UBports download challenge (next target: 2,500!)

BertG · December 3, 2017, 2:03pm

Here’s how the statistics are collected:

How do we get this info?
When the updater asks our server for a new update, it also sends info about the device so it gets the right update. The info it updater sends looks like this:
Ubuntu System Image Upgrade Client: device=FP2;channel=ubports-touch/legacy;build=10
with this info we can calculate how many devices asked for an update and using the IP-address we can find out if this is a new or returning device, as well as what country the request came from.

How accurate is this?
Since we only rely on info we get when a device is asking for an update, this is not 100% accurate but the result will show how many devices are asking for updates

How much info does the updater send?
The only info the updater sends is what device it is (example: Fairphone 2), what update channel it’s using (example: stable) and what ota version it it (example: 10)

BertG · December 4, 2017, 10:06pm

Time for another update already.
The target of 1,250 downloads up to this day (04 December 2017) obviously has been way to easy to reach. I have raised it therefore to 1,500.

Should the last 24 hours be representative, we will be there by X-mas (on New Year’s Eve latest).

BertG · December 15, 2017, 11:19pm

Within a week 86 up to more than 1,400 downloads in total.
Pretty awesome.
1,500 by x-mas is still possible.

Ingo · December 16, 2017, 12:28pm

Quoting from https://twitter.com/NeoTheThird/status/941807636193955840

+++ Ubuntu Touch Service Tweet +++
We just pushed a new release candidate for OTA-3. Here’s the current progress: Ubuntu Touch · GitHub …

If you’re running the RC channel, you can upgrade now.

Not the final version yet, still ironing out some kinks with the new fp2 camera.

The twitter character limit made me withhold some information there, so i expressed myself a little vaguely: The update does not include support for the new camera yet, but until Tuesday there will hopefully be a new version with the camera included.

Sounds good to me

BertG · December 17, 2017, 11:16am

Seems you are not the only one.
Just over night 31 new downloads!! Seems like many people get “the UbuntuTouch” for x-mas ;).
Simply WOW!
Had to update the graphics again.

paulakreuzer · December 17, 2017, 7:27pm

2 posts were split to a new topic: How can I upgrade to latest ubports RC

BertG · December 18, 2017, 9:31pm

Time for another update already; another 33 downloads up.
FP2 for the first time at 5.4 % share of all devices (up to now 5.2 or 5.3%).

BertG · December 21, 2017, 12:25pm

The target of 1,500 has been reached already!!
2017/12/21, 13:15.
So I have aimed a bit higher now.
Will be updating the graphics later.

oli.sax · December 21, 2017, 1:40pm

Downloads may increase sharply this week, as the OTA-3 is soon released, today around 15h GMT!

BertG · December 21, 2017, 7:02pm

There you go!!
62 new downloads in the last 6.5 hours alone.

Wrong ;), on their page it says “Live” and today you really could watch the numbers increase every other minute.

Can’t wait for my holidays to join those number!

Stefan · December 23, 2017, 10:52am

There is a timestamp per hour in the line chart.

BertG · December 23, 2017, 3:50pm

That’s correct.
But the graphics are updated live. I had the page open and the numbers (total as well as pie-chart) increased with every reload (even just seconds apart).
The line-chart on the other hand seems to be based on hourly data.

Btw. right now 1,658 (5.5%) downloads for FP2.

BertG · December 24, 2017, 9:36pm

There has been another increase in downloads and FP2 is now on place 7 at 5.5% of all devices (140 downloads ahead of place 8 and just 118 behind place 6.
Unfortunately I will not be one of those in the near future, as my FP2 broke today (coloured-pixel display after dropping it . Of course the disassemble, cleaning contacts, reassembling did not work out, and I tried often.
So I am back to FP1 now and have some more time of excited anticipation.

BertG · December 28, 2017, 11:59am

Last update from me for this year.
FP2 still at 5.5% in 7th place.
I now did format the former data as hidden.

BertG · January 6, 2018, 9:13pm

Two more days and the next target will be reached already.
FP2 is gaining above average, as it’s share is at 5.6% already and the curve steeper than the one for all devices.
I added the percentage to the data table.

Stefan · January 8, 2018, 6:58pm

9 to go… https://stats.ubports.com/

Stefan · January 9, 2018, 6:54pm

TARGET REACHED!

BertG · January 9, 2018, 8:28pm

Wow.
UbuntuTouch really seems to be a success.

I have updated the statistics and set a new target as well.
As I would not epect the release of another OTA in the next weeks, the next 500 might take some more time. than the last one, that took less than 3 weeks.

Ingo · January 10, 2018, 8:24am

The thing with these numbers is that they basically count IP addresses, see UBPORTS Stats discussion in their forum.

So my single FP2 could count a couple of times: from home, work, mobile network, open WiFis. And maybe even a couple of times for each of above categories as I doubt I have a static IP in any of those networks
But then, a second FP2 user at work etc. wouldn’t be counted separately.

Another thing that would drive numbers up: changing the channel on an existing device would count against both channels.

BertG · January 16, 2018, 11:53pm

Well, I knew that or at least suspected it, but it was fun to watch nevertheless.
Since two days I run into a 503 service unavailable error.
Might they be reprogramming their statistics to identifying the devices?
In that case, they should not go online with the statistics before the 16.04 release, as the numbers wont be worth mentioning until a few days after that update (just my guessing of course )

Edit: corrected the error message (it was 503, but not “bad gateway”)