Ubuntu Touch OTA-5 Update

Image numbers

As each channel and device has separate versioning, the following list shows the respective image numbers corresponding to the released update:

• ubuntu-touch/stable/bq-aquaris.en - krillin: #24

• ubuntu-touch/stable/bq-aquaris.en - vegetahd: #4

• ubuntu-touch/stable/bq-aquaris.en - generic: N/A

• ubuntu-touch/stable/meizu.en - arale: #3

• ubuntu-touch/stable/meizu.en - generic: N/A

• ubuntu-touch/stable/ubuntu - mako: #21

Overview of changes

This list is only a highlight of the few changes available in this update. Please check the detailed changes for all the changes included in this OTA.

Unity8

Unity8 now supports full-shell rotation, all applications now by default support rotation - explicit locking to a selected one is required if wanted. The whole system also got new updated icons: both the indicators, system-settings, toolkit and core-applications.

Meizu MX4

• Overall battery life improvements, power consumption in normal usage greatly improved
• LED notification fixes - the button now properly lights up on incoming notifications
• GU size change, allowing the system to make more use of the additional screen space

Miscellaneous

• Updated translations for all the available languages
• Multiple network and telephony improvements
• New platform-api (v3), Ubuntu UI Toolkit and mir (0.13.3)
• Most up-to-date core-applications

...and much much more.

Detailed changes

• Commitlog: http://people.canonical.com/~lzemczak/landing-team/ota/ota-5.commitlog

• Milestone bug list: https://launchpad.net/canonical-devices-system-image/+milestone/ww28-2015

Known issues

The following is a list of issues that notable enough for explicit mention in the release notes.

• Bug #1458694 - unity8 fails to start on the emulator
• Bug #1444883 - Emergency numbers other than 112 and 911 (and 999 for the UK) are not available in emergency mode
• Arale battery level indication unreliable