Feature request - it would be nice to have this to reduce the strain on my eyes at night

@Andrisk Sounds like it got stuck on the update. Try this https://forum.pine64.org/showthread.php?tid=10130

For Nexus 5 PolarCell.

I've put a lot of work into it, and other than doing the Nexus 5X battery mod, no battery works better.

Would it be possible to incorporate a Swype style keyboard action or hand writing recognition into Ubuntu Touch?

@nebulom Replace it with the PolarCell LG Nexus 5 D820/D821 battery. Best aftermarket battery i've found

@GizmoChicken Pine64 forum says LTE with GPS optional if using EG25 module that is in the Pinephone - using the expansion board they have made.

I do hope they recommend the best place in the case to place the antennas.

@doniks Thanks for adding 64 bit support!

Maybe some of these ideas will help?

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=209121

https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/droidcam/

Apparently there is a group already working on a solution to access the camera from the android HAL and present it to Linux:

"provides a set of interfaces to libcamera for existing applications; they will include a V4L compatibility layer, an Android HAL interface, and a GStreamer interface. The intent is to make libcamera suitable for all Linux-based devices." https://lwn.net/Articles/794555/

https://libcamera.org/docs.html

@jjconstr The Nexus 5 is a great phone, soon to be better with a halium upgrade. The main complaint about it is finding a good replacement battery. I've tried a couple and found the best battery is from a German company - PolarCell Battery for LG Google Nexus 5 D821 D820 BL-T9 EAC62078701 2450mAh. It is available on eBay if you are not in the EU.

It's a good quality after market - which means new, not old stock sitting on a shelf for half a decade, nor is it a cheap knock off rebranded. I've had it for a year now and still holds a full charge just like it used to when I bought the phone from Google.

https://www.xda-developers.com/ubports-gsi-brings-ubuntu-touch-to-any-project-treble-supported-android-device/

@saveurlinux Depends on usage. If you use it like a regular phone (mostly idle except for phone calls and occasional email checking during the work day) it will last all day.

I however use it to do research while my family is at appointments. This is usually in four hour blocks of solid screen time scrolling through webpages in bright light. I usually have another hour or two of juice after that. If you are using maps, it runs out faster.

The Nexus 5 was never great on battery life. And this battery outperforms the original when it was new. Only the Nexus 5X battery hack lasted longer. But that's a lot of work to do.

@nebulom Replace it with the PolarCell LG Nexus 5 D820/D821 battery. Best aftermarket battery i've found

@DaveNotHere Certain 'N' class routers have a chip that has an incomplete implementation of the network standard that leads to older devices not being able to connect. There are many posts and open tickets about it on git. Check your router model number to see if it's in the list.

No solution for it except get another router, last I saw.

@Flohack I found something maybe useful. Actual code for how to enable VoLTE/VoWiFi on phones with qualcom modems.

https://forum.xda-developers.com/rog-phone-2/how-to/guide-enabling-volte-vowifi-v2-t4028073

Will webapp push notifications come with the new QT update?

How about Redshift?, videochat?

@samsy known error. First, anbox is built into the kernel for nexus 5. No need to flash it. Start with the second green box from the UT anbox page.

@rhysers Also, flash mobian or another OS with known good networking, onto an SD card and try with that. Several folks on the pinephone forums could not get networking to set up a new sim with UT, but could with Mobian. Maybe some difference between how ofono works vs nmcli.

@rhysers You first need to find out who has the strongest signal in your area. Pick your service based on that. iPhone and android have apps to help you determine that. Opensignal is a good one.

Assuming verizon is it, and you still don't have bars, take it somewhere where you do, then try to activate service. If all goes well, you can buy a cell repeater for your home or just use wifi at home. Pinephone is sometimes slow to read and act on apn info from your sim card. It could take up to an hour. Make sure some combination with 4g is selected in networking, and data is on. If it does not register, search the apn settings for your service and try to input them manually, then reboot.

@Rondarius Interesting idea. When I flashed just four cores to see how it compares, It runs like it always did on android battery wise, except it is noticeably slower when doing demanding things such as video or games.

Switching to just the performance cores is an interesting idea. But, if it is possible, it might harm the phone. The tech in the performance cores was new at the time and the chip design was not optimal, so the processor gets real hot really fast when those cores are actually put to use. That's what caused the BLOD that ended the phone's success. But, it would be an interesting experiment if it didn't kill the cores.

On all 8 cores, they seem to be running all the time but maybe with no load on them. They appear to be just sitting there awake. The performance is much better under heavy load, so they do get triggered and used when needed. But what scheme is used to trigger them and send work their way, and what trigger sends them to sleep when not needed. Until that's solved, could be worth giving your idea a try.

@Flohack I stumbled on an article that might shed some light on how to enable/disable the 4 performance cores. In the middle of the article, with associated links to xda-developers, is code for how XCnathan32 figured out how to recover from the BLOD on the N6P and how the 4 cores are employed in android.

Beyond my skills, but hopefully it will give you some ideas about how to do power managment on the N6P.

https://www.ifixit.com/News/36821/dark-magic-what-caused-googles-nexus-6p-death-loop-and-how-to-fix-it-with-a-hairdryer