@carl I will note that android updates for Pixel 3a stopped about 3 years ago. That phone might work for you on UT until end of 2026 if you switched networks. But you should do whatever works for you.

@lduboeuf Shoot, my mistake. I tried today, and Contacts hadn't actually imported. I guess it said "Importing Contacts" when I first connected the new device, but then failed. I very seldom connect to my car, so hadn't noticed.

I'd stayed on Xenial for a long time, and this must have been when they worked successfully. Sorry for the false report.

Yes, well summarized @MrT10001. Though I'll note that not all of North America has lost 3G support. Here in Canada (at least while we remain a sovereign nation) 3G is alive on all carriers for now. Sunset dates range between July 2025 and Dec 2026. My impression is that a bunch of nations in the south of NA still have 2G and/or 3G as well.

If it were me though, I'd either go with one of the pricier but clearly supported devices you listed, or try to hold out a bit longer before buying something, to make sure it works well in 24.04 (and that VoLTE starts working, if you'll need it soon).
My guess is that the coming weeks/months might make it all a bit more clear which devices will have a good future with Noble and VoLTE.

Big thank yous @Moem for showing your work on this and @danfro for getting an up to date Cinny app for us all. Really, really appreciated!

EDIT: Turns out I hadn't tested this in a long time, and my whole report below was incorrect. : - /
Worked in Xenial, not in Focal.

~~My car (Subaru) asked if I wanted to import contacts after initial BT connection, and it all just worked. I was kinda shocked by how simply and successfully it went, both with Oneplus 5T and later a Oneplus Nord N10. I've never had android or iOS, this was definitely all through UT.

All functions listed by @PhAndersson also work, as well as voice commands such as "Call Yumi" or whatever. Clearly the voice recognition is a feature of the car's OS.
It also offers to (import/sync, I can't recal) SMS, which I haven't yet tried, but would test if that were useful to anyone.

I have no experience with either of the BT File Transfer apps, but based on timing, they probably were never updated to 20.04 (probably because they weren't working?)

Maybe worth a try going through any menus on your car just in case there's a way to import the way that mine did? But maybe I just got lucky with a car that happens to play well with UT.~~

@carl Although if you're indeed in Canada, 3G is still supported for now. Rogers has said end of 3G is July 31 2025, Telus Dec 31 2025. Bell seemingly will keep it for longer, some say til Dec 31 2026, except in Manitoba.

The Q&A was very, very encouraging on VoLTE overall, but as stated, it's unknown which devices will get it, and it didn't sound like good news for Pixel 3a.

I don't know if Alfred has moved on to other things, but he was really looking for help from people in the USA to test the Pixel 3a, and wasn't getting it. Maybe since it's supported for VoLTE on those networks, you could see about helping him?

@ywilien Thanks for the helpful info. Who knows, maybe a thread like this spurs somebody to create something like that. It does sound like a pain in the neck the way that @readyblue has to do it. Hopefully something easier materializes.

@readyblue I don't think a SIM tools app is in the works unless we go and make one or commission one.. and coders aren't cheap. The OS is community run and these things only happen if somebody makes them happen.

Just to check, have you tried Mobile Settings -> Carrier & APN -> Carrier? From there I can select Automatic, or manually choose a carrier.

I do find that roaming can sometimes work strangely. Often I switch into roaming automatically once there's no signal for my carrier, but then it doesn't switch back when I'm back in a zone that my carrier covers. Sometimes there are glitches whereI seem to lose coverage in a zone that I know has coverage.
But adjusting settings or restarting usually works for me.

@The_Cougar_Kid Hi! First off, please note that this thread is from 2019. It is in fact referring to OTA-7 for 16.04, not 20.04.

I think I can remember having a similar issue in the past. It may be able to be fixed by switching your channel from Stable to Release Candidate and then back? Or another idea might be to flash the OS again - run the installer, making absolutely certain that the "Wipe user data" button is not checked.
Others may have better advice than me though. I lack technical expertise.

Even just enabling the System Settings icon in the top tray via Lomiri Plus Essentials from Ambot Installer fixes the issue of not seeing the full time on my Oneplus N10.

To me, this seems like the simplest system-wide fix. Wouldn't fix rounded edges across the board. But at least the time is visible for those of us with rounded screens and 24hr clocks.

Thanks a million, @kugiigi, for all your work!

@fair Glad you found UT! But my two cents is that it's very unlikely to see a change on this. The whole OS is maintained by a small core of developers, and I can't imagine this being a priority any time soon. And I'm pretty sure Lomiri is the only desktop environment for UT. It's different than other forms of Ubuntu.
If it's indeed as easy a chage as you say, perhaps it's a case for some personal tinkering? If you succeed, post your results!
But a lot of us really like the swipes and it's pretty central to how the OS has worked for a long time. Who knows, maybe you'll come to like them

@MrT10001 Thanks for the input. That makes sense,
especially now that Apple is playing along with RCS. I imagine the proportion of messages sent by SMS/MMS protocols is dropping dramatically.
Perhaps I'll try a different carrier.

Hi, hopefully this is the best category for this.
I'm sometimes failing to receive an SMS, or other times I'll get the first 153 characters of a message, then maybe 15-50 characters from the end of a previous message from the same sender.
Most texts come through just fine, but having askedthe senders, I know I'm occasionally missing one entirely.

Does this make any sense to anyone? I don't even know which logs to look at. It's suddenly making me wonder if I can keep using this as a daily driver.

Running 20.04 stable on Oneplus N10, installed proper android version before installing UT.
My carrier is Freedom Mobile in Canada. In case applicable, the carrier has limited coverage, but has free roaming for when outside the network. I'm outside the network, thus roaming, fairly regularily, but haven't yet figured out whether that's related.
Thanks for any help or suggestions

No, you can't flash android from UT or UBports installer, unfortunately. I think it's just way too different from device to device.

I would encourage considerable caution from here on out. Your phone's already in a position that it isn't supposed to be in.
Others will have a better idea on the best way to fix.

There is a Readme on the gitlab page for the N10. There's a link to the correct android version there, and some steps to take when downgrading android. I recall it being a bit of a process, and using MSM tool. But it worked in the end.

Hopefully you can follow this same process with your device even though UT is installed over the wrong android version, but I'd wait and see what others say.

Hi @Capsia ,
Thanks to you and any others for the excellent work on the websites!

I hope this is an ok topic to post this in. I didn't find much else pertaining to website discussion.
(TL;DR - I'm suggesting a Donate button next to porter/maintainer names on each Devices page of the website.)

Recently I tried to donate to my device's porter, and found it hard to find how to do so. I tracked down his Paypal eventually, but it took some searching, and it might not be possible to find some porters.
I thought if there were a Donate button on the website, similar to how there's an option on the OpenStore to donate to the app's developer, it might both remind people to donate, and make it easier to do so.
I asked about this idea on Q&A #157 and Alfred and AppLee were both favourable toward it.

But of course this requires work, and I have no skills with websites. I imagine it would require reworking the Contributors section on the Devices pages, and enabling an optional donate button next to the names of any contributors who'd like donations and who provide a link to their patreon/libera/whatever.
It would get more complicated when there are many developers and maintainers. Who will the user donate to? Each of them? And is it weird if some of them request donations and others don't?
But to me, it's still better to have the option, even if there are complications.

Anyway, sorry to be making a suggestion with no way to help bring it about. But I wanted to float the idea out there, to keep our porters supported!

Hi! What do you all think about the idea of a button to donate to porters/maintainers on the Devices webpage, similar to how it works in OpenStore?

Also, a note. You folks are very patient with some of the live Q&A questions. If you ever think it needs a moderator or something, let us know. It could be nice to sift out some of the more entitled, ungrateful people demanding that miracles be worked faster by largely unpaid developers.
We appreciate you immensely!

@messayisto I remember an infinite spinning wheel when looking for updates on my past device, a Onplus 5t. It was after either switching from Stable to RC or the reverse, I can't recall.

In that case, if I remember correctly, flashing with the installer without wiping data solved it.
But as to why it happened, I have no idea. Haven't experienced it since.

@paulcarroty Thanks!

Microsoft Miracast Adapter v2 works quite well for me, but seems to no longer be produced, and is quite hard to find.

I see many other Miracast adapters for sale, lacking the Microsoft brand. Anybody tried them?
UT functions very nicely with a wireless display connection, so it would be good if people knew there was an option.

@bhdouglass Thanks for the post, and for all your work!