Thank you, everyone. Thank you for being here, for reading this, for helping us create Ubuntu Touch, and especially for helping others when it breaks. I know that sometimes it seems like the requests for help never end or that people go off into the ether after their threads are solved... but I've watched many stick around, turn around, and help others. It's all thanks to you.

I'd like to open the floor... if you've had anyone that helped you while you were getting started, and you're still here, give them a ping to show them your thanks!

I'd personally like to thank @Flohack and NotKit (who isn't on the forum, bummer!) for greeting me back in September of 2016 and helping me create the ultimately failed Nexus 5X port. Even if my original goals weren't reached, I've had three years of fun and met so many amazing people thanks to your level-headed approach to newcomers. Also, of course I need to thank @mariogrip for the opportunity to dedicate my time to the project.

How about you?

Just logging something for posterity, maybe someone will find it useful.

You can add this to the end of Unity8's Shell.qml, but before the final closing brace, to get a (somewhat accurate) FPS counter:

    Label {
        id: fpsCounter
        property real t
        property int frame: 0
        color: "red"
        text: "? Hz"
        z: 9999
        textSize: Label.XLarge

        anchors {
            top: parent.top
            left: parent.left
        }

        Timer {
            id: fpsTimer
            property real fps: 0
            repeat: true
            interval: 1000
            running: true
            onTriggered: {
                parent.text = "FPS: " + fpsTimer.fps + " Hz"
                fps = fpsCounter.frame
                fpsCounter.frame = 0
            }
        }

        NumberAnimation on t {
            id: tAnim
            from: 0
            to: 100
            loops: Animation.Infinite
        }

        onTChanged: {
            update() // force continuous animation
            ++frame
        }
    }

I'm not interested in making this a "feature" per se, but it's useful for testing if you like.

Please don't do this on your device, it will get in the way and cause a bunch of CPU and GPU load.

Thank you, @MarkG_108. You're helping us make this all happen.

That's two calls for testing in seven days!

Today it's a patch to fix switching of the "Data" SIM under Ubuntu Touch. For a long time, in order to switch your data SIM, you've had to go into Cellular Settings, set one SIM to 4G mode, and the other to 2G. Well, here's a patch that does it for you!

Please only test this change on a device running the latest images from the devel channel, and test responsibly! In other words, try it on a spare device or when you know you'll be near a computer you can use for reflashing.

1. Mount a tmpfs so apt can breathe: sudo mount -t tmpfs tmpfs /var/cache/apt/archives
2. Install the repository: sudo ubports-qa install xenial_-_legacy-capability-v2
3. Reboot like you've never rebooted before

Now whenever you switch one SIM to 3G or 4G mode, the other should automatically switch as well.

I'd like to know how this patch works on the following devices:

• Bq E4.5
• Bq E5
• Meizu Pro 5

You can also try it out on the Fairphone 2, but I've tested it already and it works well.

Thanks, everyone. We've merged this change and the fix should appear in tomorrow's images.

@danfro, no, not really.

@domubpkm, most things do not accept formatted text, so this would be useless in most apps. For those it would need to be hidden, and it wouldn't be obvious why.

I'm typing this on an ASUS Transformerbook T300 Chi. It's running Pop!_OS right now, but it runs it well and everything works... even the active pen/digitizer!

Unfortunately you'll have trouble finding a used one for a good price... looks like everyone that wants one has one, and everyone who has one wants it.

Hi, everyone!

I've been tasked with getting some more testing for [real_hwc_wrapper] Do not throw on hwc->set() error or, as I'm calling it, "Ignoring your problems*."

This fix should reduce or eliminate what people are calling "multiple booting" or similar terms, where you see the clock and a bit of the InfoGraphic on a black background, followed by a black screen, then the Ubuntu Touch loading splash with the colored dots. This symptom is caused by Unity8 crashing, which is caused by the Android graphics composer telling us we did something wrong, which this patch ignores.

The devices that suffered from this problem the most were the Oneplus One followed by the Nexus 5. I haven't seen it on the Fairphone 2, but I don't deny it could happen. I'm unsure about our Mali or PowerVR (in other words, all the other) devices.

Please only test this change on a device running the latest images from the devel channel, and test responsibly! In other words, try it on a spare device or when you know you'll be near a computer you can use for reflashing.

1. Mount a tmpfs so apt can breathe: sudo mount -t tmpfs tmpfs /var/cache/apt/archives
2. Install the repository: sudo ubports-qa install xenial_-_no-throw-hwcset
3. Reboot like you've never rebooted before

Now try rebooting the device and otherwise using it normally. If you previously experienced Unity8 crashing on boot and no longer do, great! If you never experienced the problem and still don't, also great! If you've got a Slimport-compatible device (Nexus 4, 5, or 7) or external display support (BQ M10), please test adding and removing displays to see if it works any better than before. Let me know what you think here.

To go back to stock, run the UBports Installer again or run sudo system-image-cli -b 0 --progress=dots from a remote shell (see Shell access via adb or Shell access via ssh).

*In all seriousness, the error that we're ignoring is also ignored by the Android display server, so we believe it's okay for Mir to do so.

Thanks, everyone! We've gone ahead and merged @mymike's changes to turn off automatic capitalization after a colon.