"Places" case solved. What I obeserved in short: At startup, "Places" is created and provides shortcuts to standard folders (immutable): Home, Documents, Downloads, Music, Pictures, Video, Network and Root folder. These folders can't be deleted from there (no trash can symbol). This list is expandable with any folder. These are removable, too (trash can symbol on swipe right). "Music" folder was deleted (accidently, I didn't realize at first). "Places" tried to provide a link to this non-existent folder which ended up with a ".". "Music" folder was recreated and appeared at the bottom of the "Places" list while "." still existed. After a reboot, "Places" got organized again (or rebuild by scratch). "Music" folder could be referenced again and "Places" was rebuilt as intensioned and looks normal again. No "." for a folder that could not be found. Sorry for causing this confusion and any inconvenience. It happens, when you're chronically overworked.

@jojumaxx I figured that was the case! I've also edited the topic title, for better searchability.

@gpatel-fr I feared you'd say that. But I thought I ask anyway. Nevertheless, thank you so much! Yet, that helped me a lot.

@gpatel-fr Excellent! Many thanks. Will try that.

@pparent Good for you. I have tested more heavily this solution and it's promising, but I suspect that there are still a bug or two in systemd itself and I need to clear the air about it before suggesting it in a QA.

@undrwater it depends on the kernel, hence on the particular port for your phone/tablet, more details in this post

https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/OEM-Smartphone-QCOM-U6701-GPS-Navigation_1601019167282.html

I have a similar problem with my Volla Quintus, see : https://forums.ubports.com/topic/11263/frame-rate-and-slow-animations-movies . I am already in contact with Volla about this. But because "laggyness" or "low framerate" is quite subjective (not easy to measure in technical terms), except you can record the screen in high framerate and without aliasing, it is not easy to talk about and to discuss this problem.

Hi @jojumaxx said in Running Waydroid fails...: Do you mean this list? I sense that you're not talking about the same list. @arubislander was probably referring to this one: https://devices.ubuntu-touch.io/device/vidofnir/ The "waydroid" feature is shown as: Partial = Working to some extent but with issues Clicking on this link leads to the actual issue. And it's the same as the Quintus. https://gitlab.com/ubports/development/core/packaging/waydroid/-/issues/24 But wait, there's more; this issue is not really one, but instead it's a workaround made by Jami in order to setup waydroid on both devices (Volla X23 and Quintus)... And I hope that this is the answer you were looking for.

I had this behavior already in OTA-7. I don't remember, when this started, it wasn't always this way. I also can fix this only by booting while the charger is plugged in. Hopefully this will be fixed soon. Good to know, there's no issue with the battery.

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@jojumaxx Same issue with Vollaphone22 with dual boot (VollaOS and Ubuntu Touch on the SD-Card). I've never head before this problem with previous version (till 2024). I tried to unmount and mount again UT but the problem still remain. Black screen

Hi @AAM42 Just use the UBports installer. Go to this page, everything is explained: https://devices.ubuntu-touch.io/device/algiz/ I hope it'll go smoothly.