On May 31st and June 1st, there is an interesting event around FOSS (free open source software) which UBports will be part of. We will be present with a stand and demo devices, and you'll have the chance to ask questions and get up close and personal with several devices running Ubuntu Touch.
The event is called T-Dose and will take place at the Weeffabriek in Geldrop.
https://t-dose.org/2025/
Come on by and meet us and we'll have a chat.

Oh and I'll be doing a talk on Saturday!

@domubpkm said in Volla Phone 22 - very laggy performance:

You mean 'lagy' with one 'g' ?

Sorry, I know what laggy is but what is lagy?

@pparent said in How I'm now using Signal on UT:

it seems like the signalbot server : tchncs.de is the one who connects to signal, and fetches messages, decrypts them, and then redirects them through matrix. So they get to have the possibility to see unencrypted messages, which voids a bit the utility of signal.

If the encryption matters to you, then it does. I think you should only use a bridge if you feel you can trust the person who hosts it.

And yes, hosting it yourself is an option, but that's more work / a bit more complicated. A loss of convenience is often te price we pay for privacy / security.

I don't think it can be done on the phone. But I've never looked into it.

@pparent said in How I'm now using Signal on UT:

Am I wrong to believe that this technique ruins end-to-end encryption and that the matrix server that acts as a relay ( here @signalbot:tchncs.de ) gets to access all your messages unencrypted?

I'll be honest: I don't know! As far as I know it replaces the Signal encryption by Matrix encryption, so I guess it could, in theory, snoop? But I'm not an expert.
In any case, if you're worried about that it's probably better not to use this method.

@rdfrs said in How I'm now using Signal on UT:

Do you know if there is also a bridge for whatsapp ?

Read through the thread, I believe there is a post about that. I don't use it myself.

@rdfrs The easiest way is to send each contact a message through Signal or Signal Desktop and then they will appear in Cinny. You should see an invitation come in for each of them.

@Luksus Ah, thank you for explaining. So, as I understand it, there is work to be done before the Op5(t) can be moved forwards to Noble.

Sorry, it's impossible. There is no version of 20.04 available for that device.

If you want to wipe it, you can either use the restore button in the settings or use the Installer and reinstall right over the current installation.

@Luksus said in OP5T removed from device list 20.04...:

the OP5T will still be supported in the future, since I am involved in the port.

Luksus, can I ask you to please take action on this? It makes me so sad to see my phone sit there looking as if it's abandoned. It would be appreciated.

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?

Do you think that there are any viruses that will run on Ubuntu Touch?

@PiotrBujakowski I think you mean Volla Tablet? I'm moving your post to the Volla section.

@bamboy360 said in Elevate Push Notifications from WayDroid to UT?:

that I was led to believe would fully run as expected in containers

Aye, I think herein lies the rub. Maybe your expectations were set too high.

Yes, there is a cost involved in gaining more privacy. It's paid in loss of convenience. It's up to each of us whether we think that's a good deal. No one will (or should) look down on you for making a choice in that regard that's different from their own.

@bamboy360 As far as I know, as of today there is not. It's not intended behaviour, but it's the way it works because Waydroid's notifications don't make it out of the container.

But there are other ways to use Signal. I wrote about the way I use Signal on UT here:
https://forums.ubports.com/post/84898
I must note that on Cinny, encrypted chats (such as all Signal chats are) do not pass the contents of their messages on to notifications. As far as I know, that is intended behaviour.

@RandomUser said in WayDroid, what Android apps work well for you ?:

I found the Aurora store instead which makes things a bit easier.

Well, yeah. Sorry, I assumed you knew about that.

@RandomUser said in WayDroid, what Android apps work well for you ?:

How do you install Signal?

Directly from here: https://signal.org/android/apk/

Signal.

It's the only one I use. I mostly leave it off and use Cinny with a Matrix bridge instead, but that is a secondary client and there needs to be a primary as well.

@bhdouglass That's wonderful. Thank you!

@jojumaxx I think you should wait a little. This is what I just read in a UBports group:

Currently we need to fix an certificate issue on our servers. This results in no update channels being available on all devices in system settings. The installer should fail as well.

Sounds reasonable. I use a bridge because many of my contacts are on Signal and not on Matrix.