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    Nexus 5 Wifi problems with AnBox

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        polyglossia
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        So, basically, unless I'm some sort of programmer, I can't put Anbox on this system, and install Spotify on my phone...

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          flohack @polyglossia
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          @polyglossia You can try, but as said before, you need at least the kernel from the devel channel. With next OTA-12 update this will go to stable, then its easier to install Anbox.

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            flohack
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            Also, Anbox probably cannot playback any sound right now.

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              wilson
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              @Flohack I am having this issue even after freshly installing the devel branch of Ubuntu Touch on my Nexus 5. After installing the Anbox boot image and restarting the phone I only have LTE connection but no WiFi connection. Any advice?

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                dobey @wilson
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                @wilson You don't need to flash a different boot image with devel. If you want devel + anbox, then reflash UT from devel and don't change the boot image.

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                  wilson @dobey
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                  @dobey Thanks! I'll try that and see how it goes.

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                    nontrivial
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                    I just ran into this issue as well. Perhaps it's time to update the official UBPorts documentation to mention the problem and solution? I would be happy to submit a change for the documentation, but I don't think I'm the best qualified person to do it.

                    However, now that I have reflashed to devel and installed the software, I have a new problem. When I run anbox-tool install it throws out a warning "start: Unknown job: anbox-session" and seems to hang. If I break out the trace says it is in a loop waiting for anbox to start. Then when I run anbox-tool status it says it is enabled but not running.

                    So any suggestions on how to resolve the issue? If not, is uninstalling the packages sufficient to uninstall anbox?

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                      antonyj
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                      Hello,

                      I had the same problem with my Nexus 5 today when I tried to install Anbox.

                      First, adb is not working with my Nexus 5 on Ubuntu Touch, so I used the terminal to reboot in bootloader, then I was able to flash the boot-img with fastboot.
                      Since this moment, the Wifi controller was not detected :

                      ifconfig wlan0
                      wlan0: error fetching interface information: Device not found
                      

                      Since the boot image for Anbox broke the Wifi, and no simple mean exists to repair it, I tried to put back the original boot image with Wifi working : I can't understand why it doesn't solve the problem at all.
                      I am reinstalling Ubuntu Touch in devel version, I'll let you know if it corrects the problem.

                      I think the doc page (https://docs.ubports.com/fr/latest/userguide/dailyuse/anbox.html) should not consider that Anbox supports the Nexus 5 and the buggy boot image (http://cdimage.ubports.com/anbox-images/anbox-boot-hammerhead.img) should be urgently removed to save hours of labor to people that finally get a completely useless phone...

                      As proposed by @nontrivial on July, I can help to correct the doc. What should I do for that ? Send a corrected version of the HTML file on the forum or to a particular person ? Don't hesitate to tell how we can help.

                      Thanks,

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                        antonyj
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                        As @nontrivial did, after reinstalling Ubuntu Touch in devel version, I got :

                        start: unknown job: anbox-session
                        

                        I think I got that because I ran "anbox-tool install" as root whereas it is not asked. I was able to correct this with :

                        sudo chown -R phablet: anbox-data/
                        anbox-tool upgrade
                        

                        Now anbox works fine and I was able to install an APK.

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                          doniks @antonyj
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                          @antonyj said in Nexus 5 Wifi problems with AnBox:

                          I can help to correct the doc. What should I do for that ? Send a corrected version of the HTML file on the forum or to a particular person ? Don't hesitate to tell how we can help.

                          make a pull request at https://github.com/ubports/docs.ubports.com/ with your proposed changes

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                            stanwood @antonyj
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                            @antonyj Indeed, do not download the Anbox image on the Nexus 5. It is already pre-installed by default. Doing so might creating bugs.

                            Just start here:
                            sudo mount -o rw,remount /
                            sudo apt update
                            sudo apt install anbox-ubuntu-touch android-tools-adb
                            anbox-tool install
                            exit

                            If you have an error message telling you an insufficient memory in /var, you can try as following:

                            sudo mount -o rw,remount /
                            sudo rm -r /var/cache/apt # delete the apt cache; frees space on system image
                            sudo tune2fs -m 0 /dev/loop0 # space reserved exclusively for root user on system image set to zero
                            sudo apt update # recreate apt cache to install Anbox and adb
                            sudo apt install anbox-ubuntu-touch android-tools-adb
                            sudo mount -o ro,remount /
                            exit

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