Upgrading Pinephone from 20.04 to 24.04

newguy

Hello everyone!

I have a PinePhone (original, not Pro) which is currently running Ubuntu Touch 20.04. I'd like to upgrade the device to run Ubuntu Touch 24.04.

As far as I can tell, 24.04 does not officially support the PinePhone and does not offer an official upgrade path.

With that said, I'm familiar with upgrading Debian and Ubuntu machines manually from one version to the next using APT. Has anyone tried something similar with the PinePhone?

I suspect doing a manual upgrade will work, at least to get the proper upgraded packages in place. However, I'm concerned this method might result in me trying to boot an incompatible kernel.

johndoe

@newguy I think it is very likely, that you break the system that way, because Ubuntu Touch is not meant to be updated with apt.
That said, there is a good chance, the bootloader will keep booting over the old kernel, because the boot process on ARM devices is often not very standardised. There is maybe also the possibilty to manually set the old kernel in the bootloader afterwards, because the old kernel is usually not automatically removed.

Rondarius

@newguy
Why don't install UT on a sdcard and upgrade it using apt? you won't break anything that way.

newguy

@johndoe said in Upgrading Pinephone from 20.04 to 24.04:

@newguy I think it is very likely, that you break the system that way, because Ubuntu Touch is not meant to be updated with apt.

The PinePhone port is, you can't update it using the normal System Settings approach.

Keneda

@newguy said in Upgrading Pinephone from 20.04 to 24.04:

I suspect doing a manual upgrade will work

You suspect right.
From https://devices.ubuntu-touch.io/device/pinephone/ :
https://ubports.com/blog/ubports-news-1/pinephone-and-pinephone-pro-3889

updates are currently done through sudo apt update/upgrade

Pinephone builds also from pinephone device page :
https://ci.ubports.com/job/ubuntu-touch-rootfs/job/ubports%252Ffocal/

Lakotaubp

@newguy To update via the terminal

remount -o remount, rw /
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade

Should work for the latest build - not 24.04. Please remember calls are not working on UT afaik.

newguy

@Lakotaubp I feel like no one has actually read the question.

I already have 20.04 Focal installed on my PinePhone and its packages are up to date for the 20.04 branch. This is not an issue, it's been running for a couple of years and getting security updates for the 20.04 branch.

What I am asking is if it is possible to to an in-place upgrade from 20.04 to 24.04 using the command line APT tools. I want to upgrade from Focal to Noble, but there are not any Noble images built for the PinePhone.

newguy

@Keneda You linked to build images for 20.04, which I said I already have. I'm looking for a way to upgrade my PinePhone to version 24.04.

arubislander

@newguy said in Upgrading Pinephone from 20.04 to 24.04:

I'm looking for a way to upgrade my PinePhone to version 24.04.

There is no such way yet. At least not unless you are prepared to dive in and fix the issues that will surely cause the OS to malfunction after the upgrade.