Ubuntu Touch 14.04 Nexus 7 2013! Questionable Impressions

As my quest to understand Ubuntu Touch continues, I have put together some notes of interest I was challenged with. I have been running Ubuntu Touch on the Nexus 7 2013 for about 3 days now. I want you all to understand that I am simply "trying" this OS out. I want to help others understand what they may encounter when working with this developmental OS. I absolutely love what Ubuntu can do and what they have to offer. I will be posting a video on my YouTube channel in a couple of days.

Before we get to my findings, I want to stress that you all must update your MultiROM to version v22a. Make sure to reboot and check that the app updated on your current ROM. After this, you want to boot into Ubuntu Touch 14.04 r206. Make sure to give it some time to load up. So, here are my findings.

1.) Apps:

Ubuntu Touch came with a few preloaded apps to include a standard Ubuntu Internet, Ebay, facebook, twitter, and terminal. All of these apps opened and operated normally. I was able to open and login to Ebay, facebook, and twitter. The "terminal" was a little glitchy. After attempting to load it several times, it finally let me type in commands. My only issue was using "SU" and "sudo" commands. It asked me for a password and I wasn't sure what it was so I just closed out of the app.

I wasn't sure where the app store was but under the installed apps was a huge list of "Suggested" apps. I tried installing some random apps. Unfortunately, the apps would download but not open.

2.)File Manager:

I've seen a lot of traffic asking about file manager. There isn't a current way to access the folders saved under Android OS. All your files get saved under the Phablet folder. The 2 OS's aren't able to interact. Maybe using the terminal window one can set a permission to view android files. As of right now, I don't see a simple "Touch" way.

3.)Battery

The battery seems to be a very big issue. I'll just say that my Nexus 7 ran pretty warm and the battery lasted about 8hrs or so. I'm not too sure what was causing this but I noticed that the longer I let Ubuntu operate the better the performance was. Performance wasn't too bad but the battery life could be tweaked a little.

4.)Camera

Well, I can say, the does work. It comes on and takes pictures. There is an option to record but the button stays shadowed and you can't click on it. If you go to the front facing camera, it gets a little glitchy but its no big deal.

Overall, I am very pleased with the outcome of Ubuntu Touch 14.04 r206 for the Nexus 7 2013. I do understand that there are tons of tweaks but I feel that the more we support them the better it will be. I hope this feedback helps out. For those who haven't tried this OS out, your missing a lot. Thank you for reading. Nexus 7 2013 Ubuntu Touch 14.04 is what I do.