Xiaomi Redmi 4X (santoni)
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It would be nice to have an option to install ubports with
Xiaomi tool v2, with dual boot option.
Not sure it's an open project though. -
@suoko UBports does not support duel boot I'm afraid, sorry.
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@maciekrz12 said in Xiaomi Redmi 4X (santoni):
Failed to boot
If your device's
userdatapartition is encrypted then unfortunately you'll have to format it, meaning you'll lose all your data.To do so, goto TWRP -> Wipe -> Format Data (the button is in red)
After that reinstall Ubuntu and hopefully it'll work. If not please telnet and give me dmesg (put it on pastebin or something).
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Hi
Can i install this just from my phone using TWRP or i must connect to pc and install it from pc terminal using linux? Do you have instructions for dummies i dont get this.I use Ubuntu on pc so i would like to try it on the phone as well. Thanks -
@aceclan I'm trying to understand this dual boot since I don't see any resize of any partitions.
Can you explain how that works ?
I understand you flash the boot image according to the os you want to boot, but where are located the two images of android and ubuntu ?One question then: my TWRP folder only contains a .twrps file, is that fine ?
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@Danct12 THANK YOU!
I've been wiping all the time instead of formatting. Now it works just fine
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I'm trying to flash ut but I got this error:
./halium-install -p ut ./ubports-touch.rootfs-xenial-armhf.tar.gz ./system.img
basename: not valid option -- "p"
Try 'basename --help' for more information.cleaning up
error: no devices/emulators foundUsing files from:
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@danqo6 Can you try to upgrade the firmware to the latest? I use this https://xiaomifirmwareupdater.com
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@suoko Distro?
You should try this one instead: https://github.com/JBBgameich/halium-install
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@Danct12
I successfully installed the version of ut found here : https://forum.xda-developers.com/xiaomi-redmi-4x/development/unofficial-ubuntu-touch-redmi-4x-santoni-t3982389
These are the steps:- rooted and installed twrp with Xiaomitool v2
- in twrp I wiped the data partition and enabled write access to system
- installed the zip via twrp
Now, how can I create an update zip package with the latest image?
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@Danct12
I found a way to create the zip, tell me what you think:- download the unofficial zip from xda (see post above)
- remove img files inside
- download system and boot image from https://github.com/ubports-santoni/ubports-ci/actions/runs/52390878
- rename halium-boot to boot.img
- run this script
wget https://ci.ubports.com/job/xenial-rootfs-armhf/lastSuccessfulBuild/artifact/out/ubports-touch.rootfs-xenial-armhf.tar.gz mkdir rootfs-build dd if=/dev/zero of=rootfs-build/rootfs.img seek=500K bs=4096 count=0 mkfs.ext2 -F rootfs-build/rootfs.img mkdir -p rootfs-build/cache/system mount -o loop rootfs-build/rootfs.img rootfs-build/cache/system/ cd rootfs-build/cache/system && zcat ../../../ubports-touch.rootfs-xenial-armhf.tar.gz | tar xf -- put back the img files into the zip according to their original position: system and rootfs into data, and boot into the root position (the rootfs img is in the rootfs-build folder)
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@Danct12
Thanks, it worked, I used the standalone version.Recap:
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https://github.com/ubports-santoni/ubports-ci/actions/runs/52390878
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fastboot flash boot halium-boot.img
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halium-install-standalone.sh -p ut ./ubports-touch.rootfs-xenial-armhf.tar.gz ./system.img
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ssh into it (ssh -l phablet x.x.x.x) and run:
cat /var/lib/lxc/android/rootfs/ueventd*.rc|grep ^/dev|sed -e 's/^\/dev\///'|awk '{printf "ACTION==\"add\", KERNEL==\"%s\", OWNER=\"%s\", GROUP=\"%s\", MODE=\"%s\"\n",$1,$3,$4,$2}' | sed -e 's/\r//' >/usr/lib/lxc-android-config/70-santoni.rulesCons: neither system nor apps have sound. With the unofficial zipped port in xda at least apps had sound
Can we try create a script automating the creation of the flashable update zip ?
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@Danct12 i am on android 10 rom
can i flash ub directly or i must flash Los 16 first? -
@Danct12 I tried, it didn't help. I will wait probably for ubports installer support, would love to see it soon
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Hi @suoko ,
The switch is based on boot image flash (restore from TWRB th boot) and the Ubuntu is just two .img files : rootfs.img and system.img which will be mounted, during the boot. So the partitions won't be touched...
The locations of img files (browse from TWRP) is on /data/ , while the location of Internal storage that You see in MIUI is /data/sdcard or /data/media/0 .Work like a charm...
Best regards
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it gets stuck here infinitely, no error is shown, its just stuck here
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Hi,
just wanted to confirm - is anbox supported within this build? -
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@iaval mine failed to start anbox
