@Alain said in Where is the Desktop?:

How hard can it be?

Famous last words.

@Vlad-Nirky said in App security (new KeepassRX app):

@RandomUser
The guy is super motivated and the app is evolving very quickly. It has already caught up with Focal and promises to evolve even further.
Really great!

I'm not denying that, I can see the progress and appreciate all the work he's doing, genuinely. But you give the app access to all your passwords, I don't think it's unreasonable to be a bit cautious.

@arubislander Thanks for the information, something like this is what I was looking for.

I saw the new KeepassRX app pop up in the app store and I'm very interested to try it. Normally I'm not that that strict with security and trust the systems and people in place. However, this app will have access to all my passwords and made me wonder. Are there any security checks before an app is added to the app store? Can we for example be sure the package is built from the linked source code?

I'm running 20.04, not sure which OTA. When going to the update screen in the system settings, the update channel is stuck at 16.04. Changing it ends up in an infinite spinner.

There might be a problem reading the current OS information perhaps?

• I'm not able to see anywhere which OTA it is, the "About" page has an empty field
• Running the "Ubuntu Info" app fails to list lots of device information
• Running system-image-cli i returns this error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/system-image-cli", line 6, in <module>
    from pkg_resources import load_entry_point
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 991, in _find_and_load
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 975, in _find_and_load_unlocked
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 671, in _load_unlocked
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap_external>", line 844, in exec_module
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap_external>", line 976, in get_code
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap_external>", line 640, in _compile_bytecode
EOFError: marshal data too short

Any ideas to fix this or which direction to look?

@Moem No problem. There's bits and pieces of information scattered around, so sometimes it's hard to learn about these things.

@Moem Thanks. I found the Aurora store instead which makes things a bit easier.

@Moem How do you install Signal? I just installed Waydroid and the F-droid store.

@MrT10001 Ok, going through the updater in the system settings worked fine. Thanks, looks like I have a working up-to-date system now. Couldn't get it going through the installer though.

I've never came around to do the update, so I'm still running Xenial but it's probably time to take the plunge.

After reading a bit, it seems like going through the installer is the best route. However I can't get it to work. We all know about the reboot bug. This appears to be causing issues. In the installer, depending if you tick bootstrap, it'll either try to reboot the device in fastboot or recovery mode. The device switches off, but never comes back on. So I have to unplug, press vol-up+power and it boots again, but of course the installation is interupted.

How did everyone here did the update?

Just type "what is my user agent" into Google, it'll tell you as well.

Do sites think that I'm visiting in with Linux Mobile or do they think it's Android OS?

Most will think you're running Android because they're either lazy, incompetent, or ignorant.

The user agent contains something like "Linux Ubuntu like Android". Devs just do a quick check, see that it contains "Android" and assume that's what's running.

@Ian This is how I "fixed" it previously and was going to comment this as well I had the same issue right after switching phones, so I blamed it on the phone (OnePlus One) back then. It was only after a long time I found those clock settings.

@Hugehead I use the following script on my 6T with Xenial: https://github.com/JamiKettunen/lomiri-notch-hax

Icons are still hidden underneath the notch, but atleast it pushes the notification envelope enough to the left.

@MrT10001 That didn't work either.

However...

I was able to boot into fastboot mode by pressing power+vol_up+vol_down. No idea why it worked now. Then I just reinstalled through the installer.

Something weird though, the installer said the device "sdm845" isn't supported. So I manually picked it from the list.

Anyway, I'd like to thank you for the prompt replies. It's very much appreciated.

@MrT10001 I see the OnePlus logo and then always end up stuck at the bootloader screen (image found online).

Edit: pressing the power key as stated in that message does nothing.

@MrT10001 The problem is I can only boot to the (unlocked) bootloader. No matter the key combination. No fastboot and developer mode was not enabled in the settings. So the installer can't find the device.

@Moem @MrT10001 I tried this multiple times.

The device only shuts down with power+vol_up or power+vol_down, not with just power.

Then booting with either of the three combinations still results in the stuck bootloader.

I got a notification about OTA-25, clicked to install and the device rebooted. It went on for a few minutes on the update screen, I think, the one which looks like three connected circles which "pulse" a bit. It rebooted again and is now stuck on the bootloader screen. The one with the warning message about the bootloader being unlocked.

Any one else with this problem or even better, a solution?

Good news. I was able to boot again and installed UBports eventually.

I tried many times, multiple variations, but in the end this combination finally worked:

• disconnect the phone from any cable (laptop, mains)
• hold volume up + power button for 12 seconds

Not sure if it was a fluke or the actual solution though. Hope this helps someone in the future.

@lakotaubp sorry about that. I cleaned it up a bit more.

The phone had enough charge, over 70% and connected to the laptop. To be sure, I plugged it into the mains.