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@Flohack said in Call for testing: Nexus 5 (hammerhead) owners: @Manchee1017 Yeah basically the idea is to verify the list of things I posted. So I think feature x is working, but I need other people to confirm, and also to find maybe things I forgot. I do not have an installable image yet, will try to fix that today eve. I am happy to do anything to help support this phone which is the most common phone to introduce new users to UBports as it's so easily available and easy to repair. I should be able to test out the new image, I have a spare Nexus 5 laying around to play with.

@rocket2nfinity Thoughts is we are not legally allowed to distribute such binaries, and we already are hitting the edge of it with incorporating vendor trees. Technically its possible, also later with the installer and the system-image upgrade to supply firmware upgrades, but yes, its kinda risky. However, we sometimes make a forum post how people can upgrade their firmware themselves.

With standalone I don't mean the zipped version. When you do "make" in the cloned folder a script gets creeated that is called halium-install-standalone.sh and that doesn't work. With systemwide I meant that you seem to have your halium install script in your $PATH since you don't have a ./ in front of your "halium-install" command (if you have, your instructions are wrong). I used the git clone files and they do not work on my setup (see the four last posts).

I am syncing the repo for this now, Ill see if any of the things I did for my Galaxy Note 4 will work on hammerhead

@hummlbach Well 2 different things, the push type just needs adding of a message in the push helper, while the other one in the app is more work

LOL That´s Blokus, a very different game from Tetris...

@Ranjith We dont know yet, we do not have enough people to work on this at the moment, sorry.

@sander-klootwijk @alan_g, if you guys plan a meetup, lemme know! Also if any of you happen to be passing by the "Randstad"

I discussed with Jonatan a few weeks ago, and he told me he started to work on porting an app that existed from android to ubports : https://github.com/jonnius/camera-scanner He said that there wasn't a GUI yet, I proposed to try to work for one, but unfortunately, I couldn't spend as much time as I would have wanted to.

@RedXXIII Well if you had a recent Android version with all updates then probably not.

@flohack said in [HowTo][Convergence]Use a simulated miracast sink for testing convergence: @doniks Miracast is per definition not possible over "normal" WiFi, thats why most people had only success with the Microsoft Miracast stick. That seems to be still the most compatible one... BR FYI, a miracast presentation. Some of it went over my head, but might have some helpful technical details https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53v11JTf4U8

@nutzernam thank you for confirming it.

Might of been that big video clip my mate sent me lol

@nutzernam You just fixed a permission problem for the MTP driver which mounts the storage to the USB host - it will be repaired in 16.04 also...

@flohack said in Samsung porting notes, a loose collection: Instead, the device needs to be brought into "Download Mode". This can be achieved by: Manually by pressing Vol-Down, Home and Power button until the green warning text appears On my Samsung Galaxy S8, there is no physical home button, only virtual on the display. I figured out, instead of the Home-Button, I need to press the Bixby button, below Vol-Down, then the green warning text appears...

@domubpkm Yes currently you need to do all firmware updates manually. BR

I am with lioneldb. I would like to see Xenial come to reasonably priced phones. I noted on Telegram that I can get a Meizu Pro 5 for about £195 on eBay but a comparably-spec'd HTC 10 would set me back over £400 which is out of my budget for the time being. Would be nice therefore to get a clear idea of what Halium devices with Xenial have over non-Halium devices with Xenial. I may get a Halium device in several years after I get a better job and have had a good time with an MP5 for a few years, so there's that. I also raised the question on Telegram last night: "Not to in any way sound greedy, but have you guys discussed the possibility of offering "techy" rewards on Patreon? Stickers and T-shirts are great, but this could be even better. As for what those could entail, I'm not sure, just thought about it in the last couple of minutes. Early beta tests for bleeding-edge new apps maybe?" I'd also add to that, maybe some kind of hardware tech too? Micro USB hubs and a micro HDMI cable/other monitor interfaces for a convergence device? Some other kit? I know the user can buy these things themselves, but it's just an idea and wondering what you guys think about it.