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it runs and needs testing im pretty happy but few more bugs and lots of feed back are needed get the fine tuning but largely ...yeah we have full python on UT ...most of the bugs are prob in the python to clickable because we have full python we should be able to run clickable right in the terminal ....if done right this could be one of the most potent UT tools so far its what android DOES NOT OFFER ...outside of termux that is but thats a whole conversation

images may vary slightly missing the python to click tab

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clickable link:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Dka2VmzMvT6xCNlxvFQTtOWN_JraFibK/view?usp=sharing

Hello,

I just connected a Cherry mouse and keyboard model DW9500 DW Slim, using BT. It appears in the UT correctly registered but it is never able to keep the connection, making then useless.
Any suggestions to fix this?
Thanks.

Hi!

I'm Jan Sprinz (you probably know me as NeoTheThird) and i help run the UBports community team. I'm 19 years old and I study Game Engineering and Computer Science in Germany.

I'm fairly new to Ubuntu Touch and the Linux Community in general. Last summer, as I was browsing the web as a traumatized macOS refugee that recently installed Ubuntu, i came across this weird piece of audio-visual something. And somehow I ended up here.

Take care and feel free to introduce yourself here,

Jan

Hello
I am thinking in using UT on a FP5, notably because UT offers to run Python code, and I can code in Python, whereas I cannot implement Android apps with Kotlin by myself
However, I could not leave my e/OS Android FP5 because yet, because I need some Android Apps

I was thinking in the feasability to implement an app or run code in background on UT, that would transfers SMS automatically from UT to a Android phone

I asked to Mistral and Claude if it would be possible and they pointed out that apps are sandboxed, and only the native message apps can access and send SMS

Here is my question : how to learn what is feasible or not when programming on UT ?

Best

Thomas

After 10 Trials to install it, in all flavours..TB-X306F is not fully supported (may be some older do), and should not be mentioned as supported. I lost now 12hours on this topic and 150$ for a lenovo tab that will not work at all.
Thanks and best regards,
formel

I have a new Fairphone 5 and I installed Ubuntu Touch 24.04-1.1 (stable). The system boots fine but I cannot connect to a WiFi network. When I open the WiFi settings, all I can see is the menu entry "Previous networks". What could I do, to get the WiFi working?

Please meet Merezhyvo – a new small browser for Ubuntu Touch.
I first made it only for myself. Later I realised that I like using it, so now I want to share it with the community. Maybe it will be useful for someone else too.

What is Merezhyvo?
Merezhyvo (pronounced roughly “meh-REH-zhy-vo”) is a Chromium-based web browser built specifically for Ubuntu Touch. It is designed to feel native on both phones and in convergence / desktop mode, with strong privacy defaults and a clean UI.

Privacy by design
• No tracking, no analytics, no telemetry.
• Local-only data: history, bookmarks, passwords, cookies and site data are stored locally inside the app sandbox.

Key features
• Ubuntu Touch–first, confined app (AppArmor). Predictable file access inside the sandbox.
• Convergent UI: phone + external display, with UI scaling and per-tab zoom (plus a default webview zoom setting).
• Light and Dark themes.
• Optional messenger panel (can be hidden) + security shield popup.
• Localised UI: English, Ukrainian, French, German, Polish, Dutch, Spanish, Italian, Norwegian.

Privacy & security tools
• HTTPS certificate validation + shield indicator (white/yellow/red) and a site security popup.
• HTTPS mode: Preferred / Strict + per-site exceptions.
• Third-party cookies control + per-site exceptions.
• Tracker & ads blocking with modes: Basic / Strict + per-site exceptions + per-site counters.
• WebRTC privacy modes (allow / block / block with Tor).
• Secure DNS (DNS-over-HTTPS) switcher with multiple providers and a custom endpoint (disabled automatically while Tor is enabled).
• Tor integration (optional) with a simple toggle, “Keep Tor enabled”, and a Tor check tab. Tor and non-Tor browsing use separate storage partitions (no cookie/site-data crossover).

Other features
• Tab search and smart address bar suggestions (history + bookmarks).
• Bookmarks manager with Netscape HTML import/export.
• Local password manager protected by a master password + autofill (no clipboard).
• Predictable downloads/uploads:
– Downloads: ~/.local/share/merezhyvo.naz.r/mDownloads
– Uploads/imports: ~/.local/share/merezhyvo.naz.r/mDocuments
• Integrated on-screen keyboard with multiple layouts.

Important notes / limitations
• Merezhyvo uses Tor as an optional connection layer, but it is not the official Tor Browser and does not include all Tor Browser fingerprinting protections.
• File access is limited to the sandbox folders (mDownloads/mDocuments); choosing arbitrary folders is not supported.
• Camera, microphone, geolocation and push notifications are not available yet.
• Landscape mode is not supported (Ubuntu Touch limitation).
• Clipboard on Ubuntu Touch is split between sandboxes; copy/paste may be limited.

What kind of feedback I’m looking for
I am not looking for a list of “missing features” – I already know that many things are not implemented yet
What would really help instead:
1. Bug reports for the features that are already present.
If something that should work in this MVP (basic browsing, tabs, downloads, file picker, bookmarks, password manager, Tor toggle, UI scaling, on-screen keyboard) behaves strangely or breaks, please tell me.
2. UX feedback.
Is the UI clear and easy to use? Are there any small but annoying problems in daily use? I have onlly one UT device, which is OP Nord n10, so I am sure how it looks only on this one device.
3. Keyboard layouts: which languages first?
The on-screen keyboard supports only some languages now. I would like to know which additional languages/layouts are the most important for you, so I can add them earlier.
4. Would you actually use this browser?
This project started as a personal tool for me. And for me it’s good enough already, it covers my personal needs. I want to understand if it is also useful for other people. Your feedback will help me decide if I should spend more time on Merezhyvo, or keep it as a small niche browser.

How to get it:
Merezhyvo is available on the OpenStore

the code source

So I'm new to Ubuntu Touch, plenty of experience (using) custom Roms.
I picked up a 3a, installed the latest stable version of UT with UBports installer. After first boot I tried to open OpenStore, and I just get a spinning icon. A reboot made no difference.
I reinstalled Android 9 (not sure if necessary) then installed the previous stable version, 20. From there I was able to access openstore, install apps, no issues. Next I updated to the latest stable version via the updater, but now I have the same issue. I've checked on the browser, and despite showing as connected, I can't access anything via the browser either. Again, a reboot didn't help, neither did forgetting the wifi and readding it.
Any suggestions, anybody?

Volla Phone X23 (Gigaset GX4 PRO)
I wonder if anyone can help me. I understand that later versions of UBports installer such as 0.10.0 and 0.11.2 have had problems such as: Volla not flashing to slot A: "Unknown Error while flashing Volla OS to Volla Phone X23 #4385" I know developers on Github have provided a configuration file to fix this but I would not know how to apply this file to the latest installer.The phone is now running Android 14, it came updated.. Which version of the Ubports Installer should I use in order to get Volla 14 installed successfully?

I have never flashed a ROM unto a phone before.

My laptop is running LMDE 6 so it would be done using a Linux system.

I would appreciate any advice.

So my oneplus6t arrived.

Was able to unlock it via the ubports installer.... Only for the installer to fail midway and brick my phone.

I'm at the quallcomm crash screen now.

If I try to install ubuntu I get the attached error

Is this something UBports installer can resolve or shall I troubleshoot the qualcomm crash before attempting again?

Here's the crash report - this is after qualcomm crash and going into fastboot and trying to install either postmarketos or UBtouch
Untitled Document 2.txt

I know that Ubuntu Touch doesn't support dual boot, but if I create the partition from Windows, wouldn't UT install in the 2nd partition?
I'm finding that the touch response from Windows on the tablet is not great and I read that Ubuntu Touch was better. I don't really care if UT doesn't recognize the camera or the audio. I will be developing a single app in Python to collect EM and GPS data to be exported to a Windows Laptop. The screen on this 8" rugged tablet is too small for use in general computing.

Is Asus x00TD maintained anymore on Ubuntu Touch? I am not getting any updates ocer stable release. And please can you add volte call support?

Ubuntu Touch Q&A 186

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We will cover all the latest news and development, and your questions and answers.
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Did all y'all know that the Installer can in some devices unlock the bootloader?
It can and I had no idea! I flashed a Op5t for someone, yesterday afternoon, and the Installer offered to unlock it, and it was easy and it WORKED!

You might say: it's just a fastboot command, what's the big deal?
Fair enough! What it did, is by itself not magical. But the fact that it did that, is.

It did say, as I 'm used to, to make sure that the bootloader was unlocked. And then it had a big button offering to do so!
Then I just had to confirm that on the phone, and just like that, it was unlocked.

It may seem like a small thing but it made the process feel easier and smoother.

sorry, I am not realy precise in the description but I don't understand realy the probleme (not fluent in english - better in french)

It is a critical problem, met first in 20.04, then in 24.04.

today, I take some photos with my phone (this is not often). no probleme. , but then (20 mn later) I re-launch the camera app and the camera came to vibrate (trying to focus ?), without stop... even when I stop the app.
I have to reboot the phone (the vibrations only stop when the phone was totaly stopped)
And now, there are problems with the camera : I could take a photo once. never reboot, and now It doesn't work (no image on camera)
nb : now it works, with light corrigation on the image

this is the 2nd sony xperia X I use with UT.
previously, my 1st device had the same probleme on 20.04. And I think it break the camera... (but I made it fall too... so I m not sure)

Hello again,
I was able to pair my newly installed Pixel 3a with the car kit of my Skoda Octavia, and I'm glad to report that everything seems to be working:

• I'm able to use the car sound system to listen to music played by the phone (selecting Bluetooth as source on the car Media Centre)
• the car displays the phone's battery charge and GSM network strength
• when an incoming call is received, the ringtone comes through the car sound system
• I'm able to take the call from the dashboard and the voice goes through the car sound system as expected

Now for the question: is there a tool that would allow me to push my contacts to the car kit over Bluetooth?

Thanks in advance.

Ph. A.

Ubuntu Touch Q&A 186 is live this Saturday 21st March so if you can please join us at the usual time of 19:00 UTC.
Before then, if you have any questions on or about Ubuntu Touch and UBports please post them below and we will do our best to answer them in the Q&A.

Remember that questions on porting to device **** or its status, and questions on bugs, will not be answered.

Say I have a computer and speakers that are on the other side of the room, can't connect to them through aux as I don't have a cable this long. No problem! As long as both the computer and phone are connected to the same local network, you can connect your phone to the aux of speakers and send audio from your 'puter:

Run this command on your phone:

pactl load-module module-native-protocol-tcp auth-ip-acl='127.0.0.1;192.168.10.0/24' #replace with your local range

It'll open pulseaudio on port 4713 of your phone. Now on your computer:

pactl load-module module-tunnel-sink server=<PHONE_IP> sink=1 

Your phone will now be listed as one of the sinks on the computer. You can easily use pavucontrol to redirect sound from specified programs to your phone. You can use the phone speakers themselves or connect to speakers via aux. Haven't tested bluetooth yet.

On my network there unfortunately also was some sound tearing, but for me its bearable. Tried to recreate sink with latency_msec=400 adjust_time=0 parameters and it kinda helped though, I think that one has to play around with these parameters or some other options in pulse, I'm no pulse master unfortunately.

The FuriPhone FLX1 had been out for a few months with FuriOS, a Droidian fork.
What's new is that the UT port is almost complete. Note that it is being produced by the same team that developed the FLX1 and FuriOS.
What's more, dualboot is also supported, making it a competitor to Volla devices.
For the moment, dualboot works with an SD card. It remains to be seen whether the main storage memory can be used at a later date.

https://t.me/furilabs_chat/29378

Hi all,
I'm working on the new contact backend, herited from the work of @mardy .
Full story here: https://gitlab.com/groups/ubports/development/core/-/epics/19

Carddav integration is in progress ( Nexcloud and generic cardDav works, teaser here https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=VG6i2LLLML0 ).
Contact to Birthday calendar done
Some regressions on address book app fixed ( avatar, import, massive delete etc... )

For the migration, my idea is to only migrate local default address book,
Add a carddav integrated feature for working around the issue with custom setup and give contact manual sync first.
We will still be able to backup the current db with some command lines, and import them via the UI.

This is the first step before a rework of Address book app and have better sync management ( scheduled sync, etc... )

Technical:
The idea is to keep for now Evolution Data Server & co.
Calendar, Alarms , 3rd party apps ? , Ayatanah Datetime, Bluez relies on it...

Add a doemon for contact to birthday sync. ( by creating a Birthday calendar and storing birthday there )

Integration of buteo* and friends for cardDav support.

Still unknown: BT integration for e.g: Car kit contact list

I would appreciate your help for making this transition as smooth as possible.

• Address book app: better online account integration, collections management
• BlueTooth contact sync ( not working too on Focal apprently )
• Notifications for sync states ( we have some UI report from indicator transfer )
  ...

At this time of writing, the "how to test" is not ready. Will edit when easier to install.