Need help to flash Meizu5 pro originally on Android. Problem with the cache partition
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@mlinodasilva I think those semi-secret Canonical partner devices seem to have some extra snags, but i have had the same problem as you on my Nexus 4. For me deleting all in .cache/ubuntuimages and install again solved the issue. You could try that unless you get any better device specific instructions here.
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@mlinodasilva Have you flash the recovery-turbo.img downloaded from Ubports site?
Try again, install TWRP recovery, wipe it all clean, install recovery-turbo.img again.
Go to your Home folder on PC, enable to view hidden files, go to .cache/ubuntuimages and delete all folders from there.
Then try again to flash it like before without bootstrap and recovery option.
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Allright, this is turning to be quite the challenge...
The recovery image I'm using is the one from ubports (as in the short tutorial to flash the Meizu Pro 5):
wget http://cdimage.ubports.com/devices/recovery-turbo.img
check.The TWRP image I'm using TWRP_3.0_m86_patched_st0rm77
link here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/meizu-pro-5/development/recovery-twrp3-0m86patchedst0rm77-t3469296
checkNow I'm doing this exact procedure when I start again:
fastboot flash recovery TWRP_3.0_m86_patched_st0rm77.img fastboot reboot #I switch to TWRP adb devices #I check that phone is visible adb push recovery-turbo.img /sdcard/ #I switch to TWRP and flash the .img in the recovery (not system) partition #I reboot to recovery mode and have the ubuntu logo with the wine color background ubuntu-device-flash --server=http://system-image.ubports.com touch --device=turbo --channel=15.04/stableAnd then once the procedure I posted previously completes I have the error screen when I reboot the phone.
Now regarding the cache clearing that you guys suggested, I couldn't find any .cache folder. I tried to look with TWRP and using adb from my laptop. No can do.
I'm putting some info about my filesystem in hopes that it can shed some lights to some of you guys who know better
PS: BTW: I'm flashing my phone as root from my laptop since otherwise adb doesn't recognise the phone, I'm assuming this is not a problem correct?
PS1: In TWRP I can do an advanced wipe of the following partitions:
Dalvik/ART Cache
Cache
System
Data
Internal Storage
Micro SDCard
USB OTGWhich ones should I try wiping? I'm a little weary of doing anything harsh for fears of bricking the phone...
585.0 # adb shell df -h Filesystem Size Used Available Use% Mounted on tmpfs 1.3G 24.0K 1.3G 0% /dev tmpfs 1.3G 624.0K 1.3G 0% /tmp /dev/block/sda43 495.9M 435.5M 50.2M 90% /cache /dev/block/sda41 2.4G 1.9G 495.2M 80% /system599.0 # adb shell ls -la __bionic_open_tzdata: couldn't find any tzdata when looking for localtime! __bionic_open_tzdata: couldn't find any tzdata when looking for GMT! __bionic_open_tzdata: couldn't find any tzdata when looking for posixrules! drwxr-xr-x 26 root root 0 Aug 20 15:50 . drwxr-xr-x 26 root root 0 Aug 20 15:50 .. drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Aug 20 15:50 boot drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Aug 20 11:05 cache lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 Apr 20 2016 charger -> /sbin/healthd drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Aug 20 15:50 custom drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Apr 20 2016 data -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4520 Apr 20 2016 default.prop drwxr-xr-x 10 root root 3240 Aug 20 15:50 dev drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Aug 20 15:50 efs drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 0 Aug 20 15:50 etc drwxrwxrwx 2 root root 0 Aug 20 15:50 external_sd -rw-r--r-- 1 root 100 18281 Apr 20 2016 file_contexts -rw-r----- 1 root root 1188 Apr 20 2016 fstab.m86 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root 100 1195720 Apr 20 2016 init -rwxr-x--- 1 root root 3516 Apr 20 2016 init.rc -rwxr-x--- 1 root root 159 Apr 20 2016 init.recovery.m86.rc drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 0 Apr 20 2016 license drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Apr 20 2016 oem dr-xr-xr-x 180 root root 0 Jan 1 1970 proc -rw-r--r-- 1 root 100 3909 Apr 20 2016 property_contexts drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Aug 20 15:50 recovery drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 0 Apr 20 2016 res drwx------ 2 root root 0 Mar 27 2016 root drwxr-xr-x 2 root 100 0 Aug 20 15:50 sbin drwxrwxrwx 2 root root 0 Aug 20 15:50 sdcard -rw-r--r-- 1 root 100 526 Apr 20 2016 seapp_contexts -rw-r--r-- 1 root 100 74 Apr 20 2016 selinux_version -rw-r--r-- 1 root 100 135303 Apr 20 2016 sepolicy -rw-r--r-- 1 root 100 12529 Apr 20 2016 service_contexts drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Aug 20 15:50 sideload drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 0 Aug 20 15:50 storage drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Apr 20 2016 supersu dr-xr-xr-x 13 root root 0 Aug 20 15:50 sys drwxr-xr-x 24 root root 4096 Oct 4 2016 system drwxrwxr-x 2 root shell 60 Aug 20 15:50 tmp drwxr-xr-x 5 501 root 0 Apr 20 2016 twres -rw-r--r-- 1 root 100 3984 Apr 20 2016 ueventd.m86.rc -rw-r--r-- 1 root 100 4790 Apr 20 2016 ueventd.rc drwxrwxrwx 2 root root 0 Aug 20 15:50 usb-otg603.0 # adb shell ls -la /cache/recovery __bionic_open_tzdata: couldn't find any tzdata when looking for localtime! __bionic_open_tzdata: couldn't find any tzdata when looking for GMT! __bionic_open_tzdata: couldn't find any tzdata when looking for posixrules! drwxrwx--- 2 root root 4096 Aug 20 15:50 . drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Aug 20 11:05 .. -rw-rw-rw- 1 root root 7 Aug 20 15:50 .version -rw-rw-rw- 1 root root 115227232 Aug 19 23:19 device-60f53a5768e9340729d3a5ef9263bd3a9726792e7d0dbf830e5b124938dd419a.tar.xz -rw-rw-rw- 1 root root 473 Aug 19 23:12 device-60f53a5768e9340729d3a5ef9263bd3a9726792e7d0dbf830e5b124938dd419a.tar.xz.asc -rw-rw-rw- 1 root root 864 Aug 20 11:08 image-master.tar.xz -rw-rw-rw- 1 root root 473 Aug 20 11:08 image-master.tar.xz.asc -rw-rw-rw- 1 root root 900 Aug 20 11:08 image-signing.tar.xz -rw-rw-rw- 1 root root 473 Aug 20 11:08 image-signing.tar.xz.asc -rw-rw-rw- 1 root root 1504 Jun 18 00:10 keyring-4c4e7ef380ebcfa2c31084efa199138e93bfed8fc58aa3eb06bdf75a78af9b57.tar.xz -rw-rw-rw- 1 root root 473 Jun 18 00:10 keyring-4c4e7ef380ebcfa2c31084efa199138e93bfed8fc58aa3eb06bdf75a78af9b57.tar.xz.asc -rw-r--r-- 1 system system 0 Aug 20 15:36 last_install -rw-r----- 1 root root 1152002 Aug 20 15:50 last_log -rw-r----- 1 root root 2957 Aug 20 15:36 last_log.1 -rw-r----- 1 root root 2957 Aug 20 11:18 last_log.2 -rw-r----- 1 root root 2957 Aug 20 11:18 last_log.3 -rw-r----- 1 root root 2957 Aug 20 11:18 last_log.4 -rw-r----- 1 root root 2957 Aug 20 11:09 last_log.5 -rw-r----- 1 root root 2735 Aug 20 11:07 last_log.6 -rw-r----- 1 root root 1100423 Aug 20 11:07 last_log.7 -rw------- 1 system system 1152002 Aug 20 15:50 log -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2348 Aug 20 15:50 recovery.fstab -rw-rw-rw- 1 root root 74 Aug 20 15:50 storage.fstab -rw-rw-rw- 1 root root 337566344 Aug 19 23:24 ubports-d50c18b27590af5734a826c4f7857d8909b0e0f902d21af142a780620c8eb58b.tar.xz -rw-rw-rw- 1 root root 473 Aug 19 23:12 ubports-d50c18b27590af5734a826c4f7857d8909b0e0f902d21af142a780620c8eb58b.tar.xz.asc -rw-rw-rw- 1 root root 714 Aug 20 11:09 ubuntu_command -rw-rw-rw- 1 root root 448 Jun 18 00:10 version-1.tar.xz -rw-rw-rw- 1 root root 473 Jun 18 00:10 version-1.tar.xz.asc604.0 # adb shell ls -la /system __bionic_open_tzdata: couldn't find any tzdata when looking for localtime! __bionic_open_tzdata: couldn't find any tzdata when looking for GMT! __bionic_open_tzdata: couldn't find any tzdata when looking for posixrules! drwxr-xr-x 24 root root 4096 Oct 4 2016 . drwxr-xr-x 26 root root 0 Aug 20 15:50 .. drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Sep 13 2016 android drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Oct 4 2016 bin drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Apr 17 2015 boot lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 14 Oct 4 2016 cache -> /android/cache drwxr-xr-x 10 root root 4096 Oct 4 2016 custom lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 Oct 4 2016 data -> /android/data drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Jun 17 03:45 dev drwxr-xr-x 111 root root 4096 Jun 17 03:45 etc lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 Oct 4 2016 factory -> /android/factory lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 17 Oct 4 2016 firmware -> /android/firmware drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Oct 4 2016 home drwxr-xr-x 19 root root 4096 Oct 4 2016 lib drwx------ 2 root root 4096 Jan 1 1970 lost+found drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Sep 13 2016 media drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Apr 17 2015 mnt drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Oct 4 2016 opt lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 Oct 4 2016 persist -> /android/persist drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Apr 17 2015 proc drwxrwxrwx 4 root root 4096 Jun 17 23:34 root drwxr-xr-x 7 root root 4096 Oct 4 2016 run drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jun 17 23:14 sbin drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Sep 13 2016 srv drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Apr 6 2015 sys lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Oct 4 2016 system -> /android/system drwxrwxrwt 2 root root 4096 Sep 13 2016 tmp drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Sep 13 2016 userdata drwxr-xr-x 10 root root 4096 Oct 4 2016 usr drwxr-xr-x 13 root root 4096 Aug 24 2016 var lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 22 Oct 4 2016 vendor -> /android/system/vendor -
Edit as a way of a new post since akismet flags my edits as spam???
Now regarding the cache clearing that you guys suggested, I couldn't find any ubuntuimages inside the /system/root/ .cache folder. I used
adb shell ls -la /system/root/.cache.BTW I never posted the link discussing the android vs. ubuntu devices partitions, it may come in handy as a reference for this device: https://forum.xda-developers.com/meizu-pro-5/help/meizu-pro5-32gb-64gb-partition-tables-t3460085
EDIT: flashed again the recovery image then did ubuntu-device-flash after wiping cache and system through TWRP -> Advanced wipe and I still get the Update failed message.
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@mlinodasilva It's the cache on your pc that you should delete. In your case /root/.cache/ubuntuimages since you install as root.
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@hans1977se oooooh I see.
It didn't work though. After flashing I got the same error screen, see below the steps I made:
(removed because Akismet still flags this as spam will try to repost separately)
It did re-download the packages from the remote server but apparently this was not enough
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614.0 # adb push recovery-turbo.img /sdcard/ #I switch to TWRP and flash the .img in the recovery (not system) partition #I reboot to recovery mode and have the ubuntu logo with the wine color background 615.0 # rm -rf /root/.cache/ubuntuimages 2017.08.20 17:32:30 root@patashnik: /home/doktorcaligari/configs/meizu_pro5 616.0 # ubuntu-device-flash --server=http://system-image.ubports.com touch --device=turbo --channel=15.04/stable 2017/08/20 17:32:35 Device is |turbo| 2017/08/20 17:32:35 Flashing version 1 from 15.04/stable channel and server http://system-image.ubports.com to device turbo 2017/08/20 17:32:35 Start pushing /root/.cache/ubuntuimages/ubports-touch/15.04/stable/turbo/version-1.tar.xz to device 2017/08/20 17:32:35 Done pushing /root/.cache/ubuntuimages/ubports-touch/15.04/stable/turbo/version-1.tar.xz to device 992 B / 109.89 MB [________] 0.00 % 7.39 MB/s 14s2017/08/20 17:32:35 Start pushing /root/.cache/ubuntuimages/pool/keyring-4c4e7ef380ebcfa2c31084efa199138e93bfed8fc58aa3eb06bdf75a78af9b57.tar.xz to device 2017/08/20 17:32:35 Start pushing /root/.cache/ubuntuimages/gpg/image-master.tar.xz to device 2017/08/20 17:32:35 Start pushing /root/.cache/ubuntuimages/gpg/image-signing.tar.xz to device 2017/08/20 17:32:35 Done pushing /root/.cache/ubuntuimages/pool/keyring-4c4e7ef380ebcfa2c31084efa199138e93bfed8fc58aa3eb06bdf75a78af9b57.tar.xz to device 991 B / 321.93 MB [________] 0.00 % 10.41 MB/s 30s2017/08/20 17:32:35 Done pushing /root/.cache/ubuntuimages/gpg/image-master.tar.xz to device 2017/08/20 17:32:35 Done pushing /root/.cache/ubuntuimages/gpg/image-signing.tar.xz to device 109.89 MB / 109.89 MB [======] 100.00 % 1.03 MB/s 2017/08/20 17:34:22 Start pushing /root/.cache/ubuntuimages/pool/device-60f53a5768e9340729d3a5ef9263bd3a9726792e7d0dbf830e5b124938dd419a.tar.xz to device 144.91 MB / 321.93 MB [=======>______________] 45.01 % 1.12 MB/s 2m37s2017/08/20 17:34:44 Done pushing /root/.cache/ubuntuimages/pool/device-60f53a5768e9340729d3a5ef9263bd3a9726792e7d0dbf830e5b124938dd419a.tar.xz to device 321.93 MB / 321.93 MB [===========] 100.00 % 1.49 MB/s 2017/08/20 17:36:11 Start pushing /root/.cache/ubuntuimages/pool/ubports-d50c18b27590af5734a826c4f7857d8909b0e0f902d21af142a780620c8eb58b.tar.xz to device 2017/08/20 17:37:19 Done pushing /root/.cache/ubuntuimages/pool/ubports-d50c18b27590af5734a826c4f7857d8909b0e0f902d21af142a780620c8eb58b.tar.xz to device 2017/08/20 17:37:19 Created ubuntu_command: /root/.cache/ubuntuimages/ubuntu_commands448925269 2017/08/20 17:37:19 Rebooting into recovery to flashEDIT: For the sake of it, I tried the procedure from a previous thread: https://forums.ubports.com/topic/238/trouble-porting-to-the-meizu-pro-5-ubuntu/9
ubuntu-device-flash --server=https://system-image.ubports.com / touch \ --download-only --revision=2 --device=turbo --channel=ubports-touch/legacybut I get the same "Update failed, contact support message.
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@mlinodasilva It still looks like a possible problem with the cache, I think, but also it would be nice to know what is in the 991 bytes file and the 992 bytes file. It might be that it contains "Invalid request", or something, which would mean that you don't have access to all the files before you install.
So, i think you should check the content of those two small files and try one more time to clear the cache. I.e: rm -fr /root/.cache/ubuntuimages/.
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@hans1977se which ones? the keyring and image-master files?
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@mlinodasilva yes
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@hans1977se alright, decompressing the version1.tar.xz yields these files:
720.0 # tree . |-- system | `-- etc | |-- system-image | | |-- channel.ini | | `-- config.d | | |-- 00_default.ini -> ../client.ini | | `-- 01_channel.ini -> ../channel.ini | `-- ubuntu-build `-- version-1.tar.xzas for the keyring file:
729.0 # tree . |-- device-60f53a5768e9340729d3a5ef9263bd3a9726792e7d0dbf830e5b124938dd419a.tar.xz |-- device-60f53a5768e9340729d3a5ef9263bd3a9726792e7d0dbf830e5b124938dd419a.tar.xz.asc |-- keyring-4c4e7ef380ebcfa2c31084efa199138e93bfed8fc58aa3eb06bdf75a78af9b57.tar.xz |-- keyring-4c4e7ef380ebcfa2c31084efa199138e93bfed8fc58aa3eb06bdf75a78af9b57.tar.xz.asc |-- system | `-- usr | `-- share | `-- system-image | |-- archive-master.tar.xz | `-- archive-master.tar.xz.asc |-- ubports-d50c18b27590af5734a826c4f7857d8909b0e0f902d21af142a780620c8eb58b.tar.xz `-- ubports-d50c18b27590af5734a826c4f7857d8909b0e0f902d21af142a780620c8eb58b.tar.xz.ascIn any case couldn't it be possible to manually download the kernel files and flash them like I did originally for the canonical ubuntu-touch? I used the method from this link: https://askubuntu.com/questions/767323/how-to-install-ubuntu-on-meizu-pro-5-that-was-originally-with-android
I would need a kernel-OTA-15.zip (with boot.img, dtb, logo.bin, ldfw), ubuntu*.tar.xz, device*.tar.xz, custom*.tar.xz, version*.tar.xz. Basically doing whatever worked in the past with canonical...
Anyway, there seems to be nothing wrong with my partition table as shown by the command below...
746.0 # adb shell sgdisk --print /dev/block/sda | grep -v GUID Disk /dev/block/sda: 7633920 sectors, 29.1 GiB Logical sector size: 4096 bytes Partition table holds up to 128 entries First usable sector is 6, last usable sector is 7633914 Partitions will be aligned on 64-sector boundaries Total free space is 11386 sectors (44.5 MiB) Number Start (sector) End (sector) Size Code Name 1 1024 1279 1024.0 KiB 0700 private 2 1280 1343 256.0 KiB 0700 proinfo 3 1344 1407 256.0 KiB 0700 misc 21 2048 3071 4.0 MiB 0700 param 22 3072 5119 8.0 MiB 0700 efs 23 5120 5631 2.0 MiB 0700 pnv 24 5632 6655 4.0 MiB 0700 ldfw 25 6656 7679 4.0 MiB 0700 dtb 26 7680 13823 24.0 MiB 0700 bootimg 27 13824 22015 32.0 MiB 0700 recovery 28 22016 30207 32.0 MiB 0700 bootlogo 29 30208 35327 20.0 MiB 0700 rstinfo 30 35328 40447 20.0 MiB 0700 mnv 31 40448 45567 20.0 MiB 0700 reserved1 32 45568 50687 20.0 MiB 0700 reserved2 33 50688 55807 20.0 MiB 0700 reserved3 41 65536 720895 2.5 GiB 0700 system 42 720896 851967 512.0 MiB 0700 custom 43 851968 983039 512.0 MiB 0700 cache 44 983040 7633914 25.4 GiB 0700 userdata -
@mlinodasilva Ok, let's try something else here.
Install TWRP recovery, wipe it all clean, download my backup of Ubports_ota1.zip from : https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1z6xtxx8BDjVFQ4czZmbzhwWjg/view?usp=sharing
unzip it, and restore it with TWRP.
It's a fresh, clean, formated install of Ubports_ota1. Then just flash recovery-turbo.img. ThenHope it works. ( I did once the same time when I had a similar problem and then it all works like a charm) Fingers crossed.
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@mlinodasilva if you search xda site for multirom v33 ,there is a link for all the bits and pieces of pro 5 (when using fastboot i always have to use sudo , or nothing happens)
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@mlinodasilva Just try to restore that backup of mine and let me know how it did go.
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@Stefano That worked thank God!! I had an additional difficulty the recovery couldn't flash the data partition for some reason so I reformated it, I suspect the issue might have been lying there. For the sake of it I tried ubuntu-device-flash and it still didn't work, but this time he got stuck on a progress bar.
Anyway I flashed all the partition images you sent me, and soon enough I had ubports booting!
I cannot state how much I am grateful for your help, you have been most kind in helping me, I was going nuts oer this. THANKS!
Now I just have to figure out how to make my SIM work again (I never could get it to work in anything else than the slim slot with the canonical image, and now it doesn't seem to recognize the sim in any of the two slots, but thats probably an hardware fault I have had since the beginning, these meizu 5 phones are known to have random hardware issues).
In any case, I have internet, camera, and hopefully GPS already working, so it's already a nice start. Thanks again Stefano!
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@mlinodasilva Very nice indeed, that @Stefano was able to help you to get ubports onto your phone!
I'm thinking that it is probably not only you having this problem so now when you have both his working files and your non-working files in the cache, could you try to compare to see if you can find something that looks wrong about them? In particular the files keyring and image-master files that looked strange in your log print would be interesting i think.
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@hans1977se I can upload my /root/.cache/ubuntuimages I haven't deleted it yet, would that be of interest?
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@mlinodasilva Sure. Why not. More people will be able to compare then. Could be a good idea to limit the size if there are obviously unrelated files, though.
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Update: Don't try to rsync your old canonical home folder in ubports, everything gets stuck, I'm in the middle of wiping my data folder and reflashing again
It's gonna be a pain in the ass re-importing the contacts, calendar, etc... is there a list of the relevant hidden folders anywhere?