I thought it might be useful to have a list of snaps that run well on UT.
I will slowly populate this list as I try things.
Tested an FP5 focal
No success
= installed, seems to work, further testing needed
= works well

Terminal-parrot
nano-strict
htop
crypton
micro : requires '''--classic'''
xournal++
alacritty: requires '''--classic'''
konsole: requires '''--classic'''
clera
ponysay
asciiaquarium
libreoffice
Deepseek
tldr
snap store
keepassxc

zellij : requires '''--classic'''
firefox
thunderbird
cozy
gnome-contacts
sublime-text
emoj
pydoro
frog
tux-paint
ghostty : requires '''--classic'''
opencv-demo-web
mission center
transmission

Re: Browser redirect to wifi login page

Hello
I do not get any prompt at all to login to guest wifi at work. I tried using an http address but that did not work.
I get an Error:net::ERR_NAME_NOT_RESOLVED message on morph.

How do I get to the login page for the wifi?

UT build number r508 (20.04) on FP5.

tedit works great! Thank you!

@ikoz perfect, thank you!

@arubislander
I tried the crypton snap, and that worked. Ill revisit the snaps that failed to see if anything has changed.

Hi
There are files I would like to sync with nextcloud but I would need them encrypted.
How are people getting this done on UT?
There are snaps that I could use but the UI is not mobile friendly.

So, Im on focal on the FP5. I could only get the terminal parrot snap to work.

Are there any formal instructions for setting up snap support?

@ubugogo
2.4 works but 5 does not hold. This is an issue I had with huawei too so I don't think it is UT or Fairphone.
I have been wandering the internet, playing music via jellyfin and listening to podcasts. Really seems good with my home wifi

I gave up and just installed from android 14.
It worked well, only the fingerprint reader does not work.

@kugiigi
I tried several times and waited a few minutes each time.
There was nothing to wait for, it returned the prompt immediately.

Here is what I asked on that side:

I want to try ubuntu touch on my FP5, so I need to downgrade from Android 14 (pre-installed) to Android 13.
I have successfully followed the instructions on the FP page for unlocking the bootloader etc (https://support.fairphone.com/hc/en-us/articles/18896094650513-How-to-manually-install-Android-on-your-Fairphone)

I downloaded the zip file, unzipped it and ran the script. It detects the phone and asks if I am sure I want to continue. I say yes, It then does nothing.

Here is the output from the terminal.

❯ ./flash_fp5_factory.sh

*** Fairphone 5 flashing script ***

INFO: The procedure will start soon. Please wait...
INFO: The package type is "user-factory"
INFO: You are using a Linux distribution.

INFO: Validating the integrity of the package.
      This might take a while. Please wait...
INFO: Validation complete.
WARNING: Flashing this image wipes all user data and settings on the phone.
         It will also remove the Google factory reset protection.
         Are you sure you want to continue?
         Type "Yes" (case sensitive) and press enter to continue: Yes
INFO: Looking for connected device(s)...
INFO: One Fairphone 5 in fastboot mode found (serial number: xxxxxx).

I don’t really know what I should have done differently.

@kugiigi
I have tried the instructions on the fairphone website. The intsller starts but then nothing actually happens. I have asked for help on the FP forum.

I got a FP5 specifically to use UT.

My FP came with android 14 out the box. UT installation instructions say we need 13. Do I need to move to 13 or is it safe to do the install from 14?

Miraclewm exists as a snap already.... does UT allow someone to log in to different DEs? I last used it years ago but I dont remember seeing anything about multiple DEs.

@ikoz
Im already using zfs and when I was reading about which is better supported on linux, it seemed to be a clear win for zfs.
I use zfs for snapshot and schedules backups. I could probably swap to btrfs I just need to read what the differences would be.

I dont know enough about linux to be adding things to the kernel.

Hi
Quick question, are there any tiling window manager-like features to lomiri?
I use sway and miraclewm and I have got very comfortable with this setup. I get that lomiri (and UT more specifically) is designed for a different use case but I was curious if it would even be possible to add this in myself for using a UT device as a computer when docked.

Hello

I have an external harddrive that I use for as a portable 'home partition'. Its formatted with zfs and I have been using to to effortlessly move between using different computers (laptop, desktop, work) and have all my files all the time.
If I wanted to use it with an Ubuntu touch device, I would need to have a functioning zfs installation on the device. I heard in one of the podcasts that installing things via apt is not supported and the root partition only has 3GB of space.

Is it feasible/possible to install zfs on UT? I guess a snap installation of zfs is very unlikely.

Hello
I might have missed it. Is there an app for 'automatically' populating gitlab/github bug reporting?
For me at least, I would be more inclined report bugs if it were easier.
It would help you guys too because you could get the app to send logs etc that are necessary for examining the problem.

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