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