@arubislander Thanks a lot for this tip. I have no familiarity with Android but wondered if that might be the case. Good to know!

@Vlad-Nirky Thanks! Yep, sounds like it's safest to make sure that it's the latest version of android 10, but at least upgrading sounds a bit simpler than downgrading, even if unlocking is a pain with Xiaomi.
Appreciate the input!

If I found a Joyeuse device for sale with the original, out of box version of Android 10, can I just upgrade to the specific version needed and save some effort?

Hmm. @thebroison are you SURE it's a Pixel 3 and not 3a? You say UT is running normally on this phone?

@thebroison Huh, maybe it was once supported. Or maybe it happens to be close enough that installing the 3a version works? I'm not sure.
Hope you're able to find a solution for VoLTE one of these days!

@AppLee Wow, that is nice news to hear. Thanks for mentioning!

@thebroison Ah, I missed that in your post. Yep, @johndoe is right, there is no port for the the Pixel 3, and as such, no existing community of UT users with a Pixel 3, like there is with a Pixel 3a/3aXL.
Unless you're able to port it, your best bet might be to see if you can find a used device that's already supported. For example, people in the USA are now using VoLTE with Xiaomi devices, I believe. You'd want to look into carrier compatibility, supported devices with VoLTE (which is still in testing, unclear which devices it will land on), and what's available/affordable.

@SaLo Sorry you haven't had a reply yet! I don't have the answer, but wanted to give this post a bump in the queue.

I remember at one point that Ruben, the maintainer of this port, who also keeps up the OP N10, said that the Metro/T-Mobile version of the N10 would work. Can't say for certain that applies to N100 as well though.

Weird things sometimes happen with old USB cables, so making sure you've got a really good USB cable is worth it.

Overall it sounds like you've done a lot of things right, and I don't know why it's not working. But I'm not the most knowledgeable. I hope somebody's able to help.

@_Joao_ Hi! Scaling, as @arubislander also mentioned, can be adjusted in UT Tweak Tool. But if you haven't changed it already, it seems unlikely to be the issue.

I don't have a Poco X3 (yet?), and it works normally in Morph on my OP N10.
But one thing that might be worth trying, just in case, it getting Webber from the Openstore, and making a webapp. Might not fix it, but an easy enough thing to try.

@Simmonz I've got no relevant input, except that you might also consider whether you need MMS, and if that'll work. A while back I was with Public Mobile (under the Telus umbrella, like Koodo), and got a message that MMS would stop working with my phone. They suggested that I buy a newer phone from their "affiliate partner".
Sure enough MMS stopped working, everything else continued fine. This change was Telus wide. I asked for technical details of why that was happening and got nothing beyond "network changes". They couldn't confirm whether a given phone, if not on their officially supported list, would work or not, so I just switched networks. Lucky Mobile (Bell) has been fine.

Hopefully someone else can help, but if you learn more elsewhere, please report here. The combination of high price and uncertainty about network compatibility with Volla and Fairphone makes it hard to want to spend that kind of money for those outside Europe, just to cross your fingers and hope everything works.
Posts like these, easily searchable for potential UT users, can help many people.

@thebroison Unfortunately, there are no devs working on this. Sounds like a new port for 3a/3aXL might be needed / the easiest option? The guy who was maintaining the Pixel 3a, who has done a LOT for UT, can't test on his own carrier due to no VoLTE support, didn't get the help he needed, and has moved on.
While we all like to see older devices maintained, my impression is that with the amount of challenge required, it might be better placed into newer devices at this point.

This said, there are certainly others who'd like to make VoLTE work on the Pixel 3a, and if people pull it off, that's fantastic. But like all these community efforts, it'll be down to you and the others involved to make it happen.

You'll find that there are other posts on this topic on the forum, and in the Telegram UT North American Carriers Issues channel, so if you want to try to help, you may not be alone!

@Eric-H Interesting! Even the unblocked photo isn't so bad to my eye, but I see the difference. Thanks for pointing me to that!
Very helpful to know the details before spending hundreds on one phone or another. Thank you!

@Eric-H Thanks a lot for your reply, and for all your work on this port!
Never had to use Waydroid yet, but I guess I could start
Are the photos from the UT camera app that bad? Somebody posted sample photos to the Issues page and the UT one didn't look very different from the Gcam without HDR one to me eye.

Hi,
My present phone (which runs UT) needs repairs, and I'm debating buying a new(used) phone. I'll lose 3G in December, so the fact that VoLTE seems to be working well for most people using the Poco X3 is very encouraging.

I have a few specific questions, but any general observations on the port and its quirks (they all have some) are very welcome.

-I saw on the Issues board a photo quality issue. Is it worse than with other UT devices, or maybe just one user who's used to Android photos?

-Any experience with this seller on ebay? Should an Indonesian model work fine, as long as it's the NFC version?

-Any MMS and or VoLTE reports from Canadian carriers?

Thanks in advance for any info you can provide. General comments about the port are welcome!

@nogoogle I don't know why I didn't think of this before, but the whole reason that I left Telus was because they said that due to network changes, my device (then a Oneplus 5t) would no longer have functional MMS. https://www.telus.com/en/support/article/picture-and-group-messaging-changes

The linked article says "older decices", but other communication from Public Mobile said the only way to be sure was to use a phone from a fairly small approved list, which FP4 isn't on.

Maybe some kind friend who uses another network would let you briefly borrow their SIM for MMS testing, to see if changing networks would solve it.

@Smirftsch Yeah, the idea of Dekko or another email client as a core app makes sense to me.

Longer term, I thought at one point I heard talk about trying to fork Thunderbird, possibly via Snaps, which will be enabled by default in 24.04. But I'm sure that'll require some work to function well in UT.

Meanwhile, I hope some other input about email usage, and Dekko specifically, can help make UT more useable for you.

A bunch of work has gone into browsers, but nothing's working perfectly for now.
For me, Morph is still doing the job for the most part. I allow it to keep tabs open from session to session, and put passwords in when I need to.
uFirefox has filled the gap for some websites that didn't work, although now there's uWolf, a fork of Librewolf, that I hear is making a lot of progress.
My understanding is that the idea is to package whatever Qt 6 components are needed with Morph in 24.04, and then we'll have a much more up to date browser. And ideally a Firefox based browser like uWolf too. There was even impressive work on a Webkit based browser, Mimi.

As for email, mine happens to work fine in Morph. I haven't used Dekko in a while. Maybe the dev has stepped back or been busy and nobody stepped up to take theIr place? I didn't realize it had so many issues, but the answer to why there isn't (x) in UT is because you and I didn't do it.
But I appreciate that you know this, and maybe others will have solutions/workarounds to specific Dekko 2 issues.

Overall, a tonne of work and resources have been going into the upgrade to 24.04 and some other major improvements, like VoLTE, and encryption. Big, big accomplishments.
After 24.04 lands/stabilizes, perhaps somebody will have time for Dekko.

Welcome back! Hope you find solutions that work for you!

@nogoogle Not with Fairphone 4, but in lieu of other more specific input:
I used to use Talus (Public Mobile), and for me MMS worked only when I had different APNs for MMS and for Internet.
I was able to use an APN used for tethering as my Internet, and the normal APN for MMS. With Public Mobile I believe it was isp.mb.com vs sp.mb.com

Others have sometimes reported MMS only working with combined MMS&Internet APN, so it's worth playing around with it, both ways

@alaskalinuxuser Really appreciate the feedback! Reports on SMS and MMS (photo, video) messaging would also be useful, if possible. Nonfunctional Group MMS is a known bug across UT devices. MMS can sometimes take fiddling with APN settings, but usually mostly works. This said, some devices have workedbetter than others for me.

SIP has been worked on by some folks on the "UBports North American Carrier Issues" Telegram channel, I believe. Might be worth asking around there, if it doesn't immediately work? I don't know the state of things in that area. Hope it works for you!
Neighbourly salutations from a former Yukonner.

@alaskalinuxuser I'm not sure there's any published way to install UT yet, unless there's something from the Furiphone people that I haven't seen. It's not in the installer.
But I will be very interested to hear your report if/when you're able to install!