I am using now since 2015 ubuntu touch as my only mobile system. I bought at that time this wonderful BQ E5 (which is now broken ;/). Today I use a N5 which runs brilliant with ut.

I have started to have a look at other linux mobile systems. These experiences I would like to share here. I am sure that such a view to the others can improve ut (and the others too) a lot.

The following systems I have already tried:

1. Plasma Mobile on a Nexus 5+: https://www.plasma-mobile.org/

2. Nemo Mobile on a Nexus 5+: https://wiki.merproject.org/wiki/Nemo

3. SailfishOS on a Sony XA2: https://sailfishos.org/

4. Eelo on a Nexus 5+: https://e.foundation

https://necunos.com/news/nc_1-update/

I made some pictures using my (old) BQ E5 as a media phone in combination with the Teufel bluetooth speaker
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_phone
https://www.bq.com/en/support/aquaris-e5-ubuntu-edition/support-sheet
https://www.teufelaudio.com/uk/bluetooth.html

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General functions

• VOIP-phone, Emails, RSS feeds, web radio, podcasts, mp3, web-browser, videos
• Bluetooth and WLAN connectivity - plays your web music on every bluetooth speaker
• Controls your Kodimote - so you can start videos on your TV screen
• At least 12 hours music playing without charging (haven't measured;)
• Ubuntu Touch App Store (https://open-store.io/) and updates (https://ubuntu-touch.io)

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• Magnetic holder to stick the BQ at the speaker

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• list of recommended ut-apps

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If it's ok for everybody - I would write now a short message with a link to this page to Teufel and AVM ... - maybe there is somebody who is interested to develop an app. Ubuntu Touch is for everybody free of use - always developers for Ubuntu Touch apps welcome

I use my old BQ E5 as a music station. I bought some years ago a pure bluethooth speaker (https://www.teufelaudio.com/uk/bluetooth.html) and the ut-BQ is just laying on the living room table and can be connected with it and plays music files, radio stations, can be used as a KODI remote control or anything else.

I deinstalled all ut apps without media functionalities and just have pure music apps installed - and nothing else.

Why I write this? It's just an idea to offer a specific UT which can be downloaded and installed on old phones to be used as such a music phone (like e.g. sparky is offering a specific multimedia debian: https://sparkylinux.org/download/rolling/)

And I like that much more than having a lot of electronic equipment in the living area. Old phones (also with errors) can be bought cheap and also old bluetooth speakers are having less electronical components and so a lower ecological footstep.

I have installed your RSS Reader Scope and I really love that function and it is one of the most used on my phone.

I was wondering why scopes are still useable in 16.04. Now I read here that rest-scope-functionalities will be deleted with coming OTA 8: (see chapter What's Next?) https://ubports.com/pt_PT/blog/ubports-blog-1/post/ubuntu-touch-ota-7-release-192

Probably your RSS Reader Scope will than not be useable anymore?! If so - could you develop an app out of it?

@guru I think ALL people here who are using & developing UT are doing it more or less similar to that what you write. But I am afraid there are not a lot groups like us who are aware of what that really means.

As I come out of the climate movement (energy - not IT) - and UT is from my perspective a part of it - I know very well and since a long time what problems results when companies have the possibility of influencing masses of people. And this effects not only wired right orientated ones!

If I think about how masses of people could be teached which plattforms they should use to avoid all these negative developements - so this initiative above is one of the best things I ever read.

Stefan Brink: "If they do not stopp using Twitter we could dispose it" This counts for all authorities AND private companies - not for privates.

Same could happen for Fb and also WA - if they do not change the business model (a bit)

Only in german: https://app.handelsblatt.com/politik/deutschland/stefan-brink-datenschuetzer-raet-behoerden-und-firmen-zur-abkehr-von-twitter/25381124.html

https://www.swp.de/suedwesten/landespolitik/datenschuetzer-verlaesst-twitter_-folgenreich-fuer-behoerden_-42192391.html

As alternatives he mentioned podcasts, newsletters and https://mastodon.social

I still have the dream that my Nexus 5 phones will nearly have the same battery capacity than the old BQ E5. On the market are 3 different batteries for the N5 available:

• original LG BL-T9, 2300mAh
• GLK-Technologies, 2450mAh
• Polarcell, 2450mAh

Normally I thought the Powercell should be the best one. But now I found also an accu from Extremecells:

https://www.ebay.de/itm/Extremecells-Akku-für-LG-Google-Nexus-5-D821-D820-BL-T9-Accu-Batterie-Battery/252400969378

An accu comparison for Samsung phones found out that Extremecells had the highest capacity:

https://www.akkucheck24.de/smartphone-akku-test-drittanbieter-vs-original/

Has somebody experiences whith them?

PureOS can only be tested on a PC or you have to order future Librem 5. I haven't found a development for another phone which can be tested?!

LuneOS with a version from the end of last year can be tested on a Nexus 4+5: http://build.webos-ports.org/releases/doppio/images/

I will also try it

@CiberSheep I don't know what I yesterday did different - but today it works without problems. Great, thx

Ok, understand. A little bit disappointing.

"Signal would probably refuse to weaken their security to allow interaction"

Yes that would be my next idea. If Signal 'allows' having contacts without encryption - would than a connection between 2 persons from telegram to signal imaginable?

I mean it could also be that this hardcore encryption will not all the time be allowed...?

And of course I agree that everybody should choose them freely - but actually one actor you can only install until you agree that he reads out your contacts and what you do on the phone - here we are not on a normal market I would argue. Not normal markets normally results in not normal regulations - we are only missing until now.

Here is an interesting article about how in Signal is beeing invested: https://www.wired.com/story/signal-encrypted-messaging-features-mainstream/

In german

Is there any possibility to connect Signal and Telegram somehow? Or what has to be done that that can be achieved? Does somebody know?

Telegram has something about 200 Millionen users worldwide - is after WA with more than 1 billion No 2. Together with Signal both could be really an alternative!

... my bluetooth can not be turned on...

... having booting-problems ... boots twice, sometimes 3-times, endless, (which happens also before the update)

No launchers anymore. I already forgot that we had launchers

Maybe we will get something comparable...

I have problems reconnecting to WLAN. So if the routers-WLAN is turned off and than on again - the phone is not automatically reconnecting.

You have to turn WLAN in the phone off and on again - and than its working.

I have some little problems - but at the end this update runs very smooth - as mario mentioned I thought I would have more problems. I made everything a lot of bigger - which is at the end nicer to use as before.

• my Dekko2 is not really synchronizing - have mails double
• I cannot directly click on new arrived messages - I have to use the top bar a bit from the 'right'
• to open a new tab in morph browser is only possible very right at the buttom - not in the middle any more
• when I delete sms-messages the folder is sometimes wired - have to close and start again
• and I am missing a little bit this RSS scope - using GoogleNews now ;/

The thing what I wish the most are links on the desktop to my favourite apps. Or somebody has an idea for any nice gadgets...

The thing what is the best is the battery management - my Nexus 5 is now so good as my BQ E5 - holds 3-times longer than before. That is really great!! What have you done?

Seems so that even the nemo developer does not get a Necuno phone

Nemo is working on the pinephone

@makeixo Yeah, I don't know too.

The Nemo Mobile Telegram Group has 106 follower: https://t.me/NemoMobile

Nemo on a N5 from 2016: https://twitter.com/kahelineetu/status/694989902262439938

Last post is to try UT

https://twitter.com/search?q=%23MerProject&src=hashtag_click&f=live

@UniSuperBox

I would like to have the possibility to put links from my favourite apps directly on the screen. Everything else just hinders a bit.

Battery management has improved a lot! Last night my N5 with WIFI and SIM on lost around 4%. Last week it would have been around 30%.

Great !

Thx for the input. If I connect to my arch system - it is happening nothing. It is not connecting.

If I do not have any direct possibilities to start apps - this media thing is so not possible any more. Or not nice to use. However.

I put my Sailfish phone into the drawer because the handling was so click-intensive - compared to ut. This seems at first not a reason anymore.

Sorry but at first I am a bit disappointed.