[Porting] Call for Testers

[flohack]

Very good, already a bunch of test users. I am preparing a few things to make your life easier, in the meantime, if you have any data on the phone that needs to be backed up, do it (externally). Due to the nature of Android´s data encryption we need to format the data partition, and that means loosing all data there

[clav64]

Hi

I have a Pixel (sailfish) 128gb I'm ready to put onto a spare device whenever.

What kind of tests will you need to run?

[codeWonderland]

@flohack I've got a pixel that I was literally just about to start testing this on, you can reach out to me for testing stuff as well!

[NetOilman]

I have Pixel, and I am willing to help too!

[danstewart]

Also have a pixel and would be happy to test. Only thing is the bluetooth is broken on it so won’t be able to test that.

[lordzeed]

I have a google pixel and I want to put ubuntu on it

[badboy416]

I have some pixel (sailfish). Would be glad to help

[flohack]

Okay so thank you for subscribing so far

We are are ready for the first round of tests. Please be aware that this is really work in progress, so for example today I found out that modem communication has stopped, you can only use WiFi so far

Also, a weird thing: WiFi sometimes races on startup and then you will find no APs in the list. Try to reboot until you get a good indication of APs and WiFi symbol is being shown correctly.

Generic instructions you can find here: https://pad.ubports.com/p/HaliumHowToTestInstall

The images you need you will find here: https://twoot.bin.org.in/nextcloud/index.php/s/iAZDDkRYYAiN6Kk

After the initial steps of course, only the last part with halium-install will be relevant in the future. That will save some time. I also plan to publish the script that does just replace the system image, so you dont need always to replace the whole rootfs.

Device checklist: https://gitlab.com/ubports/community-ports/general/-/blob/master/DeviceChecklist.md

Let me know if that makes sense.

[lordzeed]

I have problems installing it tells me that the ./halium-install-standalone: No such file or directory

[flohack]

@lordzeed humm are you in the directory with that script (use ls -la to verify) and did you make it executable (see if its rwxr-x-r-x)

[lordzeed]

yes same directory )

[lordzeed]

[flohack]

@lordzeed Oh I miss .sh at the end, its ./halium-install-standalone.sh ^^

[lordzeed]

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[lordzeed]

wifi working fine but no phone signal nice work I only have to wait for the update so that the data works but I love it, it is an excellent contribution

[flohack]

@lordzeed said in [Porting] Call for Testers:

to wait for the update so that the data works but I love it, it is an excellent contribution

Thanks! Yes work will be continued to get cell network working

[turanmahmudov]

First boot takes forever on Pixel. I see Google logo on white screen for an hour.

[flohack]

@turanmahmudov well then maybe reboot, 1 hour is too much can you do a dmesg on your host and see if a USB device is shown when you connect the phone?

[turanmahmudov]

@flohack I reboot several times, did the all processes again, no doesn't work.
dmesg logs:

[ 5297.135465] usb 1-1: New USB device found, idVendor=18d1, idProduct=d001, bcdDevice= 3.18
[ 5297.135467] usb 1-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[ 5297.135468] usb 1-1: Product: Failed to boot
[ 5297.135469] usb 1-1: Manufacturer: Halium initrd
[ 5297.135470] usb 1-1: SerialNumber: Halium initrd Debug telnet on port 23 on rndis0 192.168.2.15 - also running udhcpd

[turanmahmudov]

@turanmahmudov worked. changed my usb cable and ran these 3 commands manually:

adb push rootfs.img /data/
adb push system.img /data/
adb shell "mv /data/system.img /data/android-rootfs.img"