Thinking about it, I guess this is more an issue for a Waydroid forum. But before I refer it elsewhere, I'd just like to ask can anyone confirm that they have a working internet connection in Waydroid on their Asus Zenfone Max Pro M1?

On my device I can very very occasionally get an internet connection by stopping the Waydroid session/container and rebooting. Even then it is very unstable and after a very brief time of using eg. a browser it freezes and the whole system crashes and the device has to be restarted.

But if someone can say that it works for them it would really inspire me to keep trying!

Hi,

I am unable to get a network/internet connection in Waydroid running under UT as the host. The host itself has a fully functional network/internet connection but somehow it is not bridging to Waydroid. Does anyone have any experience of this issue and can offer some help?

The UT/Waydroid installation is otherwise impressively functional.

Regards

JP

... yes it was a topic of its own, so here is the message again under this thread. (I indeed have the exact same problem on my ASUS Zenfone Max Pro M1)

It is unclear to me was a solution ultimately found to this issue, but I thought that with the extra information I have given below maybe someone could point me in the right direction to sort my problem out:

It is really strange that, as you said, very occasionally Waydroid does get an internet connection, but it lasts for just a very brief time and I cannot replicate it no matter what I do. Also strange is that while of course the browser does not work in the absence of internet, downloading an app eg. from F-Droid does work allbeit taking a very long time to do so!?

Ubuntu Touch WiFi settings show that it has an IP address in the style 192.168.0.XXX, whereas Waydroid Wifi settings show it has address of the style 192.168.240.XXX. The former is replicated in my router's ARP User List together with its MAC-address. The latter (Waydroid) is replicated numerous times together with a MAC-address of 00:00:00:00:00:00. In the router's list of active DHCP clients it is only Ubuntu Touch that shows up with the name "ubuntu-phablet".

Hopefully someone can help me here to resolve this which is the only issue I have with an otherwise impressively functional installation of UbuntuTouch / Waydroid.

Best regards

JP

I just posted a message relating to Phil87's original posting but it seems to have shown up as a topic of its own rather that a reply to his posting. I'll check...

Re: No internet connection in Waydroid (OnePlus 5T)
It is unclear to me was a solution ultimately found to this issue, but I thought that with the extra information I have given below maybe someone could point me in the right direction to sort my problem out:

It is really strange that, as you said, very occasionally Waydroid does get an internet connection, but it lasts for just a very brief time and I cannot replicate it no matter what I do. Also strange is that while of course the browser does not work in the absence of internet, downloading an app eg. from F-Droid does work allbeit taking a very long time to do so!?

Ubuntu Touch WiFi settings show that it has an IP address in the style 192.168.0.XXX, whereas Waydroid Wifi settings show it has address of the style 192.168.240.XXX. The former is replicated in my router's ARP User List together with its MAC-address. The latter (Waydroid) is replicated numerous times together with a MAC-address of 00:00:00:00:00:00. In the router's list of active DHCP clients it is only Ubuntu Touch that shows up with the name "ubuntu-phablet".

Hopefully someone can help me here to resolve this which is the only issue I have with an otherwise impressively functional installation of UbuntuTouch / Waydroid.

Best regards

JP

@MrT10001

Thanks for the pointer, that seems like a serious alternative to UT, which I latched onto after converting my laptop to Ubuntu.

Thanks again!

but as a self-confessed complete novice I dare to ask:

I have a Asus Zenfone Max (M2) ZB633KL cell phone and would love to try the freedom of using it with Ubuntu Touch. Is at all possible that the port which is available for Asus Zenfone Max Pro (M1) ZB601KL/ZB602K would work with my phone? (for comparison of specs for the two models please see: https://www.gsmarena.com/compare.php3?idPhone1=9437&idPhone2=9173).

Thanks in advance for any advice.

Best regards

JPC