[Touch-packages] [Bug 1615474] Re: Network Indicator / Connectivity-API is not accessible

2016-09-30 Thread Matthew Exon
I did the same thing, and it works! Thanks very much for that! Below is the diff in my config. One thing I notice is the different KnownSims. I switched from one Chinese SIM card to a different Chinese SIM card and also moved to Hong Kong (i.e. roamed) at the same time. So I guess that's a fai

[Touch-packages] [Bug 1615474] Re: Network Indicator / Connectivity-API is not accessible

2016-09-12 Thread Matthew Exon
I'll have a go at organising a time on IRC. I don't have much free time this week, but I also don't use my Ubuntu Touch phone for anything, so I don't mind taking my time over this. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribe

[Touch-packages] [Bug 1615474] Re: Network Indicator / Connectivity-API is not accessible

2016-09-09 Thread Matthew Exon
There's been a reboot in the meantime by the way... phablet@ubuntu-phablet:~$ status indicator-network indicator-network start/running, process 2642 More stuff that may be useful, or just to keep in sync with all of the above... phablet@ubuntu-phablet:~$ ps auxww | grep 2642 phablet 2642 0.1

[Touch-packages] [Bug 1615474] Re: Network Indicator / Connectivity-API is not accessible

2016-09-09 Thread Matthew Exon
phablet@ubuntu-phablet:~$ dbus-send --print-reply --dest=com.ubuntu.connectivity1 /com/ubuntu/connectivity1/NetworkingStatus org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties.Get string:com.ubuntu.connectivity1.NetworkingStatus string:Status Error org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name com.ubuntu.co

[Touch-packages] [Bug 1615474] Re: Network Indicator / Connectivity-API is not accessible

2016-09-08 Thread Matthew Exon
Me too, this didn't allow me to check for updates: phablet@ubuntu-phablet:~$ stop indicator-network indicator-network stop/waiting Here I went to System Settings. It still said "Connect to the Internet to check for updates". phablet@ubuntu-phablet:~$ rm .cache/upstart/indicator-network* phablet

[Touch-packages] [Bug 1615474] Re: Network Indicator / Connectivity-API is not accessible

2016-09-08 Thread Matthew Exon
Hey Antti, that worked! Thanks a lot for that! I even forgot to add the password keyword and it just prompted me for the password on screen. Now when I try to check for software updates it says "Connect to the Internet to check for updates", which isn't so good. But oh well, progress :-) -- Y

[Touch-packages] [Bug 1615474] Re: Wifi networking no longer possible, network indicator broken

2016-09-06 Thread Matthew Exon
Hi Alejandro, sorry I only just noticed your reply. It's a little hard to get data off my phone at the moment. But indicator network is running: 2479 ? Ssl 0:00 /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/indicator-network/indicator-network-secret-agent 2539 ? Ssl 0:07 /usr/lib/arm-linux-dnueabihf/indicator-

[Touch-packages] [Bug 1615474] Re: Wifi networking no longer possible, network indicator broken

2016-08-23 Thread Matthew Exon
Ah, I was just able to confirm that 3G does work. I don't know if that would provide a way to download a fixed system image or something - but it'd be expensive and unreliable. Also, there is a wlan0 device when I run ifconfig. Is there a way to configure a new wifi network on the command line?

[Touch-packages] [Bug 1615474] Re: Wifi networking no longer possible, network indicator broken

2016-08-23 Thread Matthew Exon
Also, correct me if I'm wrong, but it seems if a bug in a system update prevents the phone connecting to wifi, that effectively bricks the device, right? Because there's no way to update the system software without USB or wifi (and MX4s have broken USB hardware). There should be a way to download

[Touch-packages] [Bug 1588127] Re: Phone abandons incoming call

2016-06-28 Thread Matthew Exon
Is there some way to force media-hub to get stuck in this way? Or even better, perhaps write a test application that observes telepathy and deliberately fails to confirm. Then I could check that the results are the same as what I was seeing. "telepathy by design won't forward the incoming call t

[Touch-packages] [Bug 1588127] Re: Phone abandons incoming call

2016-06-08 Thread Matthew Exon
Was this the only time this occurred? As I said in the original report, it also happened a week previously when the same person in New York tried to phone me. I don't have logs from that time, but there was certainly a reboot in between. Apart from that, I believe I have seen this before but I c

[Touch-packages] [Bug 1588127] Re: Phone abandons incoming call

2016-06-08 Thread Matthew Exon
** Attachment added: "DBus log, file modified date 2 Jun 09:53" https://bugs.launchpad.net/canonical-devices-system-image/+bug/1588127/+attachment/4680093/+files/dbus.log.2.gz -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed t

[Touch-packages] [Bug 1588127] Re: Phone abandons incoming call

2016-06-08 Thread Matthew Exon
** Attachment added: "Media hub log, file modified date 9 Jun 08:31" https://bugs.launchpad.net/canonical-devices-system-image/+bug/1588127/+attachment/4680092/+files/media-hub.log.1.gz -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is su

[Touch-packages] [Bug 1588127] Re: Phone abandons incoming call

2016-06-08 Thread Matthew Exon
** Attachment added: "Media hub log, file modified date 2 Jun 09:52" https://bugs.launchpad.net/canonical-devices-system-image/+bug/1588127/+attachment/4680091/+files/media-hub.log.2.gz -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is su

[Touch-packages] [Bug 1518332] Re: FileManager should have option for viewing rather than exporting

2016-04-11 Thread Matthew Exon
Is this bug going to be closed because importing is now an option? If so does there need to be a new bug for opening via URL? Importing a multi-gigabyte video from an SD card isn't going to work, of course there's not enough space on the phone's internal memory for that, not to mention the amount

[Touch-packages] [Bug 1512063] Re: Can't open photo from file manager

2016-04-11 Thread Matthew Exon
The behaviour now seems to be that if you open a photo, it makes a copy of it. Since this is the most recent image, it bubbles to the top in Gallery, so it's reasonably easy to then open it. But this means that every time you tap on a photo in file manager, it makes a copy. Tap on the same image

[Touch-packages] [Bug 1563214] Re: Can’t browse and view local HTML files in home folder

2016-03-29 Thread Matthew Exon
My suggestion is more of a generic solution to the app confinement problem. Assume I start at the file manager and I tap on a file. It presents an "Open with" dialog showing the apps that can open that type of file. The dialog should show all apps that can handle that file type, regardless of whe

[Touch-packages] [Bug 1553431] [NEW] Feature: clip video

2016-03-04 Thread Matthew Exon
Public bug reported: The gallery currently allows editing photos by cropping them or rotating them. By analogy, it should be possible to extract a short portion of a video clip and save it as a new video. Note that saving as a new video is critical, do not overwrite the original. This is becaus

[Touch-packages] [Bug 1438162] Re: [osk] Touching "world" icon on the keyboard should cycle through all active keyboard layouts

2016-01-29 Thread Matthew Exon
I speak three languages and yes I would find it useful if it would simply toggle between the last-used two languages, so English/German when I'm in Germany, English/Chinese otherwise. But the problem is Emoji. English, German, Chinese, I always need Emoji, and that completely ruins the usefulness

[Touch-packages] [Bug 1512211] Re: Charging from USB battery, phone stops charging, switches on screen, and discharges

2016-01-19 Thread Matthew Exon
@pat-mcgowan: "The battery then decides that charging is over and automatically switches off." This model of battery pack tries to figure out when the plugged-in device has got to 100% charge, and when it detects that situation it switches itself off and stops supplying power. It then won't supp

[Touch-packages] [Bug 1512211] Re: Charging from USB battery, phone stops charging, switches on screen, and discharges

2016-01-15 Thread Matthew Exon
I only just noticed the new description above with the invitation to submit new bugs. I've submitted Bug #1534565 for keeping the screen on while charging, and Bug #1534563 for providing longer blank intervals. I'd say that neither of these bugs is at all important and in fact I might not even us

[Touch-packages] [Bug 1500633] Re: orientation sensor "last vertical" seems to be remembered and applied

2016-01-13 Thread Matthew Exon
Sorry to write so much about this: this bug has literally cost me that much time. Here's me trying to boil down the logic to point form: 1. The UI can be in one of two states: A or B 2. The accelerometer can be in an infinite number of states, some combination of acceleration in three dimensions

[Touch-packages] [Bug 1500633] Re: orientation sensor "last vertical" seems to be remembered and applied

2016-01-13 Thread Matthew Exon
Here's another example: it also does it if you turn off the rotation lock. * Open the browser * Hold the phone long edge perpendicular to the table * Wait until it switches to portrait mode * Put phone flat on the table * Turn on rotation lock * Hold phone short edge perpendicular to the table for

[Touch-packages] [Bug 1500633] Re: orientation sensor "last vertical" seems to be remembered and applied

2016-01-12 Thread Matthew Exon
...and another thing. The rotation animation doesn't actually do its job. It's supposed to provide a smooth transition from one state to the next. But instead it takes a snapshot of state A, squishes it into the shape of state B, and then afterwards shuffles everything around to a good layout fo

[Touch-packages] [Bug 1500633] Re: orientation sensor "last vertical" seems to be remembered and applied

2016-01-12 Thread Matthew Exon
I have a bunch of comments :-) I have constant problems with rotation on my phone and I really want them fixed. Exactly which changes need to be made I'm not sure, and I don't know if this bug in particular is valid or not. But it seems close enough that submitting a new bug doesn't seem right.

[Touch-packages] [Bug 1524648] Re: Display doesn't turn on for incoming phone call

2015-12-16 Thread Matthew Exon
OK I get what the problem is: it's the proximity sensor. I have a flip- case for my phone that covers the proximity sensor. If the flip-case is closed the phone thinks it's next to my ear and switches off the screen. So there are two things wrong here. First (IMO) it doesn't make sense to use t

[Touch-packages] [Bug 1524648] Re: Display doesn't turn on for incoming phone call

2015-12-10 Thread Matthew Exon
Presumably not this one? phablet@ubuntu-phablet:~$ ls -lh /var/crash total 40K -rw-rw-r-- 1 phablet whoopsie 37K Dec 7 10:27 _usr_bin_content-hub-service.32011.crash Not sure where the crash logs are kept... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded

[Touch-packages] [Bug 1524648] Re: Display doesn't turn on for incoming phone call

2015-12-10 Thread Matthew Exon
OTA-8 and MX4 respectively. I haven't put the phone in r/w mode or installed anything apart from the app store, but I have got various services running in a chroot - MySQL, Apache, and Mnemosyne. I've had other problems that might be related. For the past day or two incoming texts have made the

[Touch-packages] [Bug 1495553] Re: [System settings] VPN configuration not possible

2015-12-08 Thread Matthew Exon
I added them as separate bugs, bug #1523946 for PPTP and bug #1523948 for L2TP. The implementation and user interface changes will be different in each case and the priority may well be different as well. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packa

[Touch-packages] [Bug 1495553] Re: [System settings] VPN configuration not possible

2015-12-08 Thread Matthew Exon
Looking at the updated spec: “Type:” should contain those VPN types currently implemented, currently “OpenVPN”, and eventually “L2TP” and “PPTP”. While only one is implemented, the menu should be present but disabled Presumably then ww08-2016 will allow me to configure OpenVPN, but not PPTP and L

[Touch-packages] [Bug 1495553] Re: [System settings] VPN configuration not possible

2015-12-08 Thread Matthew Exon
Openvpn is blocked in China. The protocol itself is detected and automatically blocked. So this isn't a solution for me, although I'm sure it's good enough for lots of people. PPTP and L2TP are allowed, presumably because they tend to be used by companies rather than individuals. -- You receiv

[Touch-packages] [Bug 1493574] Re: [vegeta] Phone app makes screen stay black during call (so you can't hang up)

2015-12-06 Thread Matthew Exon
I submitted Bug #1523308 which is probably a duplicate of this. Happened earlier today on my MX4 (one SIM card), first time I've noticed it. There's a syslog attached to that bug. I don't seem to have a powerd log though. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu

[Touch-packages] [Bug 1506836] Re: LastPass bookmarklet not supported in ubuntu-touch browser

2015-11-29 Thread Matthew Exon
This method doesn't seem to work for me. I select one of the links as instructed. It doesn't generate an error page, rather it just shows a blank page. When I go to the address bar it looks like most of the javascript has been deleted, it just says "ref);document.body.appendChild(_LP_);". I thi

[Touch-packages] [Bug 1520502] Re: Feature: resize image

2015-11-27 Thread Matthew Exon
Related is Bug #1455594, which requests this feature in the camera app or the media centre. Regardless, I still feel this function should be added to gallery, although if it's added to media centre the importance might be lower. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of U

[Touch-packages] [Bug 1520526] [NEW] Image filename and other meta data should be available

2015-11-27 Thread Matthew Exon
Public bug reported: It's normal to be able to get metadata about a photo by some method or other. File name, file size, directory, resolution, codec would normally be expected, but if you're going to have any metadata at all, might as well put the full EXIF data. For the moment, not being able

[Touch-packages] [Bug 1520512] [NEW] Feature: lighten image

2015-11-27 Thread Matthew Exon
Public bug reported: This is probably not as important as Bug #1520502 but after crop it's probably the most common thing people need to adjust in their photos. Should be possible to lighten an image. Normally this is when you have a photo of someone that's backlit, you need to lighten the image

[Touch-packages] [Bug 1520502] [NEW] Feature: resize image

2015-11-27 Thread Matthew Exon
Public bug reported: Gallery includes a crop feature, which is nice. The other standard feature people need is resize. This is especially true since the camera takes rather large photos unsuitable for sharing, but there's no way to shrink the files down. See also Bug #1512651 to implement this

[Touch-packages] [Bug 1520500] [NEW] Feature: save or cache page

2015-11-27 Thread Matthew Exon
Public bug reported: Browsers normally include some way to save a page, including all CSS, JavaScript and images necessary to show the page correctly. This would be good in the Touch web browser. Justification: I would argue that saving web pages for later viewing is even more important on a mo

[Touch-packages] [Bug 1512383] [NEW] Automatically rotate to best orientation for photo

2015-11-02 Thread Matthew Exon
Public bug reported: The orientation of a photo displayed in full-screen mode should have nothing to do with the accelerometer. Photos should always be displayed with their short axis at the short axis of the phone's screen, thus maximising the viewable area. When switching between landscape and

[Touch-packages] [Bug 1512211] Re: Charging from USB battery, phone stops charging, switches on screen, and discharges

2015-11-01 Thread Matthew Exon
Oh, another option: * Provide a "do not automatically switch off screen when connected to charger" option. That would also avoid the need for me to configure it to never switch off. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscrib

[Touch-packages] [Bug 1512211] [NEW] Charging from USB battery, phone stops charging, switches on screen, and discharges

2015-11-01 Thread Matthew Exon
Public bug reported: When I was travelling recently I found that if I plugged into a USB battery overnight to charge my phone, when I got up the next morning the phone didn't have any more power than when I started. Turns out the reason is: when the phone decides the battery is full, it stops dra

[Touch-packages] [Bug 1512063] [NEW] Can't open photo from file manager

2015-11-01 Thread Matthew Exon
Public bug reported: * Open File Manager * Open Pictures/com.ubuntu.camera * Tap on an image, for example image20151027_19343262.jpg * System asks what I want to open it with, Notes, Dekko, Tagger or Gallery * Tap Gallery Expected result * Gallery opens showing the picture in full-screen mode A

[Touch-packages] [Bug 1511892] [NEW] calendar-app unresponsive if I click on "Add online calendar"

2015-10-30 Thread Matthew Exon
Public bug reported: I just finished setting up a DAViCal instance for sharing my calendar between devices. I want to set it up on my MX4. * I go to the Calendar app * Tap on the hamburger menu top right * Tap on "Calendars" * Three rows are displayed, "Personal", "Birthdays & Anniversaries", an

[Touch-packages] [Bug 1328183] Re: User-Agent string results in poor UX on web

2015-10-16 Thread Matthew Exon
Thanks for the discussion of this issue. I came here from Bug #1506836, learned something, and now I've just finished fixing the code on my own site to handle "mobi" and "like android" tokens correctly :-) I've also submitted a feature request to LastPass. To broaden the discussion slightly, cou

[Touch-packages] [Bug 1506836] Re: LastPass bookmarklet not supported in ubuntu-touch browser

2015-10-16 Thread Matthew Exon
(Also it's kinda late here, I didn't read carefully, and I now realise that all of the above is exactly what you said in your comment. Sorry! I still kinda think that the UA string is a bit misleading though.) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded

[Touch-packages] [Bug 1506836] Re: LastPass bookmarklet not supported in ubuntu-touch browser

2015-10-16 Thread Matthew Exon
Ah right, so I just checked my own server logs and the user agent string in the Ubuntu browser is "Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; Ubuntu 14.04 like Android 4.4) AppleWebKit/537.36 Chromium/35.0.1870.2 Mobile Safari/537.36". I don't think I can realistically blame LastPass for treating it like an Android phon

[Touch-packages] [Bug 1506836] Re: LastPass bookmarklet not supported in ubuntu-touch browser

2015-10-16 Thread Matthew Exon
Wow, that is interesting. It turns out that using the Ubuntu browser Lastpass's website returns that "android:" string as the bookmarklet, whereas using a normal webbrowser it returns a much longer "javascript:" string. Seems like this is some kind of optimisation introduced on LastPass's end and

[Touch-packages] [Bug 1506836] [NEW] LastPass bookmarklet not supported in ubuntu-touch browser

2015-10-16 Thread Matthew Exon
Public bug reported: LastPass offers a bookmarklet feature, a little piece of javascript you can run from the address bar which fills in passwords for you. This is the only convenient way to use a password manager like this on a device that isn't natively supported by their plugins. I used to us

[Touch-packages] [Bug 1506784] [NEW] URLs in messages not recognised when prefixed with colon

2015-10-16 Thread Matthew Exon
Public bug reported: I received an automated SMS which said "pick up your ticket here:http://...";. The URL is not recognised as a URL unless there is a space before "http". This works fine on Android and iOS, but is broken in Ubuntu. ** Affects: messaging-app (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecide

[Touch-packages] [Bug 1488705] [NEW] Chinese keyboard ignores input past current word

2015-08-25 Thread Matthew Exon
Public bug reported: In Language & Text enable Zh 中文. I have spell checking, auto correction, and word suggestions turned off. In messaging app, tap on the bottom bar to compose a message. Select "Chinese - Pinyin". Type the letters "w" "o" "z" "a" "i" "l" "u" "s" "h" "a" "n" "g" intending to