And added a new part "rebirth" (La renaissance), as the last one "The fall" (Le déclin), could make readers think uTouch is dead.
What do you think about it (French and others).
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubuntu_Touch#La_renaissance
Feel free to tell, if i wrote mistakes, or forgot something (and i probably did).
Feel free to try translate lol : https://www.deepl.com/home
@dalharmony said in Android Apps Is A NonStarter:
I don't see how Ubuntu Touch will ever become more than a curiosity without being able to run them.
That's a bit odd to say that. It's like saying "i don't see how GNU/Linux desktop OS will ever become more than a curiosity without being able to run Windows programms"...
You don't choose GNUL to run windows apps or reject it because it can't, you choose it to free yourself from microsoft or apple. Same is UT with google or apple.
@nero355 said in Life with BQ4.5 after 20.04:
Well, I thought the following would be possible :
Keep using the 16.04 LTS release without OS updates/upgrades.
Keep using the apps that will still work with the 16.04 LTS as long as they do...Basically what I am doing with my current Android based ZUK Z2 Pro phone
That's what i'm going to do, as i also did after canonical drop.
I stayed 2 years with their last OTA using Open Store.
This time i hope by there Pinephone(s) will be full working devices, i'd really prefer open source hardware so no more vendor obsolescence.
Little update :
I managed to find some icons with transparancy (this way you can change background colors @domubpkm 
) in /usr/share/icons, i used thoses from suru/apps/scalable, i let them grey for the moment, but color can be changed with Gimp for instance...
I also managed to find some additional URLdispatcher compatible apps, wich are dialer app, openstore app, uTouch settings, contact app.
To add one of them, add an internet widget, and go to "Link URL" field, erase it, and add instead (edited since new findings) :
document:// for launching document viewer
dekko:// for Dekko mail app, or mailto://xxx@xxx.xxx for opening new mail form to setted address
addressbook:// for contacts
openstore:// for openstore
settings:// for uTouch settings
dialer:// for opening dialer, or tel://01.02.03.04.05 for opening dialer with number pre-composed, each number need to be separated by one dot (in this example, it's a french number pattern), "tel" with no number do the same as "dialer".
message:// also exists for opening messaging app, but it opens it with form to create new message, i did not find a way to open it the same as if you open it from drawer/launcher, but if you add contact name or contact number after it + a third / it will open the contact thread (thanks @domubpkm for the finding) : message:///01.02.03.04.05
https://devices.ubuntu-touch.io/device/arale/
"This device currently offers minimal features, most of the smart functionalities might not work yet. It can be a very nice second device."
I run UT on MX4 from its launch by canonical and it's a perfectly fonctionnal phone.
Only battery percentage is bugging, but as i understood it was also the case under android.
I know very few if not no one will get a MX4 now, but its device page is wrong, please correct it.
I was searching gitlab for work in progress on Fairphone 5 and found out there is a new Volla incoming, named Volla Phone Quintus !
https://www.vollaquintus.com/
No clear release date, but UT port is already in progress.
https://gitlab.com/ubports/porting/community-ports/android12/volla-phone-quintus
Just for info ^^
@kingu said in I am about to give up and leave:
You understand you are not a good user
That's what you "understand", and you're wrong.
Someone using UT for almost 10 years as daily driver would not do a thread like that without being disappointed.
Some decisions, like making morph the only webrowser, and part of the system and in consequence not updatable independently, could not end anything different that the situation we encounter now.
This is a very important thing on a smartphone, being able to browse the web.
And his "grief" on Volla can be heard, they sell the only smartphones preinstalled with UT on it, which make them the first choice for "noobs" that fear flashing devices, and those devices are not 100% working, even the very first one, under UT.
Maybe Volla should focus on that and not on doing things like dual boot (keeping it for themselves... viva open source..), and selling new devices like Quintus, when the older ones are still not 100% fonctionnal.
@bocephus
Stop being offensive right now please.
You have your thinking about what should be a GNU/Linux user, ok, well, that's your right.
Now being aggressive on other users just because they think different is not in the ubports community code of conduct.
You have twitter or facebook to do that...
@Lakotaubp said in Volla Phone X23 about to ship:
hard/ tough discussions carried out in a polite manner with respect and tolerance for the other persons views are fine
This.
If you insist calling name and cursing community members, we'll have to pull hammer out...
Here is not a jugement for what you are saying about Hallo Welt way to sell their rebadged gigaset with "only" software work on indiegogo diferently than on their online shop, but the way you say and argue it, and call name members that don't agree with you.
You're not on twitter or reddit here !
You don't need to be so aggressive... 
People here don't earn billions to do what they do, like GAFA do.
They earn nothing, and their only reward is optional donations and user using their work.
If you think some things could be better, tell, gently, sure you could even participate to make it better, it's a community work after all...
Now if you need help, ask, gently, and be patient for answer.
Have you even thought your problem could be hardware issue, sim connectors or sim port connectors, have you tried cleaning it?
@Salah
As any feature request, forum is not the place fir it.
Use GitLab issue tracker that allows you to make features requests.
@Salah
I don't think you understood his point.
He asks why there is no more the backup feature in the installer [in last versions] and gives a screenshot of a version that still has the functionality available.
See on his screenshot: "backup my device", do you have this on 0.10.0 ?
@AppLee said in Lock Screen + Home Screen Different Wallpaper Feature:
as well as finding a way to get better messenger apps (notifications, voice calls, video calls, reactions, etc.)
And RCS which is new standard replacing SMS and MMS would be very appreciated 
@Lakotaubp said in No FOSDEM 2025 for UBports ?:
Short version we have been banned for two years for having a pop up stand in the canteen area.
I don't get it.
Do you mean that you were not allowed to have a stand there ?
Did you try to sell yummy candies ?
@arubislander said in The Cell Broadcast story:
Does anyone know however if the audio settings should be overriden in an emergency broadcast and that the alarm sound should always be audible?
I don't know if it should, but that would make sense.
And if it should not, it would make sense to give the choice to user in settings anyway.
@kuailexs
Please edit your image to hide personal infos like mac addresses, IMEI , serials and so on.
@libremax
And they say Ubuntu Touch ready for it in February 25 !
We don't even have a "ready" version for FP5.
