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The new Aquaris E5 HD Ubuntu Edition is now available to preorder

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Re: The new Aquaris E5 HD Ubuntu Edition is now available to preorder

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Post by delonia »

m90 wrote: post #6

Sorry to crash the party, but i just flashed Android onto my E4.5 Ubuntu edition this weekend, following a month of sheer frustration. While the UX concept is really nice everything else feels pre-alpha and should definitely not be sold as a commercial product yet. There's so much lacking (You want to import SIM contacts? Sorry, but maybe in a few releases.), Ubuntu Phone is just not ready for use as an everyday phon…

For a not-too-heavy user, the phone is fine as it is now. The system updates in April fixed the battery issues.

Cannot imagine what you have been doing to the phone to crash five times.

Re: The new Aquaris E5 HD Ubuntu Edition is now available to preorder

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Post by m90 »

delonia wrote: post #11
m90 wrote: post #6

Sorry to crash the party, but i just flashed Android onto my E4.5 Ubuntu edition this weekend, following a month of sheer frustration. While the UX concept is really nice everything else feels pre-alpha and should definitely not be sold as a commercial product yet. There's so much lacking (You want to import SIM contacts? Sorry, but maybe in a few releases.), Ubuntu Phone is just not ready for use as an everyday phon…

For a not-too-heavy user, the phone is fine as it is now. The system updates in April fixed the battery issues. Cannot imagine what you have been doing to the phone to crash five times.

Interesting, the battery life and management was the only part where I thought it was really good. I never ever managed to drain it even on long days.

I did not do too much, Browser, GMail, Camera, Music. That's it. It crashed on unlocking quite often. I'd get a black screen and the small rotating logo would appear. After the OS was back again it needed a reboot as no app would start up again in this "recovered" state.

Re: The new Aquaris E5 HD Ubuntu Edition is now available to preorder

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Post by callahad »

abrowne wrote: post #10
callahad wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm using an Xperia Z3 Compact flashed with Firefox OS and can report that the 4G radios work perfectly. :)

Are there instructions for that device anywhere?

It's in the mainline B2G repo, so you should be able to follow the instructions at https://github.com/mozilla-b2g/b2g to get a build. Use `./configure.sh aries` to configure for the Z3C. Other supported devices include the Nexus 4 and Nexus 5.

https://github.com/mozilla-b2g/B2G/blob/47113646d3d1692a267c...

Re: The new Aquaris E5 HD Ubuntu Edition is now available to preorder

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Post by kevinbowman »

callahad wrote: post #5
kevinbowman wrote: post #3

In my opinion, it's a race between FirefoxOS phones and Ubuntu phones as to who gets 4G first. I've been using FirefoxOS phones for a while (Open, Open C and now Flame) but I'm missing the 4G connection, and that may well be what tempts me away from FirefoxOS.

I'm using an Xperia Z3 Compact flashed with Firefox OS and can report that the 4G radios work perfectly. :)

That's great news, thanks! You may well have just changed my summer.

Re: The new Aquaris E5 HD Ubuntu Edition is now available to preorder

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Post by hobarrera »

m90 wrote: post #6

Sorry to crash the party, but i just flashed Android onto my E4.5 Ubuntu edition this weekend, following a month of sheer frustration. While the UX concept is really nice everything else feels pre-alpha and should definitely not be sold as a commercial product yet. There's so much lacking (You want to import SIM contacts? Sorry, but maybe in a few releases.), Ubuntu Phone is just not ready for use as an everyday phon…

> You want to import SIM contacts?

In all honesty, I don't think this is very common nowadays. If you're migrating from something like a Nokia 1100, your contacts might be in your SIM, but most users are migrating from another smartphone in 2015, and smartphones don't store contacts in the SIM.

Re: The new Aquaris E5 HD Ubuntu Edition is now available to preorder

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Post by Nanzikambe »

Happy ubuntu phone user here (E4.5) will probably skip the E5 and wait for the next one if it's beefier in spec.

The only gripes I have with Ubuntu touch atm are:

1) Lack of USB or Bluetooth tethering 2) Lack of USB or Bluetooth tethering 3) Lack of USB or Bluetooth tethering 4) Lack of FDE

Re: The new Aquaris E5 HD Ubuntu Edition is now available to preorder

#17

Post by m90 »

hobarrera wrote: post #15
m90 wrote: post #6

Sorry to crash the party, but i just flashed Android onto my E4.5 Ubuntu edition this weekend, following a month of sheer frustration. While the UX concept is really nice everything else feels pre-alpha and should definitely not be sold as a commercial product yet. There's so much lacking (You want to import SIM contacts? Sorry, but maybe in a few releases.), Ubuntu Phone is just not ready for use as an everyday phon…

> You want to import SIM contacts? In all honesty, I don't think this is very common nowadays. If you're migrating from something like a Nokia 1100, your contacts might be in your SIM, but most users are migrating from another smartphone in 2015, and smartphones don't store contacts in the SIM.

Android did it without complaining, iOS apparently does it. My SIM is still the same that I got in 2001. It's a pretty convenient location to store that stuff.

Re: The new Aquaris E5 HD Ubuntu Edition is now available to preorder

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Post by cm-t »

m90 wrote: post #6

Sorry to crash the party, but i just flashed Android onto my E4.5 Ubuntu edition this weekend, following a month of sheer frustration. While the UX concept is really nice everything else feels pre-alpha and should definitely not be sold as a commercial product yet. There's so much lacking (You want to import SIM contacts? Sorry, but maybe in a few releases.), Ubuntu Phone is just not ready for use as an everyday phon…

>You want to import SIM contacts

this feature comes with the next update

Re: The new Aquaris E5 HD Ubuntu Edition is now available to preorder

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Post by wlesieutre »

Nanzikambe wrote: post #16

Happy ubuntu phone user here (E4.5) will probably skip the E5 and wait for the next one if it's beefier in spec. The only gripes I have with Ubuntu touch atm are: 1) Lack of USB or Bluetooth tethering 2) Lack of USB or Bluetooth tethering 3) Lack of USB or Bluetooth tethering 4) Lack of FDE

FDE == Full Disk Encryption?

Re: The new Aquaris E5 HD Ubuntu Edition is now available to preorder

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Post by wlesieutre »

Roritharr wrote: post #4
flavor8 wrote: post #2

Once a ubuntu phone turns up that supports docking, as the original concept video shows, I'm all over it. Until then it's just a niche mobile OS with a restricted number of apps, and likely too many bugs.

I find it funny that it seems that Microsoft will actually deliver on this promise before Ubuntu gets a chance to.

Microsoft's docking just runs the desktop UI of their universal apps, as far as I know. You won't get the full win32 desktop with the ability to run Visual Studio.

UI-wise it'll look similar to the average user, but it's a pretty different approach.

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