[Porting] Call for testers

flohack

Okay so thank you for subscribing so far

We are are ready for the first round of tests. Please be aware that this is really work in progress, so for example you wont have audio, neither calls nor music. Also fingerprint crashes currently, etc...

Also, a weird thing: WiFi sometimes races on startup and then you will find no APs in the list. Try to reboot until you get a good indication of APs and WiFi symbol is being shown correctly.

Generic instructions you can find here: https://pad.ubports.com/p/HaliumHowToTestInstall

The images you need you will find here: http://twoot.bin.org.in/nextcloud/index.php/s/kFjWTt39MqNNnzs

After the initial steps of course, only the last part with halium-install will be relevant in the future. That will save some time. I also plan to publish the script that does just replace the system image, so you dont need always to replace the whole rootfs.

Device checklist: https://gitlab.com/ubports/community-ports/general/-/blob/master/DeviceChecklist.md

Let me know if that makes sense.

ofir29200

I have a pixel 2 xl i can test with

bluedice

I'm in on this

bluedice

@bluedice I have pixel 2 xl

IanZimmyman

@Flohack A little late to the party, but I just received a pixel 2 xl, and I would very much like to help out with testing if you're still looking for testers.

flohack

@ianzimmyman Sure mnore testers means finding more issues ^^

That said, I did not have much time to invest on both Pixel and Pixel 2 but will do so starting next week I would say.

ericstandlee

I'm interested in testing pixel 2 xl

pugguu

I have a 2xl have been waiting for Linux on my phone forever would be more than happy to test

flohack

Some updates:

Fingerprint sensor was confirmed to be working for 2XL
Automatic brightness fixed as well

So thats the good news. As I understood, no one can run the port on the Pixel 2 (walleye) so far, as it keeps rebooting, is that correct?

pugguu

@flohack if I had a 2 I would test for you but I have a 2xl

matrixios

@flohack how could i go through the corrections ??? should i do the process from the beginning with commands ??? do i have to download some files again ???

agates

I have a Pixel 2 I can test on

R0deO

I got one for testing and development

pj

I have a pixel 2 and also interested in testing.

ahmadsati

Link pls ?
I wanna try ihav p2

Keneda

@ahmadsati In this thread.
https://forums.ubports.com/topic/5534/porting-call-for-testers/27?_=1619296273122

adamjonn

Defo interested in testing this on my pixel xl2

flohack

Instructions here: https://forums.ubports.com/topic/5534/porting-call-for-testers/27?_=1620893382629

adamjonn

@flohack Sorry for the noob question in advanced but i'm used to flashing Lineage os images on arch Linux

the below command i'm not sure it can be performed in arch Linux

mounting the actual UT OS
When performing this step, TWRP recovery must be run:
Release ./halium-install-standalone.sh -p ut -s ubuntu-touch-android9-arm64.tar.gz system.img

if i run

sudo ./halium-install-standalone.sh -p ut -s ubuntu-touch-android9-arm64.tar.gz system.img

i get the below
qemu-arm-static not found in $PATH

make sure you have all dependencies installed.
dependencies: qemu-utils binfmt-support qemu-user-static e2fsprogs sudo simg2img

most of which i can't get on arch

i'm guessing for now there is no option to run the script on anything but Ubuntu?

flohack

@adamjonn Hi, yes unfortunately there are some Ubuntu-specific parts in that toolchain.
We are working hard on getting the device into the UBports Installer, which is kinda blocked by the very small system partition the device has currently.
I hope over the next weeks / months to get this resolved.

BR