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

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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
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          @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
                    last edited by

                    @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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                          basti @Guf
                          last edited by

                          @Guf Ok. Not sure how to get there now. Cant connect to ADB anymore. Phone stucks in boot screen.

                          - Is there some instructions where this calling for recovery mode was mentioned?
                          - How can I recoever from my mode now?
                          - Is there some general instructions I can look at?

                          IMG_20201117_101127.jpg

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                            Invy @basti
                            last edited by Invy

                            @basti Is the smartphone stuck in this screen?

                            Try this one:

                            • Turn off the smartphone
                            • Hold the power button on the back and Volume down
                            • When the LG logo appears, keep holding Volume down, release the power button and press the power button again briefly.

                            After a few seconds a recovery menu should appear
                            I strongly recommend to install TWRP for the LG G6, you should be able to install everything from here.

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                              basti @Invy
                              last edited by

                              @Invy Thanks for the answer. We make steps forward.

                              I managed to install TWRP on the recovery partition. But the UT install still fails:

                              user@ubuntu:~/lgg6_ubuntu$ adb devices
                              List of devices attached
                              LGH87051b7ab76	recovery
                              
                              user@ubuntu:~/lgg6_ubuntu$ adb reboot recovery
                              
                              user@ubuntu:~/lgg6_ubuntu$ ./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.xmRsa/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.xmRsa/system.img
                              Please run 'e2fsck -fy .halium-install-imgs.xmRsa/system.img' to fix the filesystem
                              after the aborted resize operation.
                              I: Cleaning up
                              

                              Same result with both files:
                              ubuntu-touch-hybris-xenial-arm64-rootfs.tar.gz
                              ubuntu-touch-hybris-xenial-edge-arm64-rootfs.tar.gz

                              What can I do next?

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                                Guf @basti
                                last edited by

                                @basti Did you install your device with halium-install? I just updated the instruction at the very beginning.
                                Halium-install usually installs rootfs.img and system.img in datapart, so you need to flash the image, as described above.
                                Please, inform me if you still have problem booting.
                                Take it easy, you can recover your old system (previous UT or Android, or LineageOS), whenever you want.

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                                  basti @Guf
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                                  Sorry, @Guf
                                  I assume you have other stuff to work on, but I really do not see where there is any "instruction at the very beginning".

                                  Yes, I installed my device with halium-install like adived on another website.

                                  ./halium-install -p ut ../ubuntu-touch-hybris-xenial-arm64-rootfs.tar.gz ../halium-boot_h870_datapart.img
                                  

                                  I ran it two times, as in between I accidentally disconnected my hub.

                                  First time I got this:

                                  user@ubuntu~/Downloads/lgg6_ubuntu/halium-install (master)$ ./halium-install -p ut ../ubuntu-touch-hybris-xenial-arm64-rootfs.tar.gz ../halium-boot_h870_datapart.img
                                  Debug: Chosen rootfs is ../ubuntu-touch-hybris-xenial-arm64-rootfs.tar.gz
                                  Debug: Chosen android image is ../halium-boot_h870_datapart.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)
                                  e2fsck: Attempt to read block from filesystem resulted in short read while trying to open .halium-install-imgs.buA1T/system.img
                                  resize2fs 1.45.5 (07-Jan-2020)
                                  resize2fs: Attempt to read block from filesystem resulted in short read while trying to open .halium-install-imgs.buA1T/system.img
                                  Couldn't find valid filesystem superblock.
                                  I: Cleaning up
                                  * daemon not running; starting now at tcp:5037
                                  * daemon started successfully
                                  
                                  

                                  Second time this:

                                  user@ubuntu:~/Downloads/lgg6_ubuntu/halium-install (master)$ ./halium-install -p ut ../ubuntu-touch-hybris-xenial-arm64-rootfs.tar.gz ../halium-boot_h870_datapart.img
                                  Debug: Chosen rootfs is ../ubuntu-touch-hybris-xenial-arm64-rootfs.tar.gz
                                  Debug: Chosen android image is ../halium-boot_h870_datapart.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)
                                  e2fsck: Attempt to read block from filesystem resulted in short read while trying to open .halium-install-imgs.KXEbs/system.img
                                  resize2fs 1.45.5 (07-Jan-2020)
                                  resize2fs: Attempt to read block from filesystem resulted in short read while trying to open .halium-install-imgs.KXEbs/system.img
                                  Couldn't find valid filesystem superblock.
                                  I: Cleaning up
                                  
                                  

                                  dmesg gives me:

                                  [108202.343962] usb 4-1.1: USB disconnect, device number 7
                                  [108235.365911] usb 1-5.4: USB disconnect, device number 54
                                  [108247.636692] usb 1-5.4: new high-speed USB device number 55 using xhci_hcd
                                  [108247.749933] usb 1-5.4: New USB device found, idVendor=18d1, idProduct=4ee2, bcdDevice= 3.18
                                  [108247.749941] usb 1-5.4: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
                                  [108247.749946] usb 1-5.4: Product: h870
                                  [108247.749950] usb 1-5.4: Manufacturer: lge
                                  [108247.749953] usb 1-5.4: SerialNumber: LGH87051b7ab76
                                  [108252.972953] usb 1-5.4: reset high-speed USB device number 55 using xhci_hcd
                                  [108253.181260] usb 1-5.4: reset high-speed USB device number 55 using xhci_hcd
                                  [108271.461219] usb 1-5.4: USB disconnect, device number 55
                                  [108283.732721] usb 1-5.4: new high-speed USB device number 56 using xhci_hcd
                                  [108284.288833] usb 1-5.4: device descriptor read/64, error -71
                                  [108284.509663] usb 1-5.4: New USB device found, idVendor=18d1, idProduct=d001, bcdDevice= 3.18
                                  [108284.509668] usb 1-5.4: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
                                  [108284.509671] usb 1-5.4: Product: Failed to boot
                                  [108284.509674] usb 1-5.4: Manufacturer: Halium initrd
                                  [108284.509676] usb 1-5.4: SerialNumber: halium-initrd
                                  [108284.513451] rndis_host 1-5.4:1.0 usb0: register 'rndis_host' at usb-0000:00:14.0-5.4, RNDIS device, ae:1e:f9:33:ba:70
                                  [108350.166237] perf: interrupt took too long (4932 > 4931), lowering kernel.perf_event_max_sample_rate to 40500
                                  [108433.253688] usb 1-5.4: USB disconnect, device number 56
                                  [108433.253868] rndis_host 1-5.4:1.0 usb0: unregister 'rndis_host' usb-0000:00:14.0-5.4, RNDIS device
                                  [108454.743919] usb 1-5.4: new high-speed USB device number 57 using xhci_hcd
                                  [108454.857641] usb 1-5.4: New USB device found, idVendor=18d1, idProduct=4ee2, bcdDevice= 3.18
                                  [108454.857644] usb 1-5.4: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
                                  [108454.857645] usb 1-5.4: Product: h870
                                  [108454.857647] usb 1-5.4: Manufacturer: lge
                                  [108454.857648] usb 1-5.4: SerialNumber: LGH87051b7ab76
                                  [108460.008128] usb 1-5.4: reset high-speed USB device number 57 using xhci_hcd
                                  [108460.216318] usb 1-5.4: reset high-speed USB device number 57 using xhci_hcd
                                  [108482.246405] EXT4-fs (loop1): mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. Opts: (null)
                                  
                                  

                                  I still only see the TWRP screen on my phone. No UT is booting and there are nowhere instructions on what to do next!

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                                    Guf @basti
                                    last edited by

                                    @basti you used the wrong file with the halium-install: the command needs to be feeded by the rootfs.tar.gz (you did it correct) then by system.img. At this point, it won't fail.
                                    So far, you need to reboot in bootloader, and from pc execute fastboot flash boot halium-boot_h870_datapart.img (that you will download from the very first post).
                                    Your halium-boot won't let you boot correctly because it is thought to bootsttap from systempart to be OTA compliant, while halium-boot install rootfs and system in datapart
                                    Anyway, the 3rd line of the very first post, suggest to join a telegram chanbel that i created today

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                                      basti
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                                      I re-downloaded everything, but no luck.

                                      When you say system.img you mean system-202003262.img from this link in the initial post system.img???

                                      In that case it would be the command I used in my reply from the 17. Nov 2020 here:
                                      https://forums.ubports.com/topic/3729/ubuntu-touch-on-lg-g6-h870-model-call-for-testers/60?_=1606258586640

                                      user@ubuntu:~/lgg6_ubuntu$ ./halium-install/halium-install -p ut ubuntu-touch-hybris-xenial-arm64-rootfs.tar.gz system-20200326.img
                                      

                                      As I am not sure if you meant to rename that system-img file, I tried also this, but no success.

                                      user@ubuntu:~/lgg6_ubuntu/halium-install (master)$ ./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.e951D/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.e951D/system.img
                                      Please run 'e2fsck -fy .halium-install-imgs.e951D/system.img' to fix the filesystem
                                      after the aborted resize operation.
                                      I: Cleaning up
                                      user@ubuntu:~/lgg6_ubuntu/halium-install (master)$ fastboot flash boot ../halium-boot_h870_datapart.img 
                                      target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
                                      sending 'boot' (16368 KB)...
                                      OKAY [  0.581s]
                                      writing 'boot'...
                                      OKAY [  0.149s]
                                      finished. total time: 0.730s
                                      user@ubuntu:~/Downloads/lgg6_ubuntu/halium-install (master)$ fastboot reboot
                                      rebooting...
                                      
                                      finished. total time: 0.171s
                                      
                                      

                                      Rebooting to bootloader and running fastboot flash boot halium-boot_h870_datapart.img after the failing halium didn't change anything afterwards, of course. So this did not work as well.

                                      Any other suggestions?

                                      Not sure what you want to tell me with "Your halium-boot won't let you boot correctly because it is thought to bootsttap from systempart to be OTA compliant, while halium-boot install rootfs and system in datapart"
                                      I have no clue what "datapart" is. What is that?
                                      What should I understand from that sentence? Halium does not let me boot, ... that is bad, right? What shoudl I do then/instead?

                                      Is there some instruction to it?

                                      Regarding the telegram channel: I I joined it. But ... why?
                                      You want me to post my continuing issues there and here or only there?
                                      So far it does not look like any help there.

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                                        Lakotaubp
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                                        https://forums.ubports.com/category/80/lg-g6 your new discussion space.

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