Ubuntu Touch Q&A 109 Saturday 25th Sept At 19:00 UTC.

Scoutone

Hi everyone,

I’m aware that a multiboot (i.e. having two mobileOS installed) is possible, depending on a modified recovery (aka TWRP), and by using both A/B partitions sets on compatible devices.

So, my questions are :

1- Does UT use both A/B partitions when doing an OTA-update ? (for the devices having A/B partitions of course), or does OTA-update use only one set of partitions anyway ? (cf. legacy devices)

I saw on a multiboot-tutorial that a specific build of UT was needed for multiboot, and that OTA updates then becomes unavailable. Which leads me to my last question :

2- What are the needed features and their tradeoffs for UT to be multiboot-compatible by default ? (i.e. to have the same UT as everyone, with OTA-updates, on a multiboot device)

poVoq

Is there any cooperation (other that working on the same upstream stuff) doing on with https://droidian.org/ ? Maybe it would be a good idea to get it to work with the Ubports installer?

thousandtopics

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domubpkm

@lakotaubp said in Ubuntu Touch Q&A 109 Saturday 25th Sept At 19:00 UTC.:

You should get full details from this group https://t.me/anbox_halium which is their Telegram group

I think the real active link is this now : https://t.me/WayDroid

Lakotaubp

@domubpkm Thanks for that. Is it just a name change or new group? got the link from the old anbox for all thread.

domubpkm

@lakotaubp I cannot answer in detail. Simply, your mentioned link is no longer active it seems.
I found the new link on this page: https://github.com/waydroid/waydroid

mateo_salta

@thousandtopics it has been done before, people have reverse engineered 'that app' the problem is they take legal action against the developers making them through dmca take-downs on github, and even users of the third party clients get blocked https://www.myce.com/news/whatsapp-now-permanently-bans-users-using-third-party-apps-75246/

very earily on they made a client, https://launchpad.net/whosthere

thousandtopics

@mateo_salta it might be done before, I didn't know.

MrT10001

Are there any older phones that are going to lose support, especially when the upgrade to 20.04 comes out? I am thinking phones like the Nexus 4 and 5, which Ubuntu Touch is great for repurposing these phones.

thousandtopics

@mateo_salta and if you think about it, this might be a recurrent question.

Lakotaubp

@mrt10001 Please see last Q&A Blog https://ubports.com/blog/ubports-news-1/post/ubuntu-touch-q-a-108-3778 for details

MrT10001

@lakotaubp My question has kind have been answered by Alfred, the Google Pixel 3a is the new Nexus 5.