@mooncosmique I just wrote a post in porting session to share my porting effort on Sony Xperia Z4 Tablet (10,1") but really usable and light. Have a loot at it, if it fits with your needs

@mooncosmique
Hi,
This device is not supported by UBports (https://devices.ubuntu-touch.io/) and the link you gave is from Canonical...
I'm no expert but many changes occured since that era and I cannot expect this procedure to work with the latest versions of Ubuntu Touch.

Wait a bit for a more insightful answer.

Just a quick follow up. It seems a lot of the issues may be related to a flaky proximity sensor. I was able to monitor it with a sensor tool I installed from F-Droid. Very intermittent. Tracked the problem down when the phone screen started going to black on the Lineage install after a couple of days. Seems to be a common problem on the Nexus 4 but there is also a chip in the glass right near the sensor, so it may be that as well.

I wasn't in developer mode. I had thought I had enabled it earlier but was obviously mistaken

Thanks for your help

@mooncosmique Yes your device is Mako and yes that part of the website is still not working correctly.
As a work round on the device name thing, start the installer if it does not detect automatically choose it manually and the device and codename will be shown before you start the install.

Thanks for all the responses and the breakdown of models. My main criteria for a phone is different than most people, I never use social media, seldom access the Internet and mostly just want reliable phone service and texting without invasive ads, some note taking and decent photos. Size is most crucial, I just want it to fit comfortably in my front pocket - and I don't want to spend much more than $50. The Nexus 4 is just over this size, but it's the smallest I can find that supports UT at this time. I had been using a WebOS Palm Pixi for the longest time, still the best phone I have owned.

I have not noticed overheating problems but again I don't really use my phone that much during the course of the day. UT runs fine, maybe not super speedy but not any slowness that I find noticeable. I have a handful of other issues that irk me but I want to have a phone to clone so I can safely re-install UT to see if that clears any of them up.

I will pick up another E960 and continue to experiment with alternate OSs. I like UT but still curious to see how something like Paranoid Android works. It also supports the Nexus 4.

Thanks again, really appreciate the advice

@saveurlinux You may be better off starting a new thread as this thread is very old and the issues involved have probably been fixed by now for their device. Also could you add what update channel you are on.
The screen should wake up automatically. You could try moving to another update channel from system settings and see if that fixes it or reinstall the channel you are on from the installer (please don't select the wipe option).

Same here (Nexus 5) it seems is a pulseaudio issue, can't switch profile to headset_head_unit when trying to use bluetooth headset/car kit microphone

profiles: a2dp_sink: High Fidelity Playback (A2DP Sink) (priority 10, available: unknown) headset_head_unit: Headset Head Unit (HSP/HFP) (priority 20, available: unknown) off: Off (priority 0, available: yes) active profile: off

I manage to force it to switch to A2DP but of course no mic

profiles: a2dp_sink: High Fidelity Playback (A2DP Sink) (priority 10, available: unknown) headset_head_unit: Headset Head Unit (HSP/HFP) (priority 20, available: unknown) off: Off (priority 0, available: yes) active profile: <a2dp_sink>

@mooncosmique , hello! You can use TWRP. If you have it, go to the backup directory and make backup all your system. Backup will be save on phone disk space. If you want make only contacts backup go by the link /home/phablet/.local/share/evolution/addressbook/system/contacts.db
and copy this file to pc.

@mooncosmique I can get MMS on t-mobile pre-paid using the apn as "epc.t-mobile.com" instead of "fast-t-mobile.com". Let us know if that works for you.

Getting back to this because of problems I am experiencing with UT. I appreciate your response and the tip on MidroG.

I was able to successfully install TWRP - someone at the XDA forum was kind enough to post a step by step procedure and it went without a hitch.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-4/general/switching-custom-roms-twrp-t3962899#post81056949

Since I will be wiping the device for any other ROMs I will try re-installing UT and wipe the user data this time.

Congratulations! I am glad it worked out. Enjoy Ubuntu Touch.