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[Julia Palandri <julia.palandri@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Michi,

On Mon, Mar 21, 2016 at 8:46 AM, Michi Henning <michi.henning@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> > The big question for me is this. You were obviously running the system
> with quite old software, the OTA update has resolved that now. So, you are
> assessing the system as it is today based on an experience with out of date
> code. Is it still the same after the update?
>
> Well, let’s see…
>
> USB transfer is still unusable. It might be a VMWare problem, which I’ll
> verify when I get back from holidays.
>
> The phone still is set to the wrong time zone.
>
> The language and units are still tied together, so I can have either US
> English and Fahrenheit, or Australian English and Celsius. But US English
> and Celsius is impossible.
>
> It tried to reproduce the issue with entering the Wifi password.
>
>
I'm so happy a person with the knowledge to solve these things is using the
phone! This way the phone will only get better :)

Now, (more) seriously: Some of the things you mention could be hw related.
Maybe you want to run a couple of the screen tests in checkbox?
Some other of your findings could be already reported. I suggest you browse
launchpad a little bit to +1 the issues you found already reported, and
report those which aren't there yet.

I'm using the phone as my only device and I do find bugs. A lot of them. I
do get frustrated. I also discover new things that would be handy to have.
I try to talk with the people involved to ask for their opinion and see if
we can make it a better experience for users. Not only because it's my job
but also because I'd personally like it to be successful. Because I do
believe in Free Software and because I do believe it's a nice thing to have
alternatives. Sure android is comfortable. Not perfect, but good enough,
and, again, quite comfortable. I also find it insecure. So I like the idea
of having an option, for me and for others.

I don't agree with all of the decisions that have been made about the
phone, nor do I know all the circumstances under which they were made. But
I'd be really happy to see more people using the phone and helping it get
better sooner. Even, and maybe specially, people from Canonical. I know for
a lot (maybe most of them?) it's not part of their job. And even if you
work on the phone it doesn't mean it's your job to use it on a daily basis.
But I feel it's surely a good way to find problems and solutions at a
faster pace, which is something I think we'd all appreciate.

As a side note, *I* think (and this opinion is entirely personal) ranting
on a public list does not help you solve your issues with the phone nor
does help the company or the community around it. It does make me happy,
however, to see the people from that community answering your questions in
a way that makes me feel sure I do want this project to succeed.

BR,

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Julia