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
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?
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 ^^
@bforpc said in runnig a webserver - no chance:
If ubports should be more then a system for nerds and some special interest groups, then it should have more than the other 2 OS'es.
Before anything else, uTouch is a phone targeted os for people, any kind, that wish to get rid of gafam.
All those people need, 90% i'd say, is reliable basic smarphone features first, and if possible when such is done, reliable advanced smartphone features.
Right now there is lot to do for few devs, so just take on you and wait.
You can't ask ten devs or so, to achieve the same work that hundred of thousand do for the other 2 OS'es in the same time.
@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 !
@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...
@Wrisberg said in Pixel3A xl MMS not working:
I switched from nexus 5, where I had to wait for the mms to download, ussualy 24H.
I don't have that on my nexus 5, i receive mms instantly.
So it is on provider side.
@tuXut said in Mimi Browser alpha release:
- Is this browser app specially developed for UT ?
Yes.
For Firefox I don't know if it is easier.
But there is a port of it ongoing https://forums.ubports.com/topic/10271/is-there-a-better-browser-somewhere/15?_=1725734879793
You can install what you want on any UT device if you make its file system read/write.
But if you do that, which is not a supported way using UT, you'll be then the only one to deal with any issue, including breaking the system, you could encounter.
AND you'll no longer should make OTA updates as it will overwrite some or all of the customisations you made, with a result depending on which parts where modded (from system bug to device not booting anymore).
If you really want to mess with your UT, search the forum how you can make the system read/write.
There is also a telegram group for people like you that are not feared "breaking" UT.
Please use english on the forum.
If you need, use a translator like deepl.
@Cubiking
You should use whatever firmware the device porter says you have to.
@MrT10001
Clearly...
Last update on repo is April 2023...
That would be so good (u)Firefox to become the main Ubuntu Touch browser...
@vince-vs said in I am about to give up and leave:
well translated,
This part is all up to the community willingness, there's no translation team.
For that part, everyone can contribute, no need Dev skill here ^^
See here : https://forums.ubports.com/topic/10312/japanese/2?_=1725326662088
@kevin-lhotellier
You need a code to unlock Fairphone bootloader that only Fairphone can give you.
https://www.fairphone.com/en/bootloader-unlocking-code-for-fairphone/
And follow their process to unlock its bootloader (from step 2).
https://support.fairphone.com/hc/en-us/articles/10492476238865-Manage-the-Bootloader
Also be care that Fairphone 4 don't have the anti rollback protection like the FP5 has before downgrading it, or you could brick.
And if you succeed installing UT on it DON'T RELOCK THE BOOTLOADER, or it's a brick.