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Please note that this image is not yet officially published, final testing still on progress. Release: October 19th.
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 * BQ Aquaris E4.5 : ubuntu-touch/stable/bq-aquaris.en - '''krillin''': ''not yet released''
 * BQ Aquaris E5 : ubuntu-touch/stable/bq-aquaris.en - '''vegetahd''': ''not yet released''		  * BQ Aquaris E4.5 : ubuntu-touch/stable/bq-aquaris.en - '''krillin''': '''#26'''
 * BQ Aquaris E5 : ubuntu-touch/stable/bq-aquaris.en - '''vegetahd''': '''#6'''
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 * Meizu MX4 : ubuntu-touch/stable/meizu.en - '''arale''': ''not yet released''  * Meizu MX4 : ubuntu-touch/stable/meizu.en - '''arale''': '''#6'''
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 * Nexus 4 : ubuntu-touch/stable/ubuntu - '''mako''': ''not yet released''
 * Nexus 7 : ubuntu-touch/stable/ubuntu - '''flo''': ''not yet released''
 * Emulator : ubuntu-touch/stable/ubuntu - '''generic''': ''not yet released''		  * Nexus 4 : ubuntu-touch/stable/ubuntu - '''mako''': '''#24'''
 * Nexus 7 : ubuntu-touch/stable/ubuntu - '''flo''': '''#2'''
 * Emulator : ubuntu-touch/stable/ubuntu - '''generic''': '''#17'''
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 * New loading splash screen during boot
 * Trust store integration for camera-app and pulseaudio - authorization now required to allow any application access to camera and audio recording
 * WiFi hotspot support
 * media-hub webbrowser-app/webapp integration - enabling audio playback for webapps
 * New alarm sounds
 * Slight updates in the overall design
 * Webbrowser Find in page functionality added
 * Oxide 1.8.4
 * Changes to the 'high volume' warning UI and behaviour for compatibility with EU regulations
 * Improved expanded indicator visibility		  * Addition of search functionality to the webbrowser history view, improved context menu
 * Webbrowser HTTP basic auth support
 * Support for SVG in the gallery-app
 * Scopes likes and retweets
 * AMR codec support
 * Webbrowser running in an apparmor container
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 * Removal of non-existing APs from the AP list
 * Fix for Facebook integration
 * Fixes for wrong contacts shown as message sender
 * Fix media-hub HTTPS stream support
 * Fix emulator images not building and not booting
 * Multiple critical fixes in all core components such as UITK, Unity8, telephony and networking		  * Multiple fixes for memory leaks (making UI freezes less common)
 * Disabling crash report uploads by default on stable images (can be re-enabled)
 * Fix the QML cache and restore consistent app startup times
 * Fixes to use less memory by default in the browser and avoid webapps showing a white screen
 * Improvements to screen blanking, use of proximity sensor
 * Fixes for the aggressive watchdog, making sure it doesn't cause a bootloop
 * Wi-Fi hotspot has been disabled for mako, since it didn't work.
 * Additional security fixes
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The following is a list of issues that notable enough for explicit mention in the release notes. Some of the issues are candidates for a hotfix OTA release in the nearest time. The following is a list of issues that notable enough for explicit mention in the release notes.
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 *  * LP: #1376268 - No copy/paste context menu in webbrowser-app, fix scheduled for OTA-8

Warning /!\ Ubuntu Touch is no longer maintained as a core product by Canonical. However, the Ubports community are continuing development.

Ubuntu Touch OTA-7 Update

Please note that this image is not yet officially published, final testing still on progress. Release: October 19th.

Image numbers

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

  • BQ Aquaris E4.5 : ubuntu-touch/stable/bq-aquaris.en - krillin: #26

  • BQ Aquaris E5 : ubuntu-touch/stable/bq-aquaris.en - vegetahd: #6

  • Emulator : ubuntu-touch/stable/bq-aquaris.en - generic: not yet released

  • Nexus 4 : ubuntu-touch/stable/bq-aquaris.en - mako: not yet released

  • Meizu MX4 : ubuntu-touch/stable/meizu.en - arale: #6

  • Emulator : ubuntu-touch/stable/meizu.en - generic: not yet released

  • Nexus 4 : ubuntu-touch/stable/ubuntu - mako: #24

  • Nexus 7 : ubuntu-touch/stable/ubuntu - flo: #2

  • Emulator : ubuntu-touch/stable/ubuntu - generic: #17

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.

Important features

  • Addition of search functionality to the webbrowser history view, improved context menu
  • Webbrowser HTTP basic auth support
  • Support for SVG in the gallery-app
  • Scopes likes and retweets
  • AMR codec support
  • Webbrowser running in an apparmor container

Bugfixes

As we know, each release includes a huge number of bugs - some for previous issues and some for new regressions introduced in-between. To see the overall list of what issues got fixed, please check the detailed changes below. The interesting ones are as follows:

  • Multiple fixes for memory leaks (making UI freezes less common)
  • Disabling crash report uploads by default on stable images (can be re-enabled)
  • Fix the QML cache and restore consistent app startup times
  • Fixes to use less memory by default in the browser and avoid webapps showing a white screen
  • Improvements to screen blanking, use of proximity sensor
  • Fixes for the aggressive watchdog, making sure it doesn't cause a bootloop
  • Wi-Fi hotspot has been disabled for mako, since it didn't work.
  • Additional security fixes

...and much much more.

Detailed changes

Known issues

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

  • LP: #1376268 - No copy/paste context menu in webbrowser-app, fix scheduled for OTA-8

Touch/ReleaseNotes/OTA-7 (last edited 2015-11-19 14:40:06 by sil2100)