Done! Running 16.04/rc now on my BQ Aquaris M10 HD.

Thanks for the help.

Steps:
Startup M10 on Android 6
Enable developer mode by tapping build number
$ adb devices
Should list the device
$ adb reboot bootloader
Select fastboot in menu
$ fastboot device
Should list the device
$ fastboot oem unlock
$ fastboot reboot

Download SP flash tool and cooler_image as described by @advocatux on https://forums.ubports.com/topic/1351/failed-to-install-ubport-on-my-bq-m10-hd/12

$ unzip SP_Flash_Tool_exe_Linux_v5.1612.00.100.zip
$ unzip cooler-image-stable-6.zip

$ cd SP_Flash_Tool_exe_Linux_v5.1612.00.100
$ sudo ./flash_tool

Scatter loading file: MT8163_Android_scatter.txt
Format with 'Auto Format Flash' and 'Format whole flash except Bootloader'
Download

Now Ubuntu Touch OTA 13 is on the device

Now ubports-installer can be run.
$ ubports-installer

After just plugging and unplugging I notice that 1 in 5 times I get an ADB connection. MTP seems to always work properly, except for one time when I got an 'Unable to open a folder for Aquaris M10 HD' error. At which time I got an ADB connection. After unmounting MTP I sometimes loose the ADB connection, but not always.

How do ADB and MTP automount play together? Do I need to disable MTP?

@guyhighlander Ubuntu 15.04 is the current stable release as far as I know. You can also try Ubuntu 16.04 but it is considered to be unstable and for testing only. I have 16.04 now running on my BQ M10 tablet and it work pretty well except for some glitches.

@thepossessor Thank you for the tip. I always connect directly to my laptop without a hub.

After just plugging and unplugging I notice that 1 in 5 times I get an ADB connection. MTP seems to always work properly, except for one time when I got an 'Unable to open a folder for Aquaris M10 HD' error. At which time I got an ADB connection. After unmounting MTP I sometimes loose the ADB connection, but not always.

How do ADB and MTP automount play together? Do I need to disable MTP?

@advocatux said in BQ M10 HD adb does not work:

@gerben that "allow" pop-up only appears the first time you plug your device to your computer using an usb cable. Once you've trusted that device ("allow") that's all.

In your case, if you have plugged that device before, it's trusted then.

That could well be the case. I tried it late last night.

@libremax
The 'hardware id' for the Fairphone 2 mentioned in the ubports docs matches with their USB vendor id indeed. I still had the 0x2a47 id in the ini file and this might be required for the M10 HD.

I am not sure though. After trying some combinations I find that sometimes it works and sometimes not. So there seems to be something else going on.

Thank you for the answer! The reboot after enabling developer mode did the trick. I did not get a window with an allow button though.

The BQ Aquaris M10 HD with ubports 16.04/rc has developer mode enabled and is connected with a proper cable to my laptop running Ubuntu 16.04. adb devices does not return the connected device. According to the documentation on https://docs.ubports.com/en/latest/userguide/advanceduse/adb.html I can add the hardware id to ~/.android/adb_usb.ini. Unfortunately I do not know the hardware id of the BQ M10 HD. Does anyone know this hardware id? Or does anyone know how to fetch the hardware id? Is it the USB device id? I tried to add the USB vendor and product id but both do not result in a working adb connection.

$ adb devices
List of devices attached

$ adb version
Android Debug Bridge version 1.0.39
Revision 3db08f2c6889-android

$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 029: ID 2a47:201d

Done! Running 16.04/rc now on my BQ Aquaris M10 HD.

Thanks for the help.

Steps:
Startup M10 on Android 6
Enable developer mode by tapping build number
$ adb devices
Should list the device
$ adb reboot bootloader
Select fastboot in menu
$ fastboot device
Should list the device
$ fastboot oem unlock
$ fastboot reboot

Download SP flash tool and cooler_image as described by @advocatux on https://forums.ubports.com/topic/1351/failed-to-install-ubport-on-my-bq-m10-hd/12

$ unzip SP_Flash_Tool_exe_Linux_v5.1612.00.100.zip
$ unzip cooler-image-stable-6.zip

$ cd SP_Flash_Tool_exe_Linux_v5.1612.00.100
$ sudo ./flash_tool

Scatter loading file: MT8163_Android_scatter.txt
Format with 'Auto Format Flash' and 'Format whole flash except Bootloader'
Download

Now Ubuntu Touch OTA 13 is on the device

Now ubports-installer can be run.
$ ubports-installer

@marathon2422 said in Can't flash my BQ M10 FHD with UBports:

You are going Ubuntu to UBports ?

I find that when I am in fastboot, about to flash a recovery (TWRP), it likes to have,
Sudo fastboot devices
Sudo fastboot flash,etc

It is possible to flash TWRP with the flash-tool.

If you get in the orange safety state, you can reflash with the flashtool
I have the m10 fhd,and firmware etc

BQ M10 HD Android to UBports hopefully.

After lots of reading the proper process seems to be to first install Ubuntu Touch from BQ for the M10 HD and then UBports. Finding the proper original UT images and recovery images seems to be hard nowadays. Flashing to UBports does not work since the /cache partition is too small (less than 500MB).

@libremax said in Can't flash my BQ M10 FHD with UBports:

@gerben

Generally, it's in android Settings / About device : press "Build number" seven times or more to unlock "Developer options".

Once done, go back and you will see Developer Options on the screen next to About. Select it and enabled OEM Unlock Bootloader,

Did that. Thereafter 'fastboot oem unlock' is required.