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Re: Fwd: Trying to install Ubuntu touch on "Nexus 7 3G (tilipia)"

 

Hi,

tilapia != grouper

although the differences should be minor.


Regards,
Emiel


2013/9/25 Sayantan Das <sayantan13@xxxxxxxxx>

> Well, if that's the case, Canonical shouldn't be putting instructions up
> in the official ubuntu touch installation pages.
>
> Quote from the page https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Touch/Install
>
> "*If you have a nexus 7 3G, pass -d grouper: *
>
> *    phablet-flash ubuntu-system --no-backup -d grouper"*
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> On 25 September 2013 18:21, Chris Johnston <chrisjohnston@xxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
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>> I don't believe that tilapia was ever a supported device. AFAIK you would
>> need to port to tilapia just like any other unsupported device.
>>
>> cJ
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 4:39 AM, Darren Paxton <darren@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>>
>>> Ken,
>>>
>>> I and a few others have had the same problem, we've posted here but
>>> unfortunately we've had no further assistance. It would appear that tilapia
>>> is no longer a reference device despite documentation to the contrary. I'm
>>> a little disappointed in this as I bought the tilapia with the intention of
>>> getting ubuntu running on it and like you, I can only get earlier builds on
>>> it and these dont really do much.
>>>
>>> Anybody else on the list care to pick up the task of either helping
>>> tilapia owners debug this problem or taking the stance that its no longer a
>>> supported device otherwise other people are just going to have the same
>>> problem and its pretty frustrating to be posting content with nobody
>>> willing to help from the development team.
>>>
>>> Darren Paxton
>>> Staticwave
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 8:02 AM, Ken Harris <kjh@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Greetings,
>>>>
>>>> I'm trying to install Ubuntu touch on "Nexus 7 3G (tilipia)".
>>>> "phablet-flash" runs to completion, but then it doesn't boot : I just get
>>>> the "Google" splash screen (with the "unlocked" icon).  "adb" is active at
>>>> this point.  I did "adb shell" and looked a bit, but I don't know how to
>>>> debug it.  One odd thing I notice is that "df" only reports "/dev" and
>>>> "/run" being mounted.  Is there a log file?  Any tips on how to debug would
>>>> be appreciated.
>>>>
>>>> This is "tilipia" (1st gen Nexus 7 w/ 3G).  It should work.  I got an
>>>> old Ubuntu Touch to work (from July or so).  Also "Plasma Active" runs OK.
>>>> Android 4.3 runs great, so the hardware is fine.
>>>>
>>>> I ran "phablet-flash ubuntu-system -d grouper -b".  I've attached the
>>>> log file.  I've also attached a log file with debug : "phablet-flash
>>>> ubuntu-system --no-backup -d grouper --debug".
>>>>
>>>> FYI, I'm running Fedora.  I install phablet-flash w/ "bzr branch
>>>> lp:phablet-tools".
>>>>
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