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    Meizu MX4 problem with update to Ubuntu 16 or android

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        Sandro
        last edited by Sandro

        Oh, sorry, I miss the second part MK73 wrote.

        -did you install from OpenStore on your UT the Terminal app?
        Since I reset the device I only have Ubuntu store and it does not work.

        -what is your OS you have on your laptop?
        Win 7 x64

        -was it you? who installed UT on the MX4?
        UT I suppose is terminal, then yes, it was not installed from factory, at the time i got it in Ubuntu store

        -we need to know more about your experience to help with the steps to follow!
        Basically I don't have terminal and I don't have a working store to get it, I tried to browse the open store website and got a .click file that however no app can open.

        -You have dev mode in system settings set to on
        Yes

        -and you have passcode or phrase set to use dev mode?.
        I have a passcode, under "lock security" there's a checkmark on 4-digit passcode.

        -What OS is on your pc? If windows this version of adb is best...
        You mean 1.43? I got the last one

        -Try switching off and restarting your device and try again with adb start-server....
        Yes, did that countless times

        Thanks everyone

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          Sandro @advocatux
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          @advocatux

          Will check and get back to you, atm the phone is almost unusable so no problem if it gets bricked, at least I tried 🙂

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            advocatux @Sandro
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            @Sandro you can try this too: Follow these steps https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2588979 and maybe you'll have a working adb connection that way.

            Anyway, IMO is better to start from scratch, you'll avoid a lot of headaches

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              MK73 Global Moderator @advocatux
              last edited by MK73

              @advocatux you are right, without open-store installed no way to install and without adb any app, sorry for confusion.

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                advocatux @MK73
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                @MK73 no problem 🙂

                Anyway, as @Sandro has a problematic installation now IMO it's way better to start from scratch.

                1 - Clean Canonical's UT
                2 - UT by UBports
                3 - Happy Yumi!

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                  Sandro @advocatux
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                  @advocatux

                  Any chance there's SP Flash tool for Windows?

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                    advocatux @Sandro
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                    @Sandro I don't have experience with that tool on Windows but there's a Windows version in one of the sites that "we" link in our documentation, so I assume that it's clean (there's a lot of shady sites claiming they have that tool).

                    So, if you want to give it a try -> https://spflashtool.com/download/

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                      Sandro @advocatux
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                      @advocatux

                      Hope this is the right one:
                      https://spflashtool.com/

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                        advocatux @Sandro
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                        @Sandro yes, that's the same site that I linked 🙂

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                          advocatux @Sandro
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                          @Sandro btw we have language focus groups too (in Telegram and Matrix) so if you want to join any of them, please see the links on https://ubports.com/meet-the-community

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                            Sandro @advocatux
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                            @advocatux

                            :anxious_face_with_sweat: 🤕 🙏

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                              advocatux @Sandro
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                              @Sandro lol what happened? 😄

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                                Sandro @advocatux
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                                @advocatux

                                I didn't see you posted the link to SPFlash, now I'm going to try flash the phone if I have the time

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                                  advocatux @Sandro
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                                  @Sandro perfect and good luck! 🤞

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                                    Sandro
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                                    I don't see any phone in SP Flash, as I understand on the phone I should see a confirmation dialogue to let my pc see sys folders, this does not happen, I can see:

                                    Documents, Downloads, Pictures, Music, Videos.

                                    Also, i forgot to mention that if I try to boot the phone in Fastboot mode it hangs showing "=> FASTBOOT mode..."

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                                      Lakotaubp @Sandro
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                                      @Sandro his may also help. Different phone but method is the same https://web.archive.org/web/20180118130643/http://www.mibqyyo.com/en-articles/2015/09/16/ubuntu-android-installation-process-for-bq-aquaris-e4-5-and-e5 it might also be worth trying to reset the phone first. That will be in system settings.
                                      @advocatux is right you need to start again with a clean install. It sound like you still have the old Canonical Ubuntu Touch as you mention the Ubuntu Store so you will need to follow the instructions given by @advocatux and read the ones in the link above as well. As your on Windows also please try the 15 sec adb I linked to above https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2588979

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                                        Sandro @Lakotaubp
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                                        @Lakotaubp

                                        Thanks for taking the time to answer me, well, now i can't but I'll give it a try tomorrow, however i already tried every reset option I found on the device, multiple times, what I think is that there is some kind of permission problem, I start to think there 's no way to solve that as even reset does not help.

                                        If confirmation dialogue is mandatory and theres no way to bypass it i think I'm done trying.

                                        So, any advice for a new phone? 😉
                                        What about Nokia 7.1?

                                        Thank you everyone for sharing your advices anyway
                                        Sandro

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                                          advocatux @Sandro
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                                          @Sandro no confirmation dialog is necessary for SP Flash tool 🙂

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                                            Lakotaubp @Sandro
                                            last edited by

                                            @Sandro These are the current supported devices https://devices.ubuntu-touch.io/ if you really are stuck. Have a break and come back to it afresh another day it may well come back to life and double check that dev mode setting. We are here when needed 🙂

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                                              zubozrout
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                                              I have MX4 myself and never had any of these issues. Fastboot is a bit broken making UBports installer useless.

                                              Anyway, based on the thread I suppose you can access filesystem using the USB cable, so the data flow is probably ok. Some cables can be problematic and could possibly cause this kind of issues. Could you try a different USB cable?

                                              Nonetheless if you could run the installation on an Ubuntu desktop it would simply things a bit:

                                              • Boot to fastboot mode (hanging on the message you mentioned is correct) and install recovery using fasbtoot flash recovery path/to/recovery-arale.img - you can download it from here: http://cdimage.ubports.com/devices/recovery-arale.img
                                              • Once flashed reboot to recovery ... again, it will not say much ... there will only be an ubuntu logo with a background displayed.
                                              • Install the ubuntu-device-flash package if it is not installed already.
                                                • Perhaps by adding this repo if you are on bionic (Ubuntu 18.04) running this code: sudo add-apt-repository http://repo.ubports.com and then apt install ubuntu-device-flash.
                                                • or just get the package manually https://repo.ubports.com/pool/bionic/main/g/goget-ubuntu-touch/ubuntu-device-flash_0.35+ubports+0~20181221200828.5~1.gbpd7daaa_amd64.deb and install it - fixing possible apt issues in case they appear by apt -f install then.
                                              • Flash Ubuntu Touch to the device: ubuntu-device-flash --server=http://system-image.ubports.com touch --device=arale --channel=ubports-touch/16.04/stable ... which will keep the old data or alternatively add --wipe option to clear old data making this a clean install.
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