Hello,
Here is the abstract of the install process made for my daugther on a BQ E5 Ubuntu Edition
To succeed, we widely did otherwise than explained in the official informations.
This is why I think that this could be usefull for you.

We started here and had a close look to this video. We (hardly, because it's fleeting) got a false information about how to go in bootloader mode. We have known later that this was not usable for BQ E5 ... But let's tell the story.

According to this, that, then that, and finally that we didn't know what to load. We finally found this. Well ! Having Mint 18.3, we downloaded ubports-installer_0.1.12-beta_amd64.deb and tried to launch. But my desktop is 32 bits, not 64 so it failed. I tried also Appimage and looked to snappy without succes. So I decided to install a Mint 18.3 64 bits fresh disk and was able (some time later) to install the deb file ...

What did not work :
Following the instruction of UBports installer, keeping in mind the video seen above, there was no detection. We tried a manual selection, launched the install process but were not able to switch to bootloader mode. As we discovered later here we switched in Factory Mode instead.
What is not clear too in the video is if the device must be on or off when connecting it.
We tried several times without luck, and saw that the "Developper Mode" was not persistent after some reboot so beware about that.

What succeeded (with UBports-installer and Mint 18.3 64 bits) :

• Power on the BQ E5 and set Developper Mode (SystemPreferences/About/DevelopperMode)
• Open a terminal and type adb devices : this launches the adb daemon
• Connect the BQ E5 (always powered on) to the desktop
• Type adb devices once more : the device is listed
• A question appears on the BQ E5 with a key : you have to grant the connexion
• At this point, launch UBports installer : quick automatic detection !...
• The installer displays a "Switch to UBports" option : select it then install
• The BQ E5 is switched to Bootloader Mode automatically
• Then follow the indications (the password requested is the one of your desktop, not the one of your BQ)
• 12 files Downloaded (the first one is long with ADSL), then 13 files pushed to the device (quicker)
• Then the device reboots and installs the files (about 5 minutes), then reboots once more running UBports
  You're done !

Hope this can help
Pulsar33

I don't like scopes and never used them.
I want a desktop with only my favorite picture(s).
I'd be very happy if the background image could be a slideshow, switching every 10 or 15 minutes (for example)
It's exactly what I have for my Desktop PC with Cinnamon. No garbage on the screen and powerful menus
BR
Pulsar33

@xqqy said in Add more modern and popular devices to offical supported list:
Maybe is time to drop some old device to newer one.

This is a totally irresponsible idea at a time when the danger of destroying the planet through over-consumption is so high and finally recognized by a growing number of people.

Desperate
Pulsar33

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

Hi,
This one does it on my BQ E5
This one, I don't know (maybe)
Regards
Pulsar33

Hello guru
I don't know but someone will certainly answer you.
I hope removing someone's posts is not possible as it would create unconsistancy in the threads.
Morevover, you have posted some messages I consider interesting.
What is often possible on forums is that the nickname of leaving users is replaced by "guest".
Best regards
Pulsar33

@Opolork : Hello

WifiTransfer :

• acts like a server => use Filezilla on the laptop
• the Filezilla UI allows multiple selection of files and folders and make things easy
• I experienced "silent errors" of transfer, often for a bunch of photos which is easy to detect
  => you always must verify the integrity of what you have transfered

uFtp :

• acts like a client => use Filezilla Server on the laptop
• I never succeeded to transfer a folder or multiple files from Laptop to Phone
• I never experiment "silent errors"
• uFtp makes a temporary copy of all what you send in his folder. This is a huge drawback !

Confinement :
WifiTransfer and uFtp are confined as usual so they can only access to the .local/share/<appname>/ folder.
The only choice is to use UT file manager and enable show hidden files and full access.
Using Terminal, you can create symbolic links for easier access :

• ln -s ~/.local/share/wifitransfer.sil/ ~/Ftp
• ln -s ~/.local/share/ftpmanager.costa/ ~/uFtp

Firewall :
Depends on your PC OS and configuration ... Might be necessary to modify.

Hope this helps
Pulsar33

@lakotaubp : no problem, this is a local only exchange and WiFitransfer changes the password each time you launch it
This is by the way one of the boring things with WiFitransfer. I use mainly uFtp instead (but that one needs to install a server on the laptop)
Best regards
Pulsar33

@dtarrant :
It seems more complicated because it is more generic and powerfull. This suggest was to verify what's working or not and you can do it ...

Use this :

To configure that :

Then click connexion and you're done

@dtarrant : Hello
Please read again what I said to you sometimes ago.
Maybe the FTP client of Nautilus in 18.04 has an issue or a more protected way to connect to the server, I don't know. However, FTP works with clients and servers and you have several solutions, at least to test and detect which element is faulty. For exemple, give a try to Filezilla Client on your laptop. This one should connect to WiFitransfer.
Good luck
Pulsar33

@Mark : thank you for the clarification. I was afraid to have missed something.
Unfortunately, as said in the other thread, I've not the knowledge needed to solve the graphical problem.
Good evening
Pulsar33

@Mark said in Progress on the Pi 3:

Wifi is now working on the Pi 3 and Pi 4. We are trying to sort out sound and Bluetooth - any help welcome.

Please how can you say that Wifi is working for PI4 ?

As I wrote here, since #66 downloaded from there, I've never been able to view anything but garbage on my PI4 4Gb with 32Gb SD. As usual, with #265, except during command line sequences (that works) I see wrapped lines like this :

Can you explain me why or (better) how to succeed, please ?
BR
Pulsar33

PS : I tried with 1920x1080 monitor and 3840x2160 TV ... Same results.
The TV displays 3840x2160 30fps information which confirm the format.

Hello
Just a simple remainder :
Feature Request : slide-show background #1359
Best Regards
Pulsar33

Hello
Nice solution, thank you.
Could it be adapted to a cable free solution (WiFi, Bluetooth) ?
BR
Pulsar33

@dobey Hum,
No sure I understand everything but I will try to analyze your proposal ... and come back.
Thank you.
Pulsar33

Hello,
Being off-topic in guide-for-beginners-app-development-ubuntu-touch I create this new subject to move some posts here.

The question was : how to reuse my own software sources, developed since a long time on desktop for terminal commands and other ones with GTK ?
Is there a solution to (cross)compile, please ?
Where can the include and libraries be found ?

BR
Pulsar33

Thanks to @Lakotaubp for posts move

Hello,

Unfortunaly, Libertine is another sort of container and isn't what I'm looking for. Here are the reasons why :

• I'm really paranoid and happy that UT has high confinement solution but if I need some own pieces of code, it's precisely because I want to overide these limitations, as well as I can do with Terminal. This doesn't create security breaks because it is my code and I would be the only one that knows it is there.

• I would be surprised if Libertine could run desktop applications without compiling them for my phone's processor. Even if this is the case, I need true code execution, not emulation.

I use Eclipse CDT to compile and debug my (desktop) code. I'm looking for tools and files needed to compile my code for UT.

• Can I cross-compile on my desktop with Eclipse (and how) ?
• Must I compile on the phone (and how) ?
• Where are the include files and libraries (including GTK) ?

Hope someone can answer.
Thank you and have a nice day
Pulsar33

@arubislander OK, thank you
I'll have a look to Libertine solution.
Have a nice day
Pulsar33

The first idea is to use some own programs for my own needs on my own phone. However, once validated, it is also possible to publish the source code if it can be useful to someone.
Have a nice day
Pulsar33

Hi,
This is fine for people knowing Clickable and QT and so on, or having time and fun to learn that ...
But what about if I want to reuse my own software sources, developed since a long time for terminal commands and other ones with GTK ?
Is there a solution please ?
BR
Pulsar33