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Ubuntu Phone Dogfooding Update

by | Sat 1 Jun 2013

A while back I [blogged about dogfooding Ubuntu Phone](https://archivedblog.jonobacon.com/2013/05/17/dogfooding-the-ubuntu-phone-my-early-experience/); that is, *eating our own dogfood* by using it on a daily basis. I have been tracking this [here](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BaconDogfood).

The phone team were setting the end of May as a goal for getting the phone into this daily driver state, and they have delivered most of what is needed.

In summary:

* The phone OS is reliable and doesn’t crash.
* Making and receiving calls works great. The phone now switches the screen on and off when you get a call/SMS, it switches to the phone app when you get a call, and switches the screen on and off when on a call based upon the proximity of your ear to the screen.
* Sending and receiving text messages works great.
* The messaging menu works great. Missed calls and texts appear there and I can reply or call back directly from messaging menu. I can also view my SMSes in the conversations list in the phone app.
* Connecting to wireless networks works well.
* Mobile data has landed but currently needs manual configuration to be used. I am waiting on the phone team to publish how to test this. **UPDATE**: Read how to test this [here](https://plus.google.com/u/0/100264483712374857174/posts/3o1tjYo9Ghx). They will be working on automating this next.
* Power management is much better; when the phone is not used for 30 secs the screen is automatically shut off.
* The camera works great (with flash) and photos appear as expected in the gallery. There is a shortcut from the camera app to the gallery.
* The browser works well, now has a progress bar and overlayed history based upon the URL entered.
* Orientation support has been added to a number of apps (phone, gallery, notepad, browser etc) so when you turn the phone the UI adjusts.
* You can now easily add an unknown number as a contact.
* Most of the fake apps and contact data have been removed.

All in all great progress is being made and I am continuing to use my Galaxy Nexus full time and now most of the bugs that made it a little difficult are fixed. As soon as mobile data arrives that will make life much easier, and the missing link for me is GPS, but the team are working on a location service to serve GPS needs.

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