Posts made by John-Wolf

Ubuntu Touch is installed!

Yesterday, at the end of the afternoon, I wanted to restart the installation.
In a few words, here's what I did.
I downloaded the image of hammerhead for nexus 5 (v. 6.0.1 full OTA M4B30Z = 588 Mo).
Then I installed it with TWRP > ADB Sideload.
After that, I activated again: Developer Mode, USB Debugging, MTP File Transfer Mode.
With the hammerhead version, unlike the marshmallow version, the Nexus 5 was immediately detected by UBports Installer.

Now, everything works perfectly, Ubuntu Touch is fantastic, goodbye android.
Thank you very much rocket2nfinity for all you gave to me.
John Wolf from France

@rocket2nfinity Dear rocket2nfinity,

I haven't forgotten anything (USB settings, etc.). In fact, there is a big problem right after the recovery installation! Why and where? I removed UBports Recovery and replaced it with TWRP. Also, android is no longer bootable. I have completely re-installed once more with the latest version of UBports (0.7.2). But still the same problem in the same place!
So I reinstalled TWRP then I installed LuneOS (WebOS) and everything works well . But I don't like this OS .
Too bad it is not possible to install Ubuntu Touch without using the installer...

I think this will be my last post. Thank you.

@rocket2nfinity Hello rocket2nfinity,
I did what you suggested, such as installing TWRP Recovery.
This is fantastic! I no longer have the problems caused by UBports Recovery. Now I will study everything that is possible to do with TWRP?
I think I can handle it on my own.
Thanks again.

Hello,
Thank you for your answer. I never use this Nexus 5 to communicate or something else, I bought it only to install Ubuntu Touch. And it is the first time I do that. I hope that these 4 pictures will give you what you need to help me.
Thank you.
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Pictures are often better than text...

Hello,
I tried the installation a second time.

• On the PC screen this error message:
  Error: systemimage: Error: Error: {"error":{"killed":false,"code":1,"signal":null,"cmd":""/opt/ubports-installer/resources/app.asar.unpacked/node_modules/android-tools-bin/dist/linux/x86/adb" -P 5037 shell echo ."},"stdout":"","stderr":"adb: device unauthorized.\nThis adb server's $ADB_VENDOR_KEYS is not set\nTry 'adb kill-server' if that seems wrong.\nOtherwise check for a confirmation dialog on your device."}
• And on the smartphone screen, a list of choices offered by "UBports Recovery". Not knowing what to choose, I preferred to select "power down".
  Note: if I then turn the Nexus on, it gets stuck on a black screen with Google in the middle and an open padlock at the bottom!
  What are the solutions? Do I have to do the installation without UBports installer?
  Thank you very much for your help.

I had problems unlocking the bootloader of my Nexus 5! The device was recognized and the folders were visible but was not detected when switched off. So I used "platform-tools" under Linux Mint (because under Windows 10 I have had problems) and, after having opened the folder of platform-tools as administrator, I typed the command lines, but with the smartphone turned on. It was successful unlocked. (Sorry for my English language which is not good)

Okay, I'm very happy. But what I didn't know is that on the bootloader/fastboot mode screen it says: Product Name = Hammerhead! Otherwise, I wouldn't have asked the question.
I activated the "developer mode" and then enabled the "USB debugging", but there was not the "unlock bootloader" option?! So, I had to use "Platform-Tools" and simple command lines (under Linux Mint)... After that, the device was successfully unlocked.
Always under Linux Mint, I run UBports. There were an error message and I clicked on "try again"... (I took screenshots of the process) During some minutes, it was indicated "Downloading Ubuntu Touch" and after that "Preparing... preparing system-image".
But after 2 hours, the installation was still not finished! I stopped everything, I will start again tomorrow.
(sorry for my English which is not very good)

Hello,
Last week, I bought (online) a refurbished LG Nexus 5 smartphone, in order to install Ubuntu Touch on it. Unfortunately, the version of this Nexus 5 is Marshmallow (Android 6.0.1 Build M4B30Z)!
Can you confirm that it is therefore impossible to install Ubuntu Touch on this smartphone? Or can I force the installation (manual installation option)? Do you have a solution or should I definitely give up the idea of installing Ubuntu Touch on it?
Thank you in advance for your answers and solutions.