New Ubuntu One Android app and greater device support
We have some great news to share about Ubuntu One support for Android devices.
Ubuntu One Contacts for Android
We recently released an Android version of the Ubuntu One Contacts sync application. This app will sync your phone address book with your Ubuntu One personal cloud to help keep your digital life together. An Ubuntu One account is required.
Ubuntu One Contacts is based on the existing Funambol application but we’ve made a few enhancements.
- You no longer need a custom username and password. Sign in with your standard Ubuntu One username and password (same as your Ubuntu SSO account)
- Many interface updates to improve the application’s overall usability
Ubuntu One Contacts is now available for free from the Android Market. Just search for “Ubuntu One” and install. Remember that we’ve temporarily removed the time limit on the mobile contacts sync trial so more people can experience this feature. After the Ubuntu 10.10 release on October 10, we will re-enable the 30-day time limit.
The hackers among you are also welcome to download the source code of our Android application and learn how it works.
More Android devices
Ubuntu One Mobile Contacts Sync now supports more Android devices. In fact, these are some of the most popular Android devices available. They include the following:
- Google Nexus One
- HTC Dragon
- Motorola A855 Tao
- Motorola Driod
- Motorola Milestone
- Motorola Moto XT701
- Motorola Motorio XT720
- Motorola Moto XT800
- Motorola Sholes
- Motorola Sholes Tablet
- Motorola Zeppelin
If you have one of these devices, sign up for Ubuntu One and try out Mobile Contacts Sync today.
September 1st, 2010 at 12:09 am
What about the HTC Desire?
That is one of the most popular phones in the UK.
Thanks
Chris
September 1st, 2010 at 12:52 am
Hi Chris – I’ll check into it. Thanks for the tip!
September 1st, 2010 at 3:56 am
Umm I have a Nexus One. Installed the app.
Clicked signed in
Entered details
Said it was cool and logged in
Clicked the button to return to
Get message saying “invalid credentials”
Close app
Open the app
Click sign in
Get invalid credentials
uninstalled reinstalled
Same as above
September 1st, 2010 at 10:16 am
That and the Samsung Galaxy S, is there any way the community can get behind this and help push it on to more devices?
September 1st, 2010 at 1:46 pm
karit – Please report bugs for this application here: https://launchpad.net/ubuntuone-android-contacts
Daz Fuller – Definitely! For the contacts sync service, we’ve partnered with Funambol. They have a community of developers that help them stay current on phone support. Any enhancements they make on supporting more phones make their way to us. More information about contributing to their community is here: http://www.funambol.org
September 1st, 2010 at 2:58 pm
And what about webOS (Palm)?
September 1st, 2010 at 11:18 pm
Since the service has been fixed: I re-installed the application on my motorola droid: launched it, it tells me to sign in to ubuntu one, I hit the button to do so, and it constantly is signing in, then drops back to the screen I started with.
September 2nd, 2010 at 7:44 am
Matt Griffin – Thanks for the info
September 2nd, 2010 at 9:55 am
Works on HTC Hero with no Problems
September 2nd, 2010 at 7:14 pm
Emel – We’re happy to help resolve the issue. Please report your bug for this application here: https://launchpad.net/ubuntuone-android-contacts
September 3rd, 2010 at 12:45 am
Hey @Chris Woollard,
HTC Desire with Android Linux 2.2 here…
Ubuntu One works like charm !!!
September 3rd, 2010 at 12:52 am
Sorry again…
You are working really hard people… but can you rename the “Ubuntu One Contacts” to real “Ubuntu One” where I can sync also my files ? Is this to much for asking from you now ?
I hate using Dropbox for this stuff… I’d prefer Ubuntu One, it a better ‘all-in-one’ experience where Ubuntu Desktop + Android Mobile + Ubuntu One works seamless !
September 3rd, 2010 at 5:11 am
Salih – We’ll get to an Ubuntu One app for files soon… I promise.
September 3rd, 2010 at 7:51 pm
Salih – before ubuntuone-android-client officially supports files, you can check out https://wiki.ubuntu.com/AndroidU1 for file download / media file upload. More coming soon.
September 4th, 2010 at 10:41 pm
android market is not available here in Turkey . is there a way to provide apk file?
September 5th, 2010 at 1:23 pm
Hi guys,
Great job you’ve done here,
i could not use the sso feature as the client has the default funambol server so i did end up using syncml.one.ubuntu.com using my iphone credentials.
Would be great if you could drop the server url requiered in order to use sso on android client.
All the best,
Rafik
September 6th, 2010 at 7:08 am
I’m looking at this for my Samsung Galaxy S. Any news on moving forward with this phone?
September 6th, 2010 at 3:57 pm
HTC Desire on Android 2.1 and it works perfectly! Marvellous!!
September 7th, 2010 at 5:24 pm
Hi, do you suppose Ubuntu One would be available on an Android Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 any time soon?
September 7th, 2010 at 9:58 pm
FYI, if you get an installation error saying “Duplicate provider authority” just uninstall Funambol.
September 8th, 2010 at 10:06 am
I’m using the Galaxy S with ubuntu one already some time:
In ubuntu one I choosed “Samsung GT-i8000 (Omnia II)”
On my phone I’m using the funambol app.
It works great
September 9th, 2010 at 2:04 pm
I’m waiting for Xperia X10.
September 9th, 2010 at 5:47 pm
I agree with Rick…don’t forget about us WebOS users!
September 12th, 2010 at 6:15 am
what about g1? i know its kind of old, but it is still the best qwerty android out there and would be great to have support for us too…
September 12th, 2010 at 3:22 pm
I’m waiting for Xperia X10 to…
September 14th, 2010 at 8:14 am
It isnt a free service?
September 14th, 2010 at 6:45 pm
Wich phone should I choose if I have a HTC Hero? Cant find it in the list
September 15th, 2010 at 7:42 am
“After the Ubuntu 10.10 release on October 10, we will re-enable the 30-day time limit.”
Dropbox apps for android is free and DropxBox offer good support also for ubuntu.
Ubuntu One is, IMHO, a great service.
But it lacks of cross platform support, and requesting a fee for mobile sync support when the main competitor (Dropbox) offers all for free, is not a good choice.
September 15th, 2010 at 7:46 pm
Using HTC Wildfire w/Android 2.1 and the latest UbuntuOne App I can successfully import 200-400 contacts, but when I click “Sync All”, it counts up to somewhere around 60-65 and then just says “Failure”. Looking at the UbuntuOne account, nothing has been stored.
September 15th, 2010 at 8:16 pm
Uhm — weird side effect. Now when I go to the “People” App on the phone, to add a contact, I’m presented with “Ubuntu One Contacts”, and I cannot get rid of it. Regardless of what I do, I cannot get any other type of input screen ..
September 17th, 2010 at 8:48 pm
Hi people, so, and about Samsung Galaxy i5500, can i use it to sync my contact.. good day to all!!!
September 19th, 2010 at 3:45 am
Are there any plans (or hope) for supporting devices with Android 1.6 like Orange Boston a.k.a Gigabyte GSmart G1305?
September 20th, 2010 at 8:46 pm
Quick reminder… please report bugs for this Android application to the Launchpad bug tracker: https://launchpad.net/ubuntuone-android-contacts
You can also use Launchpad to request Android devices that you’d like to see supported by Ubuntu One and we’ll work with our partner, Funambol (www.funambol.com), on delivering support.
September 25th, 2010 at 9:36 pm
Make sure you understand what you are giving up to install this free app. Take a close look at the permissions you are giving the app…
October 1st, 2010 at 11:07 am
I tested this, and I like the fact the ubuntu team is so active in developing apps for android. However, I don’t see any reason to sign up for a paid account in order to get this. With an android phone, I sure have my gmail account and especially the option to sync my contacts for free plus the great integretion with facebook contacts on sense-devices is the way to go for me.
If there was any application on my ubuntu desktop with contacts integration that I would require, the ubuntu contacts sync would probably make sense to me, but since I’m using the web based google mail/calender I’m really not going to pay for this.
October 12th, 2010 at 3:26 pm
Trying to install the android app on my HTC dersire (android 2.2) the installation stops saying “installation failed”. What am I doing wrong?