<![CDATA[Notch Hack won't install]]>In order to fix the panel notch I followed instructions on https://github.com/JamiKettunen/lomiri-notch-hax

When running apply-notch-hax.sh Iget a (german) message saying (translated):

  • sandbox user is missing
  • no spce left on device
  • ...

Any ideas?

TIA!

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/topic/12180/notch-hack-won-t-installRSS for NodeWed, 10 Jun 2026 21:09:36 GMTTue, 14 Apr 2026 16:21:59 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Notch Hack won't install on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 11:43:59 GMT]]>Apparently @kugiigi was right in his assumption that the notch hack filled up / .

Reflashing freed 52 MB in / .

That turned out to be sufficient to install Kugi's Ambot Installer which is a great tool!

Everything's fine and I'm happy with the result.

Thanks to everyone!

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/95004https://forums.ubports.com/post/95004Thu, 16 Apr 2026 11:43:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Notch Hack won't install on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 08:10:48 GMT]]>

@Keneda said:

@RandomUser said:

Note that you'll lose all your data.

Did you try first to reinstall without erasing user data, like installer allows to do ?

Yes, but that wasn't enough. It needed a reformat.

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/94997https://forums.ubports.com/post/94997Thu, 16 Apr 2026 08:10:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Notch Hack won't install on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 06:58:16 GMT]]>@muskist Have you done a reflash with bootstrap and wipe userdata? I'm not sure, but afaik with this option your device will be reformatted and there should be enough space for this action after it. But be careful, ALL data on your device will be lost with this reflash, so be sure to have a backup of the data you wan't to keep.

As an other option you could try to free a bit of space, maybe it's enough to complete the notch hax. Try these commands:

sudo mount -o remount,rw /
sudo apt clean
sudo apt autopurge
sudo mount -o remount,ro /

After that check your space again with "df -h"

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/94996https://forums.ubports.com/post/94996Thu, 16 Apr 2026 06:58:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Notch Hack won't install on Wed, 15 Apr 2026 20:11:40 GMT]]>@kristatos

I have a FP5 and the rootfs is 3.1 G

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/94991https://forums.ubports.com/post/94991Wed, 15 Apr 2026 20:11:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Notch Hack won't install on Wed, 15 Apr 2026 18:34:31 GMT]]>Maybe another FP4-user can check on his device if the root-filesystem is really only 2.9G. It seems to me very small and on my Volla22 it's more than the double of it.

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/94990https://forums.ubports.com/post/94990Wed, 15 Apr 2026 18:34:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Notch Hack won't install on Wed, 15 Apr 2026 18:05:01 GMT]]>@kugiigi
Thanks for your reply!

After refleshing I have gained 52 MB on /

phablet@ubuntu-phablet:~$ df -h
Filesystem                          Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
tmpfs                               749M  4,3M  745M   1% /run
/dev/sda11                          218G  2,1G  214G   1% /userdata
/dev/mapper/system_a                2,9G  2,8G   52M  99% /
/dev/loop0                          450M  450M     0 100% /android
tmpfs                               3,7G  4,0K  3,7G   1% /etc/fstab
tmpfs                               3,7G  8,0K  3,7G   1% /dev/shm
tmpfs                               5,0M     0  5,0M   0% /run/lock
tmpfs                               3,7G     0  3,7G   0% /media
tmpfs                               3,7G   28K  3,7G   1% /tmp
tmpfs                               3,7G     0  3,7G   0% /var/lib/sudo
/dev/mapper/vendor_a                648M  646M     0 100% /android/vendor
/dev/mapper/odm_a                   900K  896K     0 100% /android/odm
/dev/sda7                            12M  144K   11M   2% /android/metadata
android_mnt                         3,7G     0  3,7G   0% /mnt
/dev/sda3                            27M  1,5M   25M   6% /mnt/vendor/persist
/dev/sda8                           178M   36K  172M   1% /mnt/vendor/oempersist
/dev/sde6                           195M  143M   53M  74% /android/vendor/firmware_mnt
/dev/sde11                           59M   16M   43M  27% /android/vendor/dsp
/dev/sde7                            64M  896K   64M   2% /android/vendor/bt_firmware
android_apex                        3,7G     0  3,7G   0% /android/apex
halium-overlay-etc                  2,9G  2,8G   52M  99% /android/system/etc
halium-overlay-ofono                2,9G  2,8G   52M  99% /etc/ofono
halium-overlay-conf.d               2,9G  2,8G   52M  99% /usr/lib/NetworkManager/conf.d
halium-overlay-system               2,9G  2,8G   52M  99% /usr/lib/systemd/system
workaround-session-migration-mtime  3,7G   28K  3,7G   1% /usr/share/session-migration/scripts
tmpfs                               749M  168K  749M   1% /run/user/32011

Would you consider that enough to install Ambot Installer or the notch hack?

TIA!

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/94989https://forums.ubports.com/post/94989Wed, 15 Apr 2026 18:05:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Notch Hack won't install on Wed, 15 Apr 2026 17:46:11 GMT]]>

@RandomUser said:

Note that you'll lose all your data.

Did you try first to reinstall without erasing user data, like installer allows to do ?

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/94988https://forums.ubports.com/post/94988Wed, 15 Apr 2026 17:46:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Notch Hack won't install on Wed, 15 Apr 2026 17:38:04 GMT]]>@muskist I had the same problem. I suspect an incomplete install procedure when upgrading from 16.04 to 20.04 because of a boot problem with thr OP6T.

I had to reinstall completely so it reformatted. Note that you'll lose all your data.

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/94987https://forums.ubports.com/post/94987Wed, 15 Apr 2026 17:38:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Notch Hack won't install on Wed, 15 Apr 2026 16:49:07 GMT]]>@muskist Try reflashing. Ambot Installer also needs enough space for the packages to installer successfully. I think the notch hack filled up your root when it used apt.

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/94986https://forums.ubports.com/post/94986Wed, 15 Apr 2026 16:49:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Notch Hack won't install on Wed, 15 Apr 2026 15:11:16 GMT]]>@muskist No, there is no space left, your root-filesystem ("/") is 100% in use, and that's why apt update and/or apt install fails. But I don't know why your root-fs is so small, on my Volla22 it's 7,1G and 2,9G are used, so there is enough space for thing like that.
AFAIK the porter of your device has to declare the size of the filesystems.

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/94984https://forums.ubports.com/post/94984Wed, 15 Apr 2026 15:11:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Notch Hack won't install on Wed, 15 Apr 2026 14:27:58 GMT]]>@alex25
@stanwood

Sadly Kugi's Ambot Installer doesn't work either - see my above post.

@kristatos

phablet@ubuntu-phablet:~$ df -h
Filesystem                          Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
tmpfs                               749M  4,3M  745M   1% /run
/dev/sda11                          218G  2,1G  214G   1% /userdata
/dev/mapper/system_a                2,9G  2,9G     0 100% /
/dev/loop0                          450M  450M     0 100% /android
tmpfs                               3,7G  4,0K  3,7G   1% /etc/fstab
tmpfs                               3,7G  8,0K  3,7G   1% /dev/shm
tmpfs                               5,0M     0  5,0M   0% /run/lock
tmpfs                               3,7G     0  3,7G   0% /media
tmpfs                               3,7G   32K  3,7G   1% /tmp
tmpfs                               3,7G     0  3,7G   0% /var/lib/sudo
/dev/mapper/vendor_a                648M  646M     0 100% /android/vendor
/dev/mapper/odm_a                   900K  896K     0 100% /android/odm
/dev/sda7                            12M  144K   11M   2% /android/metadata
android_mnt                         3,7G     0  3,7G   0% /mnt
/dev/sda3                            27M  1,5M   25M   6% /mnt/vendor/persist
/dev/sda8                           178M   36K  172M   1% /mnt/vendor/oempersist
/dev/sde6                           195M  143M   53M  74% /android/vendor/firmware_mnt
/dev/sde11                           59M   16M   43M  27% /android/vendor/dsp
/dev/sde7                            64M  896K   64M   2% /android/vendor/bt_firmware
android_apex                        3,7G     0  3,7G   0% /android/apex
halium-overlay-etc                  2,9G  2,9G     0 100% /android/system/etc
halium-overlay-ofono                2,9G  2,9G     0 100% /etc/ofono
halium-overlay-conf.d               2,9G  2,9G     0 100% /usr/lib/NetworkManager/conf.d
halium-overlay-system               2,9G  2,9G     0 100% /usr/lib/systemd/system
workaround-session-migration-mtime  3,7G   32K  3,7G   1% /usr/share/session-migration/scripts
tmpfs                               749M  172K  749M   1% /run/user/32011
tmpfs                               3,7G     0  3,7G   0% /var/cache/apt/archives
tmpfs                               3,7G  285M  3,4G   8% /var/lib/apt/lists

Lots of space left - or am I missing something?

I added messages to apply-notch-hax.sh in order to see how far it runs. The last message is given before the script tries to run
sudo apt update. Therefore I think apt is the problem.

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/94983https://forums.ubports.com/post/94983Wed, 15 Apr 2026 14:27:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Notch Hack won't install on Wed, 15 Apr 2026 12:40:03 GMT]]>@stanwood This did the trick. Thanks. Probably will help OP as well.

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/94982https://forums.ubports.com/post/94982Wed, 15 Apr 2026 12:40:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Notch Hack won't install on Wed, 15 Apr 2026 10:27:44 GMT]]>@Alex25 For aligning the menu bar with the corners and notches, there’s an app that works quite well:

https://open-store.io/app/jerk-click.kugiigi

It works perfectly on my Redmi Note 9S.

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/94981https://forums.ubports.com/post/94981Wed, 15 Apr 2026 10:27:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Notch Hack won't install on Wed, 15 Apr 2026 08:32:21 GMT]]>@muskist

I have the same result!

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/94977https://forums.ubports.com/post/94977Wed, 15 Apr 2026 08:32:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Notch Hack won't install on Wed, 15 Apr 2026 06:46:50 GMT]]>@muskist So the script is running fine and has already downloaded the missing packages. After that, it fails because of missing free space on your device. What does "df -h" show about your space?

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/94976https://forums.ubports.com/post/94976Wed, 15 Apr 2026 06:46:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Notch Hack won't install on Tue, 14 Apr 2026 21:41:58 GMT]]>@kristatos
Thanks for your reply!

Ambot Installer won't work either - ("Lomiri Plus Essentials cannot be installed...")

The script stops when run as root and demands to be run as phablet.

photo_2026-04-14_23-36-35.jpg

I'm running 24.04-1.2 stable.

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/94971https://forums.ubports.com/post/94971Tue, 14 Apr 2026 21:41:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Notch Hack won't install on Tue, 14 Apr 2026 18:27:37 GMT]]>@muskist It would be helpful to see the original messages, e.g. with a screenshot. Was there a question about the root-password?
Alternatively you can use the Lomiri Plus Essentials from the Ambot Installer from the Openstore. With that app you also have support for notches/rounded corners ans so on.

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/94968https://forums.ubports.com/post/94968Tue, 14 Apr 2026 18:27:37 GMT