Pixel 2 XL (Taimen) Testing Results
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@atomos Thanks. I tried a different version of TWRP and I'm getting some progress but then the phone disconnects:
Using: twrp-3.3.0-0-taimen.img
~/Desktop/ubports/halium-install$ sudo ./halium-install-standalone.sh -p ut -s ubuntu-touch-android9-arm64.tar.gz.1 system.img D: Chosen rootfs is ubuntu-touch-android9-arm64.tar.gz.1 D: Chosen android image is system.img D: Chosen release is ut D: Compress images before pushing: false I: Writing rootfs into mountable image I: Writing android image into mountable image I: Running post installation tasks enabling SSH ... [done] Please enter a new password for the user 'phablet': Enter new UNIX password: Retype new UNIX password: passwd: password updated successfully I: Shrinking images e2fsck 1.45.5 (07-Jan-2020) resize2fs 1.45.5 (07-Jan-2020) Resizing the filesystem on .halium-install-imgs.2BE8t/system.img to 231448 (4k) blocks. Begin pass 3 (max = 20) Scanning inode table XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX The filesystem on .halium-install-imgs.2BE8t/system.img is now 231448 (4k) blocks long. I: Unmounting images I: Pushing rootfs and android image to /data via ADB I: Pushing rootfs to /data via ADB adb: error: 65544-byte write failed: Success I: Pushing android image to /data via ADB adb: error: failed to get feature set: device offline I: Renaming to system-as-root compatible system image adb: device offline real 0m11.016s user 0m0.066s sys 0m0.898s Error: Couldn't copy the files to the device, is it connected? I: Cleaning up umount: .halium-install-rootfs.aWTBw: not mounted. adb: device offline
It gets to about 25% then fails. I will try another version.
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Trying an earlier version of TWRP 3.2.3-1:
~/Desktop/ubports/halium-install$ sudo ./halium-install-standalone.sh -p ut -s ubuntu-touch-android9-arm64.tar.gz.1 system.img D: Chosen rootfs is ubuntu-touch-android9-arm64.tar.gz.1 D: Chosen android image is system.img D: Chosen release is ut D: Compress images before pushing: false I: Writing rootfs into mountable image I: Writing android image into mountable image I: Running post installation tasks enabling SSH ... [done] Please enter a new password for the user 'phablet': Enter new UNIX password: Retype new UNIX password: passwd: password updated successfully I: Shrinking images e2fsck 1.45.5 (07-Jan-2020) resize2fs 1.45.5 (07-Jan-2020) Resizing the filesystem on .halium-install-imgs.OTiWz/system.img to 231448 (4k) blocks. Begin pass 3 (max = 20) Scanning inode table XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX The filesystem on .halium-install-imgs.OTiWz/system.img is now 231448 (4k) blocks long. I: Unmounting images I: Pushing rootfs and android image to /data via ADB I: Pushing rootfs to /data via ADB [ 0%] /data/rootfs.img [ 6%] /data/rootfs.img adb: error: 65544-byte write failed: Success I: Pushing android image to /data via ADB [ 0%] /data/system.img [ 82%] /data/system.img adb: error: failed to read copy response .halium-install-imgs.OTiWz/system.img: 1 file...ipped. 159.6 MB/s (948011008 bytes in 5.665s) adb: error: failed to read copy response I: Renaming to system-as-root compatible system image
Then adb freezes and screen remains unresponsive.
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@maurice
mine:
macbookair2013mid with ubuntu 20.04.
pixel2 xl 128g with android 9 factory image.
download and install <- all like you did.
format data in twrp first, when everything ready.
flash halium-boot.img.
flash vendor.img.
fastboot boot twrp.img(3.50) then sreen just show twrp logo.never get menus.
install last install commad.
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@atomos could the issue on mine might be that I have to roll back to android 9 before trying the steps?
For example should I be rolling back to 9.0.0 (PPR1.180610.009, Aug 2018) from https://developers.google.com/android/images ?
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@maurice I think u need rolling back to 9.0.0(lineageOS 16 )
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@atomos ok will try that out and report back. Thanks for the help : )
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Just ran into an issue rolling back. Will have to pick this test up later this week. Thanks for everyone's help.
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@maurice Its really strange but it could be your USB cable, or try different port on your host. Definitely this is an error related to the ADB protocol. So it looses connection to your device from time to time.
You can try yourself, push a bigger file into /data (few hundred megs) like:
adb push xy.tgz /data
and see if that goes through.Note that this has nothing to do with clearing partitions. You can also try an older TWRP version. We might also be able to use the UBports recovery, let me try to build that tonight.
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@Flohack
can i use google factory image9.0(lineageOS16)'s vendor? all pixel phone not supported China Telecom 4g. so I need root the phone in android 9 and copy some mcfg_sw.mbn files into /vendor/rfs.... for 4g. thanks! -
@atomos You can use Google´s vendor partition but I found some things wont work with it. Might have problems with sensors, GPS, Camera. But give it a try.
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@flohack can I copy files to /vendor/rfs/msm/mpss/readonly/mbn/mcfg/configs/mcfg_sw/generic/
afer install ubuntu.
i usesudo mount -o remount,rw /
then do copy command, its says read only filesystem.
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@atomos No you probably need to do this in recovery. The partition is mounted as bind-mount, not easy to set readable....
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@flohack just tried adb push using TWRP 3.2.3.0, seems that the push is failing around 100mb.
~/Desktop/ubports/halium-install$ adb push ubuntu-touch-android9-arm64.tar.gz /data adb: error: failed to get feature set: device offline ~/Desktop/ubports/halium-install$ adb push ubuntu-touch-android9-arm64.tar.gz /data adb: error: failed to read copy response.tar.gz ubuntu-touch-android9-arm64.tar.gz: 1 ... 97.2 MB/s (616134854 bytes in 6.048s) adb: error: failed to read copy response ~/Desktop/ubports/halium-install$ adb push ubuntu-touch-android9-arm64.tar.gz /data adb: error: failed to read copy response.tar.gz ubuntu-touch-android9-arm64.tar.gz: 1 ...103.4 MB/s (616134854 bytes in 5.684s) adb: error: failed to read copy response ~/Desktop/ubports/halium-install$ adb push ubuntu-touch-android9-arm64.tar.gz /data adb: error: failed to read copy response.tar.gz ubuntu-touch-android9-arm64.tar.gz: 1 ...109.3 MB/s (616134854 bytes in 5.376s) adb: error: failed to read copy response ~/Desktop/ubports/halium-install$ adb push ubuntu-touch-android9-arm64.tar.gz /data [ 1%] /data/ubuntu-touch-android9-arm64.tar.gz adb: error: failed to read copy response.tar.gz ubuntu-touch-android9-arm64.tar.gz: 1 ...108.5 MB/s (616134854 bytes in 5.418s) adb: error: failed to read copy response ~/Desktop/ubports/halium-install$ adb push ubuntu-touch-android9-arm64.tar.gz /data adb: error: failed to get feature set: device offline ~/Desktop/ubports/halium-install$
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Testing using TWRP 3.2.3.0 (fails at 100mb)
~/Desktop/ubports/halium-install$ fastboot boot twrp-3.2.3-0-taimen.img Sending 'boot.img' (40960 KB) OKAY [ 1.187s] Booting OKAY [ 0.001s] Finished. Total time: 1.313s ~/Desktop/ubports/halium-install$ adb push ubuntu-touch-android9-arm64.tar.gz /data adb: error: failed to read copy response.tar.gz ubuntu-touch-android9-arm64.tar.gz: 1 ...109.3 MB/s (616134854 bytes in 5.378s) adb: error: failed to read copy response ~/Desktop/ubports/halium-install$ adb push ubuntu-touch-android9-arm64.tar.gz /data adb: error: failed to read copy response.tar.gz ubuntu-touch-android9-arm64.tar.gz: 1 ...109.9 MB/s (616134854 bytes in 5.348s) adb: error: failed to read copy response ~/Desktop/ubports/halium-install$ adb push ubuntu-touch-android9-arm64.tar.gz /data adb: error: failed to read copy response.tar.gz ubuntu-touch-android9-arm64.tar.gz: 1 ...108.1 MB/s (616134854 bytes in 5.436s) adb: error: failed to read copy response
Testing using TWRP 3.2.3.1 (fails at 100mb)
~/Desktop/ubports/halium-install$ fastboot boot twrp-3.2.3-1-taimen.img Sending 'boot.img' (40960 KB) OKAY [ 1.209s] Booting OKAY [ 0.001s] Finished. Total time: 1.310s ~/Desktop/ubports/halium-install$ adb push ubuntu-touch-android9-arm64.tar.gz /data adb: error: failed to read copy response.tar.gz ubuntu-touch-android9-arm64.tar.gz: 1 ...110.1 MB/s (616134854 bytes in 5.336s) adb: error: failed to read copy response ~/Desktop/ubports/halium-install$ sudo adb push ubuntu-touch-android9-arm64.tar.gz /data [sudo] password for : adb: error: failed to read copy response.tar.gz ubuntu-touch-android9-arm64.tar.gz: 1 ...109.8 MB/s (616134854 bytes in 5.350s) adb: error: failed to read copy response
Testing using TWRP 3.5.0.9 (Does not upload, frozen at 0%)
~/Desktop/ubports/halium-install$ adb push ubuntu-touch-android9-arm64.tar.gz /data [ 0%] /data/ubuntu-touch-android9-arm64.tar.gz ~/Desktop/ubports/halium-install$ adb push ubuntu-touch-android9-arm64.tar.gz /data adb F 02-04 11:28:55 40783 40783 file_sync_client.cpp:473] protocol fault: failed to read stat response: Success Aborted (core dumped)
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Did some more tests. Was looking at the wrong string, it looks like adb push does work.
~/Desktop/ubports/halium-install$ cp ubuntu-touch-android9-arm64.tar.gz ubutuarchiverenamed ~/Desktop/ubports/halium-install$ adb push ubutuarchiverenamed /data adb: error: failed to read copy response ubutuarchiverenamed: 1 file pushed, 0 ...108.0 MB/s (616134854 bytes in 5.438s) adb: error: failed to read copy response ~/Desktop/ubports/halium-install$ adb push ubuntu-touch-android9-arm64.tar.gz /data adb: error: failed to read copy response.tar.gz ubuntu-touch-android9-arm64.tar.gz: 1 ...102.3 MB/s (616134854 bytes in 5.741s) adb: error: failed to read copy response ~/Desktop/ubports/halium-install$ adb push system.img /data adb: error: failed to read copy response system.img: 1 file pushed, 0 skipped. 63.1 MB/s (365404512 bytes in 5.520s) adb: error: failed to read copy response ~/Desktop/ubports/halium-install$ adb push twrp-3.5.0_9-0-taimen.img /data adb: error: failed to read copy response twrp-3.5.0_9-0-taimen.img: 1 file push...d. 7.8 MB/s (41943040 bytes in 5.136s) adb: error: failed to read copy response ~/Desktop/ubports/halium-install$ adb push vendor.img /data adb: error: failed to read copy response vendor.img: 1 file pushed, 0 skipped. 64.2 MB/s (363557072 bytes in 5.404s) adb: error: failed to read copy response
I also tried to use the install script without the password and user parameters which allows the system image to push, but it fails pushing the rootfs :
~/Desktop/ubports/halium-install$ sudo ./halium-install-standalone.sh ubuntu-touch-android9-arm64.tar.gz system.img D: Chosen rootfs is ubuntu-touch-android9-arm64.tar.gz D: Chosen android image is system.img D: Chosen release is none D: Compress images before pushing: false I: Writing rootfs into mountable image I: Writing android image into mountable image I: Running post installation tasks I: Shrinking images e2fsck 1.45.5 (07-Jan-2020) resize2fs 1.45.5 (07-Jan-2020) Resizing the filesystem on .halium-install-imgs.uXTvp/system.img to 231448 (4k) blocks. Begin pass 3 (max = 20) Scanning inode table XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX The filesystem on .halium-install-imgs.uXTvp/system.img is now 231448 (4k) blocks long. I: Unmounting images I: Pushing rootfs and android image to /data via ADB I: Pushing rootfs to /data via ADB adb: error: 65544-byte write failed: Success I: Pushing android image to /data via ADB adb: error: failed to read copy response .halium-install-imgs.uXTvp/system.img:...147.9 MB/s (948011008 bytes in 6.112s) adb: error: failed to read copy response real 0m12.719s user 0m0.045s sys 0m1.496s I: Cleaning up umount: .halium-install-rootfs.Hcs48: not mounted.
But if I try to use the script using "-P" or "-S" I get the following:
~/Desktop/ubports/halium-install$ sudo ./halium-install-standalone.sh -p ut -s ubuntu-touch-android9-arm64.tar.gz system.img D: Chosen rootfs is ubuntu-touch-android9-arm64.tar.gz D: Chosen android image is system.img D: Chosen release is ut D: Compress images before pushing: false I: Writing rootfs into mountable image I: Writing android image into mountable image I: Running post installation tasks enabling SSH ... [done] Please enter a new password for the user 'phablet': Enter new UNIX password: Retype new UNIX password: passwd: password updated successfully I: Shrinking images e2fsck 1.45.5 (07-Jan-2020) resize2fs 1.45.5 (07-Jan-2020) Resizing the filesystem on .halium-install-imgs.V34FH/system.img to 231448 (4k) blocks. Begin pass 3 (max = 20) Scanning inode table XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX The filesystem on .halium-install-imgs.V34FH/system.img is now 231448 (4k) blocks long. I: Unmounting images I: Pushing rootfs and android image to /data via ADB I: Pushing rootfs to /data via ADB adb: error: failed to get feature set: device offline I: Pushing android image to /data via ADB adb: error: failed to get feature set: device offline I: Renaming to system-as-root compatible system image adb: device offline real 0m0.016s user 0m0.008s sys 0m0.005s Error: Couldn't copy the files to the device, is it connected? I: Cleaning up umount: .halium-install-rootfs.mFbra: not mounted. adb: device offline
~/Desktop/ubports/halium-install$ sudo ./halium-install-standalone.sh -p ut -s ubuntu-touch-android9-arm64.tar.gz system.img D: Chosen rootfs is ubuntu-touch-android9-arm64.tar.gz D: Chosen android image is system.img D: Chosen release is ut D: Compress images before pushing: false I: Writing rootfs into mountable image I: Writing android image into mountable image I: Running post installation tasks enabling SSH ... [done] Please enter a new password for the user 'phablet': Enter new UNIX password: Retype new UNIX password: passwd: password updated successfully I: Shrinking images e2fsck 1.45.5 (07-Jan-2020) resize2fs 1.45.5 (07-Jan-2020) Resizing the filesystem on .halium-install-imgs.2YQgD/system.img to 231448 (4k) blocks. Begin pass 3 (max = 20) Scanning inode table XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX The filesystem on .halium-install-imgs.2YQgD/system.img is now 231448 (4k) blocks long. I: Unmounting images I: Pushing rootfs and android image to /data via ADB I: Pushing rootfs to /data via ADB adb: error: 65544-byte write failed: Success I: Pushing android image to /data via ADB adb: error: failed to get feature set: device offline I: Renaming to system-as-root compatible system image adb: device offline real 0m6.227s user 0m0.019s sys 0m0.715s Error: Couldn't copy the files to the device, is it connected? I: Cleaning up umount: .halium-install-rootfs.dqGZa: not mounted. adb: device offline
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@maurice said in Pixel 2 XL (Taimen) Testing Results:
sudo ./halium-install-standalone.sh -p ut -s ubuntu-touch-android9-arm64.tar.gz system.img
have you try no sudo?
./halium-install-standalone.sh -p ut -s ubuntu-touch-android9-arm64.tar.gz system.img
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@atomos Yes, same issue. Also tried a different port and several USB C cables.
~/Desktop/ubports/halium-install$ ./halium-install-standalone.sh -p ut -s ubuntu-touch-android9-arm64.tar.gz system.img [sudo] password for : D: Chosen rootfs is ubuntu-touch-android9-arm64.tar.gz D: Chosen android image is system.img D: Chosen release is ut D: Compress images before pushing: false I: Writing rootfs into mountable image I: Writing android image into mountable image I: Running post installation tasks enabling SSH ... [done] Please enter a new password for the user 'phablet': Enter new UNIX password: Retype new UNIX password: passwd: password updated successfully I: Shrinking images e2fsck 1.45.5 (07-Jan-2020) resize2fs 1.45.5 (07-Jan-2020) Resizing the filesystem on .halium-install-imgs.0eqim/system.img to 231448 (4k) blocks. Begin pass 3 (max = 20) Scanning inode table XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX The filesystem on .halium-install-imgs.0eqim/system.img is now 231448 (4k) blocks long. I: Unmounting images I: Pushing rootfs and android image to /data via ADB I: Pushing rootfs to /data via ADB * daemon not running; starting now at tcp:5037 * daemon started successfully adb: error: 65544-byte write failed: Success I: Pushing android image to /data via ADB adb: error: failed to get feature set: device offline I: Renaming to system-as-root compatible system image adb: device offline real 0m6.220s user 0m0.025s sys 0m0.721s Error: Couldn't copy the files to the device, is it connected? I: Cleaning up umount: .halium-install-rootfs.o87p7: not mounted. adb: device offline
Second attempt:
~/Desktop/ubports/halium-install$ ./halium-install-standalone.sh -p ut -s ubuntu-touch-android9-arm64.tar.gz system.img D: Chosen rootfs is ubuntu-touch-android9-arm64.tar.gz D: Chosen android image is system.img D: Chosen release is ut D: Compress images before pushing: false I: Writing rootfs into mountable image I: Writing android image into mountable image I: Running post installation tasks enabling SSH ... [done] Please enter a new password for the user 'phablet': Enter new UNIX password: Retype new UNIX password: passwd: password updated successfully I: Shrinking images e2fsck 1.45.5 (07-Jan-2020) resize2fs 1.45.5 (07-Jan-2020) Resizing the filesystem on .halium-install-imgs.zPBDe/system.img to 231448 (4k) blocks. Begin pass 3 (max = 20) Scanning inode table XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX The filesystem on .halium-install-imgs.zPBDe/system.img is now 231448 (4k) blocks long. I: Unmounting images I: Pushing rootfs and android image to /data via ADB I: Pushing rootfs to /data via ADB adb: error: 65544-byte write failed: Success I: Pushing android image to /data via ADB adb: error: failed to read copy response .halium-install-imgs.zPBDe/system.img:...157.2 MB/s (948011008 bytes in 5.750s) adb: error: failed to read copy response I: Renaming to system-as-root compatible system image adb: no devices/emulators found real 0m12.006s user 0m0.043s sys 0m1.377s Error: Couldn't copy the files to the device, is it connected? I: Cleaning up umount: .halium-install-rootfs.ZVxrz: not mounted.
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After trying multiple times using the Macbook air ports. I tried a different setup. Used an external USB/USB C dock (Dell Universal Dock D6000) with a USB C to USB C cable connected to the phone.
So Macbook Air (2013) -> Dell Universal Dock -> Pixel 2 XL.
And when trying the script it finally worked!
~/Desktop/ubports/halium-install$ ./halium-install-standalone.sh -p ut -s ubuntu-touch-android9-arm64.tar.gz system.img [sudo] password for : D: Chosen rootfs is ubuntu-touch-android9-arm64.tar.gz D: Chosen android image is system.img D: Chosen release is ut D: Compress images before pushing: false I: Writing rootfs into mountable image I: Writing android image into mountable image I: Running post installation tasks enabling SSH ... [done] Please enter a new password for the user 'phablet': Enter new UNIX password: Retype new UNIX password: passwd: password updated successfully I: Shrinking images e2fsck 1.45.5 (07-Jan-2020) resize2fs 1.45.5 (07-Jan-2020) Resizing the filesystem on .halium-install-imgs.Yy132/system.img to 231448 (4k) blocks. Begin pass 3 (max = 20) Scanning inode table XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX The filesystem on .halium-install-imgs.Yy132/system.img is now 231448 (4k) blocks long. I: Unmounting images I: Pushing rootfs and android image to /data via ADB I: Pushing rootfs to /data via ADB .halium-install-imgs.Yy132/rootfs.img:....0 MB/s (3221225472 bytes in 109.898s) I: Pushing android image to /data via ADB .halium-install-imgs.Yy132/system.img:...27.5 MB/s (948011008 bytes in 32.918s) I: Renaming to system-as-root compatible system image real 2m22.986s user 0m0.438s sys 0m6.972s I: Cleaning up umount: .halium-install-rootfs.5pR4w: not mounted.
Now on to testing capabilities. Thanks for all your help and input. @Flohack recommendation to try different host ports helped!
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@maurice congratulations!!!
bty Cellular working?
pixel phone not supported CHM-CT 4G,always need mod vendor.img. I'll try later in ut. -
@maurice
Congratulations bro... Can you please make a short youtube Tutorial of Installing Ubuntu Touch on Pixel 2XL and its a short Review..