[Work-In-Progress] Ubuntu Touch Port - HTC First

Hey everyone. Im sure that you have all heard about Ubuntu For Android. About a few months ago it was just an idea. But now there are over 50 phones supported by developers and about 50 more being worked on.
Ubuntu does officially support the Nexus 4, Nexus 7 (2012 version) and the Nexus 10, and the old Galaxy Nexus. Since they are all AOSP devices and ours is...well someone aosp, i was thinking i would give a go and see what i can do. There is a guide and lots of details and instructions on how to do this on their website:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Touch/Install
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Touch/Porting
If anyone wants to have a go at this and get in touch with me to work on this together ( i dont have much porting experience but i will try ) because i could use alot of help.
Thanks
PS:You WILL need Ubuntu 12 -14 (any version there). And since my laptop is a XXXX HP it doesnt like ubuntu 13.04 so im gonna have to get 13.10 and work from there since my pc is really really stupid.
Updates:
-After doing some searching. There are no devices in the 8930+ range of Qualcomm chip-sets that have been ported or are being ported. So we will have to either 1. wait or 2. start from scratch.
-Okay...we will also need CM10.1 to build from...and since we dont have cm10.1 i guess we could use the One Mini...if IF if they have it.

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Ubuntu fior android

http:**androlinux.com*android-ubuntu-development*how-to-install-ubuntu-on-android/
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Iv got noo idea whether thisll work on mini...( i think ubuntu requires atleast 700 mhz processor ).. but no harm trying..
would be kinna cool to boast bout your mini with ubuntu os eh!
developers-- getting any creative ideas bout making use of this ??
rahulthedarkknight said:
http:**androlinux.com*android-ubuntu-development*how-to-install-ubuntu-on-android/
replace the stars with /
Iv got noo idea whether thisll work on mini...( i think ubuntu requires atleast 700 mhz processor ).. but no harm trying..
would be kinna cool to boast bout your mini with ubuntu os eh!
developers-- getting any creative ideas bout making use of this ??
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Don't know if it will work on Galaxy Mini or not... But, Ubuntu is said to be available for smartphone and tablets very soon.... So, just wait for some official announcements and then only we need is some device manufacturer who can make smartphone with the released versuion of Ubuntu for smartphone.
cool !!!! keen to see ubuntu in my mini !!!
if anyone tries, please post!
It's works only if your ROM build supports uloops.
Original idea was posted by same guy that jailbrake iphones.
A original quoted think by Saurik:
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This does not replace Android. This also gives you access to the full plethora of programs available in Debian and let's you continue using your phone as it was intended to be: as an Android device with all the capabilities thereof.
Please note that this is not a "port": Debian already supports ARM EABI, which is the underlying architecture of Android.
http://www.saurik.com/id/10
I tested a wile a go to install but was unssuces because my ROM build dose not support uloops.
But is not realy a Linux.Is just a linux installed on a device and you can visualize via a VNC server.Is almost the some with using a VNC to remote connect via wifi to your pc ,but this time is installed on your sd card.So speed is not limited anymore by wifi or 3g connection.
Debian and Ubuntu(what is a debian version) has support for ARM processors with armel builds.They build first time armel support for PPC notebooks that had ARM v.5 and ARM v.6(not very sure). Cortex cpu.So a native support for ARM cpu-s is there from long time.
I have no idea if support ARM v.6.
There is also a KDE version but supports only ARM v.7
http://plasma-active.org/
And is come only with a HP tablet and Nvidia Tegra 2 for the moment.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5l6R2HSKKRE
Hi..i once installed ubuntu on my mini but it was very slow and i deleted it...it worked only with cm7 or andro-id i dont really remember but it worked...
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Nexus 7 to be reference device for Ubuntu tablet (video released too)

In Mark Shuttleworth's announcement of the name for the new version of Ubuntu (raring ringtail) there is a comment that by the next LTS release they want to have Ubuntu up and running on phone, tablet and tv. And it seems to suggest that the Nexus 7 will be the reference device for the tablet edition
http://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/1195
I could of course be reading it wrong and getting the wrong end of the stick, its not exactly a detailed announcement ;p
Edit: someone at Canonical has released a video of them demonstrating Ubuntu on a Nexus 7 at the Ubuntu Developers summit http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2012/10/ubuntu-demoed-on-nexus-7-tablet
Yep, looks like RR will have early alphas for ARM based Android Tablets. Not a surprise that the tablets are supported but nice to see the official stance from Mark on this finally. Common leaks get out there fast please
Ubuntu on my nexus 7, I would really like to try that bring it on
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Cant wait for this!
<3 Ubuntu Wonder if I can run Blender3d on my nexus7? Lol
Yes please!
Happy
I've been hoping for this for a while now!
someone at Canonical has released a video of them demonstrating Ubuntu on a Nexus 7 at the Ubuntu Developers summit http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2012/10/ubuntu-demoed-on-nexus-7-tablet
Looks laggy. Firefox took forever to load
Looks interesting. I'd try it. I wonder how well the Linux apps will multitask on a Nexus 7 processor/RAM.
I don't think I'd be interested in running Ubuntu on my nexus. Ive run it on my laptops for years, but think it'd feel foreign and clunky on a touchscreen interface, even with Unity. After using and loving jellybean on my Nexus, I don't think I'd be able to switch to Ubuntu...
That could change once I actually try it though, ya never know.
[Sent from my Nexie7. Pardon errors.]
I would love to dual boot this and android.
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Ubuntu Phone OS Discussion

Just wanted to start a thread for everyone that will be trying out the Ubuntu Phone OS Preview on the 21st Feb 2013 and for people that eventually move to UPOS upon release.
I have a few questions.
1. Will it be flashable in fast boot and does it replace Android completely?
2. Who is going to try it when the Dev Preview comes out on Thursday?
3. What are you looking forward to the most?
I personally use Ubuntu 12.10 (always loved tinkering with Linux distros) on my new PC rig and love it. So I'm naturally excited for the Phone OS alternative. Sound off in the comments below
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Simmo3D said:
Just wanted to start a thread for everyone that will be trying out the Ubuntu Phone OS Preview on the 21st Feb 2013 and for people that eventually move to UPOS upon release.
I have a few questions.
1. Will it be flashable in fast boot and does it replace Android completely?
2. Who is going to try it when the Dev Preview comes out on Thursday?
3. What are you looking forward to the most?
I personally use Ubuntu 12.10 (always loved tinkering with Linux distros) on my new PC rig and love it. So I'm naturally excited for the Phone OS alternative. Sound off in the comments below
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There's an actually forum entireley dedicated to Ubuntu OS, has all the answers you want already...however,
1. According to early reports, flashable in CWM. However, i'd suspect fastboot more likely, like when installing Nexus 7 image. Replaces Android entirely, so backup backup backup before going ahead with it.
2. Will be trying it out, most likely on my old GNEX however rather than Nex 4 - as I use nex 4 at work, need to have good for enterprise, wont be good for enterprise for Ubuntu OS anytime soon.
3. Everything. I expect Ubuntu OS being native, rather than a JVM like Android's application layer, will set my phones free. I especially like the idea of carrying a laptop in my pocket...
Please use the existing thread
Ubuntu phone os
or our forum
Ubuntu for Phones
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Sailfish OS for Nexus 6? (on multirom hopefully (so talking to you as well Tassadar))

I've looked into porting this myself based on the instructions provided from Jolla's website (found here https://sailfishos.org/develop/hadk/), it seems pretty straight forward. However apparently (according to Jolla) it cannot be done on a 32bit system even if I use Linux (which I do). I was wondering if anyone has entertained the thought of porting it, as there's a 2.0 version of the OS out now and I really want to try it. Kind of missing it from when I used to play around with it on my Nexus 5.
Conversely, if anyone knows a workaround to using a 32bit system, or if they have knowledge of it actually being possible on a 32bit system (could be Jolla is being overly cautious in requiring a 64bit system, but I believe it has something to do with working with MER), your advice would be forthcoming. Willing to put in the work, I just apparently don't have the tools according to Jolla and can't afford a new computer. My two Linux systems (one running Kubuntu, one running Backbox) are very capable. This is just the only prerequisite I don't meet.
As far as multirom, I'm curious if anything special has to be done besides the instructions from Jolla to make it compatible as a secondary rom at least.
Thanks in advance for all responses and patience. I may be a low contributor/noob to this site, but given the proper tools and advice I think I can pull it off. I haven't found anyone that's working on this for the Nexus 6, so if there is someone, obviously I'm willing to help or test.
Special note to Tassadar if you happen to see this: Multirom is the best thing that's happened to android since custom kernels. lol Big ups for your creation!
Awesome I hope more are interested too, I don't have resources to help either besides a test.
I can say that I have never been more impressed with a UI than the one I flashed on my n5 called Sailfish, Same as you I think.
To others of you have what's needed and haven't seen the ui please check it out. I thought it was minimal, sleek, and I believe it used mostly touch commands.
This thread is kinda in the wrong forum. Should be in q and a or general discussion.
But yes I would love to see this on my phone
First, don't post Q&A in development forums. Second, the first step in the guide states the device must be officially supported with CM 10.1.x, which this device isn't. Unless they just haven't updated their guide this will never be possible until it's updated to something based on Lollipop.
nuevosean said:
I've looked into porting this myself based on the instructions provided from Jolla's website (found here https://sailfishos.org/develop/hadk/), it seems pretty straight forward. However apparently (according to Jolla) it cannot be done on a 32bit system even if I use Linux (which I do). I was wondering if anyone has entertained the thought of porting it, as there's a 2.0 version of the OS out now and I really want to try it. Kind of missing it from when I used to play around with it on my Nexus 5.
Conversely, if anyone knows a workaround to using a 32bit system, or if they have knowledge of it actually being possible on a 32bit system (could be Jolla is being overly cautious in requiring a 64bit system, but I believe it has something to do with working with MER), your advice would be forthcoming. Willing to put in the work, I just apparently don't have the tools according to Jolla and can't afford a new computer. My two Linux systems (one running Kubuntu, one running Backbox) are very capable. This is just the only prerequisite I don't meet.
As far as multirom, I'm curious if anything special has to be done besides the instructions from Jolla to make it compatible as a secondary rom at least.
Thanks in advance for all responses and patience. I may be a low contributor/noob to this site, but given the proper tools and advice I think I can pull it off. I haven't found anyone that's working on this for the Nexus 6, so if there is someone, obviously I'm willing to help or test.
Special note to Tassadar if you happen to see this: Multirom is the best thing that's happened to android since custom kernels. lol Big ups for your creation!
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Please read the Forum Rules on posting, Moved here...
FYI, android also has needed to be built on 64 bit only for several versions now. I think since Ice Cream Sandwich.. 32 bit just isn't cut out for it.
Sorry to raise this thread from the depths, but why haven't any devs pursued this?
I would love to try sailfish os on the nexus 6!
A $200 budget device was released just a few days ago in India that runs sailfish os natively, which is why i started looking into it for shamu.
Thought about picking one up, but the cellular bands aren't great for use in the U.S., and spec-wise doesn't hold a candle to shamu.
Through a little searching, it seems one person with the handle of mad_fitter on merproject irc attempted a port back in March, but never finished it afaict. Apparently, the fact that he had an intel chip prevented him from completing the final steps somehow...
This is an old post, but i love my phone and have dabbled with sailfish os before. If it could be ported that would be great and according to the the HADK documentation you can now use a cm 12.1 image instead of 10 to build it, whih was available for shamu. Someone could get the image from archive.org and use that. I have no experience with porting roms so i wouldn't be able to do it but if someone else could it would be great for the few of us that want it.
I would love to try this on my shamu, as well.
Has there been any development on this?

Request for other operating systems on Android One

This is a request thread for developers to port non-Android OSes to Android One devices.
Hello there users and devs of Android One!
Here in this thread, I will put forward the rationale for developers to port mobile operating systems that don't have a robot as a logo to our devices.
Android One is well supported by Google and (somewhat shockingly) MediaTek. Source code can be found on Google's official repositories and as a result, the custom ROM development scene is very much alive. The only thing lacking are the ports of other platforms. We have the install base to test ports (I think), we have CM support (this helps with porting some systems such as FirefoxOS and Ubuntu Touch) and we surely have devs who can do it (you know who you are and I hope that you're reading this).
As for users, please comment down below for what operating systems y'all would like to see on your phones so that we can grab the attention of those heroes behind the screen! Developers can reply to a request directly or PM me if you want to talk. It would be nice if you coders would respond.
P.S. Thanks for all the ROMs and the entire community is grateful for the works you all did for Android One users around the globe! :good:
buy a nexus device and u will have that OS
Android One devices are like cheap nexus devices
The reason many buy Android One phones is to get the vanilla experience for cheap. Some buy it because it's a Google device, therefore, easy to tinker with. Also Nexus devices may not be found easily at retail shops in some countries. That's why I bought Android One. What this thread is hoping to achieve is to (at least) get discussion started on other OSes in our phones. It's very likely that there are people here who bought Android One because of the Nexus-like experience being more accessible.
Will really appreciate the work to port other OS to android One... Hope someone makes that happen
Yes.Can't wait to see another os
FirefoxOS has already been ported to sprout, by Shahidujjaman Khan Anik. He said that he'll make a thread soon.
https://facebook.com/story.php?stor...129499414:2:0:1451635199:-7540004895718870160
Great!
That's really nice! I wanted to try my hand at porting it myself, but I ran into an issue during the build process. Glad to hear that someone was successful in doing so!
Hopefully this is only the beginning of OS diversity on Android One.
P.S. Best of luck to the developer and I'll start testing on my device soon.
P.P.S. I'm considering making a thread for him, is that allowed and could I hand over management and/or ownership to the dev after creation?
Happy to see Firefox OS on android One. Hope to see more of them too
Btw is hike available on firefox OS by any means?
News.....
I search for ubuntu touch for sprout and found that same dev that compiled firefox os has compiled a version of Ubuntu Touch!
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=44454
I can't wait to test it.
If someone has test one of this, please give us some feedback
lzimbrea said:
I search for ubuntu touch for sprout and found that same dev that compiled firefox os has compiled a version of Ubuntu Touch!
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=44454
I can't wait to test it.
If someone has test one of this, please give us some feedback
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Give that man a medal (and thanks)
hp5942 said:
Give that man a medal (and thanks)
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Hope to see soon a xda thread with this two roms
BTW what are pros and cons among Firefox OS and ubuntu touch? I never used them and if anyone has flashed them, can they please provide reviews. Thanks
lzimbrea said:
I search for ubuntu touch for sprout and found that same dev that compiled firefox os has compiled a version of Ubuntu Touch!
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=44454
I can't wait to test it.
If someone has test one of this, please give us some feedback
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I heard that that build of Ubuntu Touch doesn't boot.
But I hope that he, being as good as he is, will get it running soon!
hp5942 said:
BTW what are pros and cons among Firefox OS and ubuntu touch? I never used them and if anyone has flashed them, can they please provide reviews. Thanks
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When i will be able to install I will give my feedback, bug list and a quick review.
Only thing that i know for now is that camera doesn't work on firefox os.
lzimbrea said:
When i will be able to install I will give my feedback, bug list and a quick review.
Only thing that i know for now is that camera doesn't work on firefox os.
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I too will flash Firefox os tomorrow. Someone reported here that Ubuntu touch did not boot, so I'll download that later
quick update
ubuntu touch system.img does not installing.... so I cannot boot it
firefox os boot up and works fine for now,
-camera does not work indeed...
-sometimes random crashes
for me it is not a daily driver for now....
Installed Firefox OS
Bugs
1. Sim 2 does not work
2. Cannot connect to mobile data
3. Camera does not work
As @lzimbrea said, not recommended as daily driver
hp5942 said:
Installed Firefox OS
Bugs
1. Sim 2 does not work
2. Cannot connect to mobile data
3. Camera does not work
As @lzimbrea said, not recommended as daily driver
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Anyway users have to give it a try! Is first different os for sprout.
Maybe an update will fix some bugs and make it a daily driver
Personally I wait for ubuntu touch build.... Firefox os is a bit immature for now.
Congratulations to dev for his efforts!
What about windows ?Did anybody port it?
Cannot compute
Windows mainly runs on the x86 architecture, while most Android devices like ours run on the ARM architecture. Mainstream Windows will not run and Windows 10 Mobile is closed-source; what this means is that the code is inaccessible for anyone wanting to port it. Unless Satya Nadella sees fit to open up Windows source code, this won't happen.

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