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There are apps for it already too!
See : https://open-store.io/?sort=relevance&search=nextcloud

But IMHO any service that works fine with the browser is good enough and the less apps you need the better!

Sorry, but :

• I don't want any silly widgets on my home screen at all.
• Buttons are more reliable than swipes.
  In fact I wouldn't mind beeing able to use the hardware buttons on my BQ E5 HD phone in combination with Ubuntu Touch like they work when Android is installed!
• The old Unity look is just fine : It's what Ubuntu Touch is known for!

So... uhm... yeah... I pretty much disagree with all your complaints!

LOL!

Ohh and I don't get the "one hand usage of the phone" thing at all : I simply use both hands because it's simply better to do so...

@geekbone said in Bootloader unlocked?:

I was able to install UT on a Pixel 3a with just a little angst, but it up and running successfully.

Congratulations!

The only question I have is every time I turn on the phone, it gives me the "Bootloader is unlocked warning". Is this a permanent thing?

YUP!

Perfectly normal and very common on a lot of phones!

@nvriezen
COOL!

Can't wait for the results!

Thank you for the notification!

But now that you mention this you made me remember a question I wanted to ask for some time now :

Has there been any contact between the UBports Team and the Telegram Developers to ask them if they will consider making a Native Client for Ubuntu Touch ?

I mean the TELEports Client works reasonably good but some GUI choices are simply less usefull/user friendly than the ones in the real Telegram Client on Android/Windows/Linux

@moem said in How to install Linux on an old tablet?:

Secondly, that tablet has 1 GB of RAM.
That makes it a poor candidate for porting it to UT.

If that is the case then I totally agree with @Moem and would also advise you to forget the tablet unless you feel like learning some new development related skills by porting Ubuntu touch to it!

I had no idea that in some countries the old "Provider Locked Phone" thing was still an issue!

Thank you for this topic!

It's a good warning when shopping on eBay and other similar places!

I know this thread is old by now but I really need to ask :

How is it possible that his provider refuses to support the more expensive and advanced OnePlus 7 Pro and instead only supports the cheaper OnePlus 7T and also the older 6T model ?!

That makes no sense when we talk refusing/cutting 3G phones from their network : The can all use 4G/4G+ and with Android installed probably VoLTE too ?!

@thousandtopics said in Ubuntu Touch Q&A 114 Saturday 18th Dec At 19:00 UTC:

If one of use develops a game(for Ubuntu Touch) that requires a gamepad, it would be better a bluetooth pad or one with usb-c plug?

I hope the answer is : BOTH!

Pine note is around the corner, and I saw a wacom pen on it . . .
Do you plan to support styluses?
That would be awesome, but the decision is all yours.

There is a Samsung Note 4 port of Ubuntu Touch so I hope the answer is : YES!

Happy holydays, I hope you get all the love you deserve and gain weight with all those family special suppers.

The same to you and everyone else here on the forum!

@lduboeuf

Happy now ??

Although I still agree with my original title to be honest!

@rik
I remember Group MMS working a lot worse for a lot of people so I guess some progress has been made in that department then!

There is some talk about such an app in a different topic so we might get one somewhere in 2022

@opolork
I use my phone without any lockcode and it does the same :

• Turn Off Screen
• Lock The Phone

Pressing the Power Button wakes up the screen and a swipe unlocks the phone!

Found something new :

Go to : https://forums.ubports.com/unread
And click New Topic and try to select Xiaomi sub-forum : NOPE.AVI

It's greyed out!

So my best guess is that it's a 'user/member rights' issue

Some general Tips :

• Some phones want to do the Bootloader Unlock stuff via the 2G/3G/4G/5G Data Connection.
• Wiping Data is something you pretty much always do when flashing a Custom ROM or alternative OS on your phone!

So that explains the issues you were having

@metty said in Creating Apps, ADB: No devices attached:

What I am asking myself: adb is android debug bridge, so on a phone without android, can there be a adb?

Ofcourse it can : It's all Linux based after all!

My BQ phone connects just fine from my Kubuntu laptop to the Ubuntu Touch OS via ADB

But indeed : You need to Enable Developer Mode first!

@thilov
That is not fine at all :

• The last ping shows packetloss ?!
• It's just ping... not traceroute!
  So how do you know for sure all the traffic is going via your VPN ?!

Also : How is your PiVPN setup exactly ??
Is it Bridged with your local network or NAT behind the NAT of your local network ?

@kalle-kruse said in Leaving Ubuntu Touch:

I have finally given up this week and have switched to GrapheneOS on a new Pixel phone (it admittedly feels very strange to buy a Google phone for avoiding Google to spy on you...).

IKR!!!

Still hoping to getting back to 'real' Linux on my phone one day, but some of the pain points have grown too big - e.g. I am too dependent on mobile messaging via Signal/Axolotl, which has not been working for me for many months now - and seems as far from enabling video calls as ever. Also the Volla Phone still has some rather annoying shortcomings - crashes etc.

I see such things as a issue on the side of Signal/Telegram/etc. for not providing us Native Clients for Ubuntu Touch

But then again...

Why can't we run the Desktop Client for Linux version on our phones ?!

After all : QT can adapt applications to each screen or device...

@ra said in External display:

So on which devices can I actually use the convergence feature?

The only good old Convergence phones that I know of :

• Very cheap : LG Nexus 5
• Very expensive : That cool Pro¹ X phone with a hardware keyboard!
  https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/pro1-x-smartphone-functionality-choice-control#/

Actually it would be useful to see on the devices page whether the cabling approach works for a specific device, to see whether the device is "convergence ready" or not.

Convergence should get more attention in general, but sadly it has lost a lot of it over the last couple of years, while other brands have actually tried to achieve the same thing...

@flohack said in External display:

Because nobody has the necessary display adapter (Idk if its even being sold anymore).

I am sure you can find one if you look for it ?!

You are happy to help finding compatible WiFi P2P Mode hardware (Miracast) that works, but I think that topic died pretty much and is not a good option. Also wireless monitor is laggy and almost unusable for work, you can use it for presentations probably best.

I think Intel tried to revive it a couple of years ago by going the "WiDi" way ?!

Cabled devices have a DisplayPort bridge over USB (Slimport, USB-DP) and are only a handful.

Hmm... really ?!

Convergence is a nice idea but needs good hardware support first.

Convergence is the feature that has drawn me towards Ubuntu Touch so I really, really, REALLY hope it becomes the standard one day!

We need something like Fennec (Previous version of Firefox for Android) for Ubuntu Touch

Or... if I may dream a bit...

Pale Moon for Ubuntu Touch