You cannot install Ubuntu Touch on a device that it has not been ported to. That's why the installer will not recognize your device. If you would like to port Ubuntu Touch to your device (porting is not the same as installing), please see the documentation.

@gabriel I think is a good idea to save the whole content of /home to get everything, it gives you peace of mind. Anyway the content you're asking for is in .local/share/evolution/

@einstein212 Yes the best would be to have a hardware platform with all open drivers. World should start a petition towards Qualcomm

@rossrosh: Like Flohack said, the UBPorts installer exists and works great, see here: https://forums.ubports.com/topic/976/ubports-installer-excellent-user-experience

@sanjusethi Abhishek Mudgal is working on it. See http://docs.halium.org/en/latest/supplementary/devices/wt88047.html

@idikiy you should join the Halium working group to help you with that. There are several ways to do it: Telegram: https://t.me/halium Matrix: #halium:disroot.org IRC: #halium@freenode.

@zoomer296 Haha does not sound fun, yes. But a porter needs also the device in his hands, so you need to find someone who got this thingie AND is interested in porting, this is sometimes not so easy.

@flohack said in Samsung porting notes, a loose collection: Instead, the device needs to be brought into "Download Mode". This can be achieved by: Manually by pressing Vol-Down, Home and Power button until the green warning text appears On my Samsung Galaxy S8, there is no physical home button, only virtual on the display. I figured out, instead of the Home-Button, I need to press the Bixby button, below Vol-Down, then the green warning text appears...

It is a windows phone , My wife has an old one that i've tried messing with to no avail so far shame really is it seems a good quality phone

If it is not that urgent, waiting for the Librem 5 may be an option to consider, with it's mainline linux kernel support a UBport is likely.

@UKPhil I imagine so.

WOW! I'm really glad there are some people not only continuing the amazing Ubuntu touch OS but are also developing it for the OnePlus 2!!! Keep up with the good work! As soon as it works I want to be the first to try!!!

I have tried using the UBinstaller and for me on my OnePlus One it did not work at all. I have also tried using the mdt with slightly more success. So the only thing that has worked for me is to install UBPorts via the server image. Two lines in your terminal window and then leave it to do its magic.

There is another source for this news: http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2017/10/samsung-bringing-desktop-linux-smartphones