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[Peter Bittner <peter.bittner@xxxxxxx>]

2016-09-27 3:00 GMT+02:00 Achbarrr@xxxxxxxxx:
> 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

I have flashed my Ubuntu Edition device from a Dell XPS 13 Developer
Edition running Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS, a USB cable and the software
offered by bq's support website (as described below). I have flashed
bq's Android image onto my bq Aquaris E5, I have not tried the reverse
yet, though I guess it works pretty much the same way.

I'm not familiar with (Android) rooted devices and in-place flashing.
If you know it is possible you know more than me.

Peter


P.S.: Everyone, let me emphasize again that as soon as you have Ubuntu
Touch installed you can get more out of it using Marius Quabeck's
magic-device-tool. It's a collection of shell scripts that allows you
to install different Ubuntu channels, the OpenStore and modded
versions of Android.
https://github.com/MariusQuabeck/magic-device-tool/


> 26 Sep 2016 7.00 AM, Peter Bittner 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/)