Posts made by Keneda

@enzius1977

I don't know for Spotify, but cloud music app is broken since a long time for me. I think it would need an update for working again (API thing).

@nemo said in Android like gsi (generice system interface) but for ubuntu touch?:

However it has been abonded but it proves it is infact possible.

It's abandoned because it is a dead end.
Any device ported with the "GSI" approach was not full fonctionnal and resulted in devices not daily usable unless someone debuged it and patched it.
So same amount of work, if not more, than the classic "halium" porting method.
For a device to be daily usable it needs a good port, so a porter commited to that port, not someone using "GSI" thing and going away after.

@Luksus would way better explain the GSI issue to you.

See there an example : https://forums.ubports.com/topic/4964/fairphone-3-fp3
Spoiler, Fairphone 3 final port is not the GSI way one.

@Salah
I don't think changing some icons is the kind of customisation that could break the system

@Lakotaubp
"Hard" politic put aside, I'm still wondering why an open source community don't use an open source tool.
So why not preferring Mastodon over Telegram?
Every choice we make, such as choosing an open source system like GNU/Linux over blobed or proprietary software, is kind of "politics".

@johndoe
Or use Ubuntu Touch Tweak Tool ^^

@Ian
As OTA updates only concern files that where modified by Devs since last update, only those files are overwritten.

@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.

@Tilo_HH

Please use english on the forum.
If you need, use a translator like deepl.

@developerbayman
It's normally linked to on device page.

@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.

@magnargj said in Get phone back to dail driving:

Anyone know where I can get hold of a new screen?

I bought Gigaset GS5 Lite for three members of my family (running android).
One of them got screen cracked like you almost.
The only solution I found to have an original spare screen without sending it to Gigaset support, is to buy used GS5 Lite on Amazon.

I don't know if you can do that between V22 and "normal (not lite)" GS5, and if you can find used ones on aftermarket.

Other solution would be desassembly the phone and hope finding a screen reference to search online with.

Or maybe find some OEM on AliExpress or alike.

@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.

@aristella
I don't have this device but two questions.
What android version was on the phone before you install UT ?
Is that's the android version asked prior installing UT on it ?

@GeekBone said in Question about Carriers and Service:

I recently learned VoLTE is now working on UT...

Where did you learn that ?