State: works.

@oldbutndy you can try to spoof firmware and flash EU ROM through EOL.

@pparent yeah i know, im drowning in exams right now and I'm also foucsing on making xdg-desktop-portals supported in lomiri as you know and that's more important because it will make the only problem a UI problem which is better then manually patching apps to work with lomiri alternatives.

@Keneda missed that thanks, @googlybear well still nothing I can do about it directly.
though I am implementing the xdg-desktop-portal standard into lomiri atm, so this may indirectly help you because there are a bunch of xdg bitwarden apps.

@GooglyBear there is a bitwarden client im pretty sure.