anybody have ubuntu touch roms for the droid 4? i cannot find them anywhere, all links are broken now.
Hey I don't have the images for you, but surprised to see someone still using this phone, would like to know if i could PM you to share some files or tips for this phone?
Never really used JB or safestrap before.
I remember a while back I searched for ages to find the files required to set up Ubuntu Touch, but gave up in the end. It didn't sounds like it ever really got to a usable state anyway.
I'm more that happy with Sailfish for the time being, and hopefully it won't be too long before PostMarketOS and Maemo Leste are usable on this device as well.
just an update, i talked to the original developer and he could not find them all over his old computers. unfortunate, but anyone with info still would be awesome
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Alright, I am pretty well versed in the building of computers and such....and I figured it might be time to try a tablet....I mean, at least explore the options. And I thought it would be a huge challenge....and I saw that one Carbon Tablet that was coming out before the Ipod some guy built...and I've toyed around with Carbon Fiber body stuff before I thought this would be a fun project.
I have decided that theoretically it would be best to build this tablet to run on Android so that it could be upgraded to Honeycomb.
What exactly should I be looking for to run this thing? I'm thinking Capacitive screen probably, I assume Tablets run on SSD's, what type of processor etc?
I am sorry if this is the wrong forum, but I figured if anyone knows what it takes to run Android well....it's these guys.
Thanks!!
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Alright, I am pretty well versed in the building of computers and such....and I figured it might be time to try a tablet....I mean, at least explore the options. And I thought it would be a huge challenge....and I saw that one Carbon Tablet that was coming out before the Ipod some guy built...and I've toyed around with Carbon Fiber body stuff before I thought this would be a fun project.
I have decided that theoretically it would be best to build this tablet to run on Android so that it could be upgraded to Honeycomb.
What exactly should I be looking for to run this thing? I'm thinking Capacitive screen probably, I assume Tablets run on SSD's, what type of processor etc?
I am sorry if this is the wrong forum, but I figured if anyone knows what it takes to run Android well....it's these guys.
Thanks!!
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well, id have no idea how to make a tablet... but i know that they run on ARM processors, which are most of the time 'texas instrument OMAPS'
i know they usually have flash storage (of course)
But unfortunately for you, i believe that all tablets have custom designed Mobo's, and as ive never seen a "make your own tablet" kit, i dont see where youd find one... (unless you make a super-size tablet with a nano-itx mobo... but then it might be too large and you may as well make a netbook)
EDIT: heres a link to a wikipedia page about texas instrument omap processors: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Instruments_OMAP
in fact, do look into the possibility of nano-itx boards... you might be able to make a windows 7 tablet?
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Couple of friends and me came to an idea of making our own distribution.Our idea is to make Linux distribution suitable for not so geeky people(eg.older people like your mom or dad,or young people like children in elementray scholl).Thats how we started making Ubuntu Home Edition.Linux distribution based on Ubuntu that everyone can use.Theres no commom unnecesary problems that cause headache to your family.
We made our own update menager that allows them to update specific apps at time they choose.In addition to that UHE has enabled optition to clean it self every week,by "clean" i mean it cleans cache,history etc.
UHE comes preinstalled with all the software they could ever nedd browser,mail client,office client etc.
We think that UHE will be perfect solution for "familiy administrators",they will be able to setup UHE for their familiy,and just foget about it,no worry about av updates,product activations,maintaining computer.
I want to hear you opinion and recomondations as well as critics.
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Sounds like a good idea. I have family members, mostly older that only want internet and email. Ubuntu with Firefox/Chromium and Thunderbird would be all they need. How does this handle OS and software updates? If its something that can be kept up to date with little computer knowledge then this may be worth it.
Looks like it would be a pretty good idea.
I love the idea of it but your link is broken or it loads up a blank page with one icon on it so I can't really tell you much else about what I think. It's hard to get people to get started with linux but I think it's been getting easier than it used to be thanks to graphical installers. Just make sure to make the installer idiot proof and give it wide compatibility with some extra drivers for all those older people using crazy hardware and I think it'd be great! Keep it open source and offer the source everyone loves that. Uhm.... don't charge money? hehehe
All of my work is opensource,becaouse i belive that opensource is future.And yes there are extra drivers and extra languages build in.
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.
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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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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?
Hi All,
I've been reading a lot and I can tell you honestly that I do not understand some of the things being discussed here. What I would like to know is that, does Ubuntu Touch only works for specific types of phones? (ofcourse the nexus phones and all) I have a local phone Cherry Mobile Flare S3, and I would like to know if it's possible to install Ubuntu Touch on it?
I've tried the dual boot but no luck as the forums of Ubuntu support states that its not supported yet. I've been looking for other work around to make this work..
Please share some light.. TIA!
I've been considering getting into Android development for quite awhile now. I've read multiple tutorials/guides around the internet and would like to jump into it. I would like some input as to what my first project should be as well as any advice you guys may have. I've used the desktop version of Ubuntu multiple times in the past. Although it's not my favorite desktop Linux distribution, I'm quite interested in trying Ubuntu Touch on my N910T. On the other hand, I really like straight up Vanilla AOSP. So what do you guys think?
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I've been considering getting into Android development for quite awhile now. I've read multiple tutorials/guides around the internet and would like to jump into it. I would like some input as to what my first project should be as well as any advice you guys may have. I've used the desktop version of Ubuntu multiple times in the past. Although it's not my favorite desktop Linux distribution, I'm quite interested in trying Ubuntu Touch on my N910T. On the other hand, I really like straight up Vanilla AOSP. So what do you guys think?
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well i doubt you would get many users for ubuntu and aosp takes years of development to work properly on any branded devices sooooooooo lol
I vote Ubuntu touch becuase. Ive seen a million AOSP roms. Ive seen 0 ubuntu touch roms
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I still want to see AOSP with the TW camera and sPen ported. I figure its near impossible otherwise someone would have done it by now but I am still hoping.
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Yeah, I was leaning more toward Ubuntu Touch. There's no reason not to try at this point. As part of that, does anybody know any good tutorials for setting up the source repositories? I was able follow the CyanogenMod build guide without any issues, but I'm still trying to understand the build environment structure. Thanks for the feedback.