Hello,

I don't understand what is the problem. I've already written in two places here what should be at least a Linux Mobile, according to what a smartphone is nowadays.

My phone is a phone so :

• Phone app
• Contacts app (at least with local database)
• Messages app (SMS, MMS)
• Clock app (with alarms)

My phone is built over Linux so :

• Terminal app
• Filemanager app
• Preferences app
• System update app

My phone has I/O interfaces so :

• Camera app (photo, video)
• Galery app (photo, video)
• Play and Record sounds apps <= partially
• Display GPS coordinates app (textual, no map) <= partially

My phone is smart and connected so :

• Calendar app (at least with local database)
• Calculator app
• Notes app
• Web browser app
• Mail client app
• Openstore app

I removed or adjusted some points that were not consensual.
Many users will says "I want this or that" but here above is the pure simple definition of what should work immediately without drawbacks after installing a Linux Mobile Operating System.

What is the status today for Touch or Others ?
Best regards
Pulsar33

NOTA : Ubuntu Touch OTA15 from Canonical had a ALL OK status for that

Hum, seems to regress.
Tried the #77 and I've a black screen after the boot listing and reboot.
However ssh works but don't know what to do with it.
BR
Pulsar33

Hello,
Is there some progress about graphical problem for Pi4 ?
BR
Pulsar33

As said above ethernet is not seen (in the notification area) however ethernet is working !

So, one more tip if you want : ssh works too
On your desktop/laptop, use the following command in the /firmware folder of the SDCard

touch ssh

After booting, you can login from your desktop/laptop with

ssh phablet@[local-IP]
password: phablet

Have a nice evening
Pulsar33

Another tip : print screen key works
Easy to access to the snapshots by reading the SDCard on my desktop
Will use it next time instead of the ugly pictures above ... Here is a reduced to 720p example :

Maintaining the Super (Windows or Apple) Key displays the available shortcuts. They work AFAIK.

Unfortunately, I was looking for CTRL-ALT-F1 and CTRL-ALT-F7 shortcuts but they don't seem to exist, do they ?

BR
Pulsar33

To remove overscan, uncomment this line

disable_overscan=1

in /firmware/config.txt

If your mouse lags, try to add this :

usbhid.mousepoll=0

at the end of the line in /firmware/cmdline.txt

BR
Pulsar33

Hello,

Trying v66 on RPI4B 4GB flashed on SDCard with dd command :

• Connected to 1920x1080 screen through HDMI0 => ok
• Need to disconnect/reconnect radio interface for keyboard/mouse
• Overscan is always activated : ~48 pixels/lines black borders
• First and second boot : horizontal view, initial parameters, keyboard layout ok
• Third boot login : rotated, after login : switched to horizontal by itself
• Third boot : wrong keyboard layout (uk instead of previous fr selected)
• Ethernet connected but not seen, WiFi activated, Bluetooth not found
• After third boot, shutdown makes a restart, not a shutdown
• Next time, the shutdown was complete

Main problem :

• The window manager displays the frames and menus correctly
• The application show a correct initial display for one second
• Then, the inner part of the window becomes garbage
• It reminds me something like incoherent window size and viewport size

Rotated login

Calc just started (correct)

Calc after one or two seconds (garbage)

Multiple apps : all garbage, menu and notification : all clean

Best regards
Pulsar33

@utouchuser
Hello,
Your list of "desired applications" is not consistent with the title you gave to this thread
"Essential apps" must be justified regarding general smartphone usage.
This subjetc has already been addressed here

At this time, I wrote this :
Strange how people don't share the same feeling about core apps ...
Here's my point of vue :

My phone is a phone so :

• Phone app
• Contacts app (at least with local database)
• Messages app (SMS, MMS)
• Clock app (with alarms)

My phone is built over Linux so :

• Terminal app
• Filemanager app
• Preferences app
• System update app
• Apparmor management app <= missing

My phone has I/O interfaces so :

• Camera app (photo, video)
• Galery app (photo, video)
• Play and Record sounds apps <= partially
• Display GPS coordinates app (textual, no map) <= missing

My phone is smart and connected so :

• Calendar app (at least with local database)
• Calculator app
• Notes app
• Web browser app
• Mail client app
• Openstore app
• Anbox app <= necessary for UT survival

IMHO, other applications would be valuable but are not "essential".
It would simply be important to help developers to port or maintain them.

Have a nice day
Pulsar33

Hello,

Things are moving on the raspberrypi.org forum. An Ubuntu sub-forum has been open in Operating System distributions / Other and an old thread about Unity has been updated. A few members are posting.

BR
Pulsar33

Excellent ! Thank you very much @doniks
Best regards
Pulsar33