Hello all!

I'm new here.

I have a Samsung Galaxy A01 that has not yet been activated. It's a Verizon pay-as-you-go phone.

I want to see if I can learn how to put Ubuntu Touch on this phone and get it ready for daily use.

The Galaxy A01 is a spare. I don't use it. My daily driver is a Nokia Tella V2.

It might take me some time and quite a bit of learning, but I think I can do this. Depending on the success of the Galaxy A01 project, I might follow up with the Nokia Tella V2.

I see a couple of Samsung models in the list, so I was thinking of starting by comparing the stats between those models and mine to get a feel for what is the same and what is different.

Anyway, that's why I'm here. Does anyone have any pointers on where to start? I would appreciate it if someone could link me to some good documentation.

Thanks in advance!

@lakotaubp

I'll take a look at it. Thank you for the pointer!

Right now, I'm working with what hardware I already have on hand. Although the idea of working with one of these cheap, two-year old phones might not sound practical to some folks, well, I don't plan on buying a fancy phone any time soon but I'd still like to use Ubuntu Touch if I can.

Also, I think people would use it if they knew about it, if I get it done right.

@keneda

I tried to respond to your question in the other thread but I don't have the privileges to reply to my post.

Anyway, I cut the link because of this:

@lakotaubp said in Hello all and happy 2023!:

@b4t54ndw1ch Also I have removed your link as it looks like a phone selling site making your post look like spam. Plus links to direct sites we have no control or are unrelated to us are never a good idea.

Also, I even though the email was from Samsung, I have not personally checked the link yet.

Anyway, I just made a pic and edited the link so there would be no worry of anyone clicking on it.

I'm pretty sure you cracked the code though. The link you posted looks good.

@opolork

Thank you! I look forward to learning my way around this forum.

First things first...gotta find the dark theme.

Anyone know where the dark theme is located? I've looked around but I can't find it.

Also, note in the source code there are at least two different button groups.

Button Group 1

Button group 2

I haven't dug any deeper than this as there is likely nothing wrong with the site.

I tried to respond in the other thread but could not.

@lakotaubp said in Received a message from Samsung Open Source about the Galaxy A01 Linux kernel...:

@b4t54ndw1ch CAN please log out of the Forum restart the browser you are using login again and see if that fixes the problem as a first move. Thanks.

I tried. It didn't work. This is a pic of exactly what I'm seeing on my side:

Also, there is no reply button at the top nor on any of the subsequent threads. This only worked because I'm exploiting the Quote function.

I hope this is helpful.

My hunch is that it's some sort of permissions level that controls a style sheet element or something similar...the visibility and activation of the button. Probably a 'trust level' thing.

If (trustLevel === beenHereAWhile) {
showReplyButton();
}
else {
hideReplyButton();
}

However it's done, something like that is my guess.

@lakotaubp

I'll take a look at it. Thank you for the pointer!

Right now, I'm working with what hardware I already have on hand. Although the idea of working with one of these cheap, two-year old phones might not sound practical to some folks, well, I don't plan on buying a fancy phone any time soon but I'd still like to use Ubuntu Touch if I can.

Also, I think people would use it if they knew about it, if I get it done right.

@keneda

I tried to respond to your question in the other thread but I don't have the privileges to reply to my post.

Anyway, I cut the link because of this:

@lakotaubp said in Hello all and happy 2023!:

@b4t54ndw1ch Also I have removed your link as it looks like a phone selling site making your post look like spam. Plus links to direct sites we have no control or are unrelated to us are never a good idea.

Also, I even though the email was from Samsung, I have not personally checked the link yet.

Anyway, I just made a pic and edited the link so there would be no worry of anyone clicking on it.

I'm pretty sure you cracked the code though. The link you posted looks good.

The other day, I wrote to Samsung Open Source. I sent them a link to the Ubuntu Touch site and explained what I wanted to do with my currently unused A01, and how users worldwide would be able to use it on their A01's when I'm finished...etc..."I just need the Linux kernel. Can you please help me out?"

I got an automated email yesterday morning stating that my request was under review, etc...and I expected a long, flowery, hard 'no'.

But this morning I woke up to find this email:

So, if anyone else is interested in helping with an A01 port, I can provide the full details of the link to the source code in a DM.

Also, for persons who get stuck on this sort of stuff...take a chance. Write to the people and ask a question. Sometimes you'll be pleasantly surprised.

@keneda

I believe you. I don't think I'll be working on all 3 concurrently, but I am currently gathering data for all 3.

There will likely be a point where I break off and focus on one specifically.

Reference:
https://docs.ubports.com/en/latest/porting/build_and_boot/index.html

Exposition:
I don't understand the difference between "Full system image method", the "Halium-boot method", or the "Standalone kernel method".

I've read each one a couple of times, but I cannot really understand why one would be chosen over another.

It seems to be that if I could find my devices in the LineageOS list, then I would choose the Full system image method, but since they are not there, I should choose the Standalone kernel method. This is my current understanding.

Hardware:

• Samsung Galaxy A01
• Nokia 2 V Tella
• Motorola Moto e6

For the record, I do believe that my plan is to use Halium 9.0 for all three of my phone port attempts.

Question:
Does anyone have any general rule of thumb when choosing one of these three methods?

Edit:
I bet I'll find clues deeper in the Halium guide.

@talpa said in Hello all and happy 2023!:

You might want to convert certain sites to dark by using the Firefox extension "Dark Background and Light Text". Looks like this:

Thank you. I currently use Chrome for most everything, but I've been thinking of switching back to FF. It's been a while...like back before FF was written in Rust. Maybe Chrome has a similar extension. I'll have to check.

@lakotaubp said in Hello all and happy 2023!:

@b4t54ndw1ch No please do not post porting threads here we have a porting section for all things like that https://forums.ubports.com/category/33/porting it will just get lost here. You will also find links and info for all the stuff you will need. Please also check your device will run Focal 20.04 version of UT. There is little point in putting time and effort into new 16.04ports which is going into maintenance mode.

Okay, thank you for the notice. I figured I'd just put all of my stuff into this thread for now, since I started it and it';s easy for me to find, then move the notes over to the appropriate sections later, but it's all good.

I'll have to read up on the Focal version of UT. I haven't heard of it. Can you provide a link?

@lakotaubp said in Hello all and happy 2023!:

@b4t54ndw1ch Also I have removed your link as it looks like a phone selling site making your post look like spam. Plus links to direct sites we have no control or are unrelated to us are never a good idea.

Noted. Thank you.

Okay, I'm going to start my notes in here, seems like a reasonable place.

I've read through most of the docs at least once and I took a lot of notes in general on what they say. Then I went searching for my information.

This website mobilewithdrivers seems to have everything for which the docs are asking. I think I'm getting pretty close to having the things I need to start dabbling.

Motorola Moto e6 - 16Gb
Samsung Galaxy A01 - 16Gb
Nokia 2 V Tella - 16Gb

I'll split these out to different topics and repos for documentation purposes as things progress, but right now I'm just collecting data. The plan is to keep everything inside this thread until I can actually get started working on something.

Anyway, now that I've taken some written notes, some e-notes, and found some guides, I think it's time to read through the porting docs process again and see if there is anything else I need to collect or figure out before I get started mashing buttons in Terminal.

Anyway, this was a big find for me today and my confidence in this project has gone from "Eh, I might be able to do it" to "Yeah, these three phones should be no problem."