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I reinstalled Android 10 from a Xiaomi image and now I can boot TWRP.

@scream314 Thank you very much ! No more google's tracking device on my smartphone !

I will donate money to Ubports !

@mkarpicki After installing a fresh Android 10 image, now I can boot TWRP.

I finally succeeded in installing Ubuntu Touch thanks to the link you have posted. Thank you

Hi Everyone,

When I plug a G-LAB game controller, Ubuntu restarts or shuts down.

I tried plugging a keyboard or a mouse and they work perfectly.

TWRP crashes + I need more precise instructions

@mrt10001 said in Installing Ubuntu Touch to a Xiaomi Mi A2 with Android 10:

As I said make sure the bootloader is unlocked. Check this by enabling developer options (tapping the build version repeatedly to enable it). Once developer options are enabled go in and make sure USB debugging is enabled and OEM unlock is enabled. Reboot the phone and go back into developer options and there should be another option under OEM unlock to check the bootloader unlock status.

This is already done ! and with the tool I got from github the phone is unlocked all the time (I used volume keys and unlock screen button to do it, the smartphone was is "fastboot" with a bunny working on an android logo).

I downloaded TWRP from the play store and I didn't checked "run as root" as it crashes the app. This software used the browser to download a file named "twrp-installer-3.6.0_9-0-jasmine_sprout.zip" what I do with this file ?

Otherwise, the 1 GB Android 9 zip file I downloaded from github contains the following items :

@mrt10001 said in Installing Ubuntu Touch to a Xiaomi Mi A2 with Android 10:

Once that is done, connect the phone up to a PC and copy the Android 9 ROM for the phone to the root of the directory, i.e. not in a folder. Then reboot into fastboot mode and flash TWRP to the phone:
fastboot flash recovery /path/to/twrp-3.6.0_9-0-jasmine_sprout.img

These instructions are not clear for me

@nero355 said in Installing Ubuntu Touch to a Xiaomi Mi A2 with Android 10:

Xiaomi Flash Tool :
https://c.mi.com/in/miuidownload/detail?guide=2
It also installs the right drivers for you!

No, the program is a joke and it doesn't install the drivers (I got a message in chinese)

In Windows 8.1, this is what it looks in the hardware manager + windows is not happy with the driver I found here : https://developer.android.com/studio/run/oem-usb for Xiaomi (it told me that it has a bad hash).

I'm doing all this because I want to ungoogle my life. Google is an evil company playing a key role in the new world order (and above all I'm fed up with Android spying on me through the microphone)

@mkarpicki There's some crazy theories that say it's the jabbed people that sends MAC addresses... Personally, it's the first time I witness something like this. I see also TVs, but it's the first time that I see a bunch of unknown devices and/or having a name with numbers.

Anyway, the bluetooth is not working anymore on my Ubuntu touch : I shut down the device, restarted it etc... in the settings when I switch it on, it doesn't search for devices and when I close the settings page then go back to it, the switch is in OFF.

Is there something I can do with a terminal to fix it ?

@nero355 I will continue my research. Some say that it is the Covid-19 application (that holds the QR code), here in France, that could create a new bluetooth device.

But this phenomenon has been observed elsewhere, where this application does not exist.

I am VERY tired of the current BS and what the governments are doing to reduce our freedom that this kind of stuff is believebale for me (even if it's dumb). We are heading towards an Orwellian dystopia.

@tchan It doesn't work wit uNav too. there's "Waiting for GPS" message that won't disappear

Can someone tell me how to communicate with the Xiaomi Mi A2's GPS chip (serial port ?) or 4G Modem (AT commands ?) to check if it's working ?

@domubpkm Thank you very much for the github link, "GreUms78" answer helped me to fix my issue : I changed the URL from mmsbouygues etc... to b2bouygtel.com

I had many problems with Fastboot not working or displaying "press any key to shutdown".

I find a solution here : https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/help-press-any-key-to-shutdown-in-fastboot.3816021/ In short plug a USB 2.0 Hub into your computer and then plug the phone in one of the hub USB 2.0 ports

I finally succeeded in flashing my Mi A2 with the latest Android image available with MiFlash.