Canonical releases Ubuntu Phone OS

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jimmyco2008

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Man it'd be cool if they did midnight though, that's only half an hour away!

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Don't know if you guys have seen this but it's looking like there's going to be a lot of limitations to what can be done with the developer preview that's going to be on offer, i the video shown you can't even add your own contacts to the people section, it's all sample data.
 

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Don't know if you guys have seen this but it's looking like there's going to be a lot of limitations to what can be done with the developer preview that's going to be on offer, i the video shown you can't even add your own contacts to the people section, it's all sample data.

This is a work in progress. They don't even have most of the core apps ready.

Remember: this preview is for devs, not for end users. So devs can get familiarized with everything and probably test they apps on it.

As I said on another thread, the image will be filled with dummy data. From an article from OMG! Ubuntu! and a interview I made with one of the devs, we won't have many working apps.

Phone, SMS, a preview of the browser and some other stuffs. But most of the core apps aren't ready and won't be on this image.

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I was aware of this myself but based on some of the posts in this thread it seemed like some of the guys were expecting a fully functional ROM.

I'm pretty sure there will be a lot of "Ubuntu touch sucks" threads tomorrow, because of this. Sadly, people don't read :/

So if anyone is still thinking you will have a daily driver, forget it.

It will only be ready in October. Mark said Ubuntu 13.10 will be ready to be installed on your PC, tablet and smartphone.

On a side note, I really hope Canonical merge the new interface design to the desktop too. That will probably happen in the next LTS, Ubuntu 14.04.

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I'm pretty sure there will be a lot of "Ubuntu touch sucks" threads tomorrow, because of this. Sadly, people don't read :/

That's something you can count on. Regardless, I'm anxious to try it on my tablet because, honestly, I like my phone to fully work but I can play on my tablet.
 
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    Canonical just announced their mobile OS called Ubuntu Mobile
    Now, you're probably wondering why I put this in the GNex general.
    Let me tell you.
    The dev phone at this phase for UM is the one and only, Galaxy Nexus.
    As seen here: http://www.engadget.com/2013/01/02/ubuntu-for-smartphones/
    And in pretty much every picture of it on http://www.ubuntu.com/devices/phone

    I made this thread for discussion, speculation and the likes :)

    So, how long do you think until the first build is avalable for us?

    UPDATE: Everything we know so far (basic information and release times) are here:
    http://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/18y9ij/when_this_post_is_3_hours_old_canonical_will/

    Official instructions for installation (You need to have a Ubuntu/compatable Linux distribution installed):
    https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Touch/Install
    Easiest way to install the preview image:
    (Method discovered by eng.stk)
    For people wondering about install (tried with TWRP):

    1. Nandroid backup
    2. Factory Reset
    3. Grab quantal-preinstalled-armel+maguro.zip (MD5: e4c9c5601019ec7ce24f43f317361982) and quantal-preinstalled-phablet-armhf.zip (MD5: edd3c43909a6e73ac254b2673d40cc53) from http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-touch-preview/quantal/mwc-demo/
    4. Flash quantal-preinstalled-armel+maguro.zip
    5. Flash quantal-preinstalled-phablet-armhf.zip (this one will take a while, grab some coffee :laugh:)
    6. Reboot (screen will go black but after a few seconds Ubuntu is up)
    7. Profit :highfive:

    This install didn't wiped my sdcard. I just restored my TWRP backup after a short Ubuntu testdrive.
    If you are paranoid, just copy your stuf from SDCARD to your PC before flashing.
    How to go back to Android?
    It's easy.
    You can either restore the Nandroid backup you made earlier (assuming you followed the instructions all the way) or just flash a ROM. It's as easy as that.
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    Do you work for canonical?

    Yes...

    ---------- Post added at 12:19 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:17 PM ----------

    Only question I have, if I load this onto my Galaxy Nexus, how easy will it be to re-install Android if I don't like it?

    If Canonical get this right then more people might give it a try, if getting Android back is to differ-cult then not sure I'll attempt it.
    It's as easy as flashing a new rom... you flash ubuntu from cwm and you have ubuntu, go back to the recovery and flash android or your backup
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    Install Ubuntu the easy way

    For people wondering about install (tried with TWRP):

    1. Nandroid backup
    2. Factory Reset
    3. Grab quantal-preinstalled-armel+maguro.zip (MD5: e4c9c5601019ec7ce24f43f317361982) and quantal-preinstalled-phablet-armhf.zip (MD5: edd3c43909a6e73ac254b2673d40cc53) from http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-touch-preview/quantal/mwc-demo/
    4. Flash quantal-preinstalled-armel+maguro.zip
    5. Flash quantal-preinstalled-phablet-armhf.zip (this one will take a while, grab some coffee :laugh:)
    6. Reboot (screen will go black but after a few seconds Ubuntu is up)
    7. Profit :highfive:

    This install didn't wiped my sdcard. I just restored my TWRP backup after a short Ubuntu testdrive.
    If you are paranoid, just copy your stuf from SDCARD to your PC before flashing.
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    Canonical just announced their mobile OS called Ubuntu Mobile
    Now, you're probably wondering why I put this in the GNex general.
    Let me tell you.
    The dev phone at this phase for UM is the one and only, Galaxy Nexus.
    As seen here: http://www.engadget.com/2013/01/02/ubuntu-for-smartphones/
    And in pretty much every picture of it on http://www.ubuntu.com/devices/phone

    I made this thread for discussion, speculation and the likes :)

    So, how long do you think until the first build is avalable for us?
    Installing Ubuntu on your phone is very easy, you can do this from cwm...
    I will keep you guys updated once we release the img files!
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    Keyboard

    Hey folks , here is a screen of the keyboard