[Porting] Call for Testers

falcon15500 · 23 Feb 2021, 21:14

Hey there.

Installed on my old Sailfish. Install was fine, no issues.

Apart from the known cellular issue, my install has no sound at all. Is this a known issue?

One other thing - I've noticed it shows a notification icon at the top of the screen but when I go to notifications there is nothing there?

M.

flohack · 24 Feb 2021, 13:04

@falcon15500 Oh sound should work on Sailfish, I will check again. Yes also notification might have issues

lordzeed · 25 Feb 2021, 01:39

hello I have a lg aristo 3+ and I want to know if there is any contribution for this phone?

AppLee · 25 Feb 2021, 08:22

Hi @lordzeed
This ain't the right place for this kind of question.
AFAK, no port is in progress, please check there for compatible devices : https://devices.ubuntu-touch.io/

FellFromTheSky · 7 Mar 2021, 23:43

I finally been able to install Ubuntu Touch on my Goole Pixel XL. I would want to know if I'll need to flash every next release to get fixes and updates.
Thanks a lot for the port.

FellFromTheSky · 8 Mar 2021, 02:02

Also, could the bootloader be locked without losing any files after the installation is done?

Keneda · 8 Mar 2021, 05:16

@fellfromthesky
I don't think Pixel XL is already in the OTA update processe, it's not handled by ubports installer though.

sageteamobile · 8 Mar 2021, 06:31

I have several Pixel 3As abd am available for testing. sageteamobile.

FellFromTheSky · 8 Mar 2021, 12:16

forgot to say that for some reason I don't know, the smartphone automatically start to the android bootloader (the one with the robot), after being powered off.

flohack · 8 Mar 2021, 19:07

@fellfromthesky uh thats a though question, in principle yes. But if you do so, and you would ever have an issue with Ubuntu Touch that prevents it from booting, you could never access your data again so we do not recommend this under all circumstances.

The problem is less visible for Android phones where the apps save most data in the cloud, and also cloud backup is possible. But we are simply not there yet to support such options.

FellFromTheSky · 14 Mar 2021, 23:18

thanks.
I'll let the smartphone as it is right now until the official release.

yagya · 4 Apr 2021, 02:55

Hey, I have a Pixel XL and am 100% willing to test! My Pixel is fully functional and I have plenty of spare devices.

Also, since you have both a Pixel and Pixel 2, you might want to join t.me/Pixel1Chat and t.me/Pixel2Chat . They're run by me and a few friends, and you'll find lots of testers there too.

flohack · 5 Apr 2021, 11:35

@yagya Thanks! Unfortunately neither of them has recovery working, and this blocks us a bit for making a wider test. I will come back as soon as we have solved this.

simon511000 · 9 Apr 2021, 18:11

@flohack Hello!
I just installed Ubport on my Google Pixel XL Marlin and for now I did not see any problem!

curano · 12 Jun 2021, 16:11

I have a Pixel with 25.11 GB free space.
But with Android 10
May I help testing ?

flohack · 12 Jun 2021, 16:20

Hi guys, just an update, I am trying to solve the puzzle of Pixel/XL having a too small system partition for our installer. I am near a solution, but need a bit more time. Before thats solved more testing makes on sense since that problem would be a major blocker for that device. So, sit back and relax, I hope to come back with an installer config soon

And BTW also SIM card is not detected so Pixel is really in early state only.

Daereth · 10 Jul 2021, 07:40

Hi there @Flohack , I've recently flashed my Pixel XL and am quite happy with the result thus far, hoping to do more testing for you when a new revision is available!

Any update on the progress on this device? Cheers!

flohack · 11 Jul 2021, 08:48

@daereth Yes, unless I can solve the automatic install there is not much progress. Currently system partition is too small. I try an alternate way of loading the rootfs, or b) we could repartition the flash.
I am not sure if repartitioning is something we oculd be happy with though.

cregox · 19 Aug 2021, 04:02

i want to test it, but not read this whole topic. where should i start?

is this it? https://forums.ubports.com/topic/5533/porting-call-for-testers/14?_=1629345819379

flohack · 19 Aug 2021, 06:45

@cregox uh yes install instructions were stored in a pad but this got obviously corrupted. I will clean them up. Please standby until you find my sentence "Update 19.08.201" on top, I start right away

The pad is here: https://pad.ubports.com/p/HaliumHowToTestInstall - and you can guess from its current state that its better not to follow those instructions

Unfortunately the device cannot be released into the installer as it has a too small system partition, but we are working on a solution for that.