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Please write the system requiredment / specification to install ubuntu touch. is there self installation without pc connection? I know its possible to do install ubuntu from device rooted

26 Sep 2016 7.00 AM, Peter Bittner <peter.bittner@xxxxxxx> menulis:
>
> I managed to flash Android on the by E5, but not dual boot. There is 
> no way to dual boot from a bq phone with MultiROM at the moment. Meizu 
> phones are not supported either. See the description of the PlayStore 
> item for a list of supported devices. 
> https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tassadar.multirommgr 
>
> Here is what I did for flashing, for everyone interested, step by step: 
>
> 1.) Download the Linux flash tool from 
> https://www.bq.com/en/support/aquaris-e5-ubuntu-edition/support-sheet 
> 2.) Unpack it, run `chmod 755 flash_tool flash_tool.sh` 
> 3.) Download Aquaris E5 HD firmware from 
> http://www.bq.com/de/support/aquaris-e5/support-sheet 
> 4.) Create folder "2.0.1_20150623-1830_bq-FW", unpack the zip file's 
> content into it 
> 5.) Shut down the Ubuntu phone 
> 6.) Attach the USB cable to the computer (not the phone yet!) 
> 6.) Start flash tool with `sudo ./flash_tool.sh` 
> 7.) Look up the "Scatter file" from the "2.0.1_20150623-1830_bq-FW" folder 
> 8.) Select "Firmware Upgrade" in the "Download" tab 
> 9.) Press the big "Download" button, then attach the USB cable to the phone 
> 10.) Wait as long as the yellow progress bar advances, then detach the USB cable 
> 11.) Boot the phone - the first boot takes more than 10 minutes! 
>
> (Corresponds to the Linux branch of the How-to at 
> http://a25.co/ubuntu-phone-how-to-install-android/) 
>
> Let me note down another useful tool for installing Ubuntu images: (no 
> dual boot here either) 
> - https://github.com/MariusQuabeck/magic-device-tool/ 
>
> Final comments on my first hours on Android after Ubuntu Touch: 
>
> - With Android the bq phone feels so "cheap", a bit childish. It feels 
> more more valuable with Ubuntu Touch, visually and from the user 
> experience. 
> - Yes, you have more options, more apps, more feature, but I feel much 
> more in danger for both my privacy and what apps do with the phone, 
> the apps and my data. 
> - The battery is consumed much faster with Android (there are much 
> more processes running) 
>
> Phone calls on my handset have the same issues as with Ubuntu Touch, 
> hence it is a hardware failure - my proximity sensor is broken. 
> (Launchpad bug #1493574) 
>
> Peter 
>
> 2016-09-23 10:07 GMT+02:00 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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