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    Ubuntu Touch won't install on Oneplus One. Apparently successful install won't boot up.

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    • R
      Rowboth last edited by

      Been trying to install Ubuntu Touch on my Oneplus One. First, I had trouble due to awful USB cables. Bought a new one and had what seemed like a successful install (in terminal and the installer). After "Your device will now reboot and complete the installation. Enjoy exploring Ubuntu Touch!" it would only reboot, blank screen. Reboot, blank screen...and on, and on...

      I did what I thought was suggested in a response to a thread back in December:
      "Lakotaubp 13 Dec 2019, 15:51

      @polyglossia If fastboot worked you should have UBports recovery, boot to that factory reset, clear cache(Android Actions) reboot and try adb devices again maybe with a different usb cable just incase.
      Did you grant permission on the device the first time you connected to the pc?"

      Should I have done wipe data/factory reset on both the Ubuntu actions and Android actions screens?

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      • Lakotaubp
        Lakotaubp @Rowboth last edited by Lakotaubp

        @Rowboth Give it a try and double check the ADB connection. What was on the device beforehand? Have any of the partition sizes been changed. Then run the installer with wipe option selected.
        Edit: One other thing is the battery charging OK. One of mine wasn't resulting in not booting, it needed a new battery.

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          Rowboth last edited by Rowboth

          Oh my goodness...it works. The only difference between this time and my previous attempts was not having the wipe option selected.

          Although, I just noticed that it only works when it's connected to my computer. I plugged my USB cable into the wall to top up the phone's charge faster, and it did the reboot to blank screen. Why would that happen?

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          • Lakotaubp
            Lakotaubp @Rowboth last edited by

            @Rowboth Hate to say it but when mine did that it was a battery issue. If yours consistently shows battery at 50% that's another sign. Try leaving it conected to the PC and see how much charge you get in System Settings, Battery.
            On the upside if it is the battery, they are cheap and easy to replace.

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              Rowboth last edited by

              The battery is slowly charging through the computer USB. It's up 10% since I've been messing around getting used to it...at 86% now. I have a battery on the way and I'll swap it out as soon as it arrives. I'm fine leaving it to charge through my computer overnight until then.

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              • R
                Rowboth last edited by

                I thought I'd be able to use my device and just use the computer to charge it, but it turns out the device reboots and goes blank as soon as the cable is unplugged. Is this what you experienced too, Lakotaubp?

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                • Lakotaubp
                  Lakotaubp @Rowboth last edited by

                  @Rowboth Yes just the same 😞

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                    Rowboth last edited by

                    So I installed the best replacement battery I could find, and things looked good...it charged normally through an outlet rather than do the reboot to blank screen thing. But, when I unplugged it and restarted it, it did just that. It still only boots to UT when plugged into my computer. Is there anything else I can do??

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                    • Lakotaubp
                      Lakotaubp @Rowboth last edited by

                      @Rowboth Think mine took a couple of reboots to work but not sure, can remember thinging it hadn't worked then all OK. Try reflashin with the installer?

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                      • Lakotaubp
                        Lakotaubp @Rowboth last edited by Lakotaubp

                        @Rowboth Have a read through this thread there is a command you can use to see the output of your battery from @wdehoog https://forums.ubports.com/topic/3615/oneplus-one-battery-at-50-issue

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                        • uamoti
                          uamoti last edited by

                          Hi,
                          I'm having the same issue.
                          Coming from LineageOS 16, I tried the snap installer without success. It kept complaining that the connection was lost and I should check the cables. Despite that, it did change the system because I was left with a boot loop showing the UBports logo. By pressing volume down + power I can get to UBports recovery, although I'm not sure what to do with that. I thought of trying to push the UBports zip to the mobile and use the recovery option to install from it.
                          A bit like you, the installation was successful when I used the deb installer, probably due to snap permissions. Despite the message that it was successful, the boot loop goes on.

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                          • uamoti
                            uamoti @uamoti last edited by

                            @uamoti said in Ubuntu Touch won't install on Oneplus One. Apparently successful install won't boot up.:

                            Hi,
                            I'm having the same issue.
                            Coming from LineageOS 16, I tried the snap installer without success. It kept complaining that the connection was lost and I should check the cables. Despite that, it did change the system because I was left with a boot loop showing the UBports logo. By pressing volume down + power I can get to UBports recovery, although I'm not sure what to do with that. I thought of trying to push the UBports zip to the mobile and use the recovery option to install from it.
                            A bit like you, the installation was successful when I used the deb installer, probably due to snap permissions. Despite the message that it was successful, the boot loop goes on.

                            Follow up: I was able to successfully install the system. Following a tip from the Telegram group, I flashed TWRP and wiped cache, dalvik, etc. After that, I installed UT using the AppImage installer and could start using the system.

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                            • Moem
                              Moem last edited by

                              Hurray and welcome to the clan!

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                              • R
                                Rowboth @uamoti last edited by Rowboth

                                @uamoti I gave up on it for a while and when I came back and saw your post it gave me hope. I was having some trouble executing what you did, but I couldn't continue because my phone simply died. It won't charge, it won't turn on. Nothing. What a bummer.

                                edit: After many, many attempts to turn it on it finally came back to life. Now I go back to trying to flash TWRP. So far I've been unsuccessful.

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