<![CDATA[[Beta] Pixel 2 installer config]]>As for the XL variant, here is the installer config for its small brother: (taken down since it does not work currently) - I hope that works equally well.

  • Note: Seems the cmdline argument is only understood with the installer run in Linux OS
  • Download this file
  • Download the UBports Installer from here: https://github.com/ubports/ubports-installer/releases/tag/0.8.8-beta (deb preferred, idk if the others accept cmdline arguments)
  • Start the installer from cmdline with the parameter -f <path-to-walleye.yml>

So you can install on the 2 already now, without having to wait for the release.

Iยดd love to receive feedback! Note this time the config works only for 2! Do not try to use the Pixel 2 XL, the installer will not check for sanity.

BR Florian

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/topic/6251/beta-pixel-2-installer-configRSS for NodeWed, 17 Jun 2026 16:15:45 GMTWed, 02 Jun 2021 18:21:36 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to [Beta] Pixel 2 installer config on Thu, 25 Nov 2021 17:56:13 GMT]]>@mrt10001 That's good. I'm going to try and start over, and see if that fixes it.

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/58080https://forums.ubports.com/post/58080Thu, 25 Nov 2021 17:56:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to [Beta] Pixel 2 installer config on Wed, 24 Nov 2021 19:28:21 GMT]]>@bifpowers Hi, sorry for the late reply, work has taken over at the moment. The touchscreen is really good, no issues.

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/58050https://forums.ubports.com/post/58050Wed, 24 Nov 2021 19:28:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to [Beta] Pixel 2 installer config on Sat, 20 Nov 2021 12:36:02 GMT]]>@flohack The touchscreen worked on the last Android ROM, so I will flash an Android 9 ROM and see where things are at. Hopefully a reinstall will fix it. Thank you for the help.

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/57851https://forums.ubports.com/post/57851Sat, 20 Nov 2021 12:36:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to [Beta] Pixel 2 installer config on Thu, 18 Nov 2021 19:42:35 GMT]]>@bifpowers Should not be an issue and is also out of scope of Ubuntu Touch. We do not mess with the touch screen but just get it as input device from the kernel driver. You might want to check with an Android ROM to see if you have a physical problem

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/57769https://forums.ubports.com/post/57769Thu, 18 Nov 2021 19:42:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to [Beta] Pixel 2 installer config on Thu, 18 Nov 2021 16:53:34 GMT]]>@mrt10001 How is the touchscreen responsiveness on yours? I'm getting ghost touches and the like.

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/57766https://forums.ubports.com/post/57766Thu, 18 Nov 2021 16:53:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to [Beta] Pixel 2 installer config on Mon, 08 Nov 2021 18:51:50 GMT]]>Have tested it with a SIM (O2 based). Full SMS and calls working. Clear sound, no loss of screen or screen lock. Texts all sending and receiving correctly. WiFi stable and no drop outs. Volume is good for me (it may vary for others) on the call. Battery life is not good, have charged it to 100% twice today, but it is an old phone and if you replace the battery on a Pixel phone, expect to replace the screen too (very delicate). Indicator LED for charging, messages etc is working.
Booted straight up from cold with no issues being stuck at bootloader.

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/57393https://forums.ubports.com/post/57393Mon, 08 Nov 2021 18:51:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to [Beta] Pixel 2 installer config on Mon, 08 Nov 2021 09:28:47 GMT]]>@flohack Just installed it. So far looking good. Install went flawlessly. No hiccups. Network connected straight away. I will run through my usual app install and see how that goes.

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/57374https://forums.ubports.com/post/57374Mon, 08 Nov 2021 09:28:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to [Beta] Pixel 2 installer config on Mon, 08 Nov 2021 08:33:24 GMT]]>Pixel 2 is back in the installer, AFAIK it works well enough to be tested with it ๐Ÿ˜‰

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/57370https://forums.ubports.com/post/57370Mon, 08 Nov 2021 08:33:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to [Beta] Pixel 2 installer config on Wed, 03 Nov 2021 14:00:11 GMT]]>@Flohack thanks for the explanation.

I just thought this comment was unnecessary and out of context. I'm an outsider, don't particularly care (no offense, I detest arguments about labels), and if the project has naming issues perhaps it should be addressed with branding and not forum posts.

Regardless! This is a pixel 2 thread. You were right about the battery. It didn't even last 12 hours for me with just wifi on with nextcloud/caldav and dekko/imap sync.

The good thing is bluetooth etc works fine for audio so far and I was able to pull up a video to watch via jellyfin/jellyfUn. I had no visible issues on install as a user who doesn't know specifics to look for.

It's otherwise sluggish but bearable for a first build. Some of the battery is likely due to age and wear as well, I was pretty rough on this thing. Never been a fan of its USB-C port anyway, always had trouble with charging cables.

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/57203https://forums.ubports.com/post/57203Wed, 03 Nov 2021 14:00:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to [Beta] Pixel 2 installer config on Wed, 03 Nov 2021 13:49:54 GMT]]>@moem
Well if you search forum you'll see i'm not the only one doing that, even if sure i'm quite active here so lot of recent entries are from me.
It's been quite from the beginning of Ubuntu Touch that this "compressed" name was used (maybe because of some things like that, who knows...).

Now like you say, if using it make people here inconfortable i'll no longer use it with no problem.

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/57202https://forums.ubports.com/post/57202Wed, 03 Nov 2021 13:49:54 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to [Beta] Pixel 2 installer config on Wed, 03 Nov 2021 13:28:31 GMT]]>@keneda said in [Beta] Pixel 2 installer config:

it's the "little name" lot of user use

To be honest, I've only ever seen you using it. And since you've been asked to not do that anymore, I assume we won't be seeing that again. ๐Ÿ˜‰

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/57200https://forums.ubports.com/post/57200Wed, 03 Nov 2021 13:28:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to [Beta] Pixel 2 installer config on Wed, 03 Nov 2021 13:28:26 GMT]]>@flohack
I know uTouch is far from being endorsed by Canonical (so you, as ubports, can't endorse it neither), but it's the "little name" lot of users use so i name it because he can see it here and there ๐Ÿ˜‡

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/57199https://forums.ubports.com/post/57199Wed, 03 Nov 2021 13:28:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to [Beta] Pixel 2 installer config on Wed, 03 Nov 2021 09:02:37 GMT]]>@agates Well to be honest, we are we very peacefully about slight variations of things, but with the name of the OS vs the name of the Foundation we need to be strict:

  • UBports Foundation is the organization doing development for, but not limited to...
  • Ubuntu Touch, which is the official name for the thing we are doing

Why is this important? Ubuntu Touch is containing the word Ubuntu, and its use is being licensed by Canonical Inc. to us so that we can carry on. We do not want to mix it with UBports, and btw @Keneda also uTouch is wrong and please do not use it :). Since if we get sloppy with that, Canonical might think we do not need the license anymore, and revoke it maybe.
Also we are entitled to sub-license the use of "Ubuntu Touch" to vendors and third parties that want to pre-install Ubuntu Touch on their devices. That is a specific right we can give or deny!

So, to stay clear of and issues with that, please stick to the naming. Also UBports should not be used as a name for 3rd party Github repos, and other project names, since it marks projects as "officially run by the foundation" in perception of the end user. And there we are strict, you cannot use our name for things that you are doing. You can use "Ubuntu Touch" however...

BR Florian

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/57188https://forums.ubports.com/post/57188Wed, 03 Nov 2021 09:02:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to [Beta] Pixel 2 installer config on Wed, 03 Nov 2021 07:45:32 GMT]]>@agates
Wow, how can someone feel so bad just because we tell him the right naming of things... ?
Ubports devs themselves remind sometime people here, that ubports is the association that maintain the OS, and not the OS itself , wich is uTouch.
Anyway, sorry hurting your feelings teaching something with kindness.

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/57185https://forums.ubports.com/post/57185Wed, 03 Nov 2021 07:45:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to [Beta] Pixel 2 installer config on Wed, 03 Nov 2021 05:16:56 GMT]]>@keneda said in [Beta] Pixel 2 installer config:

@agates said in [Beta] Pixel 2 installer config:

@flohack It's working! Typing from ubports on my pixel 2 now!

Thank you!

Ubuntu Touch / uTouch
๐Ÿ˜‰

Ahhh yes, the behavior that drove me away from the community all those years ago: people arguing about the names of things instead of making the experience better for developers

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/57183https://forums.ubports.com/post/57183Wed, 03 Nov 2021 05:16:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to [Beta] Pixel 2 installer config on Wed, 03 Nov 2021 05:12:55 GMT]]>@agates said in [Beta] Pixel 2 installer config:

@flohack It's working! Typing from ubports on my pixel 2 now!

Thank you!

Ubuntu Touch / uTouch
๐Ÿ˜‰

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/57182https://forums.ubports.com/post/57182Wed, 03 Nov 2021 05:12:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to [Beta] Pixel 2 installer config on Tue, 02 Nov 2021 23:47:06 GMT]]>@flohack It's working! Typing from ubports on my pixel 2 now!

Thank you!

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/57181https://forums.ubports.com/post/57181Tue, 02 Nov 2021 23:47:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to [Beta] Pixel 2 installer config on Tue, 02 Nov 2021 17:09:58 GMT]]>@agates you can try to run this installer config manually with ubports-installer -f walleye.yml - https://github.com/ubports/installer-configs/pull/150

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/57175https://forums.ubports.com/post/57175Tue, 02 Nov 2021 17:09:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to [Beta] Pixel 2 installer config on Tue, 02 Nov 2021 16:43:25 GMT]]>@flohack Awesome! I guess it will be hard to judge battery life since I haven't used the thing as a daily driver for over a year. I'm eager to try it, though, at least to have a phone to develop apps against.

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/57174https://forums.ubports.com/post/57174Tue, 02 Nov 2021 16:43:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to [Beta] Pixel 2 installer config on Tue, 02 Nov 2021 16:14:05 GMT]]>@agates Yes indeed adding clock ignore helped. Though now the problem is, will that keep some hardware out of sleep state, and impact battery life?

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/57173https://forums.ubports.com/post/57173Tue, 02 Nov 2021 16:14:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to [Beta] Pixel 2 installer config on Mon, 01 Nov 2021 07:53:27 GMT]]>Some small progress I have a Pixel 2 now in my hands and can reproduce the bootloop ๐Ÿ™‚ Probably going to attach a UART serial cable via USB to see whats going on

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/57121https://forums.ubports.com/post/57121Mon, 01 Nov 2021 07:53:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to [Beta] Pixel 2 installer config on Sun, 10 Oct 2021 18:28:22 GMT]]>@flohack Looks like clk_ignore_unused may be needed as a command line boot option, if I'm interpreting this correctly?

https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/Qualcomm_Snapdragon_835_(MSM8998)

If there's an easy way I can test that I'd be happy to, though I realize the same chip is used in taimen and not having this issue.

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/56309https://forums.ubports.com/post/56309Sun, 10 Oct 2021 18:28:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to [Beta] Pixel 2 installer config on Sun, 10 Oct 2021 18:18:43 GMT]]>@agates Ill take a look. Well idk how to set clk_ignore_unused but I will try to find out.

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/56307https://forums.ubports.com/post/56307Sun, 10 Oct 2021 18:18:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to [Beta] Pixel 2 installer config on Sun, 10 Oct 2021 17:32:24 GMT]]>@Flohack This page at postmarketOS wiki states some issues with pstore. Is it possible we're facing the same issues?

https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/Google_Pixel_2_XL_(google-taimen)

EDIT:
Also wondering if we need to set clk_ignore_unused=true, though I'm not sure how or if you've already configured that

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/56305https://forums.ubports.com/post/56305Sun, 10 Oct 2021 17:32:24 GMT