Ubuntu Touch is the privacy and freedom-respecting mobile operating system by UBports. Today we are happy to announce the release of Ubuntu Touch 20.04 OTA-5, a maintenance release of 20.04 series. Ubuntu Touch 20.04 OTA-5 will become available for the following supported Ubuntu Touch devices over the next days:
* Asus Zenfone Max Pro M1
* F(x)tec Pro1 X
* Fairphone 3 and 3+
* Fairphone 4
* Google Pixel 3a and 3a XL
* JingPad A1
* Oneplus 5 and 5T
* OnePlus 6 and 6T
* Sony Xperia X
* Vollaphone
* Vollaphone X
* Vollaphone 22
* Vollaphone X23
* Xiaomi Poco X3 NFC / X3
What's new?
Ubuntu Touch 20.04 OTA-5 is a maintenance release of the 20.04 series with only a minimal number of changes. That said, we still have a few interesting changes:
The power profile system has gotten more granular; it can distinguish sustained vs. interactive mode on supported devices.
If you're one of the few people still running on Ubuntu Touch 16.04 OTA's, the settings migration issue when upgrading from Ubuntu Touch 16.04 OTA's on certain devices is finally fixed.
The system will now notify the users if calendar synchronization fails due to authentication issue. This allow users to provide a new password if required.
General bug fixes and security updates.
The full list of changes is included at the end of this post.
Known issues:
For the users of Waydroid Helper app, the icon for "Waydroid Stop" app entry will be broken. This is due to an internal change which requires Waydroid Helper to follow. Please follow this issue to see if Waydroid Helper is fixed.
On some devices (such as Pixel 3a), double-tap-to-wake has been disabled due to stability issue. We might re-enable this feature in the future if we can fix the stability issue.
How to get OTA-5
Existing Ubuntu Touch users
Existing users of Ubuntu Touch on Stable channel (which is selected by default in the UBports Installer) will receive the OTA-5 upgrade by using the Updates screen of System Settings. Devices will randomly be allocated the update from today through. This spread is to give us a breathing space to stop the roll out of any bad update (should that ever become necessary), and is not to accommodate any bandwidth restrictions.
There is also the system update broadcast facility, which will send each online device a trigger message. If the device can find its update, it will be downloaded for you and when everything is ready, a notification will pop up and you can install right away. This only works if you have set up that updates can be downloaded automatically.
If however you would like to receive the update immediately, connect your device to a computer, open a terminal, turn on ADB access and issue the following command over adb shell :
sudo system-image-cli -v -p 0 --progress dots
Your device should then download the update and install it. This process may take a while, depending on your download speed.
New Ubuntu Touch users
You will find instructions for installing Ubuntu Touch on your device at https://devices.ubuntu-touch.io .
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