Running into a problem installing Ubuntu Touch 20.04 on my OnePlus 5T phone
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So I have my device currently set in fastboot mode with the "Start", "Restart Bootloader", "Recovery Mode", "Power Off" menu options and Secure Boot is "yes" with Device State "Unlocked". But when I run UBports Installer 0.10.0 on my Windows 11 box with the ADB drivers installed, I get stuck on "Flashing firmware...", "Flashing firmware partitions using fastboot" where nothing happens and the actual install does not move forward. I previously wiped UT 16.04 on my phone using UBports Recovery. But regardless, I'm not able to get v20.04 installed on my OP5T and I'm not sure what to do.
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@dave_f1 Things to try:
- another cable
- a different USB port
- Clear the cache on the UT installer.
- Go back to stock Android and try again (more of a last resort).
- Install TWRP recovery and erase data, cache, Dalvik/Cache and system then run the UT installer again.
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@MrT10001 For some reason, and this is the most bizarre thing I've ever seen, once I rebooted my fastboot menu using 'adb restart fastboot', a list of new drivers came up and I didn't have the Fastboot driver installed on my Windows machine. I followed these instructions (https://beebom.com/fastboot-not-detecting-device-windows-10/), confirmed fastboot device came up with my actual device, reran UbPorts Installer, and now everything works fine. Completely bizarre.
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@dave_f1 That's good. I install Android Studio which gives me the latest ADB and fastboot drivers which has resolved many issues, especially like the one you have experienced. I assumed you would have ADB and fastboot drivers installed to get the UT installer working. Your Windows install may have been doing something in the background which stopped the communication between the device and PC.
