OTA-25 Call for Testing Companion Post

Ællen

Same here: since the RC updates on Mar 16, then Mar 23 and Mar 26 my bq aquaris m10 hd Ubuntu Edition won't boot properly. It starts booting then seems to stop after the initial splash screen, sometimes after the next splash. Then I have to shut it down and restart. Usually the second time around it will boot properly.
I'm considering switching to stable to see if that fixes the problem. I'll post here if it worked.

Keneda

Same kind of issue for MX4.
After automatic reboot for updating on recovery screen, phote rebooted and stayed on white splash "Meizu Powered by Ubuntu" screen.
Forced power off and then powered back on, OS seems working normal.

Ællen

@Ællen Switching to stable solved the problem for a day and then it came back. Still/again need 2 attempts to boot the bq cooler.

Keneda

@Ællen said in OTA-25 Call for Testing Companion Post:

need 2 attempts to boot the bq cooler

Same on MX4, cold boot results in stuck on the white bootlogo, forcing shut down and booting a second time works. No problem when rebooting from OS.

Edit : N5 also seems to be affected in a different way.
Sometime after a cold boot i get : bootlogo ("Nexus 5 powered by Ubuntu Touch....") then dark screen for 10 seconds, then bootlogo again, then dark screen, then Ubuntu Touch boots.
Other times i get bootlogo, dark screen, UT boots.

lduboeuf

@Ællen said in OTA-25 Call for Testing Companion Post:

@Ællen Switching to stable solved the problem for a day and then it came back. Still/again need 2 attempts to boot the bq cooler.

Confirmed on the BQ4.5, cold start get stuck ( but not always )

domubpkm

Confirmed for my BQ 4.5 too : got stuck on the BQ screen then forced restart and it was ok. Two new normal starts to confirm, although the OS seems a little slow to install, but I can't remember if it's normal because I took my (beautiful) BQ 4.5 out of the closet

stanwood

@Keneda I confirm some random bootloops on Nexus 5 during boot (1/2 to 1/3), for about 2 loops, and than Ubuntu Touch finally starts...

OTA-25 Stable

Keneda

@stanwood
About your signature i'd like to say : if universe was a computer, it would be operated by GNU/Linux

cliffcoggin

@Keneda said in OTA-25 Call for Testing Companion Post:

Edit : N5 also seems to be affected in a different way.
Sometime after a cold boot i get : bootlogo ("Nexus 5 powered by Ubuntu Touch....") then dark screen for 10 seconds, then bootlogo again, then dark screen, then Ubuntu Touch boots.
Other times i get bootlogo, dark screen, UT boots.

I resurrected my Nexus 5 to test this point. After updating to OTA-25 Stable, which went without a hitch, I performed three restarts and all of them worked just fine.

Keneda

@cliffcoggin
~~Yes restart works fine.~~
It's cold boot that has problem for me and @stanwood

Edit : ok i assumed restart works fine because i had not noticed problem here, but just tested and i got one bootloop and then a normal boot.

A Former User

@stanwood hello, with the BQ M10FHD the same behavior. ( OTA-25 Stable ) Greetings

domubpkm

I just retested my BQ E5 HD which had been turned off since yesterday: so, BQ screen, then freezes on black screen. Force restart and this time it's ok.
...I strongly believe that an OTA-26 is needed!!

Keneda

@domubpkm
Strange this issue did not come out during RC...

lduboeuf

@Keneda said in OTA-25 Call for Testing Companion Post:

@domubpkm
Strange this issue did not come out during RC...

Yes confirmed, when i've updated RC, there where no issues.
idk if any coincidence but there were issues on infrastructure during this time

carrabelloy

@Flohack said in OTA-25 Call for Testing Companion Post:

Hello everyone!

The expected release date for Ubuntu Touch OTA-25 is Friday, March 24th 2023. Note that this is the last release of an OTA for xenial!

This forum post is a companion to the OTA-25 Call For Testing

Please post any general observations you have while testing the current image in the RC channel, as compared to OTA-24, in this thread. The current release candidate (RC) is 2023-W11.

If you have any comments on any of the specific issues in the OTA-25 tracker, please post them in the issue thread so they are easier to track. OTA-25 tracker: https://ubports.atlassian.net/browse/YUMI-6

Please note that only critical and security fixes will be able to enter OTA-25 as this point, normal bug fixes and new features will need to wait for our next release. Please do not discuss normal bug fixes and new features here.

Ællen

@lduboeuf Guess what, I just tried to boot the Cooler and now it's not only stuck in a bootloop, I can't even break the loop with power + volume- which means I can't even shut it down anymore. As a result, I can neither switch to developer mode to flash it with an older build nor can I select the bootloader from the menu because power + volume+ doesn't work.

@Flohack do you have any ideas how to get the tablet to shut down? Currently, I could only hope for the battery to give out. Unfortunately, I can't seem to register a bug, because my atlassian account has no access to ubport's issue tracker.
Maybe BQ devices should be announced as not supported by OTA-25 until the issue is fixed.

Bolly

@Ællen said in OTA-25 Call for Testing Companion Post:

@lduboeuf Guess what, I just tried to boot the Cooler and now it's not only stuck in a bootloop, I can't even break the loop with power + volume- which means I can't even shut it down anymore. As a result, I can neither switch to developer mode to flash it with an older build nor can I select the bootloader from the menu because power + volume+ doesn't work.
@Flohack do you have any ideas how to get the tablet to shut down? Currently, I could only hope for the battery to give out. Unfortunately, I can't seem to register a bug, because my atlassian account has no access to ubport's issue tracker.
Maybe BQ devices should be announced as not supported by OTA-25 until the issue is fixed.

Hold the on/off button for a long time, eventually it turns off.

Ællen

@Bolly I wish. See here.

lduboeuf

Please see https://forums.ubports.com/topic/8858/ota-25-hotfix/10
A new RC has roll out that should fix the boot issue. Also for device that have fingerprint, please check if no regression.