Meizu Pro 5 Flyme OS To Ubuntu Touch + modem Update + Fingerprint Function.

Diogo

Has anyone done this with the Chinese edition?

halucigenia

Not this exact method but I have installed UBports Ubuntu Touch onto a Chinese Pro 5 myself, so know that it is possible.

rubencarneiro

@Diogo is easy to change from unicórnio (chineses) to internation follow this toturial https://forum.xda-developers.com/meizu-pro-5/how-to/tutorial-change-region-id-to-t3323883/.

Stefano

@Diogo Chinese edition you meant Chinese Flyme software, or TD-lte hardware version? Both is possible, just be sure TD-lte hardware version is compatible with 4g frequencies your mobile carrier uses. (international hardware version is FD-lte or LTE only and is better supported by mobile carriers)

Diogo

@halucigenia how have you done it?

Diogo

@rubencarneiro Thanks! For that will try it as soon as I've some free time!

alefnode

Wonderful post, i just tried yestarday and all works ok, I change "Step 5: Install Ubuntu Touch" and use directly ubports-install software, even, it works second time i do, on first time i get stucked on bootloop, but it's a very good howto for Meizu pro 5 (Chinese version) with Android

matteo

@rubencarneiro great job Ruben....I see you are on fire with the Meizu Pro 5...here's my proposal: what about the issues described in this Forum post? The issues seem to be related to the fact that the Meizu Pro 5 "TD-LTE" version apparently isn't exactly the same device as the original MP5, the Canonical model to be clear. We made some progress in this regards, but no ultimate resolution up to now. What I found out to "resolve" the wi-fi issue was incidentally the installation of Anbox; maybe the kernel update was beneficial, I don't know. Do you have any clue? If you could help me and the other people with this model, we would appreciate a lot....I will definitely think about a donation to you for your work

Matteo

Stefano

@rubencarneiro amazing work @rubencarneiro , thanks for that script. Does this need to be done after every update?

malditobastardo

@Stefano AFAIK it should remain. But yeah, Ruben is the right guy to answer

rubencarneiro

@Stefano no the scripy pu the package on hold so it cannot be updated.
you can do your updates safely.

Stefano

@rubencarneiro I just switched channel to Devel and fingerprint function is gone. Normal switching on phone, not by installer or manually.

dobey

@Stefano It doesn't matter. Switching channels is a full flash of the rootfs, so changes made to the rootfs will be overwritten.

Stefano

@dobey Ahh, ok then, did not know that. Thanks for the clarification.

arudy

Hi,

I have an International Meizu PRO 5 32Gb

Everything worked, except STEP 5 (I'm not sure why).

My Alternative Step 5 was (thank to Matteo in the UBports Welcome & install group on telegram):

download the appImage: https://github.com/ubports/ubports-installer/releases/tag/0.2.6-beta (this specific version/binary)
cd ~/Downloads
chmod +ax ubportsinstaller.appImage
switch phone to fastboot (adb reboot fastboot or just hold [Volume down] + [power]
sudo ./ubportsinstaller.appImage
Ignore the ubports installer about more recent version
Select 16.04, then devel or stable for example, then wipe, and continue
keep following instructions
tadaa \o/

And any other steps worked !

Thank you very much for your work !!!

arubislander

@arudy Welcome back!

kwaskoff

Can you explain why you offer for download your files? I need open source or more verification files. Thanks

rubencarneiro

@matteo Hi, Mine is a TD-LTE Version.

matteo

@rubencarneiro do you have any issue as for instance the lack of automatic connection to the wi-fi Access Point at phone start-up? Every time, I need to manually re-instate the credentials to my home wi-fi to get connected to it.

rubencarneiro

@matteo thatś not normal, didi you try a clean install.