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[M G <graziottimarco@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Peter,

this guide work also for Meizu MX4?
I need a dual boot too with Flyme rom and Ubuntu Touch.

Thank you,
Marco

2016-09-23 0:18 GMT+02:00 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!
>
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