No support for bq Aquaris E5 FHD

tacetion

I have a bq Aquaris E5 FHD, and i cant find any build, like not even Canonical's one, ive even searched in https://system-image.ubports.com/ im desperate! And its not like i can just go to the website and search it, because bq went out of buisness! So if someone has a link to the zip file with the images and the MTK scatter file, it would help a lot! You can't do much with Android Lollipop.
Just a reminder to anyone helping: I specifically need the FHD (1080p) version, not the HD (720p). The HD files use the MT6582 scatter, while my FHD model needs the MT6592 scatter. Using the wrong one will result in a hang/bootloop in the bq screen, thanks!

kristatos

under system-image.ubports.com there are some images for this device.

arubislander

@kristatos said in No support for bq Aquaris E5 FHD:

under system-image.ubports.com there are some images for this device.

But that is the UBports version of UT. If I remember correctly you need to flash the Canonical version before flashing the UBports version of UT.

tacetion

@arubislander Exactly! That's why I'm looking for the Canonical factory zip. Since BQ's servers are dead, do you (or anyone) have a mirror of the original vegetafhd factory firmware? I need the MT6592 scatter and the raw images to prep the partitions before I move to UBports. Android Lollipop is a dead end!

MrT10001

@tacetion I have rooted through the internet archive and struggle to find much on the E5 FHD.. I would need to look deeper... It must have been one of the inbetween or end of life devices with little investment.

arubislander

@MrT10001 No, it was officially supported by Canonical. Even came with UT pre installed.

But I would be surprised if those images are still floating around anywhere.

I had to go through similar steps to flash my Meizu Pro 5. But at that time the Canonical images were still available.

All of this said though, that generation of devices never made it past Xenial. So @tacetion, I am afraid even if you did get to flash UT on your device, it would be just as much of a dead end now as Lollipop is.

kristatos

Maybe do you mean this ZIP-File