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The following worked fine for me: open the Contacts App, select the Contacts wanted, click Share and the Folder wanted with the File Manager App.
This generate a vcf file that you can read, amend, import back in the Contacts App or almost anywhere else

@tera said in Meizu Pro5/turbo - kernel missing aes-xts-plain64 crypto ciphers:

Opened a matching issue for those interested: https://github.com/ubports/ubuntu-touch/issues/1107

Added Bq E4.5/krillin & Meizu MX4/arale (thanks @zubozrout ) to the list

FYI, i checked further devices and ciphers are present on Fairphone 2/FP2 (confirmed working), Nexus 5/hammerhead (just confirmed working) & BQ m10 FHD/frieza (not yet confirmed due to space missing for apt-get update)

Please report if you can check on other available and supported devices

@WillemHexspoor Try to switch Prevent App Suspension for Terminal in UT Tweak Tool App

Hi UBPorts Community,

Having experienced lots of signal issues recently with my Pro5, I decided to give it a go and the following looks promising:

Procedure:

1. Download from XDA (latest to date: https://forum.xda-developers.com/meizu-pro-5/development/meizu-pro5-baseband-21-12-2017-t3727070)
   Extract the file /system/vendor/firmware/modem.bin and transfer it to your Pro5 (for instance to /home/phablet/Downloads)

2. Open terminal or SSH to your Pro5 and run the following commands:
   sudo -i
   mount -o remount,rw /
   cp /var/lib/lxc/android/system.img /home/phablet
   cd /home/phablet
   mkdir system
   mount -o loop system.img system
   cd system/vendor/firmware/
   rm modem.bin
   cp /home/phablet/Downloads/modem.bin ./
   chmod 644 modem.bin
   cd /home/phablet
   umount system
   mv /var/lib/lxc/android/system.img /var/lib/lxc/android/system.img.old
   cp system.img /var/lib/lxc/android/

3. Reboot

Here are the results on my spare original Pro5 Ubuntu Edition still running the latest Canonical OTA-15 behind a badly broken screen:

BEFORE:
phablet@ubuntu-phablet:~$ /usr/share/ofono/scripts/list-modems | grep Revision
Revision = S333_M86_20151002_CHNOPEN_MZ024
Revision = S333_M86_20151002_CHNOPEN_MZ024

AFTER:
phablet@ubuntu-phablet:~$ /usr/share/ofono/scripts/list-modems | grep Revision
Revision = S333_M86_20171221_CHNOPEN_MZt04
Revision = S333_M86_20171221_CHNOPEN_MZt04

I will try later on my day to day Pro5 on UBPorts r3 over the week end but let me know if anyone improves signal, especially if traveling in Europe

Peace,
Tera

Quick update after 3 days with updated Pro5 Baseband:

1. Overall mobile data and calls feel more smooth so far
2. Battery consumption seems to have improved as well
3. Wifi connection appears much more stable than previously

@mihael I do not use Bluetooth but would you know which firmware is that (maybe from @Stefano list)?

@Stefano Thanks, i might give it a go when i have some spare time in the next weeks...

Hello,
Similarly as for mako (https://forums.ubports.com/topic/1954/16-04-ota-5-kernel-missing-aes-xts-plain64-crypto-ciphers-on-mako), the Meizu Pro5/turbo has kernel missing aes-xts-plain64 crypto ciphers.
Do you know if this is already reported or on the roadmap?
Thanks,
Tera

Found a "dirty" solution for now which seems to work, will need more investigation to clean up but got my preferred app running on Focal

Hello,
Thanks for all the hard work and getting Xenial out
Following on the Halium question above:
What is the current status of the Librem/i.mx 6/8m image?
Are there plan to support the Pine Phone?
Additionally, what about Raspberry Pi and a VM image?
Thanks!

@Stefano Thanks for the tip, i might dig back my Pro5

Try checking with the finger painting app, i got the same issue on one second hand and it was the screen which was defectuous in some areas...

Opened a matching issue for those interested: https://github.com/ubports/ubuntu-touch/issues/1107

Interesting interview here, on that topic: https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Zlatan-Todoric-Interview

@guru That bumps it up to almost 60 years on this page, hopefully we will manage
Looking at https://github.com/ubports/ciborium, it seems that udisks2 is in use, can you have a try with something like this (maybe without p1):

sudo udisksctl mount -b /dev/mmcblk1p1

Never heard ab it before tbh, info seems to give hints as well: http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/xenial/man1/udisksctl.1.html

@PINE64 Sorry, i meant a GPS kill switch?

Following on https://blog.brixit.nl/why-installers-are-needed-for-fde/
As there is a UBPorts installer available, what would be the effort to support encryption of user data on supported devices/kernel?
Thanks in advance

@dln949 If the screen is bowed, it must be that the battery has died and increased on size i'm afraid, i had the same recently on a macbook for which the keyboard started sticking out and the the trackpad was not responsive anymore

Fyi as it is related: Purism launch Librem One ethical services crowdfunding: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19789381

What are your thoughts?

@planejoe you can use JumpDrive to flash/dd the image to the EMMC: https://github.com/dreemurrs-embedded/Jumpdrive
The factory test image also have a utility to flash the EMMC, links are avail on the Pine64 wiki fyi

GPS never worked for me on FP2, there is a related open issue here fyi: https://github.com/ubports/ubuntu-touch/issues/356

Seems they have something running?:

Maybe they can provide updates here