Call for testing: Google/Huawei Nexus 6P (angler) owners

7rst1 · 4 Jul 2020, 23:18

Hi. Found your thread and installed the port. My first try of Ubuntu Touch and it works surprisingly well on my Nexus 6P! I'm not a hardcore developer, but if there is any demand, I can challenge my developing skills in contributing to this port!

btw; Had no issues whatsoever while installing the OS. The only issues is with the missing features, like camera and appstore that you most likely already know about. I have the 8-core version.

flohack · 9 Apr 2020, 06:14

@7rst1 Hmm now I got interested, which kinda App store you are missing?

flohack · 11 Apr 2020, 14:22

Dear all,

rotation seem to have died on my development branch, can someone confirm this also for the latest one I have released? Thx

Rondarius · 11 Apr 2020, 17:22

@Flohack Where do I download the latest build? This one is a couple of months old:
https://rooty.bin.org.in/nextcloud/index.php/s/wNCpQQXaEkGHyEH

flohack · 11 Apr 2020, 18:16

@Rondarius I did not upload a new one, since there were no significant changes. Just now I am thinking of preparing an update, and I find rotation broken. Thats why I ask, if rotation works on the old one

Rondarius · 11 Apr 2020, 18:17

@Flohack Yes it does.

rocket2nfinity · 11 Apr 2020, 19:29

@Flohack Works on mine. Occasionally there is some sort of sensor crash happening in the background. When it stops working, GPS and other things stop working. But I haven't been able to figure out what triggers it

7rst1 · 20 Apr 2020, 13:57

@Flohack Sorry for late response. The store is there, but doesn't load anything. I can update through the system settings though.

flohack · 22 Apr 2020, 20:28

Finally some news:

I have uploaded now 2 versions of the kernel, 4 and 8 cores, you might want to try 8 cores on your phones to see if you are affected by the CPU bug
I have removed the root fs from my server. You can now use the 32bit rootfs that we build every day on our CI, which will contain latest fixes etc. IF
system.img is updated also (download from my server)

Description has been updated (look for the downloads around item 1)

rocket2nfinity · 23 Apr 2020, 18:28

@Flohack I think either I did something wrong, or something isn't right in the build.

I used the updated instructions, item 3 from https://pad.ubports.com/p/nexus-6p-alphatesting

The halium install script errored out saying it couldn't connect with adb. So, I loaded TWRP and connected to adb through that. It errored out again because of a reboot command in the script. So, I decided to wipe the device from scratch, re-installed android and wiped dalvick, data, and cache. Then re-tried the install script. It worked with no errors. Did the next part replacing halium-boot-image with halium-boot-8-cores.img following the instructions in item 3 using these commands(I am using the 8 core TWRP and UT build previously with no problems):

./halium-install-standalone.sh -p ut ubports-touch.rootfs-xenial-armhf.tar.gz system.img
adb reboot bootloader
fastboot flash boot halium-boot-8-cores.img
fastboot reboot

Now I just get the google logo over and over. I am able to boot into bootloader and recovery. So, what have I done wrong?

Rondarius · 23 Apr 2020, 18:30

@rocket2nfinity Did you use the flash-all script in the android rom? And did you run it in terminal? When I ran the script in terminal i got an error and the script stopped, I had to install the Android images manually instead.

rocket2nfinity · 23 Apr 2020, 18:44

@Rondarius Just re-installed bootloader manually with fastboot and tried again with the flash all script. No errors. But still hung at the google logo. When I re-installed android, I did reboot it to turn on usb debugging, then rebooted to TWRP to wipe Dalvick, data, and cache before I ran the install instructions in item 3. So the bootloader did properly install.

Rondarius · 23 Apr 2020, 18:47

@rocket2nfinity Did you run the script in the terminal? I ran the script not using the terminal and it gave no errors but it did in the terminal.

rocket2nfinity · 23 Apr 2020, 18:48

@Rondarius How do you run the script not using terminal? I used terminal to do everything.

Rondarius · 23 Apr 2020, 18:49

@rocket2nfinity You right click the script under Properties you are able to make it executable.

Rondarius · 23 Apr 2020, 18:53

I am half GUI half terminal user.

rocket2nfinity · 23 Apr 2020, 18:57

@Rondarius I guess I have some old habits. I always right click scripts to make them executable but then I start them with ./ anyway. I never just click the file. Guess I should take the easy path from time to time.

Were you able to get the new build running on your device?

Rondarius · 23 Apr 2020, 19:00

Sorry, I haven't tried it yet. It feels like it is something else that is not working maybe @Flohack could help you out here.

rocket2nfinity · 23 Apr 2020, 19:04

@Rondarius That's what I was thinking. Re-installed Android worked, bootloader is 3.68 and is working and able to reboot to bootloader or recovery, radio is 3.81. No errors installing anything after re-installing android, it all said ok. But then, no boot.....

flohack · 23 Apr 2020, 21:25

@rocket2nfinity did it work with 4 cores before?