Nothing Phone 1 has landed in https://devices.ubuntu-touch.io/device/spacewar/

"Robust, slim, strong Successor to the Volla Phone X23"
8/128 GB for Plinius
12/256 GB for Plinius Plus
In both cases "expandable by up to 1 TB with MicroSD memory card"

As usual available with VollaOS or Ubuntu Touch or both with multiboot

"Save up to 15% with the code PLINIUS":

https://volla.online/en/volla-phone-plinius/

Those Volla Plinius are clearly linked to the GS6 and GS6 PRO from Gigaset:
https://www.gigaset.com/hq_en/gigaset-gs6/
Regarding the hardware two differences though for Plinius Plus versus GS6 PRO are 12GB of RAM/ 8GB and the Plinius Plus back with Pogo PIN.
As usual, the software is what most differentiates the Volla from the Gigaset, with VollaOS, Ubuntu Touch, multiboot and other softwares and services integrated by Volla.

@MrT10001 5G doesn't mean VoLTE is working, no?

@MrT10001 Good, may be you will be able to test VoLTE with Nothing Phone 1 to complete its description?

@Moem It should be noted that https://devices.ubuntu-touch.io/
is far from being updated in real time.
Device porters must also create the corresponding entry, which they do not always do, or may do so with a considerable delay after inclusion in ubports-installer.
The same applies to updates.
See the difference between devices listed as supporting noble in blog announce,
( https://ubports.com/blog/ubports-news-1/ubuntu-touch-24-04-1-0-release-3973), in ubports-installer list
and those listed in https://devices.ubuntu-touch.io/
Three sources, three realities.
And some postings also may exist elsewhere in Internet but not in ubports-installer (nor in devices web site) and be in a good state of working.

This is why referring blindly to this list https://devices.ubuntu-touch.io/ to answer certain questions is a little too simplistic.

@Moem Nonta72 has already made the MR: https://gitlab.com/ubports/infrastructure/devices.ubuntu-touch.io/-/merge_requests/659#note_3106647014
Just waiting for validation...

@Kjetil May be https://open-store.io/app/mirvncserver.abmyii could be useful in you use case.
Not sure it works with Noble though.

From mark1250 in USA:

"I recently installed UT on my Nord N10 5g BE2026, and I am using a daily image which shows as 24.04-1.x (2026-02-17/2).

VoLTE works for me.

I'm using a Redpocket SIM on AT&T as my carrier."

Source: https://forums.ubports.com/topic/11933/anyone-daily-driving-the-nord-n10-5g-in-usa

said in Call for testing: Ubuntu Touch 24.04-1.2:

@peat_psuwit

"How to get Ubuntu Touch 24.04 1.1 and 20.04 OTA-11" = a little bug in last release announcement: https://ubports.com/blog/ubports-news-1/ubuntu-touch-24-04-1-2-and-20-04-ota-12-release-3987

Good, has been corrected now by "How to get Ubuntu Touch 24.04 1.2 and 20.04 OTA-12".

It seems that progress has been made recently in the use of mir2.2 within UT. In addition, the migration to Qt6 is also progressing nicely.
Once these two components have been finalized and integrated, can you describe the benefits for developers, users, and more broadly, the entire UT/Lomiri ecosystem?

@peat_psuwit

"How to get Ubuntu Touch 24.04 1.1 and 20.04 OTA-11" = a little bug in last release announcement: https://ubports.com/blog/ubports-news-1/ubuntu-touch-24-04-1-2-and-20-04-ota-12-release-3987

@kaktux Hi,

A lot of effort has been made to upstream Lomiri to Debian.
So I think it may be the way to go for you.

The following command is to use on Debian Sid/Trixie:
apt install lomiri lomiri-desktop-session lightdm

Source: https://ubports.com/lomiri

This port was released in its first version in September 2025 but remained somewhat under the radar.

Now, the Nothing Phone 1 is integrated into ubports-installer and receives OTA updates via UBports servers.
There is only one update channel at the moment for UT Noble 24.04-1.1, the ‘daily’ channel. There is no “RC” channel or ‘Stable’ channel yet.
(24.04-2.x daily channel is also available.)

Also missing is a description sheet in https://devices.ubuntu-touch.io/ to complete the picture.
However, information on hardware support is available here:
https://gitlab.com/ubports/porting/community-ports/android11/nothing-phone-1/nothing-spacewar

There is not much missing in that matter.
The display only supports 60Hz (not 90Hz or 120Hz, mainly useful for video games), which is not really a problem under UT, as video games are not a frequent use case.
It should also be noted that VoLTE has not been tested but ‘should work’ (according to "Nonta72" , who made the porting).

As for the installation procedure, all you need is:

1. on the Nothing Phone 1, the unlocked bootloader + a ‘stock’ version (provided by the manufacturer) 13 or 15 of Android,
2. fastboot and adb on the computer that will run the UBports installer

(Source of this information:
https://xdaforums.com/t/rom-linux-ubuntu-touch-for-nothing-phone-1-waydroid-android-13-included.4758279/)

A device with hardware performance similar to the Fairphone 5 according to benchmarks, which therefore probably offers a very solid user experience under Ubuntu Touch.
Though probably no possibility to use an external display with a wired connection given USB Type-C 2.0, OTG.

Thank Nonta72 for your contribution!

It's beginning now.

@wally Device website has been updated. Example with FP5: https://devices.ubuntu-touch.io/device/fp5/
The status for each device will still need to be set; hopefully in the coming weeks depending on energy of contributors to write MRs.

@jezek FOSS on Mobile events are scheduled only Saturday 31...
Ok, I see now thanks, I replaced February by January

It's Saturday 31 January: https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/track/foss-on-mobile/

@arubislander imho, what is unhelpful is obscurity not clarity.
Heard again today at restaurant: "Windows is produced by a very large company... Linux is produced by independents; they do what they can."

With the current communication about Ubuntu Touch (which doesn't make explicit the extent of the resources involved in building it), the newcomer may believe that it's something cooked up by a dozen or so guys and therefore has no chance of getting anywhere near the competitors.

It would also be good for UT users to know that they are using a complex and valuable system.
Properly informed, donors could be more numerous or more generous.

A more realistic presentation of Ubuntu Touch and its scope could also help to attract more developers who would be proud to be involved in building a cathedral rather than a shack.

We often read that Ubuntu Touch is developed by a small handful [5,10] of developers mostly in their spare time.
This is problematic because it can give the impression of "amateurism" far from "professional" quality standards.
In reality, Ubuntu Touch assembles a very large number of components, including the Linux kernel, GNU components, Qt, Mir, Lomiri, Ofono, and so on.
All of which are or have been developed mainly by hundreds of individuals in their paid working time for hundreds of different companies.
This does not prevent many people from contributing in their free, unpaid time, and the open source code system, which is visible to everyone, makes it possible to achieve high levels of quality.
Coming back to Ubuntu Touch, if, as I assume, less than 1% of the source code that makes it up has been developed by individuals in the UBports community in their spare time, it would be advisable to make it clearer in the communication about Ubuntu Touch where the more than 99% that makes it up comes from and makes it a complex operating system of great quality and value (several billion or tens of billions of $/€ for all the components).

For example, Top 50 contributors (out of more than 500) for linux kernel
(https://insights.linuxfoundation.org/project/korg/contributors) :

Organization
Total contributions
1
Intel Corporation
24,901
2
Red Hat, Inc.
17,172
3
Google LLC
13,908
4
Meta Platforms, Inc.
13,169
5
SUSE
11,222
6
Arm Limited
11,067
7
Linaro
10,202
8
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
8,634
9
Linux Foundation
8,594
10
Oracle America Inc
4,189
11
Microsoft Corporation
3,739
12
Huawei
2,481
13
Collabora
2,466
14
Datera
2,405
15
NVIDIA Corporation
2,292
16
IBM
2,174
17
Linutronix GmbH
1,993
18
Cisco Systems, Inc.
1,764
19
Glider
1,751
20
Bootlin
1,671
21
Uxlite Solutions
1,639
22
Qualcomm Inc
1,576
23
Texas Instruments Incorporated
1,300
24
CHERRY Digital Health
1,217
25
LWN
1,142
26
Ideas on Board
1,106
27
Renesas Electronics Corporation
1,043
28
Individual - No Account
980
29
NXP Semiconductors N.V.
895
30
Kernel Community
889
31
Pengutronix
848
32
Microchip Technology Incorporated
816
33
Chromium
804
34
Linutronix
766
35
BayLibre
737
36
Mellanox Technologies, Ltd.
700
37
Western Digital Corporation
639
38
NVIDIA AI IOT
622
39
Tencent Cloud
581
40
NEC Corporation
574
41
Fedora Project
561
42
Linux Kernel
545
43
Samsung Electronics Co., LTD
480
44
Rivian Automotive LLC
446
45
Mainline Linux Kernel Development
444
46
Loongson Technology Corporation Limited
444
47
Canonical Ltd
441
48
Marvell Technology, Inc.
431
49
Hovold Consulting.com
423
50
Broadcom Inc.
401

Interesting answers here are from Plamen, from Braxtech:

Q: Will there be an easily buildable close-to-mainline Linux kernel?
Will changes be upstreamed to the mainline linux kernel?

A: Yes, to both. We’re getting that promise from MediaTek and the integrator they hired for the linux part.

Q: Will fingerprint support work on linux? How will the camera look? Should we expect the camera to be green and blurry at the start?

A: The mandate is to get everything working, as it will on Android. We will communicate a linux roadmap in due course. One of the main reasons for selecting the g720 by MediaTek (and not a way cheaper alternative such as Rockchip 3588) was the strategic importance for MediaTek to run linux on it - this is their latest high end IoT chip. Most of their customers for the chip will run Linux.
Obviously, the camera won’t beat iPad, but it will not be crap.