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

 

The error indicates that it can find "abootimg", which is a tool to
read/write/update android boot images.

On Fedora, do "yum install abootimg".  I don't know about Ubuntu, but
maybe something similiar.

On Thu, Dec 19, 2013 at 6:55 AM, Florian Felgenhauer
<florian.felgenhauer@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hey Ken,
>
> I got errors running your script:
>
> partitions/boot.img
>
> ./touch-tilipia-datapart-workaround.sh: 19:
> ./touch-tilipia-datapart-workaround.sh: abootimg: not found
> < waiting for device >
> cannot load 'zImage': No such file or directory
> error: cannot load bootable image
> rebooting...
>
> finished. total time: 0.020s
>
> Can you explain to me in more detail what your script is doing, or do you
> have any idea why it failed?
>
> Cheers
>
> Florian
>
>
> 2013/10/1 Ken Harris <kjh@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> FYI, I've attached a simple script to add "datapart=/dev/mmcblk0p10" to
>> the "cmdline" for tilipia.
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Oct 1, 2013 at 12:34 PM, Darren Paxton <darren@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Brilliant News, Ken.
>>>
>>> charging my Tilapia as we speak to get it up and running.
>>>
>>> Darren Paxton
>>> Staticwave

>>> On Tue, Oct 1, 2013 at 8:31 PM, Ken Harris <kjh@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I got tilipia to boot!  Ubuntu Touch looks great!
>>>>
>>>> I added "datapart=/dev/mmcblk0p10" to the "cmdline".  This is a
>>>> workaround, but indicates that the problem is in the /dev partition.
>>>>
>>>> In "initrd" , /scripts/touch , in "mountroot", it searches /dev for
>>>> ""userdata UDA DATAFS USERDATA" , when it doesn't find it, it panics.  I
>>>> don't know exactly how to do fix this.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 8:30 AM, Ken Harris <kjh@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> The 2 devices are nearly identical.
>>>>>
>>>>> The only difference I see is that the /data partition is mmcblk0p10 on
>>>>> tilipia (Nexus 7 3G) and mmcblk0p9 on grouper (Nexus 7 wifi).  This can be
>>>>> hidden by using /dev/block/platform/sdhci-tegra.3/by-name/UDA to refer to
>>>>> the /data partition.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 5:51 AM, Chris Johnston
>>>>> <chrisjohnston@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 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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