using bind mounts in UT works on my FP4/OTA-1 (focal) without touching any permission settings etc as described in the waydroid documentation:

https://docs.waydro.id/faq/setting-up-a-shared-folder

for example:

 sudo mount --bind ~/Documents ~/.local/share/waydroid/data/media/0/Documents 
 sudo mount --bind ~/Downloads ~/.local/share/waydroid/data/media/0/Download 
 sudo mount --bind ~/Music ~/.local/share/waydroid/data/media/0/Music 
 sudo mount --bind ~/Pictures ~/.local/share/waydroid/data/media/0/Pictures 
 sudo mount --bind ~/Videos ~/.local/share/waydroid/data/media/0/Movies

allows sharing files in those directories between UT and waydroid both ways.

The one missing feature is making the bind mounts permanent. I added them to /etc/fstab but changes to that file don't seem to survive a reboot.

edit: I realize you did link to this and mentioned it doesn't work on xenial, I still posted here to let people know it can work on focal

Hi all

A quick and tiny proposal; I've regularly accessed a blog posts directly form a search engine and then had to search around to find out when it was posted (aka is it recent or not). For example the announcement for RC-7. The date is there on the News page but that takes time to leave and search for the title (if it's not directly visible). Can I suggest adding the posting date to blog articles?

Thanks for your considerations and work :smiling_face_with_smiling_eyes:

p.s. equally irrelevant remark; the default sorting order for the emojis being alphabetical has the unfortunate side effect of putting all the happy faces far down the list and segregating all the :man_ :woman_ variants into distinct blocks (among other shuffling oddities)

Hi All
I played around with waydroid and my Bluetooth headphones on my FP4 (OTA-1). At some point the music app stopped working. I tried reinstalling it through the openstore and manually through the terminal. In the openstore I click on install, it runs the progress bar, and then simply returns to showing the install button. Downloading and manually installing shows this:

pkcon install-local ~/Downloads/music.ubports_3.0.2_all.click
Installing files              [=========================]         
Finished                      [=========================]         
Fatal error: No such file /home/phablet/Downloads/music.ubports_3.0.2_all.click, or unknown or unsupported content type

Are there any further logs to consult? And where do I actually find the logs on UT?

thanks

I had some similar issues restoring my FP4. At least for that one the installer warns you to have the stock android installed due to the partition layout (iirc). As such I went /e/ -> factory image -> UT.

While installing that factory image I had to disable frp_wipe in the installer script as it would fail the script. Afterwards I had to manually activate the correct slot for booting:

#check the selected slot for booting: should be a or b
fastboot getvar current-slot

#I had to manually set it to boot slot a to boot the factory image
fastboot --set-active=a

after that I was able to boot back into the factory image and could install UT without even setting up the device on android.

@Darkice
I had the same issue with the music app. Default apps get hidden when uninstalling them and don't get properly unhidden upon reinstallation:
https://forums.ubports.com/topic/8851/can-t-re-install-the-music-app/

Hi all

Simple question spoilered by the title: What's the current state for backups on Focal? Are there any backup utilities available, and if not, what parts need to be backed up besides the obvious docs/pictures/etc folders?

cheers

@picrard said in Issues after one week using ubports on Fairphone 3:

somethimes waydroid crashes completely you have to restart the phone

Install the waydroid helper from the Store. It offers to add a "Waydroid Stop" app. With that you can fully stop waydroid after a crash and usually open it again without rebooting.

I've installed truecrypt(need a program to decrypt containers) after
sudo mount -o rw,remount /
but it doesn't work on ubport ?!

you need "sudo mount -o remount,rw /" the order matters here and the rw has to be the last argument. You can also install the "UT Tweak Tool" from the store. It has a toggle to enable writing to the fs among other things.

@arubislander said in split dns/routing for personal vpn:

@gandalf Not sure about any answer to your questions, but I would suggest you research if what you want is possible on Ubuntu Desktop with NetworManager. If it is, then teh same setup should be transferable to Ubuntu Touch, as the VPN technology used is the same.

Thanks for the suggestions. I've set up openvpn and the import in UT worked without troubles.

Split dns works quite well;

• the openvpn server needs to push the default domain (eg. mylan for any server.mylan to work).
• In the vpn settings on UT select "Use this VPN for: [ x ] Its own network
• it also works in combination with the wifi hotspot (FP4), I can access my server by its domain without any changes to the laptop network settings.

tbd: keep alive, auto-reconnect, and maybe a kill switch for the local domain

Thank you everyone for the colossal amount of work going into UT

I'm going to to vote for two high priority items mentioned before. The rest is nice to have

Priority 1:

• backups: running ut as your daily driver carries quite some risk without being able to do easy backups and restores. Not only from anything software related, but irl as well, say damaged or lost phones etc.

Priority 2:

• volte: phase out of 2g/3g networks is picking up world wide.

Priority 2.5, though medium to long term:

• battery runtime. single day endurance is a must and should have some spare capacity to actually use the phone.

Priority 3:

• contact & calendar sync
• call history: show all calls with a given contact when going into info, not just from the selected day(?)
• (camera recordings are broken on my FP4, not sure if that's a global issue though)

Priority 4:

• volume handling between calls, music, and the ui is a bit of a mess overall.

Priority 1-5:

• better changelogs: it's actually quite frustrating to try and figure out what is supposed to work and what was fixed or changed.

I'm currently on a Fairphone 3 and have a FP4 waiting for the installer :waving_hand:

What's the official take on smooth edges by mariogrip?

https://forums.ubports.com/topic/11644/smooth-edges-name-pending-let-s-fix-the-bugs-that-drive-you-mad

Thank you everyone for the colossal amount of work going into UT

I'm going to to vote for two high priority items mentioned before. The rest is nice to have

Priority 1:

• backups: running ut as your daily driver carries quite some risk without being able to do easy backups and restores. Not only from anything software related, but irl as well, say damaged or lost phones etc.

Priority 2:

• volte: phase out of 2g/3g networks is picking up world wide.

Priority 2.5, though medium to long term:

• battery runtime. single day endurance is a must and should have some spare capacity to actually use the phone.

Priority 3:

• contact & calendar sync
• call history: show all calls with a given contact when going into info, not just from the selected day(?)
• (camera recordings are broken on my FP4, not sure if that's a global issue though)

Priority 4:

• volume handling between calls, music, and the ui is a bit of a mess overall.

Priority 1-5:

• better changelogs: it's actually quite frustrating to try and figure out what is supposed to work and what was fixed or changed.

After some more testing it seems that VoLTE is not working properly on my FP4. It shows up in the settings and status indicator but as soon as I make a call it drops back to 3G.

Is VoLTE officially part of this ota?

Is there an up to date guide on how to backup and restore the FP4 on 20.04, I have not been able to find the usual 2 partitions when using adb in recovery mode? I'm willing to try and go back to android, enable/test VoLTE, and restore UT, but backups are a must as it's my daily driver.

@volatius
I have a spare FP3+ that I updated to 24.04. It's been a bit unreliable, though I haven't put in a sim card, so I can't comment how that part works.

I have a FP4 and currently everything seems to work:

• data roaming abroad works
• calls / sms work
• wifi/hotspot/vpn works
• usb-c headset works (Sennheiser Momentum 4) with better volume control than on bluetooth (playback stopped when unplugging as well)

I have a spare FP3+. Pressing the power button during boot (when Ubuntu Touch with the 5 dots is shown) crashes the phone. The screen turns off and doesn't come back. Pressing the power button again for 2-3 secs starts the normal power on cycle.

Swiping out of waydroid freezes the phone. Turning the screen off and on works, but it's otherwise unresponsive.

@kristatos
I was not aware of that board, thanks

Are there plans for a 20.04-OTA11 or have development efforts fully moved on to 24.04? I'm hoping for a volte fix on my FP4

@adorsaz

There's a ticket on the fp4 port that confirms your findings:
https://gitlab.com/ubports/porting/reference-device-ports/android11/fairphone-4/fairphone-fp4/-/issues/90

It's fixed on the daily branch of 24.04, but otherwise I'm not aware of any timeline for the next RCs

Video recording has been spotty for some time. While looking into volte I took a look at the dmesg out and it seems there's a camera provier service that's keeps crashing and restarting every few seconds:

$ dmesg -w
[204564.604170] init: starting service 'vendor.camera-provider-2-4'...
[204564.660417] init: Service 'vendor.camera-provider-2-4' (pid 51204) exited with status 1
[204564.660452] init: Sending signal 9 to service 'vendor.camera-provider-2-4' (pid 51204) process group...
[204564.660729] libprocessgroup: Successfully killed process cgroup uid 1047 pid 51204 in 0ms
[204565.484399] init: Control message: Could not find 'vendor.qti.hardware.cacert@1.0::IService/default' for ctl.interface_start from pid: 37 (/system/bin/hwservicemanager)

Is this a know issue or where should I report this? If it's anything that will be looked at at all?

edit: I'm on 20.04 OTA-10