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    Nexus 5 Wifi problems with AnBox

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      • flohackF Offline
        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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