Version 1.3.0 has just been published to the OpenStore. It's now possible to view and open forum notifications in the app. Also opened topics will be marked as read if logged in. There is no visual confirmation that a topic is marked as read (for now), but if you open the web version of the forum, posts will disappear from the unread page.

@Leroy_Linux There even is another way of tabbing in the Ubuntu Touch terminal app. You can tap anywhere on the terminal area to mimick the behavior of the tab key and use auto-completion.

I just received another call, and I experienced almost exactly the same behavior. The phone didn't respond to the power button, and the screen wouldn't turn off. However, after a reboot, the brightness level was normal, and everything is functioning as expected now. I'm currently on 24.04-1.1.

This problem is solved! It turns out the brightness level was set to 0 percent. This explains why rebooting or reflashing didn't fix it. I used the brief moments when I could see the screen after restarting repowerd to locate and adjust the brightness slider.

I think I might have a similar problem with my Fairphone 5. Today, I received a call, after which I couldn't turn the screen off anymore. The phone wouldn't respond to the power button. I wasn't too bothered by this since I needed to send a message after the call, so I continued using the phone.

I started up Waydroid to send the message. After that, I tried to force reboot the phone since the power menu didn't pop up. Unfortunately, the phone booted to a black screen. I could still hear the screenshot sound, though. Now this happens every time, and I can't see anything on the screen. Touch inputs are recognized, and I briefly see the screen lighting up when I run:

sudo systemctl restart repowerd

However, it doesn't turn the screen back on. I've also tried reinstalling Ubuntu Touch (stable, RC, and daily channels, even 24.04-2.x/daily), but that hasn't made a difference either. I'm aware that a full wipe (including userdata) could help, but I'd prefer to explore other solutions first if possible. Any help is appreciated!

@domubpkm That option is not easy to find indeed. First open the account page through the app-settings. Then click on your profile picture in the top left. You'll find a logout option in the menu that opens.

@projectmoon The forum is based on the NodeBB Forum Software. I use XMLHttpRequests and the read API to fill in all native UT components in the app (categories, search results, topics and posts).

The write API requires session-based (cookie) or bearer token authentication. As far as I understand, the bearer token can only be generated by admin users. So this would not be practical to implement.

Right now the app works with a webview and some javascript injections. I would like to implement the write API later on, especially to fetch other user information such as notifications (help with this is welcome). But for now it works fine with the webview

Version 1.2.0 is out! And there is no workaround needed anymore. Logging in with your account and replying to topics and posts is now possible

Best wishes to everyone for 2026! 🥳

Bij het overstappen van iOS of Android ga je vast op zoek naar alternatieven voor apps die je gewend was op je oude telefoon. Het doel van deze lijst is om een overzicht te geven van alternatieve apps, gericht op de Nederlandse en/of Vlaamse doelgroep.

De lijst voelt nu nog een beetje als schaamteloze zelfpromotie , dus aanvullingen zijn meer dan welkom. Laat het gerust weten als er suggesties zijn, dan pas ik dit bericht aan. Wie weet staan er zelfs nog Nederlandse of Vlaamse apps niet op de lijst die in de toekomst ontwikkeld kunnen worden. Misschien een mooie aanleiding om zelf een app te maken!

Radar
https://open-store.io/app/radar.sanderklootwijk

Een app om informatie van Buienradar.nl binnen te halen. Je kunt locaties binnen Nederland opzoeken en diverse weerkaarten bekijken. Verder is er een neerslagverwachting en weersverwachting tot 14 dagen vooruit.

Wegwijs
https://open-store.io/app/wegwijs.sanderklootwijk

Een app voor het bekijken van de actuele verkeerssituatie en brandstofprijzen in Nederland. Ook het zoeken naar laadpalen wordt ondersteund. De data is grotendeels afkomstig van de ANWB en de app is daarmee een goed alternatief voor de ANWB Onderweg-app.

NedNieuws
https://open-store.io/app/ubuntu-nednieuws.sanderklootwijk

Een app om artikelen van de NOS te lezen, met ondersteuning voor het doorbladeren van categorieën en een ingebouwde reader.

Afvaller
https://open-store.io/app/afvaller.stuiterveer

Een app om de afvalkalender in te zien. Ondersteunt meerdere Nederlandse afvalverwerkers. In te stellen op postcode en huisnummer.

Radio NL
https://open-store.io/app/radionl.sanderklootwijk

Een radio-app met een groot aantal landelijke en lokale Nederlandse radiozenders.

Radio BE
https://open-store.io/app/radiobe.sanderklootwijk

Een radio-app met een groot aantal landelijke en lokale Belgische radiozenders.

Gezellig, een Nederlands plekje op het forum!

Mijn naam is Sander. Ik gebruik Ubuntu Touch sinds de lancering van de eerste commerciële Ubuntu Touch telefoon door Canonical in 2015: de BQ Aquaris E4.5. Later kwam daar de BQ M10 tablet bij. Toen UBports de ontwikkeling overnam, ben ik het project blijven volgen en gebruikte ik een Nexus 5 als daily driver. Later heb ik nog een Volla en een Pixel 3A gebruikt. Ondanks tussentijdse uitstapjes naar Android, iOS en Sailfish OS kom ik toch altijd weer terug bij Ubuntu Touch, momenteel op een Fairphone 4.

In de tien jaar dat ik het systeem gebruik, heb ik mezelf apps leren schrijven en heb ik een aantal apps gemaakt die ik in het dagelijks gebruik miste. Daarnaast sta ik graag achter een stand om mensen meer te vertellen over het systeem, vooral in Nederland op verschillende open source gerelateerde evenementen. Dus wie weet tot ziens op T-DOSE of een andere gelegenheid! En anders hier op het forum of in de Telegramgroep

@Moem Great

@Moem I definitely would like to add a login option. But to do that, I first need to familiarize myself with the write API. So for now, I can't make any promises about when that option will be added to the app.

In the meantime, you can quickly respond to posts by clicking the link icon on a post. The post will open in Morph, and from there you can reply if you're logged in.

I've published a new app to the OpenStore: InTouch, a native app to browse the UBports Forum.

https://open-store.io/app/intouch.sanderklootwijk

Currently supported features:

• Browse categories and subcategories
• Browse recent topics
• Search for topics
• Read topics

The UBports Forum is based on NodeBB. This app uses the NodeBB read API.

The next step in development will be to fetch more information through the read API. Later on, it would be interesting to take a look at the write API as well.

@Marcos Did you follow the verification step?

Verify Cinny as a Matrix client. A red shield will appear in the left sidebar. Click it, choose Verify Manually, and enter the recovery key you saved when setting up your Beeper account.

It could take some time before all messages are decrypted after that. If they stay encrypted, you could also remove Whatsapp from Beeper and add your account again, now that Cinny is a verified client.

Thank you @moem for documenting this and @danfro for maintaining the Cinny app! I've found bridging to Matrix very useful for WhatsApp. Personally, I use Beeper as a homeserver for this. It's an iOS and Android app that lets you connect multiple chat services and protocols in one place. Beeper uses Matrix underneath, so you can also log in to Beeper with Cinny once your account is set up. Here's how I got it working:

• Create a Beeper account on iOS or Android. I set mine up using the app installed on WayDroid. If you see a popup with a recovery code during setup, be sure to save it for later.
• Link WhatsApp (or Signal, or any other supported chat service - I haven't tested them all) to Beeper through the Beeper app.
• Install Cinny on Ubuntu Touch and set the homeserver address to beeper.com.
• Get a password for Beeper:
  • This is necessary because Beeper's official app only uses email codes for login and doesn't require a password.
  • In Cinny, enter your Beeper username and click on Forget Password?.
  • Follow the instructions in the email to generate a password for your account.
• Verify Cinny as a Matrix client. A red shield will appear in the left sidebar. Click it, choose Verify Manually, and enter the recovery key you saved when setting up your Beeper account.
• That's it! Your bridged chat services should now appear in Cinny's sidebar.

@peat_psuwit said in Call for testing: Ubuntu Touch Focal OTA-4:

Thank you for your info. The output seems to indicate that our battery software (UPower) is unable to figure this information from what your device's kernel provide. Unfortunately, debugging this issue further requires more information than we can communicate via this forum post, so please file an issue at your port's issue tracker so that your port's porter can have a look.

I will do that!

A quick question: are you also upgrading from Xenial or this is a clean install (or with wipe) of Focal?

This is a clean install, with wipe, of Focal. If I remember correctly I did switch between stable, developer and RC channels since I used the installer, but it has not been updated directly from Xenial.

@peat_psuwit said in Call for testing: Ubuntu Touch Focal OTA-4:

Sadly, I can't find any interesting information from this. If you could help, could you please get the output of command gdbus introspect --system --dest org.freedesktop.UPower --object-path /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/DisplayDevice?

Here is the output: https://pastebin.ubuntu.com/p/BnHxXdsPRX/

And for this, please help me get additional information. To avoid getting too much clutter, please follow these steps in this order:

1. Go to System Settings > Language & Text > Display language, so that you're in the language chooser. Don't choose a language yet.
2. Over ADB or SSH connection, run the command sudo dbus-monitor --system sender=org.freedesktop.Accounts destination=org.freedesktop.Accounts. The command will output a few lines, and then wait for more.
3. Choose a language and confirm, so that you're asked to reboot. Command in 2.) will output a lot more. Press Ctrl + C to stop waiting for more output.
4. You can now reboot the phone. Please send the output from 2.).

I've once again changed the display language from Dutch to English (US). This is the output of the command: https://pastebin.ubuntu.com/p/bsjsPMqRVB/

@peat_psuwit said in Call for testing: Ubuntu Touch Focal OTA-4:

This is weird. Please get the result of command upower -d, executed either via ADB, SSH, or the Terminal app.

This is the output, while charging my phone: https://pastebin.ubuntu.com/p/GGQKnC8YKn/

I can reproduce this, how this seems to be purely cosmetic. Either you or @Moem, please file an issue at https://gitlab.com/ubports/ubuntu-touch so that we don't lose track of it. Since this doesn't seem to break the actual camera usage, it will probably be fixed in the next OTA.

I'll file an issue for this.

This is also weird, and I can't reproduce this - although my phone is originally set to English. Could you please get content of file ~/.pam_environment and file /etc/default/locale, and also the output of command locale? Again, this can be done via ADB, SSH, or the Terminal app.

These are the results with the system language set to English (US).

Content of ~/.pam_environment:

LANGUAGE        DEFAULT=nl_NL
LANG        DEFAULT=nl_NL.UTF-8
LC_NUMERIC      DEFAULT=en_US.UTF-8
LC_TIME DEFAULT=en_US.UTF-8
LC_MONETARY     DEFAULT=en_US.UTF-8
LC_PAPER        DEFAULT=en_US.UTF-8
LC_NAME DEFAULT=en_US.UTF-8
LC_ADDRESS      DEFAULT=en_US.UTF-8
LC_TELEPHONE    DEFAULT=en_US.UTF-8
LC_MEASUREMENT  DEFAULT=en_US.UTF-8
LC_IDENTIFICATION       DEFAULT=en_US.UTF-8
PAPERSIZE       DEFAULT=letter

Content of /etc/default/locale:

LANG=en_US.UTF-8

Output of locale:

LANG=en_US.UTF-8
LANGUAGE=
LC_CTYPE="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_NUMERIC="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_TIME="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_COLLATE="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_MONETARY="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_MESSAGES="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_PAPER="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_NAME="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_ADDRESS="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_TELEPHONE="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_MEASUREMENT="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_IDENTIFICATION="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_ALL=

• Have this ever happen before with the previous OTA?

I have not changed the system language before. It has been Dutch since I flashed Ubuntu Touch. So I don't know what the behavior would have been on previous OTA's.

• Does the reboot seem to happen fully? In other words, does the Google logo appear after reboot? I'm looking into a possibility that the reboot might not actually happen, but instead our shell (Lomiri) crashes create a reboot-looking situation.

After clicking 'Restart Now,' a full reboot occurs. I see the Google logo, and I have to enter my SIM PIN again.

I've updated and tested on my Pixel 3A.

Things that work:

• The ADB prompt works reliably on both macOS and Ubuntu.
• My ringtone is still the same as it was before updating.
• Permission requests work.
• Changing my PIN works.
• Waydroid still works.
• Morph seems to be working fine for my everyday browsing. 1080p YouTube videos playback fluently.
• Video playback in Teleports and the Media Player works.
• Vibrations from app notifications or calls work.
• The dark mode switch in the Settings app works great

Things that don't work:

• I don't see charging information on my lock screen, even though it is enabled in the Settings app.
• In the camera app, I can see the same strip of background that Moem describes.
• I encountered a weird bug: when changing the system language from Dutch to English, the system is partly in Dutch and partly in English. After a second reboot, this issue still persists. When changing back to Dutch, the entire system (apart from some untranslated strings) is in Dutch again. I've also tried other languages and there is still a mix-up with Dutch. I've added two screenshots where I've set the system language to English.