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[Eric Holmi <empholmi@xxxxxxxxx>]

I'm creating my own port for the Nexus 5, and when I tried to flash the
boot image with "fastboot flash boot boot.img" I had no issues. Try the
phablet tools software. I will say, that rootstock has taken 3 hours so
far, and I am curious if it will work.

On Sunday, June 19, 2016, Panagiotis - Dimitris Antoniadis <
eotakos@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hello again,
>
> and thanks for getting back to me!
>
> @Nikos:
> I got started trying to port to my samsung galaxy tab s...
> Thanks for bringing up ubports.com, I didn't know it existed, and
> apparently it's a great place for info... I think I'll be on the forums
> quite frequently.
>
> @Marius:
> I tried following your instructions, unfortunately I'm still struggling to
> figure out how to flash boot.img successfully.
> First I tried with heimdall from linux and with odin from windows, in both
> cases I get a fail...
> from heimdall with the debug option I can see that the file transfer
> reaches 100%, but then it throws the following message:
> ERROR: Failed to confirm end of file transfer sequence!
> ERROR: BOOT upload failed!
>
> For now my plan is to try flashing with some tools I found online that can
> flash from recovery and see if there is anything in the ubports forums....
>
> In the meantime if you have any extra ideas, they're most welcome :)
>
> Best regards,
> Panagiotis
>
> On 19 June 2016 at 03:03, Marius Gripsgård <mariogrip@xxxxxxxxxx
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','mariogrip@xxxxxxxxxx');>> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> rootstock installer will work just fine, since you have no image server.
>>
>> https://code.launchpad.net/~mariogrip/project-rootstock-ng/project-rootstock-ng
>>
>> First you need to flash boot.img
>>
>> You can use whatever recovery you want, no need to use the recovery
>> you built. (If you had image server you need a modified recovery)
>>
>> Download Ubuntu touch preinstall:
>> http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-touch/vivid/daily-preinstalled/current/vivid-preinstalled-touch-armhf.tar.gz
>> Reboot into recovery
>> Make sure /data and /cache is mounted, use this to mount: adb shell
>> "mount -a"
>> Then use rootstock installer to install ubuntu touch
>> ./rootstock-touch-install [downloaded
>> vivid-preinstalled-touch-armhf.tar.gz] [system.img you have built]
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Marius
>>
>> 2016-06-19 2:14 GMT+02:00 Nikos Chatziioakimidis <
>> nchatziioakimidis@xxxxxxxxxx
>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','nchatziioakimidis@xxxxxxxxxx');>>:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>> Which device do you try to port?
>>> Are you aware of https://ubports.com?
>>>
>>> Maybe Marius Gripsgård could help you since he ported a few devices.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Σάββατο, 18 Ιουνίου 2016 9:04:45 Μ.Μ. EEST, Panagiotis - Dimitris
>>> Antoniadis <eotakos@xxxxxxxxx
>>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','eotakos@xxxxxxxxx');>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hello everyone,
>>>>
>>>> following the "porting to a new device" guide,
>>>> I have managed to compile the code and i have the boot.imp,
>>>> recovery.imp,
>>>> system.img
>>>> At this point the guide gets a little fuzzy. First of, it says to do
>>>>
>>>> $ fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
>>>>
>>>> and then
>>>> $ fastboot boot out/target/product/mako/recovery.img .
>>>>
>>>> The second fastboot call is mentioned as part of the steps needed
>>>> to flash the ubuntu image using rootstock. As I saw in launchpad,
>>>> rootstock is discontinued, and alternative candidates are
>>>> qemu-debootstrap
>>>> and live-build.
>>>>
>>>> Can someone clarify what are the steps to flash system.img and why it
>>>> can't
>>>> be done by pushing the file on the device with heimdall?
>>>>
>>>> Also, am I supposed to flash the images as they are on a device that
>>>> ubuntu touch has not been ported before? Or am I doing it wrong?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Any advice will be greatly appreciated.
>>>>
>>>> All the best,
>>>> Panagiotis
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
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