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    Focal and Waydroid news for Lenovo X605

    Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved Lenovo Tab M10 X605F/L
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        Resonus @Luksus
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        @luksus Hi.
        Yes, I did through snap.
        I did get the Tab into edl mode, but connected or otherwise I get the same error.
        Is there a step by step (idiots) guide to installing and using? Sure I've miss-stepped somewhere.
        L.

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          Luksus @Resonus
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          @resonus if you can, try to compile the qdl utility by yourself and use this version.
          That worked for me when I had issues with precompiled qdl packages.
          You can follow this guide:
          https://github.com/96boards/documentation/blob/master/consumer/guides/qdl.md

          Devices: BQ e4.5, Fairphone 2, Fairphone 3, Lenovo X605F, Pinephone, Moto Z2 Force, OnePlus5T

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            Resonus @Luksus
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            @luksus
            Tried a couple of things, got the same error using the compiled qdl utility.
            So I thought I'd try a different machine entirely. I have a spare Pi hanging around, gave it a fresh install and installed qdl and curiously got the exact same error.
            Waiting for EDL device
            *** buffer overflow detected ***: terminated
            Aborted
            At least I'm consistent! 🙂
            L.

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              Luksus @Resonus
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              @resonus I tried to write down my step on flashing the X605 here:
              https://forums.ubports.com/post/71223

              Please lets move the discussion there, if you have further questions regarding qdl.

              Devices: BQ e4.5, Fairphone 2, Fairphone 3, Lenovo X605F, Pinephone, Moto Z2 Force, OnePlus5T

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                muskist @Luksus
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                @luksus
                Thanks for the instructions!
                Is it possible to do this on a 2GB-device? The device can't be booted to recovery if it's a UT-recovery. But is that even necessary?

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                  Luksus @muskist
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                  @muskist No, recovery is not necessary.
                  You can flash boot and system partitions on the 2GB version too.
                  You just won't get ever OTA updates for it.

                  Devices: BQ e4.5, Fairphone 2, Fairphone 3, Lenovo X605F, Pinephone, Moto Z2 Force, OnePlus5T

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                    muskist @Luksus
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                    @luksus
                    Thanks! I'll give it a try.

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                      muskist @Luksus
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                      @luksus
                      Installed it and it booted!

                      How did you install waydroid? The old way:

                      sudo -s
                      mount -o remount,rw /
                      apt update
                      apt install waydroid -y
                      waydroid init
                      

                      ?

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                        Luksus @muskist
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                        @muskist no, waydroid is already installed.

                        just do sudo waydroid init or use the waydroid helper app.

                        Devices: BQ e4.5, Fairphone 2, Fairphone 3, Lenovo X605F, Pinephone, Moto Z2 Force, OnePlus5T

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                          muskist @Luksus
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                          @luksus
                          Thx!

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                            muskist @Luksus
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                            @luksus
                            Sadly I get command not found when doing sudo waydroid init

                            Sure Waydroid is installed? Or is it not in $PATH?

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                              Luksus @muskist
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                              @muskist thats strange, are you sure you downloaded and installed the Focal build and not Xenial?
                              I am sure, that waydroid should be installed as default and accessible from the terminal.

                              Devices: BQ e4.5, Fairphone 2, Fairphone 3, Lenovo X605F, Pinephone, Moto Z2 Force, OnePlus5T

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                                muskist @Luksus
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                                @luksus said in Focal and Waydroid news for Lenovo X605:

                                @muskist thats strange, are you sure you downloaded and installed the Focal build and not Xenial?

                                Good question! I was able to install TELEports for 20.04 (v1.17.1) so I thought it's 20.04.

                                But UT Tweak Tool told me it's 16.04.7 LTS. And Waydroid didn't show up.

                                So I downloaded the artifacts.zip again from the link you gave above. I chose the latest one saying "passed" and "devel-flashable: archive". Maybe that's the wrong one?

                                EDIT: Just saw it: "devel-flashable:archive" != "devel-flashable-focal:archive" - sorry for the fuss! I'll try again.

                                Still wondering about TELEports v1.17.1 ...

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                                  Luksus @muskist
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                                  @muskist yes, the latest build is marked as canceled, but I just canceled the xenial build, you can still download the flashable-focal zip.

                                  I know it is a little bit confusing.

                                  Devices: BQ e4.5, Fairphone 2, Fairphone 3, Lenovo X605F, Pinephone, Moto Z2 Force, OnePlus5T

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                                    muskist @Luksus
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                                    @luksus
                                    Unfortunately it doesn't work.

                                    After flashing boot.img and ubuntu.img and doing fastboot reboot
                                    the device gets stuck in a loop:

                                    • starting with vibration
                                    • showing the "Lenovo" screen for about 40 seconds
                                    • screen goes dark
                                    • starting with vibration
                                    • showing the "Lenovo" screen for about 40 seconds
                                    • ...

                                    I suppose you did it on a 3GB/32GB device?
                                    Maybe it's the known unsuitability of the 2GB/16GB device.

                                    I will stop trying unless you have another tip. But please don't waste your time on this! You're doing great work on the 3GB/32GB device (and I have one of those, too 🙂 )!

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                                      muskist @muskist
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                                      @muskist said in Focal and Waydroid news for Lenovo X605:

                                      @luksus
                                      Unfortunately it doesn't work.
                                      [...]

                                      Success!
                                      I flashed boot.img from artifacts.zip for 16.04 and ubuntu.img for 20.04. Device booted, starting 20.04 afterwards.
                                      "Ein blindes Huhn findet auch mal ein Korn" - German saying, meaning "A blind hen also finds a grain of corn once in a while" (according to deepl.com).

                                      Made my weekend.

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                                        Luksus @muskist
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                                        @muskist said in Focal and Waydroid news for Lenovo X605:

                                        I flashed boot.img from artifacts.zip for 16.04 and ubuntu.img for 20.04. Device booted, starting 20.04 afterwards.

                                        Interesting, since boot.img should be be the same for both...

                                        @muskist said in Focal and Waydroid news for Lenovo X605:

                                        "Ein blindes Huhn findet auch mal ein Korn"

                                        Der war mir neu 😉

                                        Devices: BQ e4.5, Fairphone 2, Fairphone 3, Lenovo X605F, Pinephone, Moto Z2 Force, OnePlus5T

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                                          muskist @Luksus
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                                          @Luksus said in Focal and Waydroid news for Lenovo X605:

                                          there are first working focal-builds for the X605.
                                          Who want's to try it, needs to download the devel-flashable-focal:archive of the latest focal branch build, from this site:
                                          https://gitlab.com/ubports/porting/community-ports/android9/lenovo-tab-m10-fhd/lenovo-x605/-/pipelines

                                          Is it possible to try and flash the latest devel-flashable-focal:archive, e.g. #860314125 from "three months ago"?

                                          Does it even make sense? You are constantly improving, I suppose. 🙂

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                                            Luksus @muskist
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                                            @muskist I just started a new build, so that you can try the latest devel focal build.

                                            But I am currently not working on it, because I need the tablet in a usable state (with android).
                                            So the only missing feature (I know of) is still the camera.

                                            Devices: BQ e4.5, Fairphone 2, Fairphone 3, Lenovo X605F, Pinephone, Moto Z2 Force, OnePlus5T

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                                              muskist @Luksus
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                                              @Luksus Thanks, got it installed (after the usual boot problems). Everything seems to work fine (except camera).

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