@peat_psuwit said in Call for testing: Ubuntu Touch 24.04-1.1:

(there has been flooding in my area).

I'm glad to hear that you're safe. Please give priority to your health and safety, and those of your family, over a software update!

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NOTE written on January 20 2026:
The post below was written in February 2025. Since then, a native version of Signal for Desktop has been made available by one of our app developers (thank you!)
It's working quite well and you can find it here.

ORIGINAL POST below:

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Unfortunately, there is currently no native, working Signal client for UT and this is unlikely to change soon. But if that's a problem that impacts you, read on! I found a solution that works well for me and maybe it will work for you, too.

My solution consists of several parts:

• Signal for Android, running in Waydroid. You can download it from their webpage or from F-Droid or Aurora Store.
• Signal Desktop running on several computers, and linked to the first Signal, which is the primary device. All others are secondary devices. You can have only one primary.
• Cinny, running on UT, using a Matrix bridge to connect to Signal. This is very new to me and yet it was easy.

I followed these instructions given by Danfro:

For everyone here who is looking for an alternative to use Signal on Ubuntu Touch.
There is a matrix signal bridge hosted here: https://tchncs.de/matrix.
This can be used with Cinny or any other Matrix client. Instructions are given on the website there.
Note: Some things do still not work. Image download is fine, but right now no other file types. I am working on it...

• Open Cinny (or another matrix client)
• create a new room
• invite the bridge bot @signalbot:tchncs.de
• open your primary signal device and head for settings, linked devices
• add new device
• got to chat with bridge bot and type "login" as message
• scan the qr code with your primary device, it should now link them
  Done.

I had an extra step because my primary is running in Waydroid and it's a pain generating and scanning a QR code on one and the same device, plus it refused to work. So I installed the latest Cinny on a spare phone and used that to link Cinny to Signal. It worked fine.

I hope this is useful to anyone else!

I was one of the volunteers humanning the stand, and it was great. We were able to answer a lot of questions, we showed many different devices on our stand, and people were quite enthousiastic about what we had to show and say. It was an inspiring day and we helped promote UT and make contact with organisations for possible collaboration. Time well spent!

@libremax Thanks for posting! I'm still at Bornhack, and beside the talk, there are so many folks here who are interested in Ubuntu Touch. Now that people know that I'm using it, lots of people want to talk to me about it and ask me questions, and I answer as many as I can.
My show-and-tell device (BQ Aquaris E4.5) goes from hand to hand (yes, we use sanitizer) and people are amazed by the smooth operation, and more when I tell them how old it is.

I'm hoping to be causing a small influx of interest in our OS and community. I'm certainly doing my best to do so!

YESSS
It's working! I have zoom, autofocus and flash! This is the last thing that was missing for me to be able to say that the phone is fully functional under UT!

Excuse me while I dance the happy dance...

Some of their applications can run on Waydroid. But most people who are using Ubuntu Touch wish to get away from Google. Personally I want to avoid Android applications and the Google Playstore.

If we are going to do everything that Android does, what would make us special? Why would we even bother?

Ubuntu Touch:
It's in your hands.

This was a lot of fun. We had a really simple stand because we didn't bring a lot of equipment, but it was enough: we got plenty of interest, had some good conversations, and answered many questions. It's definitely worth planning for T-Dose 2026 (June 6 and 7)!

Greetings from all the creatures of T-Dose!

@cliffcoggin said in Ushby have released an official Review on UT.:

I suggest the review is removed until a more objective one can be written.

Let's cut the author a little slack. They're allowed to voice their opinions, even if their opinions are based on a misunderstanding; as for feeling ill, the world would in my view be a better place if everyone was this open and honest about what influenced their mood at a certain time.

Did all y'all know that the Installer can in some devices unlock the bootloader?
It can and I had no idea! I flashed a Op5t for someone, yesterday afternoon, and the Installer offered to unlock it, and it was easy and it WORKED!

You might say: it's just a fastboot command, what's the big deal?
Fair enough! What it did, is by itself not magical. But the fact that it did that, is.

It did say, as I 'm used to, to make sure that the bootloader was unlocked. And then it had a big button offering to do so!
Then I just had to confirm that on the phone, and just like that, it was unlocked.

It may seem like a small thing but it made the process feel easier and smoother.

@Kadafi said:

@Moem thanks but i do not use telegram.

That is why I said: If you don't use Telegram you can read it in a browser. Have you tried clicking or tapping on the link? You'll be invited to view the channel in Telegram, but there will also be a button that says 'preview channel'.

@Moem swipe up in the "calls" app does nothing. Keeps showing the number buttons to dial a number.

Do you see the little grey button with an arrow, just under the green button that you use to make a call?
Drag that little grey button upwards. That should do it.

You'll see such buttons in more apps on UT. If you see one it's worth checking out what it does.

@Bolly Nothing escapes your eyes, does it.
The item itself is just a small thing (it's nice though, and I have just 20 pieces, so if you like it don't wait too long) but the bigger picture is that I've learned how to add new products to the Shop, which is a good thing for a shopkeeper!

You can expect to see similar surprises appear in the future.

@Kadafi said:

the way to view the made and received phone calls

Open the phone app. Swipe up.

There aren't a lot of manuals, because someone would have to write them and that is a lot of work. But you can find some very good information in this Telegram channel. If you don't use Telegram you can read it in a browser.
https://t.me/UTusage

@Kadafi You're welcome! I'm glad to hear that it helped.

@Kadafi said:

Also, why can't i install Firefox?

Due to the fact that there is no native version of Firefox for UT... yet.

@Kadafi said:

you mean that i should just re-flash UT

Yes. Directly over the current installed version of UT.
It's really quite safe as long as you make SURE to untick the 'wiper user data' box.

It may or may not help, but if it does, it's an easy solution. Worth a try, I'd say.

@diardaoin said:

it fails to download all files needed. Tried several times.

That's odd, I've not had that problem recently. Good to hear that you managed to work around it.

Enjoy your phone, I like that device a lot!

@Kadafi said:

reformatting like windows style is not a good path.

I politely disagree. On UT, reflashing without wiping your user data can fix many problems.

@developerbayman said:

i need to be clear daily is considered 1.2 correct or am i building the wrong image this whole time?

Daily is 24.04.1.x
There is a 24.04.1.2 stable and a 24.04.1.2 RC.

@danfro said:

The power button itself works. It brings up the power menu, but pressing the buttons failed.

I have that now and then... But no idea what may be causing it.