Posts made by kugiigi

@advocatux cool thanks!
I will try it ad hopefully won't brick my phone
I want this black version because it's very very bright and really distracting when I reboot my E5 LOL

@advocatux The instructions just say go to fastboot and execute the command so it's unclear where to put the file...at least to me

Where do you put the file?
I wanna try this on my E5

My opinion is that there's no immediate need yet for an easy way to go to the "background".
This is mainly because the background has not much use or functionality right now. It's just a background.
I myself is one of the people who usually go back to the "home" (dash at the moment) before locking.
I guess I really like using the left swipe and seeing the animation But it's a habit I learn to give up when I'm using the edge channel.

We have to be careful adding UI elements in the application spread because it could get crowded especially once the workspace switcher gets into the action. Perhaps a quick solution for now is to have a bottom edge gesture in the app spread to hide all apps AKA "Show desktop". Well it might not be actually quick since the animation might have to be handled

As for the possible functionality in the "background" to make it something useful, my mind is a bit confused because the things that come up in my mind are like "scopes" LOL. Like aggregating all your favorites - apps, folders/files (file manager), links (browser), etc.

I guess I could live without "home" until we get a great idea that's really a game changer

@magicalex75 The problem is that the Nexus 5 and 7 does not support video out and USB data/input simultaneously so you really won't be able to use the keyboard nor the trackpad.

@guru If that's using GTK 3+??(can't remember the actual version) and there's an arm build then I would think it can already run now natively in mir. You can try if you want

It is a very well known issue for a long time. and unfortunately, it is specific to the Nexus 5 which is the best device to try out external display (desktop mode). It works fine on Nexus 7 2013 when I last tried (vivid? )
https://github.com/ubports/ubuntu-touch/issues/301

For now, you'd have to use a bluetooth mouse, the OSK works fine but I'd still recommend using bluetooth mouse + keyboard for better experience.
As for the other bugs you encounter when switching back and forth in desktop mode, sadly they also happen. It's not a stable feature yet and hasn't been touched for a long time. Hopefully once we get the new Unity 8 and mir, someone can take a look on this feature and improve it and that Android Q is about to officially have desktop mode

Maybe you can check Seabass from the store. I believe it uses Cordova as well and has UT styling.

I agree with Rodney about convergence on the software-side. It will benefit both developers and users and I think it would be really awesome. But I guess this thread wants to focus on the "phone-to-desktop" side of convergence?

Just to add, I think if "phone-to-desktop" becomes a thing, we won't have problems finding dock stations anywhere. I'm pretty sure facilities will cope up and we might see docking stations in public places like airport. A big concern with that though is security. We'll need USB condoms

@westricher The scopes cannot be closed, it has the Apps scopes is there which is necessary to open applications.
This is the case for now until scopes are disabled/removed from the system.

About the background, not sure if I understood your issue but there's a know issue where the background just turns black when changing the background of the dash after a clean install. Just change again it'll apply correctly.

This might be because my previous request to change the scaling?
You can request to change the scaling by logging an issue in gitlab.

@GIEMME I don't accept "ok" for my apps

I think these experiences has been known to happen when upgrading with Anbox installed.
Maybe a note about this should be added in the Anbox documentation.

Convergence, hardware-wise, has many cons and not just pros. One of the most obvious con is that you'll lose everything if you lose your on device but I think that's already mitigated with backup solutions though definitely not in phone prices nowadays
There's also a scenario where you need to pick up your phone and some else's needs to use it while you are taking your call but again, I think that can be mitigated/resolved with technology such as maybe automatically switching to wireless display.

But in my opinion, convergence should really be the future. I really hope wireless display greatly improves to the point that it's almost the same experience as wired solutions. I'm not just thinking of phone to monitor scenario, I'm also imagining my phone wirelessly connected to a laptop/desktop (already possible with Windows 10) so you can use it while being stuck in laptop like for example at work. This way you don't have to looks like you're just using your phone during work hours

@jumpy88 oh I see, that's good news then.
I will try it on my phones and see.
If we can confirm this, then we can add this information in the bug and maybe close it.
And add a bug in UTTT

@advocatux Thanks. Confirms that no image builds for vegetahd since 27.02.
I wonder why though. Looks like only Nexus 5, FP2 and OPO has builds since that date.

I don't get updates on my bq E5 anymore for days already but I get them on my Nexus 5. Is that intentional?

I understand this correctly? You are trying to use your phone's internet connection as your desktop internet connection via USB cable?
And you were able to make it work?
because I filed this bug long time ago after the xenial switch because it stopped working. In vivd, switching in the UT tweak tool was enough.
Do you mean ```
sudo tethering enable

Not much really has changed in the content hub.
I like the intention of content hub but currently it limits the functionality that's getting in the way of a good UX.
This is just my opinion