I know this may sound a little weird, but today I flashed UT on my Mi A2 at the first try. Succesfully.
The only thing I did before was unlocking the device with fastboot oem unlock (and then follow the instructions on the device) and download the vendor image as the installer (0.8.8-beta, app-image) was suggesting. I had to give the path to vendor.img and that was it. I did not flash twpr, I did not downgrade to android 9, the installation went through without any issue and everything is working fine as far as I can see... Only the video capuring broke afte taking one single good video... hm . I'm on stable channel now.
thanks to everybody at ubports and the porters and everyone here in this great forum, hope this report is encouraging.

@unisuperbox Thank you to the entire team for all you do for this great project - thank you!

While watching you at the show, I could literally feel the burden you carry. I've felt that way before, but this time it was really clear to see and yes, to hear from you as well.
We normal users are greedy little animals, like children who always want more because it is so great what we are offered here, that's true.
But if we are reminded of that - and you rightly do from time to time - then we are also empathetic adults who know about the burden of your responsibility.
I want you to know that I am well aware of the weight of your responsibilities.
I probably feel as helpless as you do, because I can't do anything except a little communication and testing and some modest donations. But of course I know the situation, where everything becomes too much from my professional contexts as well. I think if you allow yourself that, the joy might come back. I hope it very much for you - and for all of us here. Good luck!

I bought a used Quintus with VollaOS 15 on it. The multiboot function didn't work. So I installed Ubuntu Touch 24.04-1.0 stable on it using the UBPorts installer. A very nice person on https://t.me/hello_volla explained to me that it wasn't necessary to downgrade. That seems important to me.
The installer even took care of unlocking the bootloader. The entire installation went smoothly. Great!
Almost everything works, even Dekko2, notifications, word completion, camera including video recording. I have 5G and I think even Volte (how can I check that exactly?).
Unlike what is stated here: https://devices.ubuntu-touch.io/device/algiz/, I can't get the headphones to work via the USB output, but that doesn't bother me. Fingerprint does not work too, but thats a known issue and doesn't bother me either.
One small bug: In the launcher, the Dekko2 icon doesn't stop counting; only restarting Lomiri resets the number.
Overall, I'm totally amazed!

There's also a Telegram channel for UT: https://t.m/utonvolla. Unfortunately, I don't know the Matrix chat (anyone?).
So this is my new daily driver and I will report issues from time to time. Thanks to all the Volla and UT devs for their amazing work on this port.

@stanwood lets buy one huge pizza to them all!!!!

@ubportsnews Would You be so kind and explain a little the affection of Daltons departure on the current projects and developments? I am not shure that I have understood enough of the structure of the different teams and so on... So it feels like an earthquake - is it one?

Wouldn´t it be a good idea to withdraw or lock the latest version of the ubports-installer due to all the issues reported all over the different sections of the forum? just a question... I´ve been reading such a lot of problems and answers advicing to take an older version. So I find it easier to withdraw the actual version so taht not so many people running in trouble with it.

@bhdouglass Onlyon Morph it looks like this...

@3t_ed I am such a happy UT user, too.

There is an unofficial unlock-Tool:
https://xiaomitool.com/V2/
which worked for me on linux.

I also had to do the Ubuntuflashing using the UbportsInstaller twice... but now its kind of great!

@nauvpp Hi!
as keneda wrote in your other post it is not good to lock the device again. Have a look here:
https://forums.ubports.com/topic/5509/re-ota-updates-not-working/25
and here:
https://forums.ubports.com/topic/6782/locking-bootloader-re-enabled-andoid/6

@sm-xcx volta quintus works with noble toi, see my entry in the device section of the -forum:
https://forums.ubports.com/topic/11616/installation-experience-ut-on-vollaos-15/8

@projectmoon yes, working! thanks @pparent

@projectmoon confirm on volla quintus with 24.04-1.2: app crashes immediately.

A list of whats working on noble rc 24.04-1.2:

Manual brightness working
Torchlight working
Vibration working

Flashlight working
Photo working
Video working
Switching between cameras dont know how

Carrier info, signal strength working
Data connection working
Dual SIM functionality dont know
Incoming, outgoing calls working
LTE calling (VoLTE) working sometimes sometimes not as far as I can say
MMS in, out dont know
PIN unlock working
SMS in, out working
Change audio routings dont know
Voice in calls what does that mean? I can hear the other person and the orther person does hear me: yes
Volume control in calls working

24+ hours battery lifetime depends of use
7+ days stability no way, have to restart twice a week at least to get lost features back like i.e. proper change between wifi and mobile data

Boot into UI working
Hardware video playback working

AppArmor patches working
Battery percentage working
Offline charging working
Online charging working
Recovery image I am pretty shure its there
Reset to factory defaults did not try yet
RTC time working
Shutdown / Reboot working
Wireless External monitor dont know
Waydroid dont know

Bluetooth working in sense of using another loudspeaker, not in sense of transferring data
Flight mode working
Hotspot working
NFC dont know
WiFi working

Automatic brightness working
Fingerprint reader not working
GPS working
Proximity working
Rotation working
Touchscreen working
Double touch to wake working

Earphones working
Loudspeaker working
Microphone working
Volume control working

MTP access working
ADB access working

So, with a new installatioon I could brigde to Signal again. I did not toggle encryption on (sorry @pparent, I think I have to trust the matrix people ) and everything went fine. Good to know for everyone who needs to transfer their original Signal account from one phone to another... hopefully.

@Ida_ I deleted cache and everything and deinstalled Cinny. Will try later from scratch. Thanks for your hint!

@pparent Probably you are right, I only do not understand then the answer the bridgebot gave to me, saying it did not receive the decryption code. But in the end this all is far beyond my skills, I better then use the matrix client for Matrix communication and your Signal app for Signal, right?

@Moem Of course I have that already

• But I am quite interested in a working Cinny...

@danfro You were right, I had to reconnect all signal-desktop instances. But only in Cinny I failed. I will be patient and try again later. Thanks for your answer!

@Moem never mind, I am glad you tried; I have no clue at all whats going on, maybe @danfro has an idea.