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[Krzysztof Tataradziński <ktatar156@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks!
I just had my mouse on buy button in online store to buy MX4. But I
will wait a while...

2015-05-06 12:56 GMT+02:00 sturmflut <sturmflut@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> Hey Krzysztof,
>
>
> On 06.05.2015 12:11, Krzysztof Tataradziński wrote:
>> I see that here
>>
>> http://sturmflut.github.io/ubuntu/touch/2015/05/06/hacking-ubuntu-touch-part-2-devices-and-images/
>>
>> MX4 device is listed. Is there a possibility to install it on existing phone?
>
>
> Nice to see that you read my blog ;)
>
> I just included the MX4 in the ASCII art drawing because I knew that
> there will be an Ubuntu version of it soon. Currently there doesn't seem
> to be a public channel with images for this device, and there might also
> be a number of problems:
>
> - AFAIK there are two versions of the phone, the chinese one and the
> international one. The chinese one has a locked bootloader and the
> international one has an open one. Some resellers in the EU imported the
> chinese version, so you have to pay attention to which version you've got.
>
> - AFAIK Android uses a different partition layout than Ubuntu Touch.
> This is one of the reasons why you can't easily install Ubuntu Touch on
> an the bq Aquaris E4.5 Android version. Depending on the device you need
> a special tool to change the partition layout, e.g. for the Aquaris
> there is a tool by MediaTek.
>
>
> If anybody knows more than I do, please do correct me.
>
>
> kind regards,
> Simon
>
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