Best posts made by Emphrath

Happy new year to all and long live ubports !!

@rocket2nfinity oh man i'd love this to happen but it most probably won't. Even getting a swype keyboard to run on an open source version of android (lineageos and so on) is close to impossible since Swype has been discontinued and using gboard implies copying proprietary libraries from gapps which generally results in an unstable mess if anything... So to think it could be "ported" seems unrealistic. There might be a need for an open source new swype keyboard but I don't see this happening in the near future.

It seems from another thread that a messaging app available on the open store actually does nothing, fully broken. I had the same experience recently with Htop clickable - 0 ko app, yet installs, yet does nothing. Maybe here we could start listing these ?

Yeah obviously the FP2 has a lot of problems of its own, that are definitely not specific to UT, and be not mistaken, I had a great experience with this OS and am not reverting to Android; it's just that pooky asked about the FP2, and here is its current state of porting ^^

@prog-amateur for m3u just install vlc in a libertine container and ur good to go. for security issues, there's an open topic about that which covers how apps are surveyed

@aclifton314 very interested by the third question since everytime I tried I ended up reinstalling the whole system

@Opolork that's exactly it. First enable developer mode in ut tweak tool. Then plug in the cable and run "adb shell" in a terminal. You'll then be running a shell in the device, from where you can freely browse (might require sudo for some folders) that's it. To copy / paste files from device to computer, use adb push or pull - depends.

@arubislander or through adb shell, which is easier

@jezek hey there ! I own a fp2 and it definitely played videos of any kind when it ran ubports (16.04 ota11 stable. It must be a hardware problem or, indeed, an installation issue. Try using wipe option. It could also be a new bug. Presently I can't tell since because I can't use the flashlight of the new camera module (known issue), it runs android (until I find myself an old 6 MP module ^^). I'll let you know

@Emphrath I cleaned the contacts with alcohol and everything works again. Topic closed.

@Elowan you have to know the exact name of the package. If you go through "install deb package", that is. For example gimp is "gimp", no capital letters. If you're unsure, check the internet for the package name at least that's what I do.

will do ! didn't know you could actually extract zip with the file manager. That's nice.

@matt333 No. It means you have to scrupulously follow these instructions :https://forums.ubports.com/topic/1103/howto-fp2-update-baseband-other-firmware
It improved a few things on my fairphone 2 (battery drain, random reboots) and it might make yours work. Is it an FP2 by the way ? I don't believe FP1 is supported at the moment... But have some faith: mine works like a charm except flashlight doesn't work and it takes ages to lock ^^

@peat_psuwit it does not work, even in camera app. I would gladly send the new module to you, if you wish to give it a try