Hi @domubpkm,

You will find the symbol on the English keyboard above the zero key. You have to stay on the zero key.

Best regards
Mario

Hi @jojumaxx,

Thank you for having the courage to talk about things (convergence), but until now I thought that the core developers were already working on all the urgent things and only talked about what they found interesting in their Q&A shows. But what always bothered me (maybe like you) was that they don't always communicate honestly what and how much they are working on, or maybe nobody really has an overview.

For me, the rescue from the impending exit came with the porting of the Oneplus Nord N100.
I was able to buy an unused device (‘brand new’) for just CHF 120, and now I have a smartphone that can make calls and data traffic (UMTS/3G & LTE/4G => without VoLTE), make hands-free calls (Bluetooth) in the car, and SMS (unfortunately MMS has been dropped in Switzerland), take photos and listen to music. What else I will try out is: Chatapp Delta chat, navigation app and other things.

The chat is not important for me, however, as I can make phone calls, because I am one of those older people who have never realised why people nowadays ‘text’ instead of making phone calls (breaking records in terms of speed on such a stupid thing as a touchscreen) or, even worse, send audio messages. :winking_face:

So my horse is not dead yet. :beaming_face_with_smiling_eyes:

Greetings Mario

Hi

I keep reading the myth that nowadays you need a smartphone.

Let's be honest, if everyone stopped using these services and instead did everything at the counter or in the store, then neither the tech giants nor the authorities would have so much power.

Incidentally, the authorities seem to fear the people more than the tech giants, which is really worrying.

Greetings
Mario

Hi @peat_psuwit,

about Sony Xperia X:

Well, I can confirm that the sound works through the speaker.

Bluetooth connects, but there is no sound in the headphones.

Now I also have VoLTE on the Xeria X, amazing.

Greetings
Mario

Hi @Appointed ,

The answer to the forum post question is <NO>. :double_exclamation_mark:

Because we only guarantee the installation method shown on the device page.
You will also get the quickest help from the forum if you follow it. :ok_hand_light_skin_tone:

Of course, anyone can try a new path here if they have the necessary knowledge and patience. :winking_face:

The forum post can now be set as solved, thank you very much. :folded_hands_light_skin_tone:

Greetings Mario :face_blowing_a_kiss:

Hi @rocket2nfinity,

As of today, I am on channel RC <24.04-1.2 RC> with my <Oneplus Nord N100 (BE2013)>.
Hurray, I am so glad that my horse is still alive. It is simply amazing, almost indescribable.
VoLTE is here.

I haven't tested everything yet, but phone calls are working, many thanks to all the Heinzelmänchen.

Greetings
Mario

Hi @James-T,
I also suspect the socket on the appliance. This usually just needs to be cleaned, for example with a wooden toothpick. If this only improves things for a short time, I would also replace the socket.
Greetings Mario

Hi MrRoughwood,

Congratulations!

And it's a very good decision to start with “stable.”

Greetings
Mario

Hi @MrT10001,

Good news! Exactly, Stabil OTA 5 is now also available for this device.

Thank you very much for your help, you are indeed a great help in this forum, because you are friendly, helpful, efficient, not work-shy and also professional in your range. :clapping_hands_light_skin_tone:

I had stuck to the device page because it is always kept so high by the forum moderators. Unfortunately (as it turns out) this very page is rarely up to date, which is a bit embarrassing.

A little teasing is a must. :winking_face:

Best wishes to all you dear ones out there
Mario :smiling_face_with_heart-eyes:

Hi,
We repeatedly receive requests in the forum to port a device that has not yet been ported.
The communication option via Telegram chat does not always seem to be desired, but we offer it as the “only” one.

Couldn't we also create a group UBports Porting in the forum, where the most active portinghelper members (from the 1810) present themselves and name their skills, like rootfs, Halium, Vendor Blobs, or whatever?

It certainly wouldn't replace joining Telegram, but it might indicate how difficult such a port will be, and for the interested would-be porter-career comrades, make a learn and read section possible.

The status now, is seriously, kind of a secret pomposity, if you are not ready to register with Telegram yet. Also because you can't just poke around a bit.

Greetings Mario

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Hi @DJac,

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

In my case, the bluetooth stuff works too (a samsung sound speaker)

So far, I haven't found a device that plays the sound, but a Sharp radio with Bluetooth could play music from my Xperia, but with interruptions, and every time it resumed, the song played faster than usual, as if it wanted to make up for the interruption.

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

I notice no vibration on sony xperia X. (at start, with keyboard...).

My Xperia has no problems with pressing the keyboard and the "echo" from the vibration.
Or have I misunderstood something?

Greetings
Mario

Hi @peat_psuwit,

about Sony Xperia X:

Well, I can confirm that the sound works through the speaker.

Bluetooth connects, but there is no sound in the headphones.

Now I also have VoLTE on the Xeria X, amazing.

Greetings
Mario

Hi @rocket2nfinity,

As of today, I am on channel RC <24.04-1.2 RC> with my <Oneplus Nord N100 (BE2013)>.
Hurray, I am so glad that my horse is still alive. It is simply amazing, almost indescribable.
VoLTE is here.

I haven't tested everything yet, but phone calls are working, many thanks to all the Heinzelmänchen.

Greetings
Mario

hi @stanwood,

Well, I'm always glad that forum readers take the time to read the posts before replying.

Since I started the thread myself and specifically labeled it “off topic,” I would like to mention that even the best cell phones and their customized software would be useless without telephone service providers.

Greetings
Mario

Hi everyone,

After further research on the internet, I came across IMS (IP Multimedia Subsystem) and was surprised to discover that VoLTE and RCS (Rich Communication Services)
are both somehow related to IMS.

And that the telephone service provider in Switzerland "Swisscom" had already discontinued the RCS service at the end of 2023 because it was hardly being used.

Greetings
Mario

Well but Hello, everyone!

Thank you very much for your information.

I've been around long enough to know that a daily channel (i.e., dragon channel) exists in the versions, but I don't want it on my daily driver.
I can wait for the RC or stable channel, even though my attempt on the Samsung Galaxy S9 with E-OS failed.
I found the following post in the E-OS forum:

These international Samsungs don’t get VoLTE with any U.S. network, due to:

their internal hardware which is different from North America Samsungs and identifies as incompatible, i.e. non-certified for a particular U.S. network’s VoLTE; their exact model number + suffix is also different from the North American variant.

Samsung’s proprietary IMS/VoLTE implementation which no custom ROM can integrate (or so I’ve read).

Even U.S. variants of Samsung apparently can’t get VoLTE once a custom ROM is installed (unless something changes). Other OEMs don’t have this problem.

Any carrier can tell if a phone has or has not been certified by the OEM specifically to carry Voice over LTE on their network, just by the IMEI, which is visible to their systems; if not, then they will disallow it in countries like the U.S., where VoLTE is now a hard requirement. It would probably introduce a legal liability (inability to call emergency services) to them if they allowed a non-compatible phone on the network once all the 3G is shut down, and eventually 2G.

If a particular device has been tested and certified to use a particular network’s VoLTE, then a setting such as “Enable voice over LTE” or “Enable 4G calling” or “Use VoLTE,” etc., will appear in the menu when that network’s SIM is inserted. (Not to be confused with LTE data, which is not specifically referring to making phone calls.)

Greetings
Mario

Hi,

The time has come. According to a text message from my mobile phone provider Swisscom, the 2G and 3G networks will be “shut down” starting tomorrow, February 3, 2026.

Except for the mobile phone provider “salt,” witch no decision has been made yet.

This means that my Oneplus Nord N100 (BE2013) will no longer be able to make phone calls, hopefully only temporarily until it supports VoLTE.

Until then, I will probably have to switch to E-OS and Samsung Galaxy S9.

Greetings from switzerland
Mario

Hello,

@arubislander said in Where does Ubuntu Touch come from? And why clarify it?:

Let us compare the situation to brand X car factory. They are dependent on suppliers and manufacturers for many of the parts for their car, so they source those from well established suppliers that are also used by every other car manufacturing company. There will be some custom parts that are produced by the brand X car factory themselves. If brand X is a small player in the automotive industry, then their supply chain is of course very important, but not the weakest link in the process of producing their cars.

To boost their appeal to investors they could mention all the effort that goes into the components in their supply chain, as if all these efforts were expended directly to produce brand X. While this would give a more complete picture of the whole manufacturing process, it would also be misleading, in a sense, because all the upstream components would be manufactured anyway, and the effort expended there would in no way make brand X more viable and future proof.

Their own smaller production and assembly capacity would be what investors would need to factor in and keep an eye on, and that is where brand x company would need to improve to be perceived as more viable.

Exactly, I think that's a good parabolic description. That's why I'm going to stick with it, because I believe that people who want to buy and drive a Ferrari or Bentley are certainly not going to switch to Volkswagen just because someone tells them that Volkswagen employs many more people, including some very good engineers than Ferrari.
That's just how we humans are. Advertising and education can help, but unfortunately they are no guarantee.
Furthermore, the newly acquired “customers” of open source software will not necessarily donate more or at all.
Sorry for not doing it without surreptitious advertising.

Greetings
Mario

Hi,

The following websites may provide you with general information:

English

German

Please read the web pages through to the bottom.

Greetings
Mario

Hi

Well, when you read that and let it sink in.

I'm glad that we at Ubuntu Touch are already one step ahead and that the partnerships between Vollaphone, Fairphone, and possibly Pinephone (I'm not sure) are so advanced that we don't need to worry.

For me, the best example of this is fredldotme's work on FP4.

It's also about time that EU politicians and member state politicians not only talk about strengthening independence, but also follow through with action (not just militarily).

Greetings
Mario

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