Successful UBPorts Install on Lenovo M10 TB-X306F

KJU

Hello,

This is meant to collect the steps I took, which worked, and which I distilled from various documents and sites, and much reading of this forum, in hopes it might help clear someone else’s mind a bit… (and maybe mine, later.)

adb & fastboot were run on Macbook Air in MacOS14 using platform-tools-latest-darwin.zip
Tablet has 4GB RAM & 64GB Storage
Android TB-X306F_S230940_240402_BMP

There were almost no obstacles…

Enabling Developer Mode
In Android Settings:

.. System.. About.. quick taps on Build Number - OK
In System.. {Developer Options}:
Enabled OEM Unlocking - OK 1st try
(After reboot, 2nd try, option was greyed-out OFF… message appeared: “connect to WiFi or contact operator” - once connected to WiFi, 3rd try - OK)
Enabled USB debugging - OK
I also changed default USB mode to “File Transfer”
(probably superfluous)

The Hurdle
VolumeUp+Power did not boot device from OFF state to Fastboot Mode. Not my one, maybe others.

Unlocking Bootloader
On Macbook Air:

I unzipped platform tools zip file in a Desktop folder ‘tools’
Lenovo tablet ON and in Android
Connected USB-C to USB-C & authorised debugging on Lenovo’s screen
In MacOS Terminal, as typed:
cd ~/tools/
./adb devices - OK
./adb reboot bootloader - OK
./fastboot flashing unlock_critical - OK
./fastboot reboot - OK - booted to Android
./adb devices - OK

Installation with UBPorts Installer 0.11.2

Lenovo device was recognised
I selected 'Ubuntu Touch'
Then 24.04… Stable
Also 'Erase User Data'
The installation jogged along until the tablet rebooted into Ubuntu Touch. I was not tempted to touch the tablet or the Mac. No.
No, not a bit. Anyways, don’t.
Ubuntu Touch booted its beautiful self!
An App Update was available, so I accepted that.
There was a request to allow the Mac to access an external storage (the tablet, must be) so I allowed that.
Ubuntu Touch home screen and gesture prompts.
Done.

I reported PASS for a successful result.
Now I’ll get started making it my own.

Regards,
KJU

[My first attempt with this device, after one former success with a Pixel 3a xl (bonito) and too much sad failure with a Nexus 7 (2013) (flo, or flox? with messed-up partitions…)]

KJU

Hello,

After installing Ubuntu Touch on this tablet, I've been trying a few apps and a bunch of routine operations, & I have had a mystifying foray into Libertine...

I'm impressed with the Lenovo M10, and with UBTouch!
I'll post a summary of what I find works / doesn't later, in hopes it might help someone else who chooses this device.

For a start:

ReStart does a ShutDown instead.
My MS Wedge Bluetooth keyboard works well.
Onscreen keyboard is also great; better in portrait mode.
Access to an inserted SDCard is okay (still a bit confused with it...)
Battery life seems really good.

Along with the experimenting I'm doing, I wanted to convince myself that I could reverse the clock, back to a UBTouch 'Fresh Install' state.

I first tried 'Reset Launcher' and it seemed to do nothing - Apps I'd installed were still there. I may have missed some effect, but all looked unchanged to me.

Then I chose 'Erase & Reset All' and found a 'Fresh Install' as I'd hoped. The message 'Installing Update' simply replaced the OS with the same (24.04-1.2) version.

I haven't tried re-installing with the UBPorts Installer. I'd guess (should never guess) it would have the same result, but I don't need it for this purpose - erasing the effects of my experiments / mistakes.

Hopefully I can avoid any return to Android. I've no Windows computer, and no desire. There's a lot to do in here!

Cheers,
KJU