Cant install ubuntu touch

hexis

I just got the pine phone and i put ubuntu touch on a sd card and i boot my pine phone and it doesn't install on my phone i even tried to use the installer and it says that my phone is not conneced.

mark1250

@hexis

Is this an original generation Pinephone or the Pinephone Pro?

There is no Ubuntu Touch for the Pinephone Pro.

If this is the Original Generation Pinephone, you will need to use Etcher or dd to write the Ubuntu Touch image to the SD card. - You don't elaborate how you "put Ubuntu Touch on a SD card".

There is no MTP mode (which allows you to see the Pinephone as a USB storage device) built into the Pinephone. - There is a utility called Jumpdrive that can provide this ability. Jumpdrive has to be written to an SD card with Etcher or dd.

There is also Tow-Boot, but that is another topic that would not be needed for the Original Generation Pinephone and Ubuntu Touch.

Mark

hexis

@mark1250 so how would i get jumpdrive?

mark1250

@hexis

Here is a link to the PinePhone Software wiki.

hexis

@mark1250 okay so i have jumpdrive but when i plug my phone into my pc the ubports installer still says waiting for device

Bolly

Hello @hexis.

You have not confirmed whether you have the PPP or the PP. Which one do you have?

mark1250

@hexis

I'm still assuming you have the Original generation Pinephone.

The Pinephone is not like the Android phones and does NOT use the installer. Check the info here: https://gitlab.com/ubports/community-ports/pinephone

hexis

@mark1250 okay i have the original pinephone i am saying that i got jumpdrive and when i boot my pinephone it says connect a usb to my pc so i did that and since i want ubuntu touch i installed the ubports installer on my pc but every time i bot my phone and connect it to my pc i open the ubports installer and it doesn't see my phone so i cant install ubuntu touch

cliffcoggin

@hexis In the post above yours mark1250 told you the installer will not work. He also linked to the method you need to use to get Ubuntu Touch on the Pinephone.

Lakotaubp

@hexis Yes forget the installer. IIRC you need jumpdrive on an sd card and download the UT OS from gitlab onto your pc and use jumpdrive to install on the PInePhone. Having done this only once I'm not 100% on the detaials but they are all in the link @mark1250 posted.

hexis

@lakotaubp so i dont need the ubports installer? but if i just get ubuntu touch on a sd card it wont install on my phone it will just ask where i live and a password and username and it just boots from the sd card but i am trying to install ubuntu touch on my main phones storage that is what i need help with.

mark1250

@hexis

That is where Jumpdrive comes in.

Burn the jump drive image to an SD card.
Put it in your Pinephone and boot the phone.
Connect the Pinephone to your computer via USB.
Your computer should now show 2 external drives. - One is the SD card, and the other is the internal eMMC.
Burn the Ubuntu Touch image onto the internal eMMC using Etcher or dd.
Disconnect the PinePhone from your computer.
Power off the Pinephone.
Remove the SD card that has Jumpdrive on it.
Power on your Pinephone
Enjoy Ubuntu Touch.

hexis

@mark1250 oh my god now i get it but you said there should be one but there is one that says root manjaro and boot manjaro witch one do i chose

hexis

@mark1250 nvm thank you you really helped i was freaking out for a minute lol

mark1250

@hexis

Happy to hear you got it installed.

You should change the status of you post from unsolved to solved

Mark

Ian

See

https://forums.ubports.com/topic/6311/how-to-ask-a-question-and-then-mark-it-as-solved

for details.