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,
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 @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 @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 @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

@007fred50
Hi,
I agree 100% with what @Alter said. And I also think that this app approach does not fit our philosophy of alternative operating system against Android and Apple IO and others.

Greetings Mario

Hi @Moktrull,

The Sony Xperia 10 II is a so-called AOSP (Android Open Source Project) and therefore suitable for a port for the UbuntuTouch OS.

In the important websites for such a port, the device is listed with the code name <seine>.

The following Android ports can be made possible: 10 / 11 / 12.

It is advisable to get in touch with our porting community < https://t.me/ubports_porting >.

Helpful links in advance:

https://ubports.com/de/hub/development

https://developer.sony.com/supported-devices-and-functionality#secondary-menu-desktop

https://developer.sony.com/open-source/aosp-on-xperia-open-devices/downloads/software-binaries

https://github.com/sonyxperiadev/device-sony-seine#readme-ov-file

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_Xperia_10_II

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Greetings Mario

Hi @zubozrout and @ktatar156,

Despite all the arguments that your and also the above posts contain, which for me contain nothing but conveniences, it in no way gives you permission to express yourself so condescendingly about the work of such a small group of people who do great things here.
And please remember that you are not the only ones, it happens every 3 to 7 weeks that we have to endure such complaints here.

Because for the amenities you are looking for, there is also eOS and others.

Sorry, but I had to give myself breathing room, because my device is first and foremost; simply a phone, over which I am the <master/woman)>. And for that I love the makers and helpers of Ubports with their OS Ubuntu Touch.

With love Mario :unamused_face:

@zbr Welcome zbr,
yes there is still hope.

Try a total reboot by pressing and holding the power button until the device vibrates 3 times in quick succession.
The device should always have enough 'juice' in the battery.

By the way:
I dream of an AI forum that would have the ability to allow only new topics, and automatically link similar or even identical questions to the questioner.

There are extremely many posts in this forum at the moment, and the built-in search function rarely brings satisfactory answer selections. This tempts many to simply ask again, and thus to expand the forum again.

One may dream nevertheless times, or?:winking_face:

@valar_orome
Hi
It should stand to reason that the instructions, to return to Android, should be sought from the phone provider.
So in this case it would be the following link
https://support.fairphone.com/hc/en-us/articles/360048050332
:winking_face:

Hi @Rondarius,

I have no idea if Samsung ships devices on which the bootloader cannot be unlocked.
But I own a Samsung S9 (SM-G960F), besides it is one of the most beautiful devices Samsung has ever built (size and look) in my opinion, running the /e/OS.
I use it for online banking with 2AF (two-factor authentication) because of my bank.

I am more of the opinion that the effort for a top port of UT requires a very large amount of work with high skills on the side.
Anyone can find out on the /e/OS website how many top ports exist for the /e/OS on devices, namely just 21.

So the effort involved is simply considerable, and not just for UT. :man_lifting_weights_light_skin_tone: :man_biking_medium-light_skin_tone: :man_swimming_light_skin_tone:

Greetings Mario :beaming_face_with_smiling_eyes:

@robthebold Hi,
It is assumed that no other OS than Android has ever been installed on the device. Accordingly, you only have to install the last possible update, which is Android 8 in the Xperia X from 2016.

Edited:
Of course, the copy/paste was meant as a thought starter/inspiration because we are trying to figure out where the problem is.

@c4pp4
Hello c4pp4,
so, my device has been running with this customization for almost a week now.
Still, I can't say yet if it causes any improvement in battery life.
But for sure I can confirm that it does not contribute to any degradation.
Thank you again.

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@Core Developers

At the presentation, in the blog, of the Focal OTA-1, the usable devices were named:

Fairphone 4
Google Pixel 3a
Fullphone 22
Fullaphone X
Fullaphone

What about the OTA-2?

Cheers Mario

Hi @GermanAizek,

I'm not sure what you're getting at. Informal or the operating system or unlocking the bootloader.
I'll relate to the operating system.

LineageOS is an AOSP (Android Open Source Project), i.e. a de facto free Android system. You can find out more on the Internet and Wikipedia.
It also comes from the first successful “free Android operating system” CyanogenMod, which was available from April 2009.

Ergo, the LineageOS makers have a considerable lead in knowledge and experience, I don't think we should compare ourselves with them, but we are catching up.

UT (Ubuntu Touch), on the other hand, is a modified Linux system, modified because it is not desktop.

In other words, potatoes and bread are both food, but they still have to be prepared differently in order to be eaten.

Greetings Mario

Hi @arubislander,
Thank you very much for the fruitful and eloquent answer. :ok_hand_light_skin_tone:

@arubislander said in Device compatibility/lifespan with UT:

Some ports are sponsored by, or done in collaboration with, device sellers, such as Hallo Welt with their Volla Phones, and Fairphone with the FP4. These have a better chance of seeing good support.

That is, if the companies will have enough customers for their business model in the future. Which is what we all hope now, and/or that other manufacturers will join them. :crossed_fingers_light_skin_tone:

With :red_heart: regards
Mario

@tswanshi
Hi Tswanshi,

you will, unfortunately, never find out. Unless you could reproduce it.
Here are two of x possibilities:

Thesis1:
The motherboard happened to give up the "ghost" exactly on time.

You may also have heard of "exploding" or burning batteries, which brings me to thesis2:
The battery of the phone is old, and was in the charging cycle while you manipulated your phone (factory reset), thereby the charging electronics briefly lost control of the battery, and this then damaged the motherboard of the computer.

Of course there are countless other possibilities. :winking_face:

Cheers Mario

Hi @thedeafenguy,

FYI: You are here in the UT Ubports forum, not in <forum.fairphone.com>

So you have a lot of work ahead of you, because my links are in German and you may have to translate them first.

Please read the instructions Install Fairphone OS manually thoroughly first and then I would also read FP4: Factory Reset with installation of Fairphone OS after using LeOS
thoroughly again.

Good luck.

Greetings Mario