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    Ubuntu Touch on LG G6 (h870 model): call for testers

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        Guf
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        @enrolado I found this post where they said that you need to visit a support center. But I suppose the main issue might be Sprint firmware. Now, I don't know which hardware differences yours might have versus h870, they are probably firmware based.
        Try to unlock it officially by requesting unlock.bin, then let's see what we can do

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          T0p0r
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          Hello! When i first started to hear about Ubuntu on Lg g6, I imedietly jumped to my mom's phone to try it out. I'm just a begginner and know absolutely nothing about how to install this OS. Can somebody help me?
          I already unlocked my phone, and managed to install twrp (idk if I did it okay). My phone model is h870, EU version. I'd want to experience the Ubuntu OS at the earliest possible moment. Thanks!

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            Keneda @T0p0r
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            @T0p0r
            Is your mum ok for you wiping her phone out? šŸ¤”

            2015-2023 : Meizu MX4 ā˜ ļøāš°ļøāœļø
            2023-2024 : Nexus 5 ā˜ ļøāš°ļøāœļø
            2024-***** : FPOS Fairphone 5 waiting UT for freedom šŸ˜‰
            šŸ‡²šŸ‡«šŸ‡¬šŸ‡§

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              T0p0r @Keneda
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              @Keneda yes, because I would trade with my phone (which is much better). But you didn't answered my question.

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                Keneda @T0p0r
                last edited by Keneda

                @T0p0r Sorry i have a MX4 so can't tell...
                What i can tell is if you want to use uTouch as a daily phone OS, you should choose a full supported device.

                2015-2023 : Meizu MX4 ā˜ ļøāš°ļøāœļø
                2023-2024 : Nexus 5 ā˜ ļøāš°ļøāœļø
                2024-***** : FPOS Fairphone 5 waiting UT for freedom šŸ˜‰
                šŸ‡²šŸ‡«šŸ‡¬šŸ‡§

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                  aribk @vadikas
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                  @vadikas I am dealing with the same situation and the patch did not resolve the issue. Have you succeeded in solving this?

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                    aribk @Guf
                    last edited by

                    @Guf said in Ubuntu Touch on LG G6 (h870 model): call for testers:

                    @makeixo @walidham Fixed! I applied the patch for bullhead which suggested the same: to disable CONFIG_ANDROID_PARANOID and to enable SECURITY_ANDROID_GID_CAPABILITIES, but I hadn't done it well. With the help of @tanevanwifferen (who suggested what was wrong), we fixed it ... so let's go for other issues, now

                    Could you be more specific, please? I am porting the LG G4 and the patch did not resolve the issue. But then my port is also based on a different kernel version (the 3.10). Don't know how relevant the fix is for my version?

                    Ari

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                      Invy
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                      Now I also managed to install this port on my European LG G6.
                      UBports looks great on this device and makes a good impression.
                      There are a few things I'm currently not sure if I made a mistake during the installation or if it's just the unfinished port.
                      Programs always seem to start in window mode or the interface in general is not adapted to the display size.
                      Do I have an error in the installation or is it just the optimization missing?
                      Otherwise very good work, I hope this port will be further developed.
                      I would be very happy to have a full UBPorts on the LG G6.

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                        Invy
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                        Sorry for the double post, I found out that the problems are probably caused by the port and not by my installation.
                        I would like to know if they are currently working on this port and how I could support the developers? @Guf or @tanevanwifferen
                        Are there any tests that can be done or how can the development be driven forward?

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                          Guf @Invy
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                          @Invy You need to disable desktop_mode and/or to install UT-Tweak and revise scaling

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                            Guf @Invy
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                            @Invy Since yesterday, also bluetooth started to work, look at the beginning of post how to do it manually

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                              Guf @Invy
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                              @Invy As you might see, I fixed bluetooth(at the moment I provided the manual commands to do it) and I would like to go for the other missing thing.
                              It is possible GPS is working, but from inside my house it makes no sense to test it.
                              Need to improve routing sound output to speakers, because it seems audio output is only with headphones

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                                basti
                                last edited by basti

                                @tanevanwifferen @Guf
                                Sorry for being the idiot in the room, but is there some install instructions on this.
                                I know my way arround a bash shell and use ubuntu since 10+ years. But I am not sure how to install this on my LG.

                                I managed to unlock the device and ran

                                fastboot flash boot halium-boot-20200326.img

                                from http://docs.ubports.com/tr/latest/porting/halium_7-1/Installing.html I thought I found more and cloned some repo and ran

                                ./halium-install/halium-install -p ut ubports-touch.rootfs-xenial-armhf.tar.gz system-20200326.img

                                Giving me the output:

                                Debug: Chosen rootfs is ubports-touch.rootfs-xenial-armhf.tar.gz
                                Debug: Chosen android image is system-20200326.img
                                Debug: Chosen release is ut
                                Debug: Compress images before pushing: false
                                
                                I: Writing rootfs into mountable image
                                I: Writing android image into mountable image
                                I: Running post installation tasks
                                enabling SSH ... [done]
                                Please enter a new password for the user 'phablet':
                                Enter new UNIX password: 
                                Retype new UNIX password: 
                                passwd: password updated successfully
                                I: Shrinking images
                                e2fsck 1.45.5 (07-Jan-2020)
                                resize2fs 1.45.5 (07-Jan-2020)
                                Resizing the filesystem on .halium-install-imgs.itwEy/system.img to 129095 (4k) blocks.
                                Begin pass 2 (max = 1758)
                                Relocating blocks             XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
                                Begin pass 3 (max = 4)
                                Scanning inode table          resize2fs: No space left on device while trying to resize .halium-install-imgs.itwEy/system.img
                                Please run 'e2fsck -fy .halium-install-imgs.itwEy/system.img' to fix the filesystem
                                after the aborted resize operation.
                                I: Cleaning up
                                error: no devices/emulators found
                                

                                What am I missing?

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                                  Invy @basti
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                                  @basti I had the same problem during my installation, I think I was able to solve the problem with a different rootfs at that time.
                                  I think I used this edge version:
                                  https://ci.ubports.com/job/xenial-hybris-edge-rootfs-armhf/

                                  Of course, this may not be right. But I was able to install everything with it.

                                  The manual activation of Bluetooth did not work for me, I used sudo for all commands.
                                  As error message after hciattach I always get an "initialization timed out".
                                  The GPS can be activated, but no location is found in uNAV.

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                                    Guf @Invy
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                                    @Invy I need to upload new kernel configuration with HCIUART and HCIUART_H4, otherwise it won't work at all. I will ping as soon as I did it. Or I can add my halium-boot (botstrapping from systempart, as requested by OTA compatibility, or not) to be downloaded and tested.

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                                      Guf @Invy
                                      last edited by Guf

                                      @Invy @basti No, it must be arm64, otherwise it won't work at all

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                                        basti @Guf
                                        last edited by

                                        @Guf could you give us a link or some more, please?

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                                          Invy @basti
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                                          @basti
                                          xenial-hybris-rootfs-arm64:
                                          https://ci.ubports.com/job/xenial-hybris-rootfs-arm64/

                                          xenial-hybris-edge-rootfs-arm64:
                                          https://ci.ubports.com/job/xenial-hybris-edge-rootfs-arm64/

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                                            basti @Invy
                                            last edited by

                                            @Invy Nope. Still fails.

                                            user@ubuntu:~/Downloads/lgg6_ubuntu$ fastboot devices
                                            LGH87051b7ab76	fastboot
                                            
                                            user@ubuntu:~/Downloads/lgg6_ubuntu$ fastboot flash boot halium-boot-20200326.img 
                                            target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
                                            sending 'boot' (16216 KB)...
                                            OKAY [  0.530s]
                                            writing 'boot'...
                                            OKAY [  0.158s]
                                            finished. total time: 0.689s
                                            
                                            user@ubuntu:~/Downloads/lgg6_ubuntu$ sudo ./halium-install/halium-install -p ut ubuntu-touch-hybris-xenial-arm64-rootfs.tar.gz system-20200326.img 
                                            Debug: Chosen rootfs is ubuntu-touch-hybris-xenial-arm64-rootfs.tar.gz
                                            Debug: Chosen android image is system-20200326.img
                                            Debug: Chosen release is ut
                                            Debug: Compress images before pushing: false
                                            
                                            I: Writing rootfs into mountable image
                                            
                                            I: Writing android image into mountable image
                                            I: Running post installation tasks
                                            enabling SSH ... [done]
                                            Please enter a new password for the user 'phablet':
                                            Enter new UNIX password: 
                                            Retype new UNIX password: 
                                            passwd: password updated successfully
                                            I: Shrinking images
                                            e2fsck 1.45.5 (07-Jan-2020)
                                            resize2fs 1.45.5 (07-Jan-2020)
                                            Resizing the filesystem on .halium-install-imgs.oWUv6/system.img to 129095 (4k) blocks.
                                            Begin pass 2 (max = 1758)
                                            Relocating blocks             XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
                                            Begin pass 3 (max = 4)
                                            Scanning inode table          resize2fs: No space left on device while trying to resize .halium-install-imgs.oWUv6/system.img
                                            Please run 'e2fsck -fy .halium-install-imgs.oWUv6/system.img' to fix the filesystem
                                            after the aborted resize operation.
                                            I: Cleaning up
                                            error: no devices/emulators found
                                            user@ubuntu:~/Downloads/lgg6_ubuntu$ sudo ./halium-install/halium-install -p ut ubuntu-touch-hybris-xenial- system-20200326.img 
                                            ubuntu-touch-hybris-xenial-arm64-rootfs.tar.gz            ubuntu-touch-hybris-xenial-edge-arm64-rootfs.tar.gz       
                                            ubuntu-touch-hybris-xenial-arm64-rootfs.tar.gz.part       ubuntu-touch-hybris-xenial-edge-arm64-rootfs.tar.gz.part  
                                            
                                            user@ubuntu:~/Downloads/lgg6_ubuntu$ sudo ./halium-install/halium-install -p ut ubuntu-touch-hybris-xenial-edge-arm64-rootfs.tar.gz system-20200326.img 
                                            Debug: Chosen rootfs is ubuntu-touch-hybris-xenial-edge-arm64-rootfs.tar.gz
                                            Debug: Chosen android image is system-20200326.img
                                            Debug: Chosen release is ut
                                            Debug: Compress images before pushing: false
                                            
                                            I: Writing rootfs into mountable image
                                            
                                            I: Writing android image into mountable image
                                            I: Running post installation tasks
                                            enabling SSH ... [done]
                                            Please enter a new password for the user 'phablet':
                                            Enter new UNIX password: 
                                            Retype new UNIX password: 
                                            passwd: password updated successfully
                                            I: Shrinking images
                                            e2fsck 1.45.5 (07-Jan-2020)
                                            resize2fs 1.45.5 (07-Jan-2020)
                                            Resizing the filesystem on .halium-install-imgs.l0c8k/system.img to 129095 (4k) blocks.
                                            Begin pass 2 (max = 1758)
                                            Relocating blocks             XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
                                            Begin pass 3 (max = 4)
                                            Scanning inode table          resize2fs: No space left on device while trying to resize .halium-install-imgs.l0c8k/system.img
                                            Please run 'e2fsck -fy .halium-install-imgs.l0c8k/system.img' to fix the filesystem
                                            after the aborted resize operation.
                                            I: Cleaning up
                                            error: no devices/emulators found
                                            
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                                              Guf @basti
                                              last edited by Guf

                                              @basti this is more likely due to adb, rather than to halium-install, the last command must be executed when the device is in recovery mode. Not in bootloader one

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