A big thank you, Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all involved in keeping this OS going for the the last few months and those who use it where ever you are. Looking forward to an exciting Ubports future.

As you will have noticed the UBports Writers Group have been busy little Bees lately. With tutorials rolling out on many important tools and apps and no doubt more to follow. With that in mind you will find the links to all the tutorials issued so far here. Thanks again to the Ubports Writers Group, The App Cats and everyone else involved in the production of these tutorials.

Permissions and App Confonements
https://ubports.com/blog/ubports-blogs-news-1/post/permissions-and-apps-confinement-3716
Introduction to TELEports
https://ubports.com/blog/ubports-blogs-news-1/post/introduction-to-teleports-3714
Introduction To Clickable
https://ubports.com/blog/ubports-blog-1/post/introduction-to-clickable-280
How To Setup Ubuntu Touch On Raspberry pi 3B +
https://ubports.com/blog/ubports-blog-1/post/raspberry-pi-266
Why Ubuntu Touch Matters(online security)
https://ubports.com/blog/ubports-blog-1/post/why-i-am-fan-of-ubuntu-touch-os-201
https://ubports.com/blog/ubports-blog-1/post/internet-and-some-precautions-we-can-take-205
https://ubports.com/blog/ubports-blog-1/post/ubuntu-touch-safety-architecture-208

FluffyChat
https://ubports.com/blog/ubports-blog-1/post/fluffychat-188
Ubuntu Touch OS
https://ubports.com/blog/ubports-blog-1/post/ubuntu-touch-just-another-phone-os-not-at-all-162
Nextcloud
https://ubports.com/blog/ubports-blog-1/post/secure-cloud-storage-146
Matrix
https://ubports.com/blog/ubports-blog-1/post/secure-ip-communication-144
Keyboard
https://ubports.com/blog/ubports-blog-1/post/ubuntu-touch-on-screen-keyboard-osk-140
Lock Screen
https://ubports.com/blog/ubports-blog-1/post/ubuntu-touch-lock-screen-137
Using VPN
https://ubports.com/blog/ubport-blog-1/post/using-vpn-in-ubuntu-touch-132
VPN Round 2
https://ubports.com/blog/ubports-blog-1/post/vpn-on-ubuntu-touch-178
uWriter
https://ubports.com/blog/ubports-blog-1/post/uwriter-129
Terminal Parts 1-4
https://ubports.com/blog/ubports-blog-1/post/terminal-chapter-1-113
https://ubports.com/blog/ubports-blog-1/post/terminal-chapter-2-117
https://ubports.com/blog/ubports-blog-1/post/terminal-chapter-3-124
https://ubports.com/blog/ubports-blog-1/post/terminal-chapter-4-125
UT tweakTool
https://ubports.com/blog/ubports-blog-1/post/ut-tweak-tool-109
Logviewer
https://forums.ubports.com/topic/1099/logviewer-review
Bug Reports
https://ubports.com/blog/ubports-blog-1/post/github-106

Please note that from today any post in the Support section asking about New device ABC will be moved to Off Topic and locked. The Support section is for just that, support for issues with current devices and apps.

The list of current devices can be found here https://devices.ubuntu-touch.io/ and https://forums.ubports.com/category/46/devices an old list of potential devices is here https://pad.ubports.com/p/r.fbf463250adef36ec3bc33a7f5f6be93

If you are interested in creating a port please read this https://docs.ubports.com/en/latest/porting/introduction.html and have a look at the Porting section of the forum https://forums.ubports.com/category/33/porting.

Thank you for your understanding.

UBports News Channel, [13.05.18 15:39]
Are you sad that you missed Jan Sprinz' talk on UBports at Ubucon Europe 2018?
Then rejoice!
The fantastic people from NerdZoom (a German Tech Blog, audiocast, and youtube channel specializing in GNU/Linux) were present and recorded a nice video of the talk especially for you.
Go check the NerdZoom coverage of this talk: https://www.nerdzoom.de/one-year-after-the-world-ended-ubuntu-touch-today/

#UBports #UbuntuTouch #UbuconEU18 #Ubuntu #NerdZoom

UBports News Channel, [24.04.18 16:15]
UBPORTS BIG ANNOUNCEMENT

Purism and UBports officially collaborate to offer Ubuntu Touch on Librem 5

https://puri.sm/posts/ubports-ubuntu-touch-on-librem5-collaboration/

#ubports

UBports News Channel, [19.09.18 15:50]
Attention UBports Community!

As UBports quickly grows, we need to know the clear answer to the question "Who is our audience?" so that we can develop our community and Ubuntu Touch correctly. Thankfully Querida, a member of UBports Marketing, has decided to do her International Business and Languages Bachelor thesis on this very topic for her graduation semester. So with your help we can all benefit from her hard work!

We ask you to kindly take about 5 minutes of your time to fill out this survey.
http://fontysfeht.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_1AgS42j1S950aGN

To thank you for your participation, we'll be sure to publish the detailed results of this survey on the forum so you, too, can know more about your UBports Community.

Thank you for your help, and Querida thank you too!

UBports News Channel, [08.06.18 21:28]
Is your on-screen keyboard underperforming?

Well add some fuel to its fire with this brand new Ubuntu Touch tutorial about the thing you didn't think needed a tutorial:

The Ubuntu Touch On-Screen Keyboard (OSK)

https://ubports.com/blog/ubports-blog-1/post/ubuntu-touch-on-screen-keyboard-osk-140

Thanks to the UBports Writers group!

#ubuntutouch #ubuntu #ubports

UBports News Channel, [02.10.18 01:03]
Hey there, UBports! We just heard a little secret...

...Someone said that Linphone has just landed in the Open Store.
It's Ubuntu Touch's very first dedicated SIP app which allows VOIP calling - now!
In fact, you can even use it to make regular telephone calls, too!

You can create a free account -right in the app - and start calling other Ubuntu Touch users and anyone else who can use the famous Linphone software and services.

Join the party and keep up the good work!

Special thanks to @cibersheep and @bhdouglass for all the endless hours of work on this app.

https://open-store.io/app/linphone.cibersheep

Did you miss this when published on the News Channel then subscribe here https://t.me/ubports_news

#UBports #UbuntuTouch #AppDev

I totally agree with @doniks your engagement and responses have been excellent and very much appreciated. Really enjoying reading this thread.

I refer once again to what has already been stated by Florian

[Forwarded from Florian Leeber]
I am fully against any cooperation with Huawei sorry to say. As I said yesterday in the supergroup: No we wont ask for this. Huawei is in a very political discussion and the foundation needs to stay neutral. We will not endorse, recommend any or cooperate with companies that are under the impression of political influence.

I think that really puts an end to this thread so am going to lock it. There is always Off Topic if needed.

@marius-ciclistu Try swiping right on it and then delete. Other than that just ignore it. If you go back to normal Dev you will just download the latest anyway.

@marius-ciclistu The halium update should bring improvements to how the OPO works and give it a better future. It's well worth a try.

@marius-ciclistu Personally I would give this a go https://forums.ubports.com/topic/6012/halium-7-1-test-channel/36 works very well on mine. You can always change to another update channel in the normal way via system settings.

@RobTheBold JFI the camera is fully working, flash and zoom on the halium dev channel for the OPO https://forums.ubports.com/topic/6012/halium-7-1-test-channel/36 and I have not found any other major issues except sensors coming and going (as ever), but the choice is yours.

@marius-ciclistu You can put the OPO in Fastboot before you start the the installer and go from there, but it does need to be in fastboot before you hit continue.

@marius-ciclistu Your OPO needs to be fastboot for the first part if the installer does not do it it's volume up and power buttons held together. It needs to be in fastboot to install the recovery. After that you need to be in Recovery for the rest (volume and power down held together).

@marius-ciclistu Sometimes powering off and restarting will fix it. It should reboot back into the "old" channel normally if the update fails. If not use the installer and DO NOT choose the wipe option.
Edit: make sure the battery is not low on charge also.

@flohack Update 78 and two restarts after install sensors are back. JFI

@marek_python The only other option really at present is to carry an android device without sim and only the apps you have to have on it. Then only switch on when needed and use wifi. You can run Orbot as a device wide vpn and maybe a tor browser too, but not really needed. Plenty of stuff on Fdroid.
Not ideal but might work. Or if for test and trace just say your phone doesnt work with it and ask to sign in.

@3t_ed I stand corrected, knew I'd seen it somewhere though.