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[John Kim <johnkim.ubuntu@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 07/25/2013 09:45 AM, András Mamenyák wrote:
> Hi!
> You should use fastboot in fastboot mode, not adb.
> And you should simply reboot into recovery and flash the ubuntu files 
> (you have adb there too)
>
>
> On Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 6:32 PM, John Kim <johnkim.ubuntu@xxxxxxxxx 
> <mailto:johnkim.ubuntu@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>
>     Hello all,
>
>     My name is John Kim, a newcomer to the Ubuntu Phone community, and
>     I contribute to Ubuntu Docs and Quality team.  For the Quality
>     team, I intend to start writing automated testcases for core
>     apps.  My first task will be the music-app.
>
>     My development environment is complete.  I installed the Ubuntu
>     SDK and Qt Creator on my 13.10 laptop, and I successfully
>     installed Ubuntu Phone into my Nexus 7 as well as SSH to it.  I
>     personally prefer to ssh over USB than over IP because it's just
>     faster.
>
>     Normally, after minutes of inactivity, my Nexus 7 will power off
>     on its own.  I can power again after holding the power button for
>     a moment.  But as soon as I ran the music-app testcases with my
>     Nexus 7 plugged in (QtCreator recognized it and set the device as
>     development), which failed, my Nexus 7 was missing a music and
>     video app icon. *When it powered down, my Nexus 7 would get stuck
>     perpetually in the Google screen with the unlocked lock image at
>     the bottom. * The only way I could turn it off was hold the power
>     and the volume down button, and go to "Power Off"; otherwise, my
>     Nexus 7 will reboot back to the boot screen over and over again.
>
>     I would like to know how I can restore my device with a fresh
>     Ubuntu Phone build.  I haven't tried yet, but I'm quite sure that
>     'adb devices' won't recognize my Nexus 7 on neither the fastboot
>     mode nor the Google screen.
>
>     Thanks!
>
>     -- 
>     John Kim
>     Ubuntu QA & Doc Contributor
>     johnkim.ubuntu@xxxxxxxxx  <mailto:johnkim.ubuntu@xxxxxxxxx>
>
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Hi!

I entered fastboot mode, but running 'fastboot devices' shows nothing.
On recovery mode, 'sudo adb kill-server; sudo adb start-server; adb 
devices' shows no devices as well, even when I start sideload.

How exactly do I flash ubuntu files?

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John Kim
Ubuntu QA & Doc Contributor
johnkim.ubuntu@xxxxxxxxx