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[David Krovich <dmkrovich@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello again list,

I've been researching and learning lots more about mobile development and
have made some progress.

I went out and purchased a Nexus 4 and have been able to get Ubuntu Touch
up and running.  Now I'm turning back to my Galaxy S4.  I've been able to
root my Galaxy S4 using CF-Auto-Root and Heimdall.  I've also figured out
that my Galaxy S4 is the SCH-R970 version that comes from US Cellular.  My
end goal is to make Ubuntu Touch run on this hardware.  For my next step
I'm trying to experiment with MultiROM.  This should allow me to experiment
with alternate roms.  I'm currently getting a message about MultiRom not
being support on my current hardware.   Doing more research on that before
I proceed.

Also, it looks like there is an abandoned version of ubuntu touch for the
GT-I9505 Galaxy S4 version here:

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Touch/Devices/i9505

I'm wondering if that ROM might work on my SCH-R970.  It would be nice if I
could use that as some sort of base to start with.  If not, I'll be
starting from scratch at the porting page.

https://developer.ubuntu.com/en/phone/devices/porting-new-device/

-Dave


On Tue, Sep 6, 2016 at 1:32 PM, David Krovich <dmkrovich@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Wayne,
>
> Thanks for the suggestion.  I will experiment with multirom and see if
> that works.  I did some more research on running Ubuntu Phone on a galaxy
> s4 and it looks like there is an abandoned version out there.  I'm going to
> look into that further as well and see if I can at least get it stood up on
> my s4.
>
> For the immediate future just to try and get Ubuntu phone working I
> ordered a used Nexxus 4.  Should be here this week.
>
> -Dave
>
>
> On Fri, Sep 2, 2016 at 4:24 AM, Wayne Ward <info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> i found IRC to be really handy lately!
>>
>> on the nexus i used multirom does that not install on the samsung
>> i looked on ubports and your phones not on the list, have you talked to
>> them about adding it and maybe helping out port across
>>
>> Regards
>> Wayne
>>
>>
>>
>> On Friday, 2 September 2016 08:52:53 BST, David Krovich <
>> dmkrovich@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> Following up to my own post.  Got some help on #ubuntu-phone on freenode.
>>> I didn't mention that the fastboot commands weren't able to see the
>>> device
>>> after I rebooted.
>>>
>>> Seems like I need to use heimdall instead of fastboot for the Galaxy S4.
>>>
>>> Now I need to figure out how exactly to use heimdall and how to manually
>>> download roms.
>>>
>>> The quest continues.
>>>
>>> --
>>> David Krovich
>>>
>>> On Fri, Sep 2, 2016 at 2:21 AM, David Krovich <dmkrovich@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hello list,
>>>>
>>>> First post here, and I'm new to experimenting with mobile hardware as
>>>> well
>>>> as ubuntu phone.
>>>>
>>>> I have a Galaxy S4 that I would like to experiment using Ubuntu phone.
>>>>
>>>> Here is what I've done so far.
>>>>
>>>> 1) Following instructions here:
>>>>
>>>> https://developer.ubuntu.com/en/phone/devices/installing-
>>>> ubuntu-for-devices/
>>>>
>>>> 2) Install all tools
>>>>
>>>> 3) put phone in developer mode.
>>>>
>>>> 4) I'm able to use "adb devices" and can see the phone
>>>>
>>>> 5) when I do adb reboot bootloader, the phone reboots, I see the big
>>>> green
>>>> droid and text that says "Downloading..  Do not turn off target"
>>>>
>>>> And this is where I'm stuck.
>>>>
>>>> Any ideas on what I should try next?
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> David Krovich
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
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