Please write the system requiredment / specification to install ubuntu touch. is there self installation without pc connection? I know its possible to do install ubuntu from device rooted
26 Sep 2016 7.00 AM, Peter Bittner <peter.bitt...@gmx.net> menulis: > > I managed to flash Android on the by E5, but not dual boot. There is > no way to dual boot from a bq phone with MultiROM at the moment. Meizu > phones are not supported either. See the description of the PlayStore > item for a list of supported devices. > https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tassadar.multirommgr > > Here is what I did for flashing, for everyone interested, step by step: > > 1.) Download the Linux flash tool from > https://www.bq.com/en/support/aquaris-e5-ubuntu-edition/support-sheet > 2.) Unpack it, run `chmod 755 flash_tool flash_tool.sh` > 3.) Download Aquaris E5 HD firmware from > http://www.bq.com/de/support/aquaris-e5/support-sheet > 4.) Create folder "2.0.1_20150623-1830_bq-FW", unpack the zip file's > content into it > 5.) Shut down the Ubuntu phone > 6.) Attach the USB cable to the computer (not the phone yet!) > 6.) Start flash tool with `sudo ./flash_tool.sh` > 7.) Look up the "Scatter file" from the "2.0.1_20150623-1830_bq-FW" folder > 8.) Select "Firmware Upgrade" in the "Download" tab > 9.) Press the big "Download" button, then attach the USB cable to the phone > 10.) Wait as long as the yellow progress bar advances, then detach the USB > cable > 11.) Boot the phone - the first boot takes more than 10 minutes! > > (Corresponds to the Linux branch of the How-to at > http://a25.co/ubuntu-phone-how-to-install-android/) > > Let me note down another useful tool for installing Ubuntu images: (no > dual boot here either) > - https://github.com/MariusQuabeck/magic-device-tool/ > > Final comments on my first hours on Android after Ubuntu Touch: > > - With Android the bq phone feels so "cheap", a bit childish. It feels > more more valuable with Ubuntu Touch, visually and from the user > experience. > - Yes, you have more options, more apps, more feature, but I feel much > more in danger for both my privacy and what apps do with the phone, > the apps and my data. > - The battery is consumed much faster with Android (there are much > more processes running) > > Phone calls on my handset have the same issues as with Ubuntu Touch, > hence it is a hardware failure - my proximity sensor is broken. > (Launchpad bug #1493574) > > Peter > > 2016-09-23 10:07 GMT+02:00 M G <graziottima...@gmail.com>: > > Hi Peter, > > > > this guide work also for Meizu MX4? > > I need a dual boot too with Flyme rom and Ubuntu Touch. > > > > Thank you, > > Marco > > > > 2016-09-23 0:18 GMT+02:00 Peter Bittner <peter.bitt...@gmx.net>: > >> > >> Alright, > >> > >> I found the information I had been given this summer: > >> > >> > it might work if you use that guide to install android and then from > >> > there install that > >> > multirom app or what its called. you can set up dual boot with ubuntu > >> > with that. > >> > >> - http://a25.co/ubuntu-phone-how-to-install-android/ > >> - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tassadar.multirommgr > >> > >> (Thanks, Michael Zanetti!) > >> > >> Enjoy the video in the Play Store! It says Ubuntu Touch is installable > >> just by a single click, but doesn't show it. A Turkish video showing > >> the actual installation from April 2016 is at: > >> - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKkcKLnb6_c > >> > >> The bq Support website now has the flash tool available for download: > >> - https://www.bq.com/en/support/aquaris-e5-ubuntu-edition/support-sheet > >> Android firmware for Aquaris E5: > >> - http://www.mibqyyo.com/descargas/categorias/aquaris-5-hd/ > >> - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9OQovPAbw4 > >> > >> The original Canonical way to do dual boot: (says it has been tested > >> and is working on Nexus 4) > >> - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Touch/DualBootInstallation > >> Here are some German articles describing the very same thing: (from > >> 2013/2014) > >> - > >> http://www.chip.de/news/Dualboot-Ubuntu-Touch-und-Android-parallel-nutzen_66387009.html > >> > >> - > >> http://www.heise.de/open/meldung/Installer-zum-Dual-Boot-von-Ubuntu-Touch-und-Android-2072273.html > >> > >> Here are a 2015 and a 2014 blog post in English about it: > >> - http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/dual-boot-android-ubuntu/ > >> - > >> http://lifehacker.com/how-to-dual-boot-ubuntu-on-your-android-device-1577325241 > >> > >> > >> I may try this in the next few days. Cross your fingers, > >> Peter > >> > >> > >> 2016-09-21 19:03 GMT+02:00 Peter Bittner <peter.bitt...@gmx.net>: > >> > I need to install Android on my bq Aquaris E5 Ubuntu Edition phone, > >> > because > >> > a. I need to verify a hardware issue (proximity sensor), and > >> > b. I have come to a situation in my work environment that requires > >> > me to have at least one, preferably several of the most popular char > >> > apps fully working (WhatsApp, Viber, Slack, you-name-it). > >> > > >> > I don't want to lose the possibility to follow the development of > >> > Ubuntu Touch with my own device, so I'm looking into doing a dual-boot > >> > solution with Android + Ubuntu Touch. > >> > > >> > Someone, I think here on the list, this summer has given me some > >> > specific advice about how to proceed. Unfortunately, I don't find that > >> > email anymore. > >> > > >> > If it were somehow possible to retain the current user data and > >> > settings of my Ubuntu phone that would be awesome, of course. Some > >> > advice about which directories to copy off the device before wiping it > >> > may be sufficient too. Clean installs are cool too, so why not get rid > >> > of everything, sure. > >> > > >> > I've read that Android and Ubuntu Touch (can) share the user data in a > >> > separate partition, so nothing gets lost between upgrades and data can > >> > be shared between the systems, reboot required only. Is this correct? > >> > > >> > Looking forward to having a ... err ... a more useful phone! :-] > >> > > >> > Peter > >> > > >> > P.S.: I'm really enjoying the OTA-13 calendar app, finally with > >> > multiple (Google) calendars!! 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