@tera Thanks for the info, that will save a few pennies!

Has anyone successfully connected the BQ E4.5 (running ubports ota-5) to a monitor with hdmi? I've trawled the forum but cannot seem to find an instance that specifically answers this question.

Closest I got was this thread https://forums.ubports.com/topic/1819/howto-convergence-nexus5/6 which has led me to suspect that if connection is possible, then the type of cable is important; it must be slimport.

I've tried a couple of adapters so far. First one turned out to be a mini hdmi to hdmi adapter and did not fit E4.5. I did find that it worked for the M10 tablet though in the port next to the charging port. Second one was micro usb to hdmi adapter with MHL logo on it. The plug fits the phone, but monitor does not work with it.https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07C4JPY3P/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I don't want to gamble on a slightly more expensive slimport adapter to find that doesn't work either!

@arubislander said in Cannot install ubuntu touch on BQ M10 ubuntu edition:

As encouragement, I am running 16.04 on my BQ Tablet. I have encountered no real issues (except maybe the lack of a native e-mail client and document viewer).

Good news, but an email client is a 'must have' for me. I tried 16.04 on my BQ E4.5 but moved swiftly back to 15.04 when I couldn't get Dekko 2 to keep an eye on three email accounts.

I too will be exercising some patience!! ;)

@lakotaubp Success! My M10 Ubuntu Edition is now on UBPorts ubuntu 15.04 (r3) and I'm very happy about that! Great big thanks to everybody who has helped to make this happen.

There were two key pieces of information posted yesterday that made things work today:

@requist said in Cannot install ubuntu touch on BQ M10 ubuntu edition:

Not sure if it helps but I just installed ubuntu touch on this device from Android. Because I ran into some issues on 18.04 with apparmor I installed it from a live usb of 16.04.
First I used https://docs.ubports.com/en/latest/userguide/install.html#install-on-legacy-android-devices to get into the old ubuntu touch.

@lakotaubp said in Cannot install ubuntu touch on BQ M10 ubuntu edition:

@ziggutas think this is the link you had
https://web.archive.org/web/20180118130643/http://www.mibqyyo.com/en-articles/2015/09/16/ubuntu-android-installation-process-for-bq-aquaris-e4-5-and-e5
@advocatux found it for someone in the telegram supergroup the other day.

The first link to the ubports docs prompted me to down load the flash tool and ubuntu touch ROM (frieza) from that page, and it also encouraged me to try doing everything from my ubuntu 16.04 laptop and not bother with the pc (ubuntu 18.04)
The second link to the archived mibqyyo support article was vital in guiding me through the steps to run the flash tool in terminal, set it up correctly and carry out the procedure.

It took about five or six goes on the flash tool before it took off. The flash tool could not detect the usb port a few times.Then there was a BROM ERROR : S_COM_PORT_OPEN_FAIL (1013). Research suggested this could be cured by swapping usb port or cable.

Because I was trying different things fairly randomly one can't say exactly what made the difference but the last attempt was made using the same cable in a different port . Before connecting the tablet was switched off, security passcode disabled, developer mode switched off. And it worked. Tablet now had an old ubuntu touch.

Next came the ubports installer. Opened installer on same laptop. Before connecting tablet I set the passcode, turned developer mode on, restarted the device and connected to the installer. Deep joy!! It was recognised instantly, pop-up window on tablet asked to allow usb debugging and the installer did it's lovely stuff.

So, excuse the long waffle, but thanks again Lakotaubp, Marathon2422, requist and all who helped with this.

@lakotaubp Yes, it looks familiar. Good job! Amazed how you managed to find that you guys. Will have another crack at this tomorrow, hopefully.

@marathon2422 By the way, I have used flash tool before to flash old bq ubuntu phone to android, and back again to old ubuntu. I was following step by step instructions on bq website which is no longer available.

But now, I can't remember how to run the tool on ubuntu. I'm sure it must be fairly simple commands from terminal? Do you know?

@marathon2422 Thanks for helping, but I do not have access to a windows machine at the moment, and I don't know what I'm doing wrong but I can't see a link to BQ tools anywhere...or a google drive folder!

@marathon2422 Sounds good. Look forward to that with great interest!

@lakotaubp adb and fastboot already present on pc and laptop, phablet-tools would not install on pc (ubuntu 18.04) and I already can't remember why ( age has something to do with it ;) . Phablet tools installed on laptop ok (ubuntu 16.04) so gave the installer another few goes; nothing doing ,not detected.

adb devices command in terminal returns nothing....all the time, I keep checking.

I have been researching how to troubleshoot adb but it all starts to get too complex for me. But I'm not giving up!

@lakotaubp Not sorted yet, no. I have been in touch with BQ who try to be helpful, but not as far as ubuntu is concerned.
They suggest that recovery partition may be broken. They will not supply any firmware or info, all links to potentially useful stuff on their websites and forum come to dead ends where page is blocked or deleted. Feels like they have developed an ubuntu allergy! My opinion is that they should not be selling this tablet without pointing out that it has no terminal or file manager installed etc. I got no response to that.

Anyway, thanks for the latest suggestion; will look at it tonight.
I will have to research .deb installer and look for step by step instructions, so will go first to Telegram group.