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@MrT10001 Thanks, I updated it successfully. My problem with flashing UT was due to another problem actually, I didn't repartition the phone correctly (after a LineageOS installation), but now it's okay.

Hey, I'm using Ubuntu 22 and I'm trying to flash UT on a nexus 5 (hammerhead).
It fails every time because ubports is not updated. After flashing the recovery image (during the installation process), the phone reboots and is stuck at the boot logo.

I did update and upgrade linux, then I tried snap refresh ubports-installer --stable, it says "no available update"...

Do you have any idea?

Hello everyone,
I need to know how to flash UT on a nexus 5 without using Ubports-installer, the aim is to better understand UT and also flashing without internet connection.
I already have the boot and recovery images (that I got with the installer after flashing to another nexus 5).

Is it enough if I just flash these images (with fastboot flash boot boot.img and fastboot flash recovery recovery.img) ? I mean, after unlocking the phone and installing TWRP of course.

I don't know if there is a risk to brick it, that's why I ask you first.

I want to flash indeed, for the nexus 5 hammerhead. I want to better understand UT and the process of installing, that's why I like doing things myself. And Ubports needs to download many files when installing, then it would save me time to manually flash UT since I already have the files (images), especially if I want to do the operation several times or on several devices (considering that Ubports is installed on another PC or the cache is cleaned for some reason).
I also like being able to do the stuff without internet connection.

But there is a risk of getting the device bricked, that's why I need to be sure first.

Hello everyone,

I would like to know how to flash UT on a device without using Ubports. I already have the boot and recovery images (that I got with Ubports after porting to another device with the same model).

Is it enough if I just flash these images (with fastboot flash boot boot.img and fastboot flash recovery recovery.img) ? after unlocking the phone and installing TWRP of course.

Or do I need to do something else to have a working OS on the phone? Ubports-installer seems to do a lot of things when installing, I'm not sure if that's okay to simply flash the boot and recovery.

@kugiigi That's really strange. But I'm wondering if the address is still the same on android. I would need to restore android to check it. But as far as I know, it's a physical address, then the OS doesn't matter.

@keneda It's 43:39:00:07:1F:AC

Hello everyone,
I have bought 2 nexus 5 phones, and after meeting issues with Bluetooth, I was really surprised when I found out that the phones have the same bluetooth mac address, as well as the nexus 5 of someone I know (with UT too).

Only one of my phones has a working bluetooth though, the other one can't see devices except 2 "unknown" devices. I tried rebooting, turning on and off bluetooth and wifi... no result.

Besides fixing bluetooth, I need to know an important thing : Is it possible to change the bluetooth mac address ?
I tried to change the content of /persist/bluetooth/.bdaddr but no result, it's encrypted btw.
I'm really confused, a broken bluetooth on one device is a problem, but having similar addresses on a bunch of devices is another problem...

@mrt10001 Okay I see. I really don't see the point of locking the system like this. Always the same excuse : "security". Like if android security measures were not enough... I will buy other brands from now on.

Other than that, is there a way to unlock the phone without using mobile data (sim card) ? maybe there are some applications to "create" a virtual sim card or something. With this, I just create a mi account and I ask them to unlock, no matter how unconvenient it is.

Hello everyone,

I have to unlock the bootloader of several xiaomi redmi 4X phones, then I can't do it the official way which takes many days. Can you tell me how to do ?

I found a program called "EDLUnlock" on Windows for this : https://github.com/Giovix92/EDLUnlock. But when I run the program, it says "Status : 6 (null)" and "An error occured. Unlock failed. Check device connection and COM port is correct".
I enabled USB debugging and adb works fine with the phone. Fastboot seems to work fine too. I installed qualcomm drivers as well, but maybe they're not the good ones, there's so many sources and info on the net that I can't be sure of what I should check first.

Can you tell me what could be the cause of the issue, or another way to unlock the bootloader ?

Hey,
I'm trying to build UT for a nexus 4 and I'm stuck at the step of setting up the sources for Halium 7.1 (https://docs.ubports.com/en/latest/porting/build_and_boot/H7_setup_sources.html).
I'm confused with the vendor blobs part. I have no BUILDDIR directory but I guess I should put them in the "build" directory, right? But in my vendor blobs, I have .mk files and a "proprietary" folder, should I just put everything in a "vendor" directory?
And then what? Should I type something in the manifest?

By the way I downloaded the blobs here : https://github.com/konstantinkeller/vendor_lge_mako, I'm not even sure if they're what I need.

@domubpkm Yes I did. This didn't solve the issue. Maybe I should factory reset.

@kugiigi No I actually didn't explain well what I want. I want to be able to switch from portrait to landscape (and vice versa), that's what I want.
Making a patch would be nice, I would appreciate but would you mind telling me how I can do that by myself ? Unless this is too complex of course.
The thing is that I want to improve my skills in programming/scripting. I'd be fine if this requires QML code. I didn't find much about it in the doc though...

@kugiigi I only need a one thing change, I'm okay with that. Do you know a way?

Hello everyone, my Nexus 5 can't rotate to portrait/landscape, I checked the lock. I don't know if this is from the OS or the device but anyway.
I only need to know how to change the orientation in shell command, or something that doesn't need a working sensor.

I found an interesting variable for this in the documentation : NATIVE_ORIENTATION. But whatever the value it has (portrait or landscape), it doesn't do anything. I tried many commands like

export $NATIVE_ORIENTATION = landscape

I would prefer making the rotation in shell instead of making an app just for this, I'm not comfortable with QML programming yet.

@keneda That sounds interesting, I'll think about it if I get an a/b slots device in the future. For now I think I will use a regular single boot to keep things simple.

@lakotaubp Alright I see. Somebody made an app a long time ago : https://youtu.be/CXooGX4HMEM. The idea was to run ubuntu from android with the app.
And if I understood well, Ubuntu was flashed on the recovery partition.
I'm wondering if I can do that myself in some way (just replacing the recovery with ubuntu to be able to choose between android or ubuntu).

Hello guys, I installed the Ubuntu dual boot app on my LG nexus 4 after rooting it with SuperSU. When I run the dual boot app, it doesn't ask me to grant the root access as it's supposed to, and it says "no available channels". Then I can't install Ubuntu Touch.

Is it a problem with the servers that are not maintained anymore ? Can I install ubuntu myself (without the app, by flashing the recovery for example ?), or is there another solution to get a dual boot ?

The nexus 4 runs android 5.1.1.