@Martin5 Interesting. So it could indeed be related to eSim
Thanks for trying out reflashing Android again. I don't think I want to do that again on mine so I'm just waiting for the eSim management on UT
For now, my mobile data still sometimes don't work but I noticed that when I leave it for a bit, it'll start to work again. Sadly, it also sometimes happen the other way

@Charly Recording videos is also affected when playback is broken. You can try restarting media-hub (systemctl --user restart media-hub.service) but if it's still the same, only a reboot could fix it.

Broken video playback is quite a common occurrence on my FP4 which I observed started in recent OTA (7 or 8?) updates.

To be fair, this is a very valid use case. I've wanted this right from the start since if you use external keyboard and mouse, you won't need the virtual one so the screen will be useless. In Samsung DeX, you can do this although I noticed that some apps wakes it up when doing certain things.

In any case, there's no way to do this right now. It might need changes to the lower level components such as Mir. Also note that unlike Samsung DeX, UT is using the same UI or DE when connected to an external display so anything you do on the device would affect both displays.

@faveoled That's not currently possible in UT. Not sure if it's a hardware thing or can be fixed with software.

@bhdouglass Yeah, it's either we delay the release of the new site or we see what's causing it and perhaps and there's a quick/simple workaround in the new site.

@vily I don't think so. Probably something that should be implemented first in the system handling notification sound playback before the app.

@Anton Which app do you use? Podphoenix?
Unfortunately, the system doesn't support playback rate yet however there's already a work on this and we'll just wait for it to land and it'll be trivial to add this in apps.

@jojumaxx When did you check for updates. There are reported issues with the installer and channel switcher. Perhaps this is a network issue and OTA updates are affected as well.

@qnx_guy It should work but it's very finicky. Known dongles that work reliably on UT are the Microsoft ones. Other dongles would be a hit and miss.
But in any case, wireless display has noticeable input lag so it's really not ideal for using it like a computer with mouse/keyboard. Even on Android, it's only good for consuming contents or media.

@poVoq Yes it works

@kimo I have no experience with Volla phones but the Fairphone 4 would be a great choice for stability and readiness for daily driving. However, if you want a more future proof option, Fairphone 5 is better in mamy aspects but its port still has many quirks that needs to be fixed or addressed. One major thing is that there's massive battery drain because apps don't suspend and the device don't properly go to sleep.

@lduboeuf No, never used that.

@Martin5
This is by the way what happens when I encounter this issue. The Wifi icon has dots and stays like that.

First of all, it'll be really hard to address your concerns since you're in xenial which is outdated for more than a year now. The bugs you encountered might already be fixed but will never be fixed in xenial. Also please tell us which device you have. It may also be possible that your device have a port that is unmaintained or not in good quality.

I've never encountered your issue with the lockscreen and alarm. Perhaps you used passwd to change your password? You shouldn't do that since the settings app does something else and the system expects those. I've been using my UT device for my alarms for a decade now and I don't remember it failing. We don't have any complexities in time such as daylight savings though which perhaps causes these issues?

As for Libertine, it really is under-developed and never found it reliable. It works for some cases but definitely not with GUI apps.

For encryption, someone has experimented with it but nothing official yet. At the end of the day, someone has to put the effort on it but so far no one succeeded yet.

@arubislander Yeah, I've never encountered this issue as well except when dealing with external displays. Using passwd` is discouraged because it may cause issues since there are other things that happens when you change the passcode/passphrase in the settings app.

@Martin5 What happens when mobile data don't work? I'm actually having an issue on mine too and turning on mobile data will just change the Wifi icon to something like it's trying to connect but never connects. However, there are times mobile data works fine. In my case, there are multiple possible causes. This is a new FP4 I transferred to from my old FP4. I also upgraded to OTA-8 before transferring. And lastly, my new FP4 has an eSim configured on Android but it's inactive in UT.

@aimar No, slimport is an older tech that also needs hardware support on the device. The only solution is DisplayLink but it is a proprietary tech. In practice, it works on any device since it works through USB but it needs special adapter and app. UT doesn't currently support it or rather it doesn't support UT.

@messayisto Sadly no. There's a port but it's stuck with xenial and never reached a good state. It is not maintained anymore. Technically, the HD and FHD versions are mostly the same hardware-wise but they still need separate ports. It might have been easier to make though but still needs someone willing to do it. And it's also stuck with Android 10 for some reason while the HD version goes up to Android 11 which is the base of the UT port.

@TakoR UT's standby battery life can indeed be great though it still depends on the port/device. Back in the days with my bq E5, I usually only charge once a week
It's the screen on time that UT still needs work on

@stanwood Ocular? is that face unlock or eyes?
Face unlock seems common too but most of the time just rely on the camera so not that good. I feel like fingerprint unlock is an important feature these days so it's kind of a bummer if this doesn't have one.

@libremax The tablet really doesn't have a fingerprint reader? That seems like an automatic feature these days