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Trying to install on Nexus 4

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      larshenric
      last edited by larshenric 31 Oct 2017, 13:46

      Hello!
      I'm new to this and my english isn't good. After years using Ubuntu on my laptop I now tried to install U-Touch on my nexus 4, but I only get to "Ubports Recovery". How do I have to go on from there?
      Thanks in advance for every help! 🙂

      Edit: I managed to reinstall Android (following this page: https://docs.ubuntu.com/phone/en/devices/reinstalling-android)
      But that's not what I wanted... 😞
      I'll go on trying to get UT on my phone... 😉

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        demokrit
        last edited by demokrit 31 Oct 2017, 19:41

        Hi,

        how often have you tried installing? I had this issue once with my Nexus 4 and just had to do the installtion 2 or 3 times and then it worked.... As far as i remember, when it rebooted to recovery, in the terminal that you started the flashing it should say something about writing stuff it downloaded before...

        Also maybe try a second USB cable and don't move your Laptop/Phone while the whole process. I've heard of a few people with problems because of faulty cables...

        Btw, you can do the following: If you only reach the Ubports Recovery, you just do the flash command without the --bootstrap and it should work from there. So assuming you are in recovery and have the cable plugged in an d the terminal open run

        sudo ubuntu-device-flash --server=http://system-image.ubports.com touch --device=mako \
        --channel=15.04/devel
        

        Ah and one last thin; don't get worried the process will be

        1. White background with 3 orange dots
        2. Black Background with Google Logo
        3. Orange Background with Ubuntu Touch slogan
          and all of them will seem to take for ever 😜

        Best of luck to you for the next time you try 🙂

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          larshenric @demokrit
          last edited by 1 Nov 2017, 21:25

          @demokrit:
          Thank you very much for replying! At the end I found a post in the forum where the "magic-device-tool" was mentioned. Tried that, and: Working! 🙂

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            cheniek @larshenric
            last edited by 4 Jan 2018, 10:47

            @larshenric Hi, do You still use Nexus 4 with Ubuntu Touch? How is it? I installed it 3 day ago and I can see that it is quite nice system with some of critical "but"s:

            • It takes too long for some even basing apps to open/load (for example app Phone loads for up to 4 sec.); in the phone with 2GB of RAM and quad core processor it is unacceptable,
            • lack of some options which are available in android and other operating systems (ex. Sailfish, Firefox), for ex. option show/hide my number on outgoing calls, and many many other of course
            • battery life is absolutely not enough, it lasts in half a day with not a lot of use (a couple of calls, couple of messages and set some of phone options). Have You found any tips/tricks to expand a battery life?

            What are Your general impressions?

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              L-00332 Banned @demokrit
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