Clarification for future readers of this post that might be considering Ubuntu Touch in Canada: All 3 major Canadian networks have stated that they're maintaining 3G until December 2025. Different story in the USA, where at different points in 2022, the major networks discontinued 3G.

In Canada, Ubuntu Touch is very much usable as a phone. Telephone calls, SMS, MMS photos, audio, and video all work as expected for me. (Group texts do not, and MMS has caused me plenty of headaches in general, though I think I've got a stable setup now.)

Hopefully VOLTE can work soon. I'm much too inept to be of use in that quest other than to keep donating to UBports and crossing my fingers. My enduring gratitude to those working to make UT better. It's already improved considerably since I started using it in late 2020.

I know this is an old thread, but it seemed the most relevant place to report:

Today I received a cell broadcast! Emergency alert test in Ontario, Canada. Running 20.04 OTA-6 on a Oneplus 5T.
Phone was on silent, so I just heard the vibrations and saw the message.

Way to go team! Many thanks to Lionel and others who've worked on this!

I'm curious how the foundation works. How many employees are there? Does money for the foundation mostly go to paid workers, or to things like hosting costs?

Would more money coming in mean more coders be hired? And is this desired, or is the general preference to keep it mostly community/volunteer based?

Thank you!

Hey @shodan,
Welcome to the community!
I wouldn't give up on the phones you got just yet. After a quick bit of searching, I can't find any such phone as a Oneplus N10 Metro. I don't know much about these things, but could the device be locked to a cell carrier called Metro, and maybe that's coming up in the installer? In searching for a Oneplus N10 Metro, I noticed there's a cell company in the USA called Metro that seems to supply Oneplus N10. Sometimes a device is locked to a carrier, but often it is possible to unlock it. May be worth searching online for how to unlock the phone from Metro? But again, I'm really not sure this is the case.

Also, I see that you have Android 11 installed. In the device page for the OP N10, if you scroll down a ways, it states that you'll need to be using a specific version, Oxygen 10.5.7 or something. The system image or whatever you call it is conveniently linked from the device page. You'll need to download that file and install that version of android before installing Ubuntu Touch.

The other main thing you'll need to do , probably before downgrading, is unlock the bootloader. Search online for how. Takes a bit of doing, but it's all doable.

General installation instructions for Ubuntu Touch are found on the installer page.

Hope it turns out that your devices are what you thought they were, and useable for UT!

Cool! Thanks for the demos, nice to see your progress! This is going to be very useful.
Thanks so much for all your work!

Hi pals, two questions:

1. Has anyone heard from a company called SageTea, who "makes" something called the Xfone? Do they contribute to Ubports in any way, or just sell phones that they load with Ubuntu Touch?

2. Are you all aware that there are wild standing ovations going on all over the place when, for example, Marius talks of progress on VoLTE and 5G, Alfred talks of WebKit and Snaps progress, AppLee bravely starts hosting a Q&A show solo, Lionel revamps Contacts, etc? Often you announce very major things and I hope you know how enthusiastically they are received. Thanks a lot for what you do!

Thanks @AppLee, for the reply and for all your work!

Hi all,
At some point I read that some of the money that the UBports Foundation gets may go to providing phones to developers if needed.
Many of us have an old UT-capable device or two around, and many of us non-devs would like to contribute more to the project. To my mind, if there are any aspiring devs out there who might not be able to afford or find a viable phone for UT where they are, getting them a phone is important!
Does it seem feasible and worthwhile for me to try to set up a way for aspiring devs to request a phone and for existing UT users to donate one?

Thanks a zillion for all your work, and for hosting these cheery Q&As!

This is a little off where the topic has gotten to, but a quick note:
MMS has always worked independently of wifi on/off for me. On Oneplus 1, 5, and 5T, 16.04 and 20.04, MMS sends and receives with wifi connected. I've heard some others say the same on the forum.

2024-W45 is working just fine for me on a Oneplus 5. SMS, MMS, data, vibration and wireless display via Miracast all working as normal.

Thanks as ever to the devs for their hard work!

Thanks a million to whoever fixed this so quickly! And for updating the core system apps in general. We appreciate you!

Oh, interesting. So many folks haven't read through and followed the initial steps that I thought it made sense to mention.
But I'm out of ideas. I wonder if any others have the same experience.

If you do re-install, use the best USB cord you've got - that seems to often be an issue.

Hi @kuzmi4,
Hopefully you're aware that the ReadMe linked from the Gitlab page for this port says only certain models/firmware are supported? I had missed that when I started looking at this phone for UT. Sounds like yours is maybe an unsupported USA based T-Mobile/Metro version?
That said, it seems like others may have had luck with the T-Mobile and Metro versions of the phone.

Did you revert to the 10.5.7 or 10.5.8 firmware before installing UT? And if so, are you sure the firmware was for BE2028 and not BE2029? I wonder if installing the different firmware would change how it reads the device.
My BE2026 seems to read correctly, for reference.

I don't know how much, if at all, these things matter. Just trying to help with what I know.
Best I can tell, BE2028 are American network specific and have different firmware editions ending in 8. The ReadMe links to supported EU and Global firmwares ending in 9 and 6 respectively, although I wonder if these may actually correspond to the Global (BE2029) and North American (BE2026) phone editions, based on reading other websites?

In any case, welcome to the forum, and I'm glad your phone works!

@jam1388 Thanks for the reply and the info!
I wound up finding a Global edition (BE2026) in a nearby city that I was visiting. I'll probably return the Verizon one, although your success makes me curious to try.
We've still got 3G up here for another year or so. I've been feeling for UT users south of the border. More and more nations are shutting down 2G and 3G. I've followed this issue for quite some time as a non-dev, and in short, it's just really hard to solve. They've made some amazing progress.
If systems like VoLTE had been set up based on open, international standards, I think it's safe to say it would've been solved long ago. Meanwhile, yep, heros is the right word for all the devs.
Anyway, thanks for your reply. So far the port's working perfectly!

@jam1388 Have you continued using this phone? Any further report on functionality?
Your issue with the phone not automatically switching between 4G and 2G is indeed not normal.. both my past UT phones have done that fine. Maybe it's somehow a result of incorrect firmware?

I'm asking for any reports you deem relevant especially because I just bought an OP N10 online that turned out to be an unlocked T-Mobile version (they aren't even a carrier here in Canada). Trying to decide if it's worth trying on 10.5.8, but the need to manually switch between 4G mode and back would already a major drawback for me.

I may be able to return this phone for a short window, so any feedback on functionality (aside from UT-wide issues) is welcome.

@Bunchy are you still around the forum? Did you have success downgrading?
I've just bought an N10 that turned out to be from T-Mobile (didn't expect this, as it's not a carrier where I live), and am debating whether I need to return it.

The readme that @rubencarneiro mentions (and authored - many thanks!) says the T-Mobile firmware 10.5.8 version, BE88CB, is unsupported.
I presume the whole device is an issue, and that it's probably a bad idea to try to downgrade my T-Mobile phone to the Global BE88AA 10.5.7 firmware?

It may still be possible for me to return this phone and hope to find a Global version.

Thanks for posting, that's interesting.
It mentioned it'd be a Mediatek device, which if I understand correctly sounds like a better candidate for VoLTE.. IF the device arrives and IF the port works, etc.

In any case, a nice bit of publicity. I figure more publicity, more users, perhaps more developers and also more donations to the foundation

Look forward to hearing more as things develop @Lakotaubp. Thanks!

I know this is an old thread, but it seemed the most relevant place to report:

Today I received a cell broadcast! Emergency alert test in Ontario, Canada. Running 20.04 OTA-6 on a Oneplus 5T.
Phone was on silent, so I just heard the vibrations and saw the message.

Way to go team! Many thanks to Lionel and others who've worked on this!

Thanks a million to whoever fixed this so quickly! And for updating the core system apps in general. We appreciate you!

Many thanks, team! Installed as normal on Oneplus 5T.

@peat_psuwit Thanks for clarifying. I hadn't figured that out from reading through the issue. Just wanted to make sure it was known.
Keep up the good work! Thank you