[ubuntu-uk] Release drinks in central London?

2015-04-08 Thread Will Cooke
Hi all, With release day fast approaching I'd like to get the ball rolling on a gathering in the evening of Thursday April 23rd in central London. I'm in London with the Desktop team for a planning sprint, plus the release team will be in the London office as usual. Has anyone got any

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Release drinks in central London?

2015-04-08 Thread Alan Pope
Hi Will, On 8 April 2015 at 11:55, Will Cooke will.co...@canonical.com wrote: With release day fast approaching I'd like to get the ball rolling on a gathering in the evening of Thursday April 23rd in central London. Excellent plan. I'll be there. Cheers, Al. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] More phone problems/observations

2015-04-08 Thread David King
I have noticed that the Dekko email client is quite unstable and keeps crashing -- surely the Ubuntu team should be developing this? We need a decent email client. One of the main reasons for having an Ubuntu phone is to get away from Google, yet the only email client that is installed by

Re: [ubuntu-uk] More phone problems/observations

2015-04-08 Thread Tony Pursell
On 8 April 2015 at 16:31, Jon Spriggs j...@sprig.gs wrote: Hi Tony, A few of us are tracking some issues in http://pad.ubuntu.com/phonefaq - you need an Ubuntu one account with membership of the Ubuntu-UK or another Ubuntu team membership (Alan mentioned it a few days back) but if you've

Re: [ubuntu-uk] More phone problems/observations

2015-04-08 Thread Gareth France
When you click on the number in the received calls list it loads it into the dialer screen. On the left of the number is a + icon to add it. On 08/04/15 17:30, David King wrote: When I receive a phonecall from someone not in my contacts list, how can I easily add that number to the contacts --

Re: [ubuntu-uk] More phone problems/observations

2015-04-08 Thread David King
The other main problem I am having is that when I connect the phone to my Ubuntu PC via USB, the PC does not recognise the phone at all, as if it were not connected, yet the phone is charging from the cable. An Android phone on the same cable was recognised perfectly well, as were ebook

Re: [ubuntu-uk] More phone problems/observations

2015-04-08 Thread Gareth France
When you do this is the phone unlocked? If you do not unlock the phone screen it will not release access to the computer. On 08/04/15 18:08, David King wrote: The other main problem I am having is that when I connect the phone to my Ubuntu PC via USB, the PC does not recognise the phone at

Re: [ubuntu-uk] More phone problems/observations

2015-04-08 Thread Gareth France
Not the number, to the left of the number is an icon of a person with a + On 08/04/15 18:14, David King wrote: I had already tried that, but touching the number does nothing. On 08/04/15 18:07, Gareth France wrote: When you click on the number in the received calls list it loads it into the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] More phone problems/observations

2015-04-08 Thread David King
I had already tried that, but touching the number does nothing. On 08/04/15 18:07, Gareth France wrote: When you click on the number in the received calls list it loads it into the dialer screen. On the left of the number is a + icon to add it. On 08/04/15 17:30, David King wrote: When I

Re: [ubuntu-uk] More phone problems/observations

2015-04-08 Thread David King
The phone is not locked. Actually I just tried it on my netbook running Linux Lite OS which is based on Ubuntu 14.04. My PC runs Ubuntu Studio 14.04 but does not see the phone. In a terminal I typed lsusb with it connected and with it not connected, and there was one more entry when it

Re: [ubuntu-uk] More phone problems/observations

2015-04-08 Thread Gareth France
I am running 14.10 and mine is working perfectly. I connect the phone and a nautilus window titled 'unknown device pops up with no entries. Unlocking the phone results in two entries popping up, one for the phone and one for the SD card. Something wrong with your install perhaps? On 08/04/15

Re: [ubuntu-uk] More phone problems/observations

2015-04-08 Thread David King
Okay, I finally figured it out. I had to press the red button marked Call even though I do not want to call the person, I want to add them to the contacts list -- this needs redesigning as it is unintuitive at present. On 08/04/15 18:15, Gareth France wrote: Not the number, to the left

Re: [ubuntu-uk] More phone problems/observations

2015-04-08 Thread Gareth France
What red button? On 08/04/15 18:27, David King wrote: Okay, I finally figured it out. I had to press the red button marked Call even though I do not want to call the person, I want to add them to the contacts list -- this needs redesigning as it is unintuitive at present. --

Re: [ubuntu-uk] More phone problems/observations

2015-04-08 Thread Dan Chapman
On 08/04/15 17:30, David King wrote: I have noticed that the Dekko email client is quite unstable and keeps crashing -- surely the Ubuntu team should be developing this? We need a decent email client. One of the main reasons for having an Ubuntu phone is to get away from Google, yet the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] More phone problems/observations

2015-04-08 Thread Elfy
On 08/04/15 15:16, Tony Pursell wrote: Hi All [snip] 4) Closing apps I find a real pain. Perhaps someone will tell me how to do it easily. The only way I have found is to do a really precise slow swipe from the right edge to about 2/3rds the way across the screen to get it to show open

[ubuntu-uk] More phone problems/observations

2015-04-08 Thread Tony Pursell
Hi All A few problems/observations from me: 1) For the second time I have been given a notification of '1819631974 voicemail messages'. When I touch the phone icon on it, it just goes away. First time I had it, I didn't even have voicemail set up for the new number I put on the phone. Is it a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Implications Of Secure Boot Lockout

2015-04-08 Thread alan c
On 06/04/15 12:38, Nigel Verity wrote: Hi I have been reading recently that Microsoft are removing the requirement for hardware manufacturers to provide a secure boot off switch, in order to gain Windows 10 accreditation. If this comes to pass it will place Linux distros entirely at the mercy

Re: [ubuntu-uk] More phone problems/observations

2015-04-08 Thread Jon Spriggs
Hi Tony, A few of us are tracking some issues in http://pad.ubuntu.com/phonefaq - you need an Ubuntu one account with membership of the Ubuntu-UK or another Ubuntu team membership (Alan mentioned it a few days back) but if you've not got one of those, you can either ask for it to be added, or let

Re: [ubuntu-uk] More phone problems/observations

2015-04-08 Thread Gareth France
Ah, I see the problem. First to screenshot hold down both volume up and volume down together. Now, forget scopes. Go to the phone app, as if you are going to manually type in a number. Now swipe up from the bottom to obtain the call log. Tap the number you want to save and it will load it

Re: [ubuntu-uk] More phone problems/observations

2015-04-08 Thread David King
Okay, let me show you via some screenshots (taken with the camera on my Android phone as Ubuntu Phone does not seem to have any of its own screenshot capture) First look at this: https://www.flickr.com/photos/kingdavid/17055877646 This is the phone with a list of received calls on the