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Is it possible to flash ubuntu touch without an installer?

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      wdehoog
      last edited by 20 Oct 2017, 21:00

      See https://pastebin.com/2BTrDBpM
      It seems to create one file: system.img
      I am trying to see if I can create it

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        doniks @wdehoog
        last edited by 20 Oct 2017, 22:29

        @wdehoog said in Is it possible to flash ubuntu touch without an installer?:

        See https://pastebin.com/2BTrDBpM
        It seems to create one file: system.img
        I am trying to see if I can create it

        Yeah ok. I guess this is basically the rootfs right? so maybe making an fs image and unpacking the ubports-asdf....xz file into it is enough?!

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          doniks @doniks
          last edited by doniks 21 Oct 2017, 06:39

          @doniks I'm wondering why not just use this rootstock script. But I guess I'm still not really getting it. You can't adb into your recovery, right? No adb shell, no adb push. How do you then get that magical zip file onto the device? What does that zip install script look like? Who runs it? What can it do?

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            wdehoog
            last edited by 21 Oct 2017, 07:34

            When in recovery adb lists the device as 'unauthorized' so no adb shell for me, so no installer script.

            The zip I create can be transfered when booted in android or sailfish.

            The script in the zip is simple: extract system.img to /data and flash boot.img into the boot partition. It is the updater-script run by the updater-binary.

            I have the kernel booting (no errors in /last/kernel_msg) but no UI or anything else.

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              doniks @wdehoog
              last edited by 21 Oct 2017, 08:08

              @wdehoog said in Is it possible to flash ubuntu touch without an installer?:

              When in recovery adb lists the device as 'unauthorized' so no adb shell for me, so no installer script.

              The zip I create can be transfered when booted in android or sailfish.

              ah ok. clear. are you using multirom or something similar?

              The script in the zip is simple: extract system.img to /data and flash boot.img into the boot partition. It is the updater-script run by the updater-binary.

              uuuhhhu, ok, now you come forward with some terms that are actually suitable at least for an internet research ....
              are we talking about something like this:
              https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSCseBYVc3Y

              I have the kernel booting (no errors in /last/kernel_msg) but no UI or anything else.

              ok. and now? maybe you want to, i don't know, share some details like the updater-script that you wrote and what exactly you put where exactly into the zip file. you don't make it easy to help you ...

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                wdehoog @doniks
                last edited by 21 Oct 2017, 09:12

                @doniks said in Is it possible to flash ubuntu touch without an installer?:

                ah ok. clear. are you using multirom or something similar?
                yes TWRP+multirom

                uuuhhhu, ok, now you come forward with some terms that are actually suitable at least for an internet research ....
                are we talking about something like this:
                https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSCseBYVc3Y
                I have no idea what you try to explain with this video. The updater-script is explained a bit here https://www.droidgyan.com/updater-script/

                I have the kernel booting (no errors in /last/kernel_msg) but no UI or anything else.

                ok. and now?
                Yep that is the question. How can I get logs of what is going wrong in user space.

                maybe you want to, i don't know, share some details like the updater-script that you
                wrote and what exactly you put where exactly into the zip file. you don't make it easy to > help you ...
                What script do you mean? The updater-script: https://pastebin.com/mYaHFSz9
                or the one making the system.img: https://pastebin.com/hE5qD52q

                I am a bit surprised that none of the ubports developers joins in. They know exactly how it works and where I should look.

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                  malditobastardo @wdehoog
                  last edited by 21 Oct 2017, 09:50

                  @wdehoog You can try to reach them in the Telegram supergroup. They are busy and small Team so is kinda understandable. Also in the group there are a lot of people with huge knowledge who can help you guys

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                    wdehoog @malditobastardo
                    last edited by 21 Oct 2017, 09:57

                    @malditobastardo said in Is it possible to flash ubuntu touch without an installer?:

                    @wdehoog You can try to reach them in the Telegram supergroup. They are busy and small Team so is kinda understandable. Also in the group there are a lot of people with huge knowledge who can help you guys

                    Thanks.

                    You see I think that is mistake they make. They created this forum so they at least should use it. The messages on the forum are stored and can be searched through. Very convenient. Telegram/irc or whatever messaging platform usually is not.

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                      wdehoog
                      last edited by 21 Oct 2017, 10:41

                      Well I now have adb access to ubuntu-touch. Some errors in dmesg:

                      [ 3.285119] initrd: mounting system.img (image developer mode)
                      [ 3.301791] initrd: mounting device image as ro
                      [ 3.309947] EXT4-fs (loop1): couldn't mount as ext3 due to feature incompatibilities
                      [ 3.334772] initrd: device is bacon

                      and

                      [ 3.624120] initrd: mounting /root/var/lib/lxc/android/system.img as /root/android/system
                      [ 3.910165] init: ureadahead-touch main process (497) terminated with status 5
                      [ 4.469967] init: /init.environ.rc: 13: export requires 2 arguments

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                        wdehoog
                        last edited by 21 Oct 2017, 13:00

                        Ok. It works now. Got ubports on my phone. Extracting the archives was wrong so some dirs ended up in the wrong place. Here is the script I used https://pastebin.com/DgUu2PuJ

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                          suoko @wdehoog
                          last edited by 6 Apr 2020, 19:53

                          @wdehoog did you find a way to create flashable zips of ut?

                          L 1 Reply Last reply 6 Apr 2020, 20:23 Reply Quote 0
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                            Lakotaubp @suoko
                            last edited by Lakotaubp 4 Jun 2020, 20:32 6 Apr 2020, 20:23

                            @suoko This thread is two years old. Your much better off asking a fresh question in the appropriate section of the forum. However UT is not a zip and has never been one.
                            I'm going to lock this thread now, but you can refer back to it in any new question using the weblink e.g https://forums.ubports.com/topic/669/is-it-possible-to-flash-ubuntu-touch-without-an-installer/21
                            Thanks

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