@Mr. Smartyman
I agree with Keneda. Kindness goes a long way. Why do you expect perfection? Do you see that from Microsoft's new products?

I know practically nothing in this field. Just a user. Started using Ubuntu 18.04 2 or 3 months ago. Last night I took a long time to install UT to my new used Nexus 5. The problems I had were exacerbated by my lack of knowledge. Patient study of the options listed often showed the way out of the trouble. I had a problem with UBports starting. I assumed it opened automatically. My installer said no port for this device. Install stopped when my device needed unlocking. Lastly, install interupted dozens of times, saying device connection was lost. I tried different cables and ports. When ready to give up, I tried recovery from the drop-down list from holding power+vol down. No more problems. Seems to me UBports has done a superb job when a complete newb can do this by trial and error!

Hello, I'm Jerry. Don't have technical knowledge, just trying to use technology. Most of all leave the interference of the big companies. I have been using Ubuntu 18.04 for a few months and now will use touch when my Nexus 5 arrives. It feels so good to be free.

@ImmyChan Now have 3 Nexus 5's and am very pleased with UT. I agree with your accessment. Thanks for your input.

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After using Bluetooth File Transfer to move my contact list from Blackberry Priv, the preloaded Contact app opens without new contacts added. I don't see an import feature. In File Manager, I see a folder, qmlcache, with 156 files, (my contact list is 500+ entries). Tapping the info icon at the top shows a path-My device/home/phablet/.cache/com.ubuntu.address-book/qmlcache, which was created 4/21/20, accessed 4/4/20. Permissions:Read/Write/Execute. Each file in the list has an icon which is a dog eared page with numbers stacked vertically: 1, 10, 101, 1010. File names are long strings of numbers and letters ending in .jsc or .qmlc.

Any assistance will be greatly appreciated. If there is a better way to transfer data, please let me know. I've used Blackberry Content Transfer Successfully several times, Copy my Data not so successfully.
jjconstr

@jjconstr put the new sim card in. No signal in house where the att sim card got service. even though Consumer Cellular uses Same towers, doesn't mean they have equipment in all the directions that ATT does. So far, ATT is the winner. Thank you guys for your input.

@rocket2nfinity
Still haven't activated on consumer cellular. Sim card they sent turned out to be wrong. waiting for a new one. Att is working well on my other N5. Sooo nice to be free of the interferances of Android! Thanks for freeing me!

Update: Have activated on Consumer Cellular. It was equal to ATT's signal strength for a couple days. Then today, nothing worked but text. Tried calling, was on hold for 70 minutes before hanging There were negative reviews with bad signal and service. Maybe they were down.

@rocket2nfinity
ATT rejected my IMEI also, from their website. Though Id call them to make sure. Ill keep checking even for carriers with no service right at my house(we have land line also). By the way, what is MVNO

I checked my IMEI on Imei checker. It is a D820. one odd thing was under comments, IMEI.info: Negative byAnonymouson 2016/05/20 01:24Opinion:THIS IMEI # SHOWS UP ON A 16GB LG NEXUS 5 BEING SOLD BY WOOT.COM FROM A SELLER IN ASTORIA, NY

Is that just a dealer that sold it at one time? Or is it a bad IMEI?
Thanks for the great reply.

@Lakotaubp
Thanks for your confirmation. Simple things like battery selection can be like reinventing the wheel if unaware of others' research. Thanks for keeping it simple! I'll go get one of those now.

@rocket2nfinity
Thanks for the confirmation. I tried some higher capacity batteries for a Moto e5 Play. got them from China of all places! Li-ion 4750mAh by Sporting Persistence. Instructions said they must be conditioned 2-3 times by charging 12 hours and fully discharging before recharging 12 hours each time. they didn't fully charge in 12, had to go another 12 and repeated the process 5-6 times. Now they work well, drain slowly in use. Maybe this is common knowledge for tech savy individuals.

@rocket2nfinity
Thank you for your replies. They give me direction in these uncertain times. I tried to use the command line when installing Ubuntu side by side on my Acer Win7 laptop. The instructions seemed clear enough but I failed miserably and repeatedly. Yes, the Installer and support are imperative. I made a small donation via PayPal when first discovered this site. Now I'll go back and make a larger donation. This is such good work and so needed. It's very important to keep it going.
Thanks so much!

@Keneda Thanks for the info. It will be useful when I resume restoring the android system.

@rocket2nfinity, thanks for the link. I'm dealing with an extensive list of missing and incompatible dependencies in Ubuntu Bionic Beaver. I better focus on resolving that problem and get back to the Nexus 5 later. Thank you all for your input so far. Should this thread be put on temporary hold?

@rocket2nfinity What is OTA? Maybe I'll try getting the drivers loaded twice before I use a different method.

@rocket2nfinity Nice summary.

@rocket2nfinity Sounds like words from the wise.

@rocket2nfinity said in Nexus 5 vs Nexus 5x:

@jjconstr You need to make sure your computer can handle Win 10 first, or you will put yourself in a special level of hell. Upgrading can take a very long time, downgrading to Win7 may also become difficult afterwards. So make sure you are confident with how to downgrade.

If it were me, I'd manually install the drivers twice -once in normal boot, then once in recovery using one of my working N5s and try the tool again before going through all that effort to upgrade Windows. But, if you're confident your machine can handle it, then upgrading to Win10 seems to be the simplest solution to get the tool working

Install the drivers into windows? The tools install drivers into the phone. Will they install them the other direction?

@stanwood I do have someone I know with Win 10. He regrets it! I'm just a little cynical at the moment regarding how easy it is supposed to be. I'm not very proficient even with windows as you see.

@stanwood Well, I'll try to get the Nexus 5 driver Ubuntu using your commands. Will NRT be able to access it? From Windows?

@stanwood I'll certainly try that before upgrading to Win 10. I've heard some say they regret switching to it.

@rocket2nfinity If I do upgrade to win 10, can I restore Win 7 later if I want? I have been making Windows Image Backups.

@stanwood No, not working yet. Sorry to be unclear. But the problem may be narrowed down. Maybe this folder stuff is hanging up the install. I'll also check for Nexus 5 windows driver is installed on the computer.