I'm not certain if this is the correct place to log these bugs, but here it goes...
I running Version 75 of UT on a PinePhone, using the "developer" channel. Overall, I'm very happy with what I'm seeing, and do understand that this is a "work in progress".
Here's a list of some key bugs/issues which are making it challenging to use the phone as a daily driver:
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As of about two or three builds ago, the text message sort order became extremely awkward. The prior sort order was with oldest messages on top, newest messages on the bottom. With the current build, received messages are in reverse order (above ALL of my responses) at the top of the list, and ALL of my responses are in the normal order at the bottom of the list. What that means is incoming messages are at the very top of the list, and my responses are at the very bottom. I'm sure this is a simple sort order bug that was recently introduced. As simple as this may be, it makes using the system for text messaging very cumbersome.
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I recently encountered an issue (with the stable build a while back) where MMS messages (with an image attached) no longer can be sent or received. It is possible that this is an APN configuration issue (I'm using T-Mobile through Ting in the US). I have carefully entered the parameters for the APN using an android phone (as UT does not show/provide access to all of the parameters specified by Ting/T-mobile), then popped the SIM back into the PinePhone. What I've found here is that (1) in order to initiate outgoing phone calls, I need to manually select the 2G/3G option instead of the 4G option (although it works fine for internet and incoming calls, and will sometimes work if I select 2G/3G first, then change it to 4G). (2) I've had better luck setting up two separate APNs (one for Internet, one for MMS) rather than the single, combined APN. The guide I've been following is here
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I've tried repeatedly to add an account (generic CALDAV, CARDDAV, and google). When using the "add account" function, I simply see the wheel spin endlessly without any progress.
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The music player will not play local files, and goes into an endless loop "discovering" all of the files in my music folder over and over again. When attempting to play a song (either by track, artist, or album), the "discovery" loop starts all over again and the file never plays. However, the "media player" app works as expected.
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I believe this is already known, but the gallery function/app doesn't work at all for browsing for photos. It simply displays a white shell with a menu with choices for "photos" and "events".
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I'm pretty sure this is a known issue, but the camera functions don't work at all (just displays a black screen with three expected controls at the bottom that don't appear to get anything working).
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This may not fall under the UT umbrella, but Dekko is a bit of a trainwreck. When setting up an account, the input is not echoed to the display, unless you use the task switcher then jump back into the app. When an account is finally set up, message headers appear as (mostly) expected, but the message itself is not accessible (using either a standard POP3 or IMAP account).
On the wishlist, it would be great if the Morph browser would implement some option for saving passwords, as it and Tor do a lot of heavy lifting to compensate for broken/missing apps.
Despite all of these issues, I am looking forward to using the PinePhone with UT much more heavily, especially when it is rebased to Debian and more common Linux apps are more easily accessible. Thanks guys for all your hard work getting things working this well.