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[John McAleely <john.mcaleely@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

You need to use ubuntu-device-flash from a ppa, as advised here:

http://askubuntu.com/questions/602035/how-do-i-use-ubuntu-device-flash-with-the-bq-aquaris-e4-5-and-aquaris-e5

Unfortunately, the version in the trusty archive has not been updated in a
long while, and the --recovery-image option needed for 'production' devices
is not supported.

You can use any of the ubuntu-device-flash incantations with
--recovery-image, so you don't need to use --bootstrap or --wipe, both of
which wipe your userdata.

If you're feeling cautious, you could also use fastboot to flash or boot
the recovery with adb enabled, and then use that access to do whatever
maintenance/backup you want to do to the filesystem, eg:

fastboot boot recovery recovery-krillin.img

(use the recovery linked in the answer above)

J

On 16 June 2015 at 09:13, Torsten Sachse <torsten.sachse@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Tue, 16 Jun 2015, Nathan Haines wrote:
>
>  On 06/15/2015 11:40 PM, Torsten Sachse wrote:
>> While you can definitely use ubuntu-device-flash (you will want to skip
>> the --wipe option)
>>
>
> I installed the following version of the tool:
> http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/universe ubuntu-device-flash
> amd64 0.2+14.04.20140416.2-0ubuntu1
>
> Is this one ok to use or do I have to use one from another PPA? I just
> don't
> want to mess up my phone even further.
>
> I am also unsure exactly which channel revision to use as there are so many
> listed by ubuntu-device-flash --list-channels. I suspect it's one from the
> stable branch, but I'm not entirely sure. Can anybody tell me which image
> exactly corresponds to r23 and if possible which flags to pass to
> ubuntu-device-flash?
>
> As I can't switch off the phone, I am hoping that it charges in recovery
> mode
> so that the battery does not run dry.
>
> Cheers and thanks again for all the help,
> Torsten
>
>
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