Noble-based devel images now available on most devices with 20.04 devel image

AppLee

Oh, good to know.
Then it's just missing in the website: https://devices.ubuntu-touch.io/

Or I need some more sleep...

kugiigi

@AppLee Yeah something weird about it. It has focal tag but doesn't show with the focal filter. Also the release channels only list xenial ones.

*Enrico13011978*

One question: do I have to have an Android 9 version when installing the RN9 Pro ( Global )? An Android 9 Plus channel appears on the software channels. Is this Noble 24.04? Thank you for your work on the Miatool devices.

lduboeuf

@peat_psuwit said in Noble-based devel images now available on most devices with 20.04 devel image:

For those that are interested in development of Noble-based Ubuntu Touch, we've now published a new system-image channel devel/arm64/android9plus/daily, available on most devices which has 20.04 devel image [1]. You can switch to it using the following command:
sudo system-image-cli -v --progress=dots --switch=devel/arm64/android9plus/daily
The channel has actually been existed for some time. However, up until today images are available only on a handful of devices due to system-image server configuration limitation. Note that I haven't tested the images on devices other than a handful of devices I have, so please make sure you have a way to recover your phone before trying this.

Note that at the time of posting, the Noble-based images are still missing quite a number of functionalities. At the moment, the following features are either known to be not working, or is not tested but is likely not to be working:

Web browser

Media playback

Camera

Libertine

Sensor

Push notification

Dialer, Messaging UI

Hotspot

If you're interested in helping bringing up these features to Noble-based images, please ping me either here or on Telegram.

Do not install this image on your daily driving phone. Things will be broken. You have been warned.

[1]: more specifically, devices with 64-bit ARM architecture and Halium 9 or newer.

Hi @peat_psuwit , juste gave a try with FP4, installation went fine.
But none of the core apps/ system apps works ( launched and then killed), any special things to do ? What app is supposed to work ?

Moem

@Enrico13011978 said in Noble-based devel images now available on most devices with 20.04 devel image:

One question: do I have to have an Android 9 version when installing the RN9 Pro ( Global )?

This question is probably best asked elsewhere. This topic announces the noble-based devel images, an unrelated support question about installation on a specific device will get lost here.

Lakotaubp

@peat_psuwit Following on from @lduboeuf question is there anything you would like testing on 24.04 or anything in general people could help with yet.

peat_psuwit

@lduboeuf said in Noble-based devel images now available on most devices with 20.04 devel image:

Hi @peat_psuwit , juste gave a try with FP4, installation went fine.
But none of the core apps/ system apps works ( launched and then killed), any special things to do ? What app is supposed to work ?

The core apps seem to launch on some devices but not others. I haven't looked into it closely yet.

@Lakotaubp said in Noble-based devel images now available on most devices with 20.04 devel image:

@peat_psuwit Following on from @lduboeuf question is there anything you would like testing on 24.04 or anything in general people could help with yet.

At the moment, not yet. This announcement is geared towards developers wanting to "get their hands dirty".

MrT10001

@peat_psuwit Testing on two Lenovo TB-X605F. It's interesting. As expected most things don't work:

No screen rotation
No camera
No browser
No sound
Tanks battery

WiFi works as it has downloaded and installed updates.

Unfortunately, not a developer, but something to test.

ghazouani

@Luksus

Ok, never mind, I just executed the command through ADB and it now downloads the files.
My previous error was from the UT terminal directly.

How did you do that? I have the same problem

ghazouani

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*Enrico13011978*

I tested the new 24.04 RC 8 channel on my Redmi Note 9 Pro (from Lineage OS 17.1) today. The dual sim function works, WLAN of the AppStore the software search. No phone handset available. No browser starts. The music app works the file manager. That was also what I tested. So the system also ran very smoothly for a preliminary stage of the new version of Noble! If I had tested with Android, maybe more would have started. Let's see, maybe I'll do another test tomorrow and report back. But I'm not a developer which is a shame otherwise I would have helped. But unfortunately I can hardly speak English and only write via translator annoying.

Luksus

@ghazouani
Enable developer mode in system-settings.
Then connect your device with USB to a PC where ADB is installed.
Open a terminal/cmd and check whether ADB is able to see your device using adb devices.
If that's the case, type adb shell and you should now be in a terminal-session on your device.

ghazouani

@Luksus said in Noble-based devel images now available on most devices with 20.04 devel image:

Enable developer mode in system-settings.
Then connect your device with USB to a PC where ADB is installed.
Open a terminal/cmd and check whether ADB is able to see your device using adb devices.
If that's the case, type adb shell and you should now be in a terminal-session on your device.

thinks wok now

Vlad Nirky

@ghazouani
Is there a place (here?) where I can report malfunctions on my Redmi Note 9 Pro with the latest daily release? I have a second phone where I test different things and can test on demand...

nunesfl

@Luksus
Hello
I have a Xiomi Redimi Note 9 Pro, trying to update to 24.04 in order to test it... it works pretty well on 20.04...
But every attempt I do, the installation stucks in the recovery screen with a message 'Error installing Ubuntu update, exit code: 256', it says to see the log but no log is generated...
Would you have any clue why I may be receiving that error message ?
Thanks,

Vlad Nirky

@nunesfl
Yes, the size on a partition is too small.
You 'll have to add argument to the installer command.:
./ubports-installer_0.10.0_linux_x86_64.AppImage -f ./miatoll.yml
and the miatoll.yml can be downloaded here:
https://github.com/ubports/installer-configs/tree/fd9802a07cf67d489a78331af3426c416c677f23/v2/devices

And check the three boxes during install
And, also, the miatoll.yml have to be located in the same folder as the installer (not sure it's necessary but...)

Vlad Nirky

@nunesfl
Beware that differents things are not working yet so it's not for a daily use phone...

https://t.me/UTForMiatoll

Lakotaubp

@nunesfl Yours is not the only device getting this partition issue as @Vlad-Nirky has mentioned. My advice unless you really know what you are doing is to wait until you hear that a fix has been applied for the issue.
The OP5 also has this issue and has for a few weeks now after initially been able to install 24.04. The fix has been applied for the FairPhone 5 not tried on the FP4 or the Pixel 3a yet.

nunesfl

Thank you @Lakotaubp , I was able to install 24.04 resizing partition! System seems quite usable, waydroid work well, just missing some apps that were working at 20.04 , but I believe it is just because they were not converted yet. Battery drain still an issue....

arubislander

@nunesfl said in Noble-based devel images now available on most devices with 20.04 devel image:

Battery drain still an issue....

Compared to what exactly? Android, 20.04, something else?

And are you running the waydroid container all the time, or are you stopping the container when not in use? Otherwise waydroid is known to cause increased battery usage.