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[Eric Holmi <empholmi@xxxxxxxxx>]

I should probably mention that I'm assuming that my boot img works, and
that's a huge assumption

On Sunday, June 19, 2016, Eric Holmi <empholmi@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I'm kind of new to this and I'm actually trying this for the first time,
> so I'm probably not the best person to ask for help.
>
> When I flashed boot and recovery, I had wiped the system, so if behaved as
> expected by getting stuck on the Google logo but letting me boot into
> recovery by holding the proper buttons. The recovery image booted fine.
> When I used rootstock, it's behavior didn't change at all. It wouldn't
> boot.
>
> I would try to get recovery working first because that will give you a
> base to work from.
>
> On Sunday, June 19, 2016, Panagiotis - Dimitris Antoniadis <
> eotakos@xxxxxxxxx <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','eotakos@xxxxxxxxx');>>
> wrote:
>
>> @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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