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    Meizu Pro 5 stuck flashing

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      • J Offline
        jojumaxx
        last edited by jojumaxx

        Hey there!

        I bought a Meizu Pro 5 (global) with regular Flyme. I searched through similar problems here, but couldn't resolve my problem. I went through this tutorial to install UT (using an Ubuntu PC with 18.04):

        https://forums.ubports.com/topic/2755/meizu-pro-5-flyme-os-to-ubuntu-touch-modem-update-fingerprint-function

        It went perfect until step 5. Here it keeps stuck:

        Flashing version 525 from ubports-touch/16.04/devel channel and server http://system-image.ubports.com to device turbo
        

        I tried the stable version first, then devel. Same result.
        I tried the UBPorts Installer and it also gets stuck flashing. But here, when I manually go into the Recovery-Mode (right during the "stuck situation") it continues until the end. I even get the message that the PC is done and that the rest will be performed by the phone itself.
        And here the phone gets stuck showing the Ubuntu logo. Rebooting leads to a bootloop.

        I reinstalled the recovery tool several times and started over, but no success.

        Any ideas, how to fix that?

        Happily running Ubuntu Touch:

        • BQ Aquaris E5 HD (Retired)
        • BQ Aquaris M10 HD (Retired)
        • Meizu MX4 Pro (Retired)
        • Meizu Pro 5 (Retired)
        • PinePhone UBPorts Edition
        • Volla Phone
        • Volla Phone X
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        • J Offline
          jojumaxx
          last edited by

          I did it by following another (german) tutorial:

          https://wiki.ubuntuusers.de/Howto/Installation_Ubuntu_Touch_auf_MEIZU_PRO_5/

          I have another question now:
          This is the first time for me, that the OS is not an OTA. It says Ubuntu 16.04 (2020-W19).
          Can I switch to an OTA?
          Is this because the tutorial said

          sudo ubuntu-device-flash --verbose --server=http://system-image.ubports.com touch --device=turbo --channel=ubports-touch/16.04/rc
          

          Could I've chosen .../stable instead of .../rc?
          In that case I would redo all this...

          Happily running Ubuntu Touch:

          • BQ Aquaris E5 HD (Retired)
          • BQ Aquaris M10 HD (Retired)
          • Meizu MX4 Pro (Retired)
          • Meizu Pro 5 (Retired)
          • PinePhone UBPorts Edition
          • Volla Phone
          • Volla Phone X
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          • KenedaK Offline
            Keneda @jojumaxx
            last edited by

            @jojuma
            Normally you can switch to stable on the phone itself, just need to change channel in the phone update settings.

            2015-2023 : Meizu MX4 ☠️⚰️✝️
            2023-2024 : Nexus 5 ☠️⚰️✝️
            2024-***** : FPOS Fairphone 5 waiting UT for freedom 😉
            🇲🇫🇬🇧

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            • J Offline
              jojumaxx
              last edited by

              Yes! Worked! Thank you so much.

              It was quite an oddyssey to remove Flyme and install UT always being afraid of bricking the device. I'm not quite experienced yet.

              I'm so happy now that it worked!

              Happily running Ubuntu Touch:

              • BQ Aquaris E5 HD (Retired)
              • BQ Aquaris M10 HD (Retired)
              • Meizu MX4 Pro (Retired)
              • Meizu Pro 5 (Retired)
              • PinePhone UBPorts Edition
              • Volla Phone
              • Volla Phone X
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              • KenedaK Offline
                Keneda @jojumaxx
                last edited by

                @jojuma
                Really happy that you succeeded, UBports can be a journey just by itself while updating an "old" canonical uTouch MX4 device lol, so coming from flyme knowing how closed are Meizu devices...

                2015-2023 : Meizu MX4 ☠️⚰️✝️
                2023-2024 : Nexus 5 ☠️⚰️✝️
                2024-***** : FPOS Fairphone 5 waiting UT for freedom 😉
                🇲🇫🇬🇧

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                • LakotaubpL Offline
                  Lakotaubp @jojumaxx
                  last edited by

                  @jojuma Well done. Could you please mark the post as solved using the Topic Tools button. First choose ask as question then mark solved. This will help others.Thanks

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