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    Can't update Aquaris M10 FHD Frieza

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      • LakotaubpL Offline
        Lakotaubp @nterr
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        @nterr This is a bit odd. Did you choose the wipe option when installing (if you have backed up your stuff first). Try rebooting to recovery use the options to clear the cache and try again.

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          nterr
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          adb shell "df -h"

          • daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *
          • daemon started successfully *
            Filesystem Size Used Available Use% Mounted on
            tmpfs 981.1M 36.0K 981.0M 0% /dev
            tmpfs 981.1M 12.0K 981.0M 0% /tmp
            /dev/block/platform/mtk-msdc.0/by-name/userdata
            9.3G 319.4M 9.0G 3% /data
            /dev/block/platform/mtk-msdc.0/by-name/system
            3.8G 480.2M 3.3G 12% /cache

          Well I tried already before posting what's said in this other post. But I can try all over again just in case I did smthing wrong along the way...
          Tried too to install it a few different ways, using the wipe option or not, rc and stable...

          What's TWRP and how should I use it ?

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          • hankschwieH Offline
            hankschwie
            last edited by hankschwie

            TWRP is an alternative recovery, which offers quite a few things you can perform from "outside" the main system. It is flashed to the recovery partition of the device using fastboot - it replaces the recovery provided by UT or the original OS. It can be used to root android devices, create backups etc, or flash the whole system with custom-ROMs. In this case it could be useful to clear the cache partition completely.

            You would have to download the image from the linked twrp-site, and flash the recovery as described on the the webside. Afterwards you would have to reboot in this recovery (adb reboot recovery), and then use the tools to wipe the cache, or perhaps even erase the whole system to retry with the UBports Installer.

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              nterr
              last edited by

              Ok thanks, I'll try that !

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                nterr
                last edited by

                Wiped everything successfully through TWRP. Tried again. No better luck... Stuck again... 😞
                I guess these manual installation instructions would indeed be the best way to understand where the installation goes wrong...
                (thanks for asking in this other thread btw)

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                • hankschwieH Offline
                  hankschwie
                  last edited by

                  Last thing I can think of: Try to flash a recent Android version onto the tablet, and then try again...

                  I hope we can relocate the instructions - but I can't find it on https://web.archive.org/web, I always end up on the new device page without the instructions...

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                  • hankschwieH Offline
                    hankschwie
                    last edited by hankschwie

                    Found this; https://forums.ubports.com/user/themoose007 , run installer as root... https://forums.ubports.com/post/11636

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                      Marathon2422
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                      I wiill check my spare drive ,see what i have,( looking for a twrp copy of m10 fhd )

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                      • hankschwieH Offline
                        hankschwie
                        last edited by

                        Hi!
                        Thanks, but trwp isn't the problem...We are looking for instructions to install UT for frieza manually, without the installer...

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                          Marathon2422 @hankschwie
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                          @hankschwie
                          you can flash any recovery ie ;- twrp with flashtool , go in and wipe it (clean up ) and reflash with flashtool, ( not using format all ) , and try again, it sounds like the recovery geting stuck.
                          or, use flashtool to flash, another copy of recovery , it takes about 12 seconds ,.
                          i was hoping i had kept a twrp backup of ubports, sorry , i only have android and ubuntu touch regular firmware.
                          my only other thought was :- the device you have is a m10 fhd and not an m10fh. sorry got to ask ?

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                            Marathon2422
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                            i have a twrp (restore ) copy for a m10 fhd ,if you want to try it , i will need time to upload it some where.

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                            • hankschwieH Offline
                              hankschwie
                              last edited by hankschwie

                              Hi!

                              Ah, OK, I hope now I understand what you mean:
                              You think @nterr should use the backup you have made with twrp for an old UT installation to flash/restore his tablet via flash-tool, right?

                              btw: its a FHD M10 (frieza), for sure; adb shell doesn't work with the recovery of the HD M10 (cooler), as I noticed when trying to do that with my HD M10 😉

                              Could be worth a try.

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                                nterr
                                last edited by

                                @Marathon2422 said in Can't update Aquaris M10 FHD Frieza:

                                use flashtool to flash, another copy of recovery

                                What do you mean by that ?

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                                  nterr
                                  last edited by

                                  @hankschwie said in Can't update Aquaris M10 FHD Frieza:

                                  Could be worth a try.

                                  Ok I think I got it too. Ya I could try that.

                                  Btw, it's a FHD yes 😉

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                                  • hankschwieH Offline
                                    hankschwie @nterr
                                    last edited by

                                    @nterr
                                    You can flash other recovery images with the flash tool, too. It only takes a few seconds to do so.

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                                      nterr @hankschwie
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                                      @hankschwie
                                      I may be lost here,
                                      but wouldn't it be just the same as doing "fastboot flash recovery XXXXX.img" ?
                                      and why would I want to do that, besides flashing twrp to wipe the tablet clean (which I did already) ?
                                      Or maybe @Marathon2422 had something else in mind and I just didn't understand it.

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                                      • hankschwieH Offline
                                        hankschwie @nterr
                                        last edited by hankschwie

                                        @nterr
                                        Hi!

                                        Yes, it should be the same thing. I think @Marathon2422 just wanted to point out that you could flash any recovery with flash tool as well (well as long as it is working with your device ...). Perhaps the version you used has errors; who knows...

                                        Hope he comes online again, and tells you where he could upload his twrp-backup...

                                        Did you try to flash an almost up-to-date android version onto the tablet? https://storage.googleapis.com/otas/2016/Tablets/M10 FHD/2.6.2/2.6.2_20180126-1035_bq_aquaris_m10_FHD_-FW.zip is the most recent, Android 6...

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                                        • LakotaubpL Offline
                                          Lakotaubp
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                                          Can't see what difference it makes but if you are installing dev have you tried stable, and if stable have you tried Dev.

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                                            nterr
                                            last edited by

                                            Tried stable, rc, devel... yep, and same result.

                                            Just flashed Android rom, went perfectly fine, just like with OTA-15.
                                            Isn't there any way to install UBports with sp_flashtool ?

                                            For now I'll just keep it with Android. It's a bit sad, I mean, I bought the UT version for a reason when BQ started selling them... I didn't even really needed a tablet tbh. 😉

                                            I guess I should just buy a PinePhone!

                                            Thanks hankschwie, Lakotaubp and everyone for all the replies and the time. If anyone comes up with a brilliant idea, I'm still interested though...

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                                            • AppLeeA Offline
                                              AppLee @nterr
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                                              @nterr
                                              I may have one last hypothesis.

                                              The flashing seems to be OK now. Looks like you're stuck during the installation.
                                              It made me think maybe the image you're flashing is corrupted. Have you checked the md5 sum after download or is it done by the installer ?

                                              If you're using the snap version recommended by @Lakotaubp you might be able to share the complete traces see if we can find something we didn't think about...
                                              :crossed_fingers:

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