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[Peter Bittner <peter.bittner@xxxxxxx>]

Alright,

I found the information I had been given this summer:

> it might work if you use that guide to install android and then from there install that
> multirom app or what its called. you can set up dual boot with ubuntu with that.

- http://a25.co/ubuntu-phone-how-to-install-android/
- https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tassadar.multirommgr

(Thanks, Michael Zanetti!)

Enjoy the video in the Play Store! It says Ubuntu Touch is installable
just by a single click, but doesn't show it. A Turkish video showing
the actual installation from April 2016 is at:
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKkcKLnb6_c

The bq Support website now has the flash tool available for download:
- https://www.bq.com/en/support/aquaris-e5-ubuntu-edition/support-sheet
Android firmware for Aquaris E5:
- http://www.mibqyyo.com/descargas/categorias/aquaris-5-hd/
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9OQovPAbw4

The original Canonical way to do dual boot: (says it has been tested
and is working on Nexus 4)
- https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Touch/DualBootInstallation
Here are some German articles describing the very same thing: (from 2013/2014)
- http://www.chip.de/news/Dualboot-Ubuntu-Touch-und-Android-parallel-nutzen_66387009.html
- http://www.heise.de/open/meldung/Installer-zum-Dual-Boot-von-Ubuntu-Touch-und-Android-2072273.html
Here are a 2015 and a 2014 blog post in English about it:
- http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/dual-boot-android-ubuntu/
- http://lifehacker.com/how-to-dual-boot-ubuntu-on-your-android-device-1577325241

I may try this in the next few days. Cross your fingers,
Peter


2016-09-21 19:03 GMT+02:00 Peter Bittner <peter.bittner@xxxxxxx>:
> I need to install Android on my bq Aquaris E5 Ubuntu Edition phone, because
>   a. I need to verify a hardware issue (proximity sensor), and
>   b. I have come to a situation in my work environment that requires
> me to have at least one, preferably several of the most popular char
> apps fully working (WhatsApp, Viber, Slack, you-name-it).
>
> I don't want to lose the possibility to follow the development of
> Ubuntu Touch with my own device, so I'm looking into doing a dual-boot
> solution with Android + Ubuntu Touch.
>
> Someone, I think here on the list, this summer has given me some
> specific advice about how to proceed. Unfortunately, I don't find that
> email anymore.
>
> If it were somehow possible to retain the current user data and
> settings of my Ubuntu phone that would be awesome, of course. Some
> advice about which directories to copy off the device before wiping it
> may be sufficient too. Clean installs are cool too, so why not get rid
> of everything, sure.
>
> I've read that Android and Ubuntu Touch (can) share the user data in a
> separate partition, so nothing gets lost between upgrades and data can
> be shared between the systems, reboot required only. Is this correct?
>
> Looking forward to having a ... err ... a more useful phone!   :-]
>
> Peter
>
> P.S.: I'm really enjoying the OTA-13 calendar app, finally with
> multiple (Google) calendars!! Yay!