I ran the benchmarks on a Gigaset GS5 Pro with Ubuntu 20.04 OTA-4:

sysbench --test=cpu --num-threads=2 --cpu-max-prime=20000 run 1650 events per second

sysbench --test=cpu --num-threads=8 --cpu-max-prime=20000 run 3735 events per second

sysbench --test=memory --num-threads=4 run Total Operations: 60181714 ( 6017004 per second) 58771.21 MiB transferred

sysbench --test=mutex --num-threads=64 run total time: 5.0982s

You can run Kaldi-based ASR on UBports. This solution needs no Internet and preserves privacy. I am using this for German and English. But this is not an app, only a tool for converting wav files to text.

@s710 You can compare with Geekbench 5 scores if you keep in mind that all Vollaphones are variants of Gigaset phones. (Yes, Geekbench is Android based, but it should be a good indication for Linux, too.)

The first Vollaphone corresponds to the Gigaset GS290; I see a single-core score of 150 and a multi-core score of 902. The FP4 is much faster: 642 and 1878.

BTW: The Vollaphone 22 corresponds to the Gigaset GS5 and is somewhere in the middle, with scores 352 and 1296.

@melu9wuv Kaldi is a toolkit and far from an easy installation. If more people are interested, I can share a recipe, mabye including ASR models for EN and DE.

I can add some details. The LED is on and white. The device is getting warm, so in a sense it is hot spot

If I rotate the screen to landscape, the mouse (bluetooth) seems to respect the original dimensions, so that the right half of the screen cannot be reached with the mouse. (Current OTA-4, focal, GS5pro)

@treebeard If you want a multiboot device, I know only the Volla boot manager from within Volla OS. So, you must first install Volla OS (which might be illegal - I don't know - and deletes your UT) from UBports installer, and then the other OS with the Volla boot manager to some SD card. You will end up with fresh installations and the whole process does not sound simple.

Volla once offered a reflashing service (for money); if interested, check their web site.

Thanks for clarifying and good to hear that it worked. Which file did you use for downgrading to Android 9?

You can add upstart scripts in user space. Example: put into .config/upstart/local-init.conf:

description "run script local-init"
start on started unity8
exec /home/phablet/local/bin/local-init

and add your commands into the file given in the exec line.

@johndoe said in ut-sysbench-qt-gui: Compare CPU performance of different devices:

if some of you could share your device's name together with a screenshot of the result you get

A save (as plain text) button in the app would be great, so that people can post results for immediate processing via scripts or copy/paste.

@Lundrin17 Just to be sure: you mean the first Volla Phone (code name yggdrasil)?

@Keneda said in 'crazy Volla':

Gigaset is a Siemens brand.

Yes, back then ...
But Gigaset was sold 16 years ago

@grepo I understand that you are angry about the service. By Siemens, you probably mean Gigaset GS5?

@musicologist Some users reported in the Volla forums that it was caused by some SIM cards (e.g. https://forum.volla.online/viewtopic.php?p=5791#p5791 ). Can you test drive your Vollaphone without the SIM card and see if the ghost touches go away?

@digi6622 said in Replace Volla OS with Ubports:

Factory reset didn't work.

Do you have any details? What happened?

@RobTheBold https://forum.volla.online/viewforum.php?f=31 might be a good place to ask for more information.

@magnargj said in Volla Phone 22 replacing a broken display:

I noticed that the Ubports-installer has two options for Volla 22, one just "Volla 22" and one "Volla 22 with new screen".

Interesting. Which version of UBports-installer is this?

@uxes Thanks for the details. The linked version of uFirefox works impressively on my GS5 Pro.

@uxes Where can I find ufirefox?

@GT said in Volla Phone Quintus:

Is it known who is the manufacturer/producer of the new Volla Quintus hardware? Is it still Gigaset or another producer?

The founder of Volla explained in a long (German) post that they have reduced their supply chain, which seems to be a promising move: https://forum.volla.online/viewtopic.php?f=104&t=1260