Sony Xperia X (suzu/F5121 & F5122)

kugiigi · 20 Aug 2020, 08:28

I'm a new Xperia X (F5122) user coming from Meizu MX4 though I haven't really migrated my data and sim yet
I've tested the arm64 build first and it seems great already. I'm jut wondering though what's still missing in this build and if it's already usable as a daily driver. Also, would it be possible to switch from armhf to arm64 without losing data? y guess is not because the apps are in the userdata parition and those are not cross compatible. Thanks!

c4pp4 · 4 Sept 2020, 03:36

@kugiigi You can switch from armhf to arm64 without losing data but as you mentioned you have to reinstall some apps to be compatible. I did it without problem via ubports-installer and then via openstore.

c4pp4 · 8 Sept 2020, 03:34

@Giampy https://github.com/ubports/ubuntu-touch/issues/1556

Giampy · 8 Sept 2020, 07:04

@c4pp4 so it is a bug! But I don't understand, it doesn't always happen. I'm in the devel channel and it doesn't happen with all the updates.

hsce1 · 9 Aug 2020, 10:03

Hi @c4pp4, I just switched from armhf to arm64 using the installer. But now I have the problem that the openstore crashes when I try to launch it. Is there a way to reinstall the openstore from the command line?

Edit:
I found a way that worked:

sudo -H -u phablet pkcon install-local --allow-untrusted openstore.openstore-team_<VERSION>_arm64.click

And after that reinstalling those apps that crash with the openstore.

kugiigi · 8 Sept 2020, 10:19

@hsce1 You can also go Settings >> Update >> Update Settings >> Reinstall All Apps. This won't reinstall all apps though so you might need to reinstall some from OpenStore.

hsce1 · 8 Sept 2020, 10:41

@kugiigi Oh, ok. Thank you!

c4pp4 · 8 Sept 2020, 13:48

@hsce1 Sorry about that. In my case the openstore launched.

hsce1 · 8 Sept 2020, 14:42

No problem. That was quickly fixed and no data was lost due to the switch

wvi · 11 Sept 2020, 08:37

I am hitting similar bug to https://github.com/ubports/ubports-installer/issues/1052 and thus I'd like to do a manual install but I am unable to find the instructions. Installing from linux box so I have all the unix tools at hand and I can read code too.

wvi · 12 Sept 2020, 09:09

Basically is there a list of the commands that the UB installer is running, TBH I don't want to spend time figuring it out from the async javascript code in the electron app.

c4pp4 · 12 Sept 2020, 10:07

@wvi The issue 1052 is about "No space left on device" and your issue 1343 is about "write failed: Read-only file system".

wvi · 9 Dec 2020, 12:32

@c4pp4 Yes, I realized that later but what I am asking for now is if there is a way how to avoid using this graphical installer so I have clear logs and can find what is the issue and possibly find the solution.

fredldotme · 9 Dec 2020, 12:36

@wvi there are some steps done with fastboot, but you won't be able to install the system image itself manually that way. You might have to build ubuntu-device-flash yourself to do without the UBports installer.

EDIT: Sources are here: https://github.com/ubports/goget-ubuntu-touch

wvi · 12 Sept 2020, 12:57

This is my first attempt so sorry for dumb questions. Is there a way how to see the UB-installer logs without filing bug?

wvi · 12 Sept 2020, 13:02

@fredldotme Thanks I'll try to do with the installer as it is more than just doing stuff with abd shell and copyting files around.

c4pp4 · 12 Sept 2020, 15:57

@wvi Have you made all pre-install steps from the first post?

wvi · 12 Sept 2020, 19:14

@c4pp4 Yes, I did wipe the partitions as well.

c4pp4 · 12 Sept 2020, 22:12

@wvi OK just for sure, when your device is booting, do you see the message "Your device has been unlocked"?
You can try booting Ubuntu 20.04 live from flash drive and using snap ubports-installer to exclude some kind of your system environment problem.

wvi · 13 Sept 2020, 17:10

@c4pp4 Yes my device can't be trusted anymore Good idea I will try the Ubuntu 20 approach.