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    How to manually upgrade from OTA-3 to OTA-4

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      • LakotaubpL Offline
        Lakotaubp @Isolated-thinker
        last edited by

        @isolated-thinker Yes this should cover all devices on OTA-3(15.04).

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          LlamasJM
          last edited by

          All clear. I'm on OTA-3. Well, tomorrow I'll be at home, with my Ubuntu computer, and using UBports installer OTA-4 will be here without problem, for sure. Thanks!

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            Mika15
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            Hi everyone, I have a BQ Aquaris E5 with UBPorts OTA3, will I loose SMS, calls history and contacts if I upgrade to OTA4 ? Thanks.

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            • advocatuxA Offline
              advocatux @Mika15
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              @mika15 it's always a good idea to make a backup πŸ˜‰ but said that, you'll keep all your data if you don't check the wipe option

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                Mika15 @advocatux
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                @advocatux Thanks for the quick response! I will do a backup before upgrading using rsync over ssh is enough as it or some procedures are better ? Other question, If I'm not happy with OTA4, is easy to downgrade or do I have to forget ? Thanks!

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                  advocatux @Mika15
                  last edited by advocatux

                  @mika15 you're welcome. You can backup the whole /home if you want peace of mind [*] but you only need to backup the data you want to keep really.

                  You have the obvious things like Documents, Music, etc, that's easy to find πŸ˜‰

                  In ~.local/share/evolution/ you'll find the addressbook, calendar, memos, and tasks DDBB.

                  ~.local/share/history-service/history.sqlite for SMS and calls log.

                  If you're using Authenticator, you'll find the config file here .config/com.ubuntu.developer.mzanetti.ubuntu-authenticator/

                  Probably the easier way to downgrade is to use the installer, probably switching channels will work too though.

                  [*] Edit to explain that if you have a complete home backup, you can easily copy to your phone any bit you could need or you forgot the first time

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                    A Former User @UniSuperBox
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                    Thanks for this, @UniSuperBox
                    How long does the download take? I'm just wondering if the Snap is hanging, or whether! it's doing its thing.
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                    • LakotaubpL Offline
                      Lakotaubp @Guest
                      last edited by

                      @3arn0wl How long is long? About 15-20 mins all should be done.

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                        A Former User @Lakotaubp
                        last edited by A Former User

                        Thanks, @Lakotaubp

                        Meh! It was longer than that, I think. I might just wait for OTA-5. πŸ˜•

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                        • LakotaubpL Offline
                          Lakotaubp @Guest
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                          @3arn0wl Just restarting the installer and reconneting the phone fixed it for me when installing ubports on the nexus. Try that if you cant wait till Monday ; )

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                            A Former User
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                            I also ran into the installation hanging after clicking "Install," even with the latest version (0.1.21-beta AppImage) of the installer. I discovered the problem, in this case at least, concerned the installer's handling of adb and fastboot. The system is intended to operate whether they are installed or not. I had adb installed, but not fastboot. Unfortunately, the fallback appears to have failed because the "platform-tools" subdirectory tree it depends on (see src/utils.js:getFallbackPlatformTools) is missing. However, once I installed fastboot, the installation did not need to fall back and it worked just fine.

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                              Mika15 @advocatux
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                              @advocatux Thanks! Migration is done, my phone is working perfectly, I migrated from AppImage installer a fantastic tool, I have all my data as it was before, many thanks to the team for their work, the installer and the OS are excellent!

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                                advocatux @Mika15
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                                @mika15 kudos! Enjoy your new UT device πŸ™‚

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                                  marc_aurel
                                  last edited by marc_aurel

                                  Unfortunately, I can't update my Fairphone 2. I have tried the update on three different systems:

                                  1. macOS

                                  The installer app asks in an infinite loop for the password. I have reproduced this error with a PIN and a password.

                                  macOS screenshot

                                  The first install didn't work either. It's a usb-c driver issue, I think.

                                  1. Neon

                                  I managed the first installation in Neon. The installer couldn't update the device with the following error:

                                  Neon screenshot

                                  I also couldn't install the recent installer. Therefore I removed the files for the installer at /opt/ and /usr/share/applications with sudo. Then I tried the installation again, but nothing happens after entering the password.

                                  Installation screenshot

                                  1. Windows 10

                                  The installation app sais, that I have to reboot in bootloader but afterwards nothing happens. This application doesn't ask for a passwird.

                                  Very frustrating user experience with UBPorts update!!

                                  I have added some screenshots, but unfortunately they are not schon in the forum with the suggested syntax:

                                  https://www.dropbox.com/s/0oy7f3j6m4ug3y/screenshot macOS.png?dl=0
                                  https://www.dropbox.com/s/gi1gavtx9r34e2n/screenshot neon.png?dl=0
                                  https://www.dropbox.com/s/cvr3d2u7vjp5jn3/Install screenshot.png?dl=0

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                                    mihael @marc_aurel
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                                    @marc_aurel You may want to check the method described above with system-image-cli - it is done from the phone terminal or from a computer logged into the phone via adb or ssh.

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                                      marc_aurel @mihael
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                                      @mihael This requires a setup for ssh, doesn't it?

                                      It this instruction up to date? I'm not sure because of the path with the directory "phablet". I wouldn't call a FF2 a phablet.

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                                        mihael @marc_aurel
                                        last edited by

                                        @marc_aurel I don't remember if I did it this way but just connect a usb cable and then adb shell and you are inside the phone from the computer. Or just type that command for the updatr within the phone terminal app - you don't even need a computer, just the phone connected to internet.

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                                          marc_aurel @mihael
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                                          @mihael Thanks, this works now.

                                          Unfortunately the settings of the new UBports still doesn't offer custom text size. This is a problem for visual impaired people. Has someone an idea, whether whis is on the roadmap?

                                          Dekko is not working any more. Has someone a recommendation for an email app?

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                                            Stefano @marc_aurel
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                                            @marc_aurel DEKKO beta is here:

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                                              flohack @marc_aurel
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                                              @marc_aurel BTW the password is the one of your PC, not the phone...

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