Testing Ubuntu Touch

Welcome! This page contains the information you need to know to test ubuntu touch. Follow the steps outlined to keep your device updated and your testing relevant.

Setup

You should subscribe to the phone mailing list, and keep in mind the following IRC channels for help.

• Mailing Lists - The ubuntu phone mailing list provides constant updates about what is happening on the phone images.

• IRC - join the Ubuntu QA in #ubuntu-quality and and Ubuntu Touch #ubuntu-touch IRC channels on freenode if you need realtime help.

You also need to flash your phablet device with the latest proposed image.

Install the current development image

Flash your phone to the latest proposed image. If you have not yet bootstrapped or unlocked your phone's bootloader, see the install page for more information.

To test with the proposed image:

  $ ubuntu-device-flash  --channel=devel-proposed

Test process

This describes the daily process of testing. We will flash our devices, read what's changed, and look for bugs.

Step 1: Update

You need a phone or tablet with the latest development proposed image. If needed, install the current development image now by flashing or using the OTA update feature.

Perform a system update

Once you are running the ubuntu image you may perform a system update from the device itself. The images now prompt and even autoupdate if allowed. To manually update, select the 'system-settings' application, then click update. Once the download completes, press the install and restart button.

Visual Walkthrough of updating

Example of no updates found

Step 2: Check to see what's changed

This step is optional. A list of changes between stable images can be found here. The list contains the list of changing packages.

Use these changes to help you understand what is new so you can check it for bugs.

Step 3: Test

* Run through the list of new features and changed areas of the phone, paying specific attention to spot regressions and verify the features are working.

* Use the device as you normally would as you go about daily activities.

* Remember this is exploratory testing, so try and break things!

Step 4: Report Bugs

Report any bugs you found while testing. See the Reporting a Bug page for details.

Step 5: Review Bugs

This step is optional. Review bugs found. If you did not find a new bug, seek to confirm existing bugs via triaging. You can also flag bugs as good candidates for tests to prevent future regressions.

Confirm an existing bug

Not finding any bugs yourself? Look at Triaging and confirm bugs others have found.

Add a testcase for reported bugs

Once testing is completed, review the list of reported bugs with the touch-needs-autopilot tag. Pick a testcase to automate using autopilot that tests the bug to ensure the same bug doesn't reappear. So we can track work happening on these bugs, follow this process while writing the test;

1. Remove the touch-needs-autopilot tag from the original bug

2. Open a new bug against the same project, tagged with qa-touch-automated

3. Assign yourself to the bug and update progress as usual. When you release the test, close the bug with fix released.

Tips and Tricks

Check out these handy tips to help you while testing.