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I am trying to install UBport to a samsung S7 which currently runs /e/ with android 10.
On my Win11 laptop, the UBport installer detected the phone correctly, download the 2 .img files. Then I reboot the phone to "download" and UBport does not detect anymore my device. I tried also the reboot to "recovery" and "recovery with ADB", same issue.
On my second laptop (armbian arm64), with the phone state "recovery with ADB" is detected by the adb command as "sideload" (if I remember correclty).
I think it is easier to try the UBport installer first. Do I need additionnal software on my Win11 laptop to run UBport installer?
Otherwise, since I have the 2 img files and an adb running, where can I find the doc for the manual install ?
Eventually, once UBport installed I don't need a fully functionnal phone. I intend to try to convert it as low power, low cost home server...since there is a raspberry shortage.
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@mr-t-0 It won't work of a windows based machine. You need a Linux setup, preferably Ubuntu (it is just easier) and install Heimdall (which are open source Samsung drivers). Use the installer and follow the instructions. I went from e/OS to UT on this device and it worked flawlessly on my Ubuntu machine. Heimdall on Windows is very flaky as I discovered with the Samsung S3 Neo+. Don't make things difficult, use the installer.
If you cannot get hold of a machine to run Linux, use a virtual machine in Windows to run Linux, that works too.
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@mr-t-0 said in install Samsung S7:
I intend to try to convert it as low power, low cost home server...since there is a raspberry shortage.
I can see the RPi shortage being a driving force for looking to alternatives. And while a mobile phone would be at the very bottom of my list of viable alternatives, the availability of one, can bump it far up said list.
Having said all of that, for the stated purpose you are going to have a poor experience with Ubuntu Touch. The OS is built with regular mobile phone usage in mind, when installed on a mobile device. This means there is no supported way to run services in the background (there are ideas about how to do this in a secure way once Focal lands). If you proceed, you will find yourself fighting the OS to do what it was not designed to do. You will also find the community unable to help when you inevitably have questions.
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@arubislander I missed that at the bottom. There is a glut on the market of lower powered PC's, Thin Clients and the like. They would suit better than a phone as a server. It also depends what the server is for. Using a phone or tablet for a media server is not good, whereas a file server maybe. This becomes a minefield of information.
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@mr-t-0 Did you see the recent announcement?
https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/supply-chain-update-its-good-news/
Keep checking at your local approved supplier
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