Ubuntu Touch on LG G6 (h870 model): call for testers

[Guf]

LG G6 (h870, as it is the EU version) porting to Ubuntu Touch started to be in shape for testers.
Please, refer to @rymdllama @tanevanwifferen @Guf for any question.
We created a chat in Telegram to share LG porting for UBports Ubuntu Touch: link
This is a device released in 2017 with the following technical specs:

• 5.7” Quad HD+ (1440x2880), 18:9 ratio, HDR10
• Qualcomm(c) Snapdragon(tm) 821 (2.35Ghz Quad Core)
• Touch with rear fingerprint sensor
• 4GB RAM, 32GB eMMC, micro SD slot (up to 2TB)
• 3,300mAh (embedded)
• Rear camera: Dual 13MP (dual matrix 1/3.06”), Standard 71°, f/1.8 * Wide-angle 125°, f/2.4
• Front camera: 5MP, wide-angle 100°, f/2.2
• Usb-c output (Fast charge 3.0)

Distributed with Android 7.0 Nougat, so suitable for Halium-7.1 (issue #115). Full description is available here.

At this extent, the following feature are successfully ported on UT and work out-of-the-box:

• Linux 3.18.31 (msm8996) on arm64-v8a
• GUI: unity (8.20), mir (0.31.2)
• GSM (inbound/outbound calls)
• SMS: inbound and outbound fully working, and notifications appear in the menu,
• Ofono: audio in inbound and outbound calls work works out-of-the-box
• 4G data connection
• wifi
• Screen rotation, using Ubuntu Touch Platform API, too. Rotation block also works
• Power (fingerprint and power button), Volume up and down buttons
• Printscreen by pressing at the same time Volume+ and Volume- during 2-3 seconds
• Apparmor patch applied and working
• Notification (bubble and sound both work)
• Battery animation while charging
• Sound and headset output
• Vibration
• Stats on blocked screen
• Sensors (test_sensors's output)
• Anbox
• Bluetooth (update 2020-11-14)

Lxc contained is working fine.

Still to improve or to test (2020-01-26):

• LEDs: manually working, but no sign of them to be used with notifications,
• GPS
• Front and rear cameras (even though it was applied @peat_psuwit's gst-droid and installed nemo-qtmultimedia-plugins)
• Video playback (still to test)

Still to test (2020-01-26):

• Fingerprint

Updated images (2020-03-26):

• system.img
• halium-boot.img (see later new version to download with bluetooth enabled)

Repo in github:

• kernel
• device

To make Bluetooth work you need to:

• if your device bootstrap from systempart, flash the following halium-boot, otherwise if you install from halium-install in datapart, flash this halium-boot
  both enable HCIUART and HCIUART_H4;
• and manually (at the moment) execute the following commands:

# chmod 0660 /sys/class/rfkill/rfkill0/state
# chmod 0660 /sys/class/rfkill/rfkill0/type
# chgrp dialout /sys/class/rfkill/rfkill0/state
# chgrp dialout /sys/class/rfkill/rfkill0/type
# rfkill unblock bluetooth
# hciattach -p -t 30 /dev/ttyHS0 bcm43xx 115200 flow `cat /data/misc/bluetooth/bdaddr`

and you will see that there is a nel hci0:

root@ubuntu-phablet:~# hciconfig -a
hci0:	Type: Primary  Bus: UART
	BD Address: AA:AA:AA:AA:AA:AA  ACL MTU: 1021:8  SCO MTU: 64:1
	UP RUNNING PSCAN ISCAN 
	RX bytes:846 acl:0 sco:0 events:60 errors:0
	TX bytes:4057 acl:0 sco:0 commands:60 errors:0
	Features: 0xbf 0xfe 0xcf 0xfe 0xdb 0xff 0x7b 0x87
	Packet type: DM1 DM3 DM5 DH1 DH3 DH5 HV1 HV2 HV3 
	Link policy: RSWITCH SNIFF 
	Link mode: MASTER 
	Name: 'LG-h870'
	Class: 0x5c0000
	Service Classes: Rendering, Capturing, Object Transfer, Telephony
	Device Class: Miscellaneous, 
	HCI Version: 4.1 (0x7)  Revision: 0x0
	LMP Version: 4.1 (0x7)  Subversion: 0x6119
	Manufacturer: Broadcom Corporation (15)

[dieharddan]

@Guf This is an exciting port, the lg g6 is a great phone. Any chance this would work with an h871?

[Guf]

@dieharddan I have no idea what the difference between the two is! is it EU or US model?
Anyway I can try to help you, if you want.
You can adapt your port accordingly with my sources.
@tanevanwifferen and @rymdllama are on it.

[Guf]

@dieharddan Lg g6 model numbers variants in this (article)[https://www.teamandroid.com/2017/04/15/lg-g6-model-numbers-variants/]
if you want to port it, and you have telegram, you can join us on a little group I just created

[dieharddan]

yes it is a us version, I don't have one anymore but would repurchase to try it out at some point

[makeixo]

@Guf maybe that helps you.
It seems like its nearly the same.

I have hoped a long time for the Xperia X port. After it got abandoned I was quite disappointed, but this port seems quite exiting.

[walidham]

@Guf said in Ubuntu Touch on LG G6 (h870 model): call for testers:

Annoying flooding of errors in dmesg with the following message: "IPC_RTR: msm_ipc_router_bind: pm-service Do not have permissions" . It unfortunately drains battery

Hi i have ported LG V20, same hardware and manifacture. for this error

Annoying flooding of errors in dmesg with the following message: "IPC_RTR: msm_ipc_router_bind: pm-service Do not have permissions" . It unfortunately drains battery

Didi you added SECURITY_ANDROID_GID_CAPABILITIES in your kernel ?
see this
http://docs.halium.org/en/latest/porting/debug-build/wifi.html

[Guf]

@makeixo @walidham Fixed! I applied the patch for bullhead which suggested the same: to disable CONFIG_ANDROID_PARANOID and to enable SECURITY_ANDROID_GID_CAPABILITIES, but I hadn't done it well. With the help of @tanevanwifferen (who suggested what was wrong), we fixed it ... so let's go for other issues, now

[flohack]

You might want to use the list at then end of this page: https://pad.ubports.com/p/PortChecklist to give a detailed and standardized overview of whats working and whats not

[makeixo]

@Guf I haven't done anything. I am just lurking. I am more like a fan.

[vadikas]

@Guf Can you explain what was wrong? I'm facing the same flood problem on the different device (but it is based on the same qcom platform). I applied patch and it doesn't help

[tanevanwifferen]

@vadikas the patch is 1 in a set of 3, and all 3 must be done to make it work I think. @Guf had the two others already. The three changes are listed at the bottom of this page:

http://docs.halium.org/en/latest/porting/debug-build/wifi.html

[fenskebawb]

Well that's great! I know I'm a little late to the party. But I am interested in giving this a shot. @Guf @tanevanwifferen, although, I have the h872 and I bet that this little difference makes it incompatable. Is this true?

[MexHH]

@Guf Would love to test it on my h870, do you need to have an unlock bootloader?

[ElieHs]

Hello everyone ! I'm new to the UBPorts community, so i was about to get a new phone in the next days to run Ubuntu. But fortunately i've got a LG G6 at home ! But, the model version is H870s, so with no unlockable bootloader... I think it's a problem, right ?!
Everyway, keep going on this port, LG G6 is an Amazing phone !

[nefariousNIFFIN]

I got the American version with a cracked screen but I’d be willing to contribute to the cause. It’s currently with Verizon locked. If I get it unlocked will I be able to test it on that? It’s got a cracked screen so the risk to reward ratio is favorable. I’ve never done this before so I have no clue how to start.

[Kaesar]

I also have a US version (VS988), and am new here. I'm not sure if I can test this port on my phone, or if they're different enough it's going to have to be a different port.

[snappo]

I have a US model LG G6 somewhere that my wife upgrade from recently, would love to help test. Only other phone I have that can boot Ubuntu is a Nexus 4 Long time Patreon supporter :call_me_hand_light_skin_tone:

[franky32]

Hi, i've got an h870 model.
I've been trying to to put the image on my phone but i can't seem to pass the part with resize2fs from the halium-install script. Any help?
The error i keep getting is:
"Scanning inode table resize2fs: No space left on device while trying to resize system-20200326.img"

[Guf]

@MexHH Yep, you need to do it, with the following command:
fastboot flash unlock unlock.bin where unlock.bin is you unlocking file that you will be provided by requesting to http://mobile.developer.lge.com/