Installing on Nexus 5

Andrisk · 11 Jan 2018, 22:24

Thank you so much. I am happily writing this message,from Ubuntu touch. The process was fast and automatic from that point. Everything seems to work. I had only one problem with browser the at first it was not accepting ssl certificates. Then I found out that time was not synchronized from wifi maybe it is synchronized only from operator by default. But I first booted without sim card. Because of wrong time browser considered certificate dates as invalid so the problem was easily fixed.

Thanks again for great support.
Andrej

Andrisk · 11 Jan 2018, 22:30

By the way can I and should I OEM lock the phone now?

tupp · 12 Jan 2018, 19:24

@andirs26

I don't think that one can "re-lock" their phone to a particular carrier. Furthermore, there probably is no need to do so, as carriers generally use a phone's IMEI or ESN number to accept or reject a phone. From what I can tell, carriers don't to discern whether a phone is locked or unlocked.

Enjoy your Ubuntu Touch phone!

UniSuperBox · 13 Jan 2018, 18:22

Also, if you do oem lock at this point, the device will be wiped. All Ubuntu Touch data, including the OS itself, is in the /data partition. This is not the case for devices that shipped with Ubuntu Touch from BQ and Meizu.

Andrisk · 14 Jan 2018, 00:33

@unisuperbox
Thank you for that information. I am happy that I did not try it before I saw your post. By the way does it mean that android binaries are still there on another partition? I just wonder if it booted to android if I locked it.

UniSuperBox · 14 Jan 2018, 02:41

@andirs26 It wouldn't boot to Android because our boot.img that got flashed to your phone does some very specific things while booting Ubuntu Touch. However, it's likely that an Android system is still on /system if you haven't wiped it.

Andrisk · 14 Jan 2018, 10:35

Then it is probably there - I only used ubports-flasher in the end. Maybe I am getting a little off topic here - but why are there so many mmcblk0p partitions from mmcblk0p1 to mmcblk0p29? Most of them are pretty small (used lsblk in terminal to get the list)..Also there seems to be separate 4M disk called mmcblk0rpmb--

beegee · 16 Jan 2018, 10:37

Hello, I am trying to do exactly the same thing: installing Ubuntu Touch on a Nexus 5 32GB. But I think the Installer really got stuck. It says "Installing. Installing Ubuntu Touch on your device", and further down: "Waiting for device to enter recovery mode... Flashing recovery and boot images". On the phone I see the recovery screen (with the options mentioned by Andirs26). I did nothing but now I have been waiting for over 30 minutes and nothing has happened so far...
What could I do?

Andrisk · 16 Jan 2018, 12:41

@beegee Hi not sure if you install from windows or Linux but you should probably give admen rights to the tools you use purports-installer or fastboot). Remember to oem unlock the phone - see what tupp posted to thins thread. If the phone is unlocked you should see lock pictured under Google logo at boot. If the above is solved then IIRC you should get the phone to fast boot screen and run ubports-installer with admen rights. Choose the correct device if it is not auto selected

Andrisk · 16 Jan 2018, 12:43

@beegee...and click to start the process. The installer should start the recovery mode and do everything automatically.

beegee · 16 Jan 2018, 13:49

Thank you for your answer!! Meanwhile I tried another way (the magic device tool) and it worked just fine. Still don't know why the installer didn't work though..
But thank you anyway!

Andrisk · 19 Jan 2018, 01:26

@beegee
No problem, glad that it worked for you also in the end. By the way ubports community recently uploaded video on its official youtube channel where can be seen how it is supposed to be done:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuLFTGkuD68