Posts made by maurice

maurice

@flohack I can confirm no audio on whole device.

maurice

After trying multiple times using the Macbook air ports. I tried a different setup. Used an external USB/USB C dock (Dell Universal Dock D6000) with a USB C to USB C cable connected to the phone.

So Macbook Air (2013) -> Dell Universal Dock -> Pixel 2 XL.

And when trying the script it finally worked!

~/Desktop/ubports/halium-install$ ./halium-install-standalone.sh -p ut -s ubuntu-touch-android9-arm64.tar.gz system.img 
[sudo] password for :      
D: Chosen rootfs is ubuntu-touch-android9-arm64.tar.gz
D: Chosen android image is system.img
D: Chosen release is ut
D: Compress images before pushing: false

I: Writing rootfs into mountable image
I: Writing android image into mountable image
I: Running post installation tasks
enabling SSH ... [done]
Please enter a new password for the user 'phablet':
Enter new UNIX password: 
Retype new UNIX password: 
passwd: password updated successfully
I: Shrinking images
e2fsck 1.45.5 (07-Jan-2020)
resize2fs 1.45.5 (07-Jan-2020)
Resizing the filesystem on .halium-install-imgs.Yy132/system.img to 231448 (4k) blocks.
Begin pass 3 (max = 20)
Scanning inode table          XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
The filesystem on .halium-install-imgs.Yy132/system.img is now 231448 (4k) blocks long.

I: Unmounting images
I: Pushing rootfs and android image to /data via ADB
I:    Pushing rootfs to /data via ADB
.halium-install-imgs.Yy132/rootfs.img:....0 MB/s (3221225472 bytes in 109.898s)
I:    Pushing android image to /data via ADB
.halium-install-imgs.Yy132/system.img:...27.5 MB/s (948011008 bytes in 32.918s)
I:    Renaming to system-as-root compatible system image

real	2m22.986s
user	0m0.438s
sys	0m6.972s
I: Cleaning up
umount: .halium-install-rootfs.5pR4w: not mounted.

Now on to testing capabilities. Thanks for all your help and input. @Flohack recommendation to try different host ports helped!

maurice

@atomos Yes, same issue. Also tried a different port and several USB C cables.

~/Desktop/ubports/halium-install$ ./halium-install-standalone.sh -p ut -s ubuntu-touch-android9-arm64.tar.gz system.img 
[sudo] password for :      
D: Chosen rootfs is ubuntu-touch-android9-arm64.tar.gz
D: Chosen android image is system.img
D: Chosen release is ut
D: Compress images before pushing: false

I: Writing rootfs into mountable image
I: Writing android image into mountable image
I: Running post installation tasks
enabling SSH ... [done]
Please enter a new password for the user 'phablet':
Enter new UNIX password: 
Retype new UNIX password: 
passwd: password updated successfully
I: Shrinking images
e2fsck 1.45.5 (07-Jan-2020)
resize2fs 1.45.5 (07-Jan-2020)
Resizing the filesystem on .halium-install-imgs.0eqim/system.img to 231448 (4k) blocks.
Begin pass 3 (max = 20)
Scanning inode table          XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
The filesystem on .halium-install-imgs.0eqim/system.img is now 231448 (4k) blocks long.

I: Unmounting images
I: Pushing rootfs and android image to /data via ADB
I:    Pushing rootfs to /data via ADB
* daemon not running; starting now at tcp:5037
* daemon started successfully
adb: error: 65544-byte write failed: Success
I:    Pushing android image to /data via ADB
adb: error: failed to get feature set: device offline
I:    Renaming to system-as-root compatible system image
adb: device offline

real	0m6.220s
user	0m0.025s
sys	0m0.721s
Error: Couldn't copy the files to the device, is it connected?
I: Cleaning up
umount: .halium-install-rootfs.o87p7: not mounted.
adb: device offline

Second attempt:

~/Desktop/ubports/halium-install$ ./halium-install-standalone.sh -p ut -s ubuntu-touch-android9-arm64.tar.gz system.img 
D: Chosen rootfs is ubuntu-touch-android9-arm64.tar.gz
D: Chosen android image is system.img
D: Chosen release is ut
D: Compress images before pushing: false

I: Writing rootfs into mountable image
I: Writing android image into mountable image
I: Running post installation tasks
enabling SSH ... [done]
Please enter a new password for the user 'phablet':
Enter new UNIX password: 
Retype new UNIX password: 
passwd: password updated successfully
I: Shrinking images
e2fsck 1.45.5 (07-Jan-2020)
resize2fs 1.45.5 (07-Jan-2020)
Resizing the filesystem on .halium-install-imgs.zPBDe/system.img to 231448 (4k) blocks.
Begin pass 3 (max = 20)
Scanning inode table          XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
The filesystem on .halium-install-imgs.zPBDe/system.img is now 231448 (4k) blocks long.

I: Unmounting images
I: Pushing rootfs and android image to /data via ADB
I:    Pushing rootfs to /data via ADB
adb: error: 65544-byte write failed: Success
I:    Pushing android image to /data via ADB
adb: error: failed to read copy response
.halium-install-imgs.zPBDe/system.img:...157.2 MB/s (948011008 bytes in 5.750s)
adb: error: failed to read copy response
I:    Renaming to system-as-root compatible system image
adb: no devices/emulators found

real	0m12.006s
user	0m0.043s
sys	0m1.377s
Error: Couldn't copy the files to the device, is it connected?
I: Cleaning up
umount: .halium-install-rootfs.ZVxrz: not mounted.

maurice

Did some more tests. Was looking at the wrong string, it looks like adb push does work.


~/Desktop/ubports/halium-install$ cp ubuntu-touch-android9-arm64.tar.gz ubutuarchiverenamed

~/Desktop/ubports/halium-install$ adb push ubutuarchiverenamed /data
adb: error: failed to read copy response
ubutuarchiverenamed: 1 file pushed, 0 ...108.0 MB/s (616134854 bytes in 5.438s)
adb: error: failed to read copy response

~/Desktop/ubports/halium-install$ adb push ubuntu-touch-android9-arm64.tar.gz /data
adb: error: failed to read copy response.tar.gz
ubuntu-touch-android9-arm64.tar.gz: 1 ...102.3 MB/s (616134854 bytes in 5.741s)
adb: error: failed to read copy response


~/Desktop/ubports/halium-install$ adb push system.img /data
adb: error: failed to read copy response
system.img: 1 file pushed, 0 skipped. 63.1 MB/s (365404512 bytes in 5.520s)
adb: error: failed to read copy response

~/Desktop/ubports/halium-install$ adb push twrp-3.5.0_9-0-taimen.img /data
adb: error: failed to read copy response
twrp-3.5.0_9-0-taimen.img: 1 file push...d. 7.8 MB/s (41943040 bytes in 5.136s)
adb: error: failed to read copy response

~/Desktop/ubports/halium-install$ adb push vendor.img /data
adb: error: failed to read copy response
vendor.img: 1 file pushed, 0 skipped. 64.2 MB/s (363557072 bytes in 5.404s)
adb: error: failed to read copy response

I also tried to use the install script without the password and user parameters which allows the system image to push, but it fails pushing the rootfs :

~/Desktop/ubports/halium-install$ sudo ./halium-install-standalone.sh ubuntu-touch-android9-arm64.tar.gz system.img 
D: Chosen rootfs is ubuntu-touch-android9-arm64.tar.gz
D: Chosen android image is system.img
D: Chosen release is none
D: Compress images before pushing: false

I: Writing rootfs into mountable image
I: Writing android image into mountable image
I: Running post installation tasks
I: Shrinking images
e2fsck 1.45.5 (07-Jan-2020)
resize2fs 1.45.5 (07-Jan-2020)
Resizing the filesystem on .halium-install-imgs.uXTvp/system.img to 231448 (4k) blocks.
Begin pass 3 (max = 20)
Scanning inode table          XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
The filesystem on .halium-install-imgs.uXTvp/system.img is now 231448 (4k) blocks long.

I: Unmounting images
I: Pushing rootfs and android image to /data via ADB
I:    Pushing rootfs to /data via ADB
adb: error: 65544-byte write failed: Success
I:    Pushing android image to /data via ADB
adb: error: failed to read copy response
.halium-install-imgs.uXTvp/system.img:...147.9 MB/s (948011008 bytes in 6.112s)
adb: error: failed to read copy response

real	0m12.719s
user	0m0.045s
sys	0m1.496s
I: Cleaning up
umount: .halium-install-rootfs.Hcs48: not mounted.

But if I try to use the script using "-P" or "-S" I get the following:

~/Desktop/ubports/halium-install$ sudo ./halium-install-standalone.sh -p ut -s ubuntu-touch-android9-arm64.tar.gz system.img 
D: Chosen rootfs is ubuntu-touch-android9-arm64.tar.gz
D: Chosen android image is system.img
D: Chosen release is ut
D: Compress images before pushing: false

I: Writing rootfs into mountable image
I: Writing android image into mountable image
I: Running post installation tasks
enabling SSH ... [done]
Please enter a new password for the user 'phablet':
Enter new UNIX password: 
Retype new UNIX password: 
passwd: password updated successfully
I: Shrinking images
e2fsck 1.45.5 (07-Jan-2020)
resize2fs 1.45.5 (07-Jan-2020)
Resizing the filesystem on .halium-install-imgs.V34FH/system.img to 231448 (4k) blocks.
Begin pass 3 (max = 20)
Scanning inode table          XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
The filesystem on .halium-install-imgs.V34FH/system.img is now 231448 (4k) blocks long.

I: Unmounting images
I: Pushing rootfs and android image to /data via ADB
I:    Pushing rootfs to /data via ADB
adb: error: failed to get feature set: device offline
I:    Pushing android image to /data via ADB
adb: error: failed to get feature set: device offline
I:    Renaming to system-as-root compatible system image
adb: device offline

real	0m0.016s
user	0m0.008s
sys	0m0.005s
Error: Couldn't copy the files to the device, is it connected?
I: Cleaning up
umount: .halium-install-rootfs.mFbra: not mounted.
adb: device offline

~/Desktop/ubports/halium-install$ sudo ./halium-install-standalone.sh -p ut -s ubuntu-touch-android9-arm64.tar.gz system.img 
D: Chosen rootfs is ubuntu-touch-android9-arm64.tar.gz
D: Chosen android image is system.img
D: Chosen release is ut
D: Compress images before pushing: false

I: Writing rootfs into mountable image
I: Writing android image into mountable image
I: Running post installation tasks
enabling SSH ... [done]
Please enter a new password for the user 'phablet':
Enter new UNIX password: 
Retype new UNIX password: 
passwd: password updated successfully

I: Shrinking images
e2fsck 1.45.5 (07-Jan-2020)
resize2fs 1.45.5 (07-Jan-2020)
Resizing the filesystem on .halium-install-imgs.2YQgD/system.img to 231448 (4k) blocks.
Begin pass 3 (max = 20)
Scanning inode table          XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
The filesystem on .halium-install-imgs.2YQgD/system.img is now 231448 (4k) blocks long.

I: Unmounting images
I: Pushing rootfs and android image to /data via ADB
I:    Pushing rootfs to /data via ADB
adb: error: 65544-byte write failed: Success
I:    Pushing android image to /data via ADB
adb: error: failed to get feature set: device offline
I:    Renaming to system-as-root compatible system image
adb: device offline

real	0m6.227s
user	0m0.019s
sys	0m0.715s
Error: Couldn't copy the files to the device, is it connected?
I: Cleaning up
umount: .halium-install-rootfs.dqGZa: not mounted.
adb: device offline

maurice

Testing using TWRP 3.2.3.0 (fails at 100mb)

~/Desktop/ubports/halium-install$ fastboot boot twrp-3.2.3-0-taimen.img 
Sending 'boot.img' (40960 KB)                      OKAY [  1.187s]
Booting                                            OKAY [  0.001s]
Finished. Total time: 1.313s

~/Desktop/ubports/halium-install$ adb push ubuntu-touch-android9-arm64.tar.gz /data
adb: error: failed to read copy response.tar.gz
ubuntu-touch-android9-arm64.tar.gz: 1 ...109.3 MB/s (616134854 bytes in 5.378s)
adb: error: failed to read copy response

~/Desktop/ubports/halium-install$ adb push ubuntu-touch-android9-arm64.tar.gz /data
adb: error: failed to read copy response.tar.gz
ubuntu-touch-android9-arm64.tar.gz: 1 ...109.9 MB/s (616134854 bytes in 5.348s)
adb: error: failed to read copy response

~/Desktop/ubports/halium-install$ adb push ubuntu-touch-android9-arm64.tar.gz /data
adb: error: failed to read copy response.tar.gz
ubuntu-touch-android9-arm64.tar.gz: 1 ...108.1 MB/s (616134854 bytes in 5.436s)
adb: error: failed to read copy response

Testing using TWRP 3.2.3.1 (fails at 100mb)

~/Desktop/ubports/halium-install$ fastboot boot twrp-3.2.3-1-taimen.img 
Sending 'boot.img' (40960 KB)                      OKAY [  1.209s]
Booting                                            OKAY [  0.001s]
Finished. Total time: 1.310s

~/Desktop/ubports/halium-install$ adb push ubuntu-touch-android9-arm64.tar.gz /data
adb: error: failed to read copy response.tar.gz
ubuntu-touch-android9-arm64.tar.gz: 1 ...110.1 MB/s (616134854 bytes in 5.336s)
adb: error: failed to read copy response

~/Desktop/ubports/halium-install$ sudo adb push ubuntu-touch-android9-arm64.tar.gz /data

[sudo] password for  :      

adb: error: failed to read copy response.tar.gz
ubuntu-touch-android9-arm64.tar.gz: 1 ...109.8 MB/s (616134854 bytes in 5.350s)
adb: error: failed to read copy response

Testing using TWRP 3.5.0.9 (Does not upload, frozen at 0%)

~/Desktop/ubports/halium-install$ adb push ubuntu-touch-android9-arm64.tar.gz /data
[  0%] /data/ubuntu-touch-android9-arm64.tar.gz

~/Desktop/ubports/halium-install$ adb push ubuntu-touch-android9-arm64.tar.gz /data

adb F 02-04 11:28:55 40783 40783 file_sync_client.cpp:473] protocol fault: failed to read stat response: Success
Aborted (core dumped)

maurice

@flohack just tried adb push using TWRP 3.2.3.0, seems that the push is failing around 100mb.

~/Desktop/ubports/halium-install$ adb push ubuntu-touch-android9-arm64.tar.gz /data
adb: error: failed to get feature set: device offline

~/Desktop/ubports/halium-install$ adb push ubuntu-touch-android9-arm64.tar.gz /data
adb: error: failed to read copy response.tar.gz
ubuntu-touch-android9-arm64.tar.gz: 1 ... 97.2 MB/s (616134854 bytes in 6.048s)
adb: error: failed to read copy response

~/Desktop/ubports/halium-install$ adb push ubuntu-touch-android9-arm64.tar.gz /data
adb: error: failed to read copy response.tar.gz
ubuntu-touch-android9-arm64.tar.gz: 1 ...103.4 MB/s (616134854 bytes in 5.684s)
adb: error: failed to read copy response

~/Desktop/ubports/halium-install$ adb push ubuntu-touch-android9-arm64.tar.gz /data
adb: error: failed to read copy response.tar.gz
ubuntu-touch-android9-arm64.tar.gz: 1 ...109.3 MB/s (616134854 bytes in 5.376s)
adb: error: failed to read copy response

~/Desktop/ubports/halium-install$ adb push ubuntu-touch-android9-arm64.tar.gz /data
[  1%] /data/ubuntu-touch-android9-arm64.tar.gz
adb: error: failed to read copy response.tar.gz
ubuntu-touch-android9-arm64.tar.gz: 1 ...108.5 MB/s (616134854 bytes in 5.418s)
adb: error: failed to read copy response

~/Desktop/ubports/halium-install$ adb push ubuntu-touch-android9-arm64.tar.gz /data
adb: error: failed to get feature set: device offline
~/Desktop/ubports/halium-install$

maurice

Just ran into an issue rolling back. Will have to pick this test up later this week. Thanks for everyone's help.

maurice

@atomos ok will try that out and report back. Thanks for the help : )

maurice

@atomos could the issue on mine might be that I have to roll back to android 9 before trying the steps?

For example should I be rolling back to 9.0.0 (PPR1.180610.009, Aug 2018) from https://developers.google.com/android/images ?

maurice

Trying an earlier version of TWRP 3.2.3-1:

~/Desktop/ubports/halium-install$ sudo ./halium-install-standalone.sh -p ut -s ubuntu-touch-android9-arm64.tar.gz.1 system.img 
D: Chosen rootfs is ubuntu-touch-android9-arm64.tar.gz.1
D: Chosen android image is system.img
D: Chosen release is ut
D: Compress images before pushing: false

I: Writing rootfs into mountable image
I: Writing android image into mountable image
I: Running post installation tasks
enabling SSH ... [done]
Please enter a new password for the user 'phablet':
Enter new UNIX password: 
Retype new UNIX password: 
passwd: password updated successfully
I: Shrinking images
e2fsck 1.45.5 (07-Jan-2020)
resize2fs 1.45.5 (07-Jan-2020)
Resizing the filesystem on .halium-install-imgs.OTiWz/system.img to 231448 (4k) blocks.
Begin pass 3 (max = 20)
Scanning inode table          XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
The filesystem on .halium-install-imgs.OTiWz/system.img is now 231448 (4k) blocks long.

I: Unmounting images
I: Pushing rootfs and android image to /data via ADB
I:    Pushing rootfs to /data via ADB
[  0%] /data/rootfs.img
[  6%] /data/rootfs.img
adb: error: 65544-byte write failed: Success

I:    Pushing android image to /data via ADB
[  0%] /data/system.img
[ 82%] /data/system.img
adb: error: failed to read copy response
.halium-install-imgs.OTiWz/system.img: 1 file...ipped. 159.6 MB/s (948011008 bytes in 5.665s)
adb: error: failed to read copy response
I:    Renaming to system-as-root compatible system image

Then adb freezes and screen remains unresponsive.

maurice

@atomos Thanks. I tried a different version of TWRP and I'm getting some progress but then the phone disconnects:

Using: twrp-3.3.0-0-taimen.img

~/Desktop/ubports/halium-install$ sudo ./halium-install-standalone.sh -p ut -s ubuntu-touch-android9-arm64.tar.gz.1 system.img 
D: Chosen rootfs is ubuntu-touch-android9-arm64.tar.gz.1
D: Chosen android image is system.img
D: Chosen release is ut
D: Compress images before pushing: false

I: Writing rootfs into mountable image
I: Writing android image into mountable image
I: Running post installation tasks
enabling SSH ... [done]
Please enter a new password for the user 'phablet':
Enter new UNIX password: 
Retype new UNIX password: 
passwd: password updated successfully
I: Shrinking images
e2fsck 1.45.5 (07-Jan-2020)
resize2fs 1.45.5 (07-Jan-2020)
Resizing the filesystem on .halium-install-imgs.2BE8t/system.img to 231448 (4k) blocks.
Begin pass 3 (max = 20)
Scanning inode table          XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
The filesystem on .halium-install-imgs.2BE8t/system.img is now 231448 (4k) blocks long.

I: Unmounting images
I: Pushing rootfs and android image to /data via ADB
I:    Pushing rootfs to /data via ADB
adb: error: 65544-byte write failed: Success
I:    Pushing android image to /data via ADB
adb: error: failed to get feature set: device offline
I:    Renaming to system-as-root compatible system image
adb: device offline

real	0m11.016s
user	0m0.066s
sys	0m0.898s
Error: Couldn't copy the files to the device, is it connected?
I: Cleaning up
umount: .halium-install-rootfs.aWTBw: not mounted.
adb: device offline

It gets to about 25% then fails. I will try another version.

maurice

When wiping the Cache and System partitions using Advanced Wipe this is what TWRP displays:

Updating partition details...
...done
Full SELinux support is present.
Wiping Dalvik Directories...
Cleaned: /data/dalvik-cache...
-- Dalvik Directory Wipe Complete!
Formating System using mkefs...
Done.
Updating partition details...
...done

When I try to format using TWRP:

Failed to unmount '/data' (Device or resource busy)
Updating partition details...
...done

maurice

Here's a replication of the steps following https://pad.ubports.com/p/HaliumHowToTestInstall

Here's the contents of my folders:

~/Desktop/ubports/halium-install$ ls
platform-tools/                    
taimen/
halium-install-standalone.sh      
system.img  
twrp-3.5.0_9-0-taimen.img      
ubuntu-touch-android9-arm64.tar.gz
platform-tools_r30.0.5-linux.zip 
taimen.zip

There are two folders "platform-tools" and "taimen".

Here are the steps I took:

Prepare for Installation

Download the latest root filesystem: wget https://ci.ubports.com/job/xenial-hybris-android9-rootfs-arm64/lastSuccessfulBuild/artifact/ubuntu-touch-android9-arm64.tar.gz
Download the customization of the device: halium-boot, system and vendor image provided by porter : http://twoot.bin.org.in/nextcloud/index.php/s/kFjWTt39MqNNnzs . Downloaded the Taimen files.
Download TWRP Recovery for your device: https://twrp.me/Devices/ - Note: DO NOT download the ZIP file for the TWRP installation that gained work with UT. You just need to download the .img file to get started! Downloaded twrp-3.5.0_9-0-taimen.img : https://dl.twrp.me/taimen/twrp-3.5.0_9-0-taimen.img.html from https://twrp.me/google/googlepixel2xl.html
Install Android platform tools: https://developer.android.com/studio/releases/platform-tools
Export the subfolder platform tools and cd inside

sudo cp adb / usr / bin && sudo cp fastboot / usr / bin

Install additional packages:

sudo apt install qemu-user-static qemu-system-arm e2fsprogs simg2img

Download halium-install:

wget https://github.com/JBBgameich/halium-install/releases/download/continuous/halium-install-standalone.sh

Set it to executable:

chmod 755 halium-install-standalone.sh

Add udev rules for Android devices (this is also done by the Ubports Installer):

  sudo curl --create-dirs -L -o /etc/udev/rules.d/51-android.rules https://raw.githubusercontent.com/snowdream/51-android/master/51-android.rules

sudo chmod a + r /etc/udev/rules.d/51-android.rules

Restart the sudo udev service

sudo service udev restart

On the Pixel 2XL Phone:

Enable developer mode in Android, allow USB debugging and OEM unlock: https://www.howtogeek.com/129728/how-to-access-the-developer-options-menu-and-enable-usb-debugging-on-android-4.2/
On the same page, enable OEM unlocking
Connect your device
Confirm the security warning on the Android device
Check with adb devices if the device is listed

adb devices

Shut down your Android and boot into fastboot mode
Power up, press and hold Vol-Down until the robot appears
Check with fastboot devices if the device is listed

fastboot devices

Unlock the bootloader with "fastboot flashing unlock"

~/Desktop/ubports/halium-install$ fastboot flashing unlock
< waiting for any device >
OKAY [  6.037s]

Confirm the warning on the device

Return to the bootloader on the phone and Flash partitions
Issue fastboot flash boot halium-boot.img

fastboot flash boot halium-boot.img

Example:

~/Desktop/ubports/halium-install/taimen$ fastboot flash boot halium-boot.img 
Sending 'boot_b' (16444 KB)                        OKAY [  0.499s]
Writing 'boot_b'                                   OKAY [  0.159s]
Finished. Total time: 0.679s

Issue fastboot flash vendor vendor.img

fastboot flash vendor vendor.img

Example:

~/Desktop/ubports/halium-install/taimen$ fastboot flash vendor vendor.img 
Sending 'vendor_b' (355036 KB)                     OKAY [ 10.774s]
Writing 'vendor_b'                                 OKAY [  1.692s]
Finished. Total time: 12.470s

Boot TWRP recovery by running fastboot boot twrp-xy.img

fastboot boot twrp-3.5.0_9-0-taimen.img

Example:

~/Desktop/ubports/halium-install$ fastboot boot twrp-3.5.0_9-0-taimen.img
Sending 'boot.img' (40960 KB)                      OKAY [  1.206s]
Booting                                            OKAY [  0.001s]
Finished. Total time: 1.301s

Once TWRP loads on the phone

Wipe cache and system.partition and format data partition to remove encryption

NOTE on this step I had actually wiped all the partitions and formatted all partitions (Dalvik / ART Cache, System, Data, Internal Storage, Storage). Every time I run TWRP using fast boot, adb says "Recovery" when I try adb devices:

~/Desktop/ubports/halium-install$ adb devices
List of devices attached
[DEVICE ID]	recovery

The only way to restore TWRP menus was to fastboot flash all three of the taimen stock images:

~/Desktop/ubports/halium-install/taimen$ fastboot flash boot halium-boot.img 
Sending 'boot_a' (16444 KB)                        OKAY [  0.483s]
Writing 'boot_a'                                   OKAY [  0.155s]
Finished. Total time: 0.661s

~/Desktop/ubports/halium-install/taimen$ fastboot flash vendor vendor.img 
Sending 'vendor_a' (355036 KB)                     OKAY [ 11.425s]
Writing 'vendor_a'                                 OKAY [  1.632s]
Finished. Total time: 13.061s


~/Desktop/ubports/halium-install/taimen$ fastboot flash system system.img
Sending 'system_a' (356840 KB)                     OKAY [ 11.241s]
Writing 'system_a'                                 OKAY [  1.678s]
Finished. Total time: 12.925s

Then when I fastboot twrp it brings up the appropriate twrp menus show up on the phone.

Install the actual UT OS
Issue ./halium-install-standalone.sh -p ut -s ubuntu-touch-android9-arm64.tar.gz system.img
Add parameter -i if you want to install also your public key for easier SSH access

NOTE at this point I had actually rebooted back to the boot loader.

~/Desktop/ubports/halium-install$ sudo ./halium-install-standalone.sh -p ut -s ubuntu-touch-android9-arm64.tar.gz system.img 
D: Chosen rootfs is ubuntu-touch-android9-arm64.tar.gz
D: Chosen android image is system.img
D: Chosen release is ut
D: Compress images before pushing: false

I: Writing rootfs into mountable image
I: Writing android image into mountable image
I: Running post installation tasks
enabling SSH ... [done]
Please enter a new password for the user 'phablet':
Enter new UNIX password: 
Retype new UNIX password: 
passwd: password updated successfully
I: Shrinking images
e2fsck 1.45.5 (07-Jan-2020)
resize2fs 1.45.5 (07-Jan-2020)
Resizing the filesystem on .halium-install-imgs.bfcXQ/system.img to 231448 (4k) blocks.
Begin pass 3 (max = 20)
Scanning inode table          XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
The filesystem on .halium-install-imgs.bfcXQ/system.img is now 231448 (4k) blocks long.

I: Unmounting images
I: Pushing rootfs and android image to /data via ADB
I:    Pushing rootfs to /data via ADB
[  0%] /data/rootfs.img

Note: It remains at [ 0%] /data/rootfs.img

Issue ./adb reboot [Unable to complete]

maurice

Hi @Flohack I attempted to conduct the test but I'm not able to get past the loading of the UBPorts while TWRP Recovery is running.

I'm at the last step.

~/Desktop/ubports/halium-install$ sudo ./halium-install-standalone.sh -p ut -s ubuntu-touch-android9-arm64.tar.gz system.img 
D: Chosen rootfs is ubuntu-touch-android9-arm64.tar.gz
D: Chosen android image is system.img
D: Chosen release is ut
D: Compress images before pushing: false

I: Writing rootfs into mountable image
I: Writing android image into mountable image
I: Running post installation tasks
enabling SSH ... [done]
Please enter a new password for the user 'phablet':
Enter new UNIX password: 
Retype new UNIX password: 
passwd: password updated successfully
I: Shrinking images
e2fsck 1.45.5 (07-Jan-2020)
resize2fs 1.45.5 (07-Jan-2020)
Resizing the filesystem on .halium-install-imgs.zkOht/system.img to 231448 (4k) blocks.
Begin pass 3 (max = 20)
Scanning inode table          XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
The filesystem on .halium-install-imgs.zkOht/system.img is now 231448 (4k) blocks long.

I: Unmounting images
I: Pushing rootfs and android image to /data via ADB
I:    Pushing rootfs to /data via ADB
[  0%] /data/rootfs.img

Issue is that the pushing of rootfs to /data never completes. Not sure if I messed up the step before with wiping and formatting the partitions as I had wiped all the partitions instead of just cache and system using TWRP.

Trying these steps using Linux Mint on an 2013 Macbook Air.

maurice

I can help test also. Pixel 2XL.