@kugiigi Just to point out, it has to be the 4Gb 64Gb version as the Android version installed is the one required. The 2Gb 32gb version of the TB-X306 is a no go for UT.
The other tablet worth looking at is the 3Gb 32Gb TB-X605F or TB-X605L. Disclaimer: It can be a nightmare to boot and Focal works with some things, notably Cameras don't work.
Re: Bootloop on Xiaomi Mi A2 after upgrade from 16.04 OTA -24 to 20.04 OTA -1
If you carry out an upgrade, clean install or have a new install on the Xiaomi Mi A2, this may resolve to issue.
The device has two slots, slot a and slot b.
When bootlooping, it might be booting to the wrong slot.
To resolve try this, it may stop the bootloop:
This involves changing the slot, so put the device in fastboot mode.
Then attach to a PC with fastboot and ADB installed and open a terminal (Command Prompt) in the fastboot folder.
Type in ./fastboot getvar current-slot
This will tell you which slot is active. If slot a is active, change it to slot b and vice versa.
Use this command:
./fastboot --set-active=a or ./fastboot --set-active=b
Reboot the phone and hopefully you will boot into UT.
@Frank_A press and hold the volume up button and then press the power button until the device starts.
If that fails, press and hold the volume up button and plug it into a power source.
In both cases the device must be off.
If it keeps booting into UT, in UT go into settings about device, developer options and plug it into a pc with fastboot and ADB installed, accept the prompt when it appears, then in your fastboot folder on the pc, open a terminal and do ADB reboot bootloader from there.
@Frank_A Two ways really. Go to software update and in the top corner there is a cog, press that and change channel from something to something else, for example if you are on developer channel change to stable. The other way to do it is to run it through the installer again leaving the wipe data box unticked. Always back up any data beforehand.
It looks like the wired external monitor is not supported.
From the Pixel 3a device page:
@wotan You need to upgrade or downgrade to the last version of Android 9 for that device.
@ducky Verizon, assumption is USA. VoLTE is not available on this device (yet?) which means you cannot use 4G in the US and as they have stupidly switched off 3G, your device will not function as a phone. The developers are working hard to get 4G VoLTE working on some devices, but it is really difficult due to each manufacturer implementing their own standard.
@Antares86 Are you trying to install UT on the device? I
To boot into fastboot mode, power off the device. Hold the volume down button and plug in the USB cable attached to PC.
@ubuntoutou Check here on this thread.
Check this out on TWRP. You can use TWRP to access partitions. This can be helpful in data recovery or making a backup. I do fear that you have lost all due to using the installer.
@Antares86 Take your time and read what is on the screen to download the correct files. If you get stuck we will do our best to help.
@Antares86 You have to do the research, but from the devices page:
"Please double-check that your device is running the latest available stock Android 10 firmware"
The correct Android ROM can be found here and download the fastboot version.
To install Ubuntu Touch, THE DEVICES BOOTLOADER HAS TO BE UNLOCKED. IF IT IS UNLOCKED< DO NOT RELOCK IT as it will brick the device in most cases.
You require the Mi Unlock tool which is for Windows only.
You must have a working SIM in the device and a Mi account set up.
You need to enable developer options on the device. In developer options you must enable OEM unlock and USB debugging and then below the OEM unlocking button, press the Unlock status line and follow the instructions.
Once you have followed the instructions, you must have ADB and fastboot installed on your PC. In the ADB and Fastboot folder open a terminal (command line or powershell window), attach your device and reboot to fastboot mode.
Connect to the PC and open up the Mi unlock tool and log into the Mi account you logged into on the device. The device should be detected on line one, press unlock and wait 168 hours to unlock i.e. on week, do not attempt again on that device or the clock will be reset.
Once the bootloader is unlocked, unzip the downloaded fastboot Android ROM. In the folder you will see a a bat file called flash_all.bat. Put your phone into fastboot mode and open a terminal window in the ROM folder where the flash_all.bat is. In the terminal the command is:
./flash_all.bat
(note you must include the ./ for it to work)
Leave the device and PC alone, it takes about 5 minutes, let it do its thing.
Once done, the device will reboot and you will have to set up Android again, enable developer options and USB debugging.
Run the UT installer and attach the device to the PC, accept the USB debugging prompt and follow the installer instructions. Again it can take a while to install, so leave the device alone, until you get the UT install screen.
Enjoy UT.
It's not on the installer and a quick online search shows no one is working on a port. This means you are going to have to do it yourself which requires skill, tenacity and time.
Check out the documentation on porting.
@Antares86 It is an ambiguous question. What device are you trying to install UT on? Did it fail? What have you tried if it did fail to install?
To install UT you need fastboot and ADB installed, search for Platform Tools . You need the UT installer. You need the USB drivers for your device. You need the correct Android ROM, as stipulated by the porter which you have to flash to your device or UT won't install or work.
@Scofus Have you reinstalled UT using the installer, leaving the "wipe data" box unticked?
@liam Works on mine. USB pen drive is formatted to FAT32. Attach via OTG cable and it picks the drive up in file manager.
@messayisto If it does the spinning wheel when looking for updates, reboot the device and try again, that usually works.
@odo It's pretty straight forward. Boot to fastboot. Install TWRP. Format Data. Wipe Dalvik/cache, Cache and system. Reboot to TWRP. In TWRP you can either sideload the Android ROM, or copy it over to the root of the phone (i.e. not in a folder) and install it as a zip. Once installed, boot into Android and set it up. Enable developer options and run it through the UT installer. If it fails at formatting the partitions you can boot to recovery (it will be Android recovery) and wipe data and cache, reboot to fastboot and restart the UT installer. At the ned of the day, a lot of devices will lose support due to various issues, I still use devices with UT Xenial (16.04) which works for me.
I have obtained another of these devices so will now go through process to install Ubuntu Touch on this device. It was far from an easy process compared to the others, but is doable with patience and a mindset of fault finding and trying things out. Tools that you need for this device:
Do a search for the above if the links die. The Unlock tool is getting hard to find. Make sure fastboot and ADB is installed.
YOU NEED A LINUX BASED PC TO GET UT ON THIS DEVICE. Why you may ask? Because Windows 10 and 11 have an issue with the ASUS USB driver causing it to disconnect, not be detected and it will disconnect at a critical point. So ditch Windows, I tried two setups and got the same result. Ubuntu 20.04 just worked.
Extract the unlock RAR folder, you will get two folders, USB drivers for windows (not needed) and unlock. Open a terminal in the unlock folder, power off the device, then press Volume UP and Power to get into fastboot mode. Connect the device to the PC and check it is connected using the command fastboot devices . When connected then run in terminal chmod +x unlock.sh. Once that command has completed then in terminal run ./unlock.sh. If it goes to plan the script will run and end and the device will either reboot or you will have to power cycle. A successful unlock will put you at the Android set up screen, so set Android up again and enable developer options.
YOU NOW NEED TO UPGRADE/DOWNGRADE TO THE CORRECT ROM - (WW-16.2017.2004.063). DO NOT USE ANY OTHER - UT will either not install, bootloop or not work properly. Read and heed this, it a requirement from the porter on the device page. VERY IMPORTANT
To do this install TWRP recovery. Boot the device to fastboot then connect to the pc, Open a terminal in the folder where the TWRP image is (Image not ZIP) and flash the recovery - fastboot flash recovery twrp-3.4.0-0-KudProject-X00T.img .
Power off the device then boot to recovery by pressing Volume Down and Power. Keep holding the volume down until you boot into TWRP. This can take time so be patient. You may be asked for a password, just cancel and boot into TWRP. In TWRP go to WIPE and format data. Press home and then go to WIPE and wipe system, cache and Dalvik/Cache. Reboot to TWRP. Then go to ADVANCED and choose ADB sideload. Connect the device to the PC and in the terminal type in adb sideload (location of) UL-ASUS_X00T-WW-16.2017.2004.063-user.zip.
Let it install and once completed WITH NO ERRORS boot into Android, set it up and enable Developer Options and USB debugging.
If ADB won't install, copy UL-ASUS_X00T-WW-16.2017.2004.063-user.zip to the root of the device, not in a folder (I used the Ubuntu file manager, but you can push it through ADB). Then in TWRP install it through the Install button on TWRP (install from ZIP).
Once USB debugging is enabled you can run the device through the installer.
This failed at formatting data cache and system. So restarted the installer, but booted the device into recovery and formatted cache and data, rebooted to fastboot, selected manually the device from the drop down list and this time it nearly went through. It got to the point f downloading files and hung. ( I think this is an installer issue) so I restarted the process with my VPN running and it installed.
Nothing like seeing the Ubuntu splash screen!
Note - there are multiple version of this device, which are intrinsically all the same - see here.
The installer picked my device up initially as an X00T_2, but against everything I would normally do I chose from the drop down and the rest is above - DO NOT DO THIS FOR OTHER DEVICES as you may end up with a brick. I now have ZB601KL and a ZB602KL running Ubuntu Touch. These devices apparently have interchangeable firmware reading through XDA forums.
This wasn't straightforward and took a bit of working out, the biggest annoyance being the USB drivers on Windows.