@arubislander I will be honest I'm not sure, I'm really new at this. I saw that UT supports many ubuntu 20.04 programs so I thought I would try to install express vpn since I have a subscription. This is a second phone to me so if I make mistakes I can always start over and learn from what I did wrong. My research led me to think maby the drive wasn't mounted correctly but I haven't had time to check yet. Its very possible express vpn wont work on UT but I will look into the other installation method you spoke of. Thanks!!

@Ryan_6930 Yes indeed, there is a long dial before the phone call goes through. For me it takes about 20 seconds and then the call goes through. Data and text work well for me. Text message just work right away. If the phone calls would go through right away, I could use this phone as a daily driver or even a backup phone. I see that the new update (Ubuntu touch 24.04) for the pixel 3A XL is now available, so hopefully promising updates will happen soon for VoLTE. That's really only thing that is needed to use this phone more as a daily driver or even a backup phone.