@freddo - no one has figured out this yet, Android 13 is the latest supported version on Waydroid currently. You can follow development of Waydroid for Ubuntu Touch, including chatting with some of the main developers for it at the Telegram channel https://t.me/waydroidonut

@tr4in33 - unfortunately, it is very unlikely any Unihertz product will ever get a decently functioning port for Ubuntu Touch, because that company is absolutely horrible (and in fact in violation of the licensing) for ever posting the kernel source for its devices.

Best regarfs,
Steve Berson

fwiw - I made the huge mistake of updating to Hyper OS1 when I first got my Poco X3 NFC, the only way I was able to get it unlocked was using "Hypersploit" on a PC running Windows 10 https://github.com/TheAirBlow/HyperSploit

Best regards,
Steve Berson

@Gelukkig - for some of those apps which have corporate vendors and proprietary code (e.g. Segway) you could try installing Waydroid, and then use the Fdroid store app to install Aurora Store in Waydroid, and then you could try installing the Android apps for these.

For email I highly recommend the Dekko2 app in the Open Store, this works very well in UT in my experience.

There is an experimental port of the desktop version of Thunderbird available at https://gitlab.com/debclick/uthunder/-/jobs/11229095296/artifacts/file/build/aarch64-linux-gnu/app/thunderbird.fuseteam_115_arm64.click

• but this doesn't work well on phones, perhaps it would be ok on tablets. A note that the Thunderbird Android app is just rebranded Kmail, which might work ok in Waydroid.

@CiberSheep - unfortunately I don't think there is an x86/amd64 deb version of the UT Tweak Tool available.

@messayisto - the current lack of ability to change display scaling is exactly the same issue why I don't find Lomiri is a usable DE on laptop and desktops yet. I am hoping that support for changing display scaling in System Settings will become supported sooner than later.

@pparent - did you test whether the preview for the Qt6 update for Morph available in the Open Store works for location for the website you are trying to link to yet?

There is a known bug with Snaps that osk is not properly called up with them. From my understanding Mir 2.x integration is needed to fix this, and while this is something the core dev team is working on, it might be a few months before it arrives for UT. A possoble work around is to use bluetooth keyboard with these apps.

For Firefox, I would suggest installing the version built for UT by Fuseteam, it features osk working, along with touch scrolling, pinch to zoom, as well as some tweaks to the gui better optimizong it for mobile use. Just download the most recent build for arm64, unzip, and then open the click in Open Store to install - https://gitlab.com/debclick/uFirefox/-/artifacts

Best regards,
Steve Berson

@Simmonz - yes, this is a known bug at the OS level for Focal 20.04. Hopefully a fix will happen after Noble 24.04 is released.

@musicologist - I have never tested with this device, but generally the Microsoft Wireless Display Adapter (both gen1 and gen2) works well with most UT devices that support Miracast.

@AmauryDBZ - you are in luck, Futify was just updated with a fix today

@AmauryDBZ - be aware that LibreWolf, which uWolf is forked from, is a privacy hardened browser, which might not be compatible with Spotify. You could try disabling the uBlock Origin extension (which is on by default), otherwise maybe try regular non-hardened Firefox from https://gitlab.com/debclick/uFirefox/-/jobs/10771487022/artifacts/file/build/aarch64-linux-gnu/app/firefox.fuseteam_141_arm64.click

If that doesn't work, the dev of Futify (UT native Spotify app for premium accounts) is working on a fix for its current login problems, so check back at https://open-store.io/app/futify.frenchutouch
for an update soon.

Best regards,
Steve Berson

Unfortunately none of those browsers have a working Widevine extension available for them yet, which is the DRM that Netflix needs to work. A few years back Netflix worked in Waydroid for me, but with changes made by them to their app this is no longer the case.

There was an attempt by Marius to make a UT native Widevine extension, which you can download from the Open Store at https://open-store.io/app/widenabler.mariogrip - but in my tests this doesn't work for Netflix.

Some other potential fixes for this issue can be found at
https://github.com/AsahiLinux/widevine-installer
https://ftp-master.debian.org/new/widevine-installer_0.0~git20240811.eab8c66-1.html
https://codeberg.org/mogwai/widevine

• but all these possible fixes would need a maintainer to port it to UT first, and they might not necessarily fix the issue for it.

Best regards,
Steve Berson

@UBportsNews - with more support for snaps coming in Noble, are there plans to also fix the bugs in Libertine, or does it make sense given the clunky legacy implementation of its code, that hasn't had anyone step up to maintain it, to just deprecate Libertine in Noble instead?

Best regards,
Steve Berson

@UBportsNews - Is there a plan as to what to do with the core Notes app for Noble?

From my understanding, it seems that the api that it uses to sync with Evernote is being deprecated by them, and given that Evernote is a commercial service that only offers syncing between two devices for its free basic plan, and also given that this is based on a legacy connection established and coded by Canonical, I was wondering how this effects Notes app in UT in the future.

Given that NextCloud provides a well known and well supported FOSS solution for file syncing, that already has account support in the System Settings, as well as other UT native apps (e.g. GhostCloud, UBsync) that use it, perhaps the way forward is to change to NextCloud syncing for the Notes app. There is also the JotIt app in the OpenStore, which syncs notes with NextCloud, that perhaps could be forked as a replacement for the Notes app.

Or, is the plan to just remove the Notes app from the list of core provided apps, given it seem there is no maintainer for it currently?

Thank you for all your continued work on UT!

Best regards,
Steve Berson