<![CDATA[Meizu Pro 5 16.04 STABLE BACKUP for restoring with TWRP.]]>For anyone with Meizu Pro 5 who might have a trouble to install a new 16.04 OTA-4 on Pro 5, I created a full clean install of 16.04/stable to by restored with TWRP.
Here is the link.

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/topic/1610/meizu-pro-5-16-04-stable-backup-for-restoring-with-twrpRSS for NodeTue, 09 Jun 2026 09:25:32 GMTMon, 27 Aug 2018 09:32:09 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Meizu Pro 5 16.04 STABLE BACKUP for restoring with TWRP. on Wed, 06 May 2026 10:29:25 GMT]]>@Stefano Hello! I've had my phone for a few years now, but it's been sitting in the drawer for a while. I couldn't put the Ubuntu system back on from the Flyme system. But now I finally did it and thanks to you I now have the "latest system" on it 😄 I'm happy now! Thank you very much! It's true that it won't be for everyday use anymore (I'm using a 6-year-old Huawei Mate 40 Pro Plus on it), but I'm glad that I managed to put Ubuntu on the Meizu 🙂

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/95449https://forums.ubports.com/post/95449Wed, 06 May 2026 10:29:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Meizu Pro 5 16.04 STABLE BACKUP for restoring with TWRP. on Fri, 31 Aug 2018 17:42:30 GMT]]>@halucigenia I have tried the headphones, works normal, just like on 15.04

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/12045https://forums.ubports.com/post/12045Fri, 31 Aug 2018 17:42:30 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Meizu Pro 5 16.04 STABLE BACKUP for restoring with TWRP. on Fri, 31 Aug 2018 11:39:45 GMT]]>@halucigenia You're kidding me, right? How unfortunate. I never have an issue with it.

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/12021https://forums.ubports.com/post/12021Fri, 31 Aug 2018 11:39:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Meizu Pro 5 16.04 STABLE BACKUP for restoring with TWRP. on Fri, 31 Aug 2018 11:09:08 GMT]]>@halucigenia I put the phone back to flyme version 5.6.1.19 (the one from [TUTORIAL] Unlock the bootloader of Meizu PRO 5 and the headphone issue is still there. I replaced the headphone jack too and that did not help It seems that I bought another Pro 5 with headphone issues.

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/12019https://forums.ubports.com/post/12019Fri, 31 Aug 2018 11:09:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Meizu Pro 5 16.04 STABLE BACKUP for restoring with TWRP. on Fri, 31 Aug 2018 08:24:49 GMT]]>@halucigenia No idea mate, haven't tried yet.

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/12011https://forums.ubports.com/post/12011Fri, 31 Aug 2018 08:24:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Meizu Pro 5 16.04 STABLE BACKUP for restoring with TWRP. on Fri, 31 Aug 2018 07:15:34 GMT]]>Aarrrgh... On the Pro 5 just installed with 16.04 there is no audio from the headphones. I did not check this before upgrading from flyme but just to check - this is not a known issue is it?

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/12002https://forums.ubports.com/post/12002Fri, 31 Aug 2018 07:15:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Meizu Pro 5 16.04 STABLE BACKUP for restoring with TWRP. on Thu, 30 Aug 2018 18:56:33 GMT]]>@halucigenia yes, new stuff, pre-OTA-5 updates, but at the moment I would only go for rc, if you need the phone as a daily driver.

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/11994https://forums.ubports.com/post/11994Thu, 30 Aug 2018 18:56:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Meizu Pro 5 16.04 STABLE BACKUP for restoring with TWRP. on Thu, 30 Aug 2018 17:25:11 GMT]]>@stefano That was really straightforward, the phone that was delivered was an unlocked flyme international version and I could immediately get into fastboot and flash TWRP. The restore of the backup went smoothly. The flash of the recovery-turbo.img finished this off. once in UBports Ubuntu Touch it asked for an update so I selected update rebooted and now I am on 16.04 (2018-W34/3)
Is there any advantage in changing the channel from stable?

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/11991https://forums.ubports.com/post/11991Thu, 30 Aug 2018 17:25:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Meizu Pro 5 16.04 STABLE BACKUP for restoring with TWRP. on Thu, 06 Sep 2018 10:23:27 GMT]]>@stefano said in Meizu Pro 5 16.04 STABLE BACKUP for restoring with TWRP.:

But which way did you change it?

I tried with the installer, I tried via the settings, I tried via ubuntu-device-flash and I tried via the cli on the device itself. They all gave me different errors that amounted to the same thing: insufficient space to download the images in the /cache partition.

BTW, I took most of the guessing work out of finding the right sector size for the partitions by realizing that the partitions have to start on sectors with numbers divisible by 256 64.

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/11962https://forums.ubports.com/post/11962Thu, 06 Sep 2018 10:23:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Meizu Pro 5 16.04 STABLE BACKUP for restoring with TWRP. on Wed, 29 Aug 2018 15:26:00 GMT]]>@arubislander yeah, thought so. But which way did you change it? have you tried with cli ???
with this command from your phone Terminal you can switch as well.

sudo system-image-cli -vvvv --switch 16.04/stable

Or rc/devel, whatever channel you want to use...

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/11950https://forums.ubports.com/post/11950Wed, 29 Aug 2018 15:26:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Meizu Pro 5 16.04 STABLE BACKUP for restoring with TWRP. on Wed, 29 Aug 2018 15:21:40 GMT]]>@stefano Thanks for the image. I used that to bring my Pro 5 up to 16.04.
I turned out still needing to increase the size of the cache partition afterwards, because otherwise switching channels would consistantly fail.

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/11949https://forums.ubports.com/post/11949Wed, 29 Aug 2018 15:21:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Meizu Pro 5 16.04 STABLE BACKUP for restoring with TWRP. on Wed, 29 Aug 2018 13:35:37 GMT]]>@halucigenia let me know the outcome.

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/11934https://forums.ubports.com/post/11934Wed, 29 Aug 2018 13:35:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Meizu Pro 5 16.04 STABLE BACKUP for restoring with TWRP. on Wed, 29 Aug 2018 13:35:11 GMT]]>@stefano Thanks, I will try this tonight.

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/11933https://forums.ubports.com/post/11933Wed, 29 Aug 2018 13:35:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Meizu Pro 5 16.04 STABLE BACKUP for restoring with TWRP. on Wed, 29 Aug 2018 13:34:22 GMT]]>@halucigenia Probably not, just try to restore it.

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/11931https://forums.ubports.com/post/11931Wed, 29 Aug 2018 13:34:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Meizu Pro 5 16.04 STABLE BACKUP for restoring with TWRP. on Wed, 29 Aug 2018 13:33:18 GMT]]>Wow, thanks for this Stefano. I have just obtained another Pro5 and want to install 16.04.
Would I still need to go through the procedure to re-partition as per you post here - You need to decrease the size of partition 42 ( sda 42 )(custom) before using this backup?

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/11930https://forums.ubports.com/post/11930Wed, 29 Aug 2018 13:33:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Meizu Pro 5 16.04 STABLE BACKUP for restoring with TWRP. on Mon, 27 Aug 2018 13:31:07 GMT]]>@marathon2422 Not a problem mate, this is what a community means, helping each other.

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/11835https://forums.ubports.com/post/11835Mon, 27 Aug 2018 13:31:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Meizu Pro 5 16.04 STABLE BACKUP for restoring with TWRP. on Mon, 27 Aug 2018 12:51:46 GMT]]>Thanks For your help with this a little while ago.

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/11833https://forums.ubports.com/post/11833Mon, 27 Aug 2018 12:51:46 GMT