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[Panagiotis - Dimitris Antoniadis <eotakos@xxxxxxxxx>]

@Eric,
I see that you are a step ahead of me, trying to install the system
image... How did your device behave after flashing the new boot.img, and
before installing the ubuntu system image?

In my case I get stuck in the samsung logo, which does not let me boot into
recovery, and so I can not continue with rootstock-touch-install.

According to this discussion here,
https://forums.ubports.com/topic/42/porting-ubuntu-touch-on-zenfone-5/2
being stuck with the first logo screen, has to do with configuring the
kernel for the particular device.

I cannot figure out if this is really my issue, (so I should go about the
device specifics), or if I should first figure out how to boot into the
recovery while having ubuntu's boot.img installed.

any ideas?

Thanks in advance,
Panagiotis


On 19 June 2016 at 16:52, Eric Holmi <empholmi@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> So, as I said, rootstock-touch-install has currently taken 4 hours, and is
> frozen at "adding android system to installation ..." May I ask why it is
> taking so long?
>
> Steps:
>
> $ fastboot flash boot boot.img
> $ fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
> $ fastboot boot out/target/product/mako/recovery.img
> $ bzr branch lp:project-rootstock-ng
> $ cd project-rootstock-ng/
> $ ./rootstock-touch-install '/home/user/Documents/vivid-preinstalled-touch-armhf.tar.gz' '/media/user/Data/6/08/2016/phablet/out/target/product/hammerhead/system.img'
>
>
> On Sun, Jun 19, 2016 at 9:48 AM, Eric Holmi <empholmi@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> 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> 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>:
>>>>
>>>>> 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> 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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>>>
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