I'm creating my own port for the Nexus 5, and when I tried to flash the boot image with "fastboot flash boot boot.img" I had no issues. Try the phablet tools software. I will say, that rootstock has taken 3 hours so far, and I am curious if it will work.
On Sunday, June 19, 2016, Panagiotis - Dimitris Antoniadis < eota...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello again, > > and thanks for getting back to me! > > @Nikos: > I got started trying to port to my samsung galaxy tab s... > Thanks for bringing up ubports.com, I didn't know it existed, and > apparently it's a great place for info... I think I'll be on the forums > quite frequently. > > @Marius: > I tried following your instructions, unfortunately I'm still struggling to > figure out how to flash boot.img successfully. > First I tried with heimdall from linux and with odin from windows, in both > cases I get a fail... > from heimdall with the debug option I can see that the file transfer > reaches 100%, but then it throws the following message: > ERROR: Failed to confirm end of file transfer sequence! > ERROR: BOOT upload failed! > > For now my plan is to try flashing with some tools I found online that can > flash from recovery and see if there is anything in the ubports forums.... > > In the meantime if you have any extra ideas, they're most welcome :) > > Best regards, > Panagiotis > > On 19 June 2016 at 03:03, Marius Gripsgård <mariog...@ubuntu.com > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','mariog...@ubuntu.com');>> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> rootstock installer will work just fine, since you have no image server. >> >> https://code.launchpad.net/~mariogrip/project-rootstock-ng/project-rootstock-ng >> >> First you need to flash boot.img >> >> You can use whatever recovery you want, no need to use the recovery >> you built. (If you had image server you need a modified recovery) >> >> Download Ubuntu touch preinstall: >> http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-touch/vivid/daily-preinstalled/current/vivid-preinstalled-touch-armhf.tar.gz >> Reboot into recovery >> Make sure /data and /cache is mounted, use this to mount: adb shell >> "mount -a" >> Then use rootstock installer to install ubuntu touch >> ./rootstock-touch-install [downloaded >> vivid-preinstalled-touch-armhf.tar.gz] [system.img you have built] >> >> Best regards, >> Marius >> >> 2016-06-19 2:14 GMT+02:00 Nikos Chatziioakimidis < >> nchatziioakimi...@riseup.net >> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','nchatziioakimi...@riseup.net');>>: >> >>> Hi, >>> Which device do you try to port? >>> Are you aware of https://ubports.com? >>> >>> Maybe Marius Gripsgård could help you since he ported a few devices. >>> >>> >>> On Σάββατο, 18 Ιουνίου 2016 9:04:45 Μ.Μ. EEST, Panagiotis - Dimitris >>> Antoniadis <eota...@gmail.com >>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','eota...@gmail.com');>> wrote: >>> >>>> Hello everyone, >>>> >>>> following the "porting to a new device" guide, >>>> I have managed to compile the code and i have the boot.imp, >>>> recovery.imp, >>>> system.img >>>> At this point the guide gets a little fuzzy. First of, it says to do >>>> >>>> $ fastboot flash recovery recovery.img >>>> >>>> and then >>>> $ fastboot boot out/target/product/mako/recovery.img . >>>> >>>> The second fastboot call is mentioned as part of the steps needed >>>> to flash the ubuntu image using rootstock. As I saw in launchpad, >>>> rootstock is discontinued, and alternative candidates are >>>> qemu-debootstrap >>>> and live-build. >>>> >>>> Can someone clarify what are the steps to flash system.img and why it >>>> can't >>>> be done by pushing the file on the device with heimdall? >>>> >>>> Also, am I supposed to flash the images as they are on a device that >>>> ubuntu touch has not been ported before? Or am I doing it wrong? >>>> >>>> >>>> Any advice will be greatly appreciated. >>>> >>>> All the best, >>>> Panagiotis >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Sent using Dekko from my Ubuntu device >>> >>> -- >>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone >>> Post to : ubuntu-phone@lists.launchpad.net >>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','ubuntu-phone@lists.launchpad.net');> >>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone >>> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >>> >> >> > > > -- > http://www.ubuntu.com/ - linux for human beings... with sufficient > CLI skills. >
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