Hi
I was listening to the latest Postmarketos podcast and found out that they have soon three phones which you could install their OS/GUI using the Ubports installer. It is the Oneplus 6, Shift6MQ and soon the Fairphone 4. Great work Postmarketos and welcome to our installer 
Hear all about it here:
https://cast.postmarketos.org/episode/23-PVR-SGX540-Kupfer-UBports-installer-SoCs-Phone-Testing-2/
Hi
Here comes little news regarding the Raspberry pi3 and pi4:
Capsia over at:
have made a new image for the Rpi 3 and Rpi 4.
You'll find it here:
https://gitlab.com/capsia/rootfs-builder-debos/-/jobs/4802053677/artifacts/browse
This is what Capsia wrote in the release note:
Hi! I finally have a focal image for the Pi. Please note that this is still in very early development and there may be issues. Currently known issues are that video playback does not work in the video app (only in the browser), the first boot is very slow and the Pi 3 is quite laggy with only 1GB of ram. This image has also been tested and works on the Pi4, other models such as the Pi400 may or may not work.
Hi
I will try to sum up the things that Oren & Co over at
is doing and the things you need to do to have the best exprience on your pine64 device.
The focus at the moment will be on Pinephone, Pinephone Pro, Pinetab and Pinetab 2.
This post will be updated when new things gets developed.
PINEPHONE & PINEPHONE PRO
You need Tow-boot on the emmc to install Ubuntu touch on your phone:
These procedures is still valid to install UT on your phone:
https://ubports.com/blog/ubports-news-1/post/pinephone-and-pinephone-pro-20-04-install-3889
Here is the latest version of UT, 0.10 in the writing:
https://gitlab.com/ook37/pinephone-pro-debos/-/releases/v0.10
For the moment apt is working on these devices.
To update your phone, run this in the terminal on your phone:
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade -y
Enter your password and press enter
This is done between the releases that Oren makes on his Gitlab page.
To have the latest version of UT, always make a new, fresh install of the latest version from Orens Gitlab page.
These are not pushed through apt. This will persist as long as we don’t have OTA:s on the phones.
It is recommended to update the modem(SDK) and its firmware(ADSP).
You need to have ADB and Fastboot installed on your PINEPHONE to install these:
https://github.com/the-modem-distro/pinephone_modem_sdk/releases/tag/0.7.2
https://github.com/the-modem-distro/pinephone_modem_sdk/blob/kirkstone/docs/ADSP-CARRIERS.md
The Modem-SDK release version 0.7.4 is more buggy/instable than 0.7.2.
The modem is like a computer and it talks adb and fastboot, that is why you need adb and fastboot installed on your phone.
If your carrier is not listed in the table on the ADSP-page, you’ll have to check which firmware that works best for your carrier. I don’t know when the table over the carriers was last updated, newer versions of the firmware could be a better experience.
If your carrier isn’t listed and you install a firmware that works with your carrier, please make a pr so it gets on the table.
On this Github there is a lot of help to get things set up in the right/best way, Such as Flashing, Settings, How to, etc. Please read it.
Oren have made a Help guide to help you along the way of tinkering with your phone/tablet:
https://gitlab.com/ook37/pinephone-pro-debos/-/wikis/Help-Guide
PINETAB & PINETAB 2
According to the 0.8 release, both the Pinetab and Pinetab 2 have U-boot preloaded, they don’t use Tow-boot to boot.
Here is the latest version of UT, 0.9 in the writing:
https://gitlab.com/ook37/pinephone-pro-debos/-/releases/v0.9
Please leave a comment if there is something missing
Hi
I have talked to the manager for the paramedics in my town today. He was very positive to the ICE contact integration on our operating system and that we was so devoted to have an unified icon for it. But the only suggestion he had was the “Star of Life”. So I will post here again when or if I get a response from EMS/NHTSA.
Hi @rocket2nfinity
I guess that makes it 2 who used it as a daily driver
I suspects that @Flohack have to many devices to maintaine, maybe it gets ported one day when he has nothing else to do
Couldn't we have som download statistics on the device page? Showing how many downloads each ported device have since they was added to the ubports installer. I know this wouldn't be fair for those devices that hasn't made it to the installer yet. But none the less it would be interesting to see some numbers showing how active this project is.
@nero355
I was thinking of using a pi 3 or 4. Maybe buying pieces of a pinephone, because then you'l have everything you need to have gps, wifi, mobile data and more, and put it in one of these:
https://www.liymo.com/raspberry-pi/raspberry-pi-solutions/ByByte-double-din-raspberry-pi-monitor
A perfect car pc
Hi
Finally I got an answer from NHTSA and here it is:
Thank you for proactively reaching out to NHTSA to use the Star of Life symbol. If you choose to use the Star of Life symbol itself, or a close iteration of such, you'll need NHTSA's permission to do so. The guidance for using the symbol is found on www.EMS.gov at: https://www.ems.gov/vgn-ext-templating/ems/sol/HS808721.pdf
If you choose to not use the Star of Life symbol, you will not need to seek our permission.
Unfortunately, the NHTSA Office of EMS is unable endorse one product over another. Since the In Case of Emergency (ICE) program is not one of our programs, we won't be able to create an alternative to the Star of Life symbol.
I hope this helps and please call me at xxx-xxx-xxx if you'd like to discuss this further or proceed to get permission from NHTSA to use the Star of Life symbol.
@unisuperbox
Godspeed and take really good care of yourself.
Here is another mockup, I used the colour palette of UBports to choose the background colour:
@BigB The first N7 in the table is flo the other two is deb with different LTE depending on where you live. UT should work on all three. I don't have a N7 so I can't help you with the second question.
@E-Z-Tux
Yes @arubislander is right:
https://askubuntu.com/questions/761070/cant-install-ubuntu-touch-on-bq-aquaris-m10
Here is the links you need to put ubuntu touch 15:04 on your tablet. After installing this, the ubports installer should work.
Hi
Here is little something from Oren & CO on telegram:
Oren, [2023-09-19 16:41]
Everything except the externaldisplay stuff has been merged 
Oren, [2023-09-19 16:45]
That means that in theory, ppl can update their devices with apt and it will install rotation :))) pinetab2 will have to delete its .yaml.dpkg-old, but other than that, it’s all upstream
will probably make a new release today, next one can be camera/gps/OTA upstreaming :DDDD
Here is a longer answer from Oren regarding the Risc-V versions:
oklopfer — 08/21/2023 11:39 PM
@Luigi311 cant find you on the UT telegram but how has your PTV experience been? do you think its in a state where we could consider a port yet?
Pine64 Protocol Droid — 08/21/2023 11:41 PM
[M] <luigi311> It’s been pretty good. The only things that I would say are show stoppers are suspend and especially for UT is the qt web browser issue.
[M] <luigi311> Might be fine to do a rhino port though
oklopfer — 08/21/2023 11:43 PM
lol morph is based on qtweb so thats definitely an issue xD is it a code issue that can be fixed or a full hardware issue?
dont know why it would be hardware but who knows, the bes2600 is crazy
yeah i would love to do a rhino port but then i would have to pay for it 
if its for UT first then it can be covered
Pine64 Protocol Droid — 08/21/2023 11:52 PM
[M] <luigi311> It should be a code issue since riscv wasn’t adding into chromium until Jan this year and qt web is nowhere near that version. Suse has a potential patch but doesn’t seem to be working but fishwaldo mentioned trying to look into it.
[M] <luigi311> If he does get the patch working though I’m not sure if UT will accept the patch any time soon though since that could potentially affect every device and might cause issue with their only browser lol
oklopfer — 08/22/2023 12:18 AM
and so we wait…
Fishwaldo — 08/22/2023 12:46 AM
Yah. It’s a very intrusive patch that will never get accepted by upstream. You might have better luck with qt6 but other areas it breaks on riscv currently
It also requires a ton of patches to things like Mesa, and fffmeg etc. (of which all patches are based on old versions). If you have no problem using older releases of Mesa then it should be ok to do a port. If you have to stick to a particular version, it’s going to be a big porting effort especially for Mesa.
@Keneda
Oren wrote that they don't have access to a Risc-V model and he didn't think that there will be any image for it in a long time due the amont of work they have to put into the arm versions that they have.
@Keneda
Sorry but there have been no discussions about the Risc-V version on telegram. I drop a question about it
Both the Pinetab and the Pinetab 2 gets updates too. There are 3 images in the linked page above one for Pinetab and one for Pinetab 2 the third one is a unified image for both pinephones.
Hi
there is a new version for the pine64 devices you can find them here:
https://gitlab.com/ook37/pinephone-pro-debos/-/releases/v0.9
And the first post is updated too
@muskist
To reboot phone type:
reboot
Press Enter
Reboot only gui:
lomiri --replace
Press Enter
It might hang on the splash screen, wait a few minutes and press the powerbutton to get the gui to load.
Hi
I have been tinkering with my Pinephone CE Ubports edition and realized that I have written that you needed adb and fastboot on your pc. This is wrong, you need to install it on your PINEPHONE. This is because of the modem is like a computer and it talks adb and fastboot. I have changed the first post and added/changed the info regarding this. Sorry if this caused any headaches.
Hi again
There is a new modem firmware ADSP and it is only listed under the latest modem-sdk release 0.7.4. I don't know why it is only listed here.
Here is the link to download it:
And here is the Github page:
https://github.com/Biktorgj/quectel_eg25_recovery/tree/EG25GGBR07A08M2G_30.007.30.007