Dr.Colossos

Yeah, that was exactly what I came to realize. I wanted to give it a try, as said, to give my funding for the Pro1 X campaign some sense. I still think the campaign anf Pro 1X is cool, despite all the struggles they and we went thru. But I already run a Astro Slide with Termux X11 on Android there, and that works surprisingly well, without me being forced to jump thru hoops getting, e.g., 2FA banking apps to work, which simply run on main Android. Also, in the past maybe two years, I found myself using the keyboard, Linux environment less and less, so there is really no point for me to ev

Thanks @claude0001 and to the whole forum. I went from stock Android to Ubuntu Touch and back, without rendering my device (even more) useless. And while Ubuntu on a phone is nice, it really is far less powerful then I have imagined. No Firefox, no Thunderbird, ages away from running docker ... it sure works, it's also actually nice, but by no means could that ever be my daily driver in that setup. Still, as I waited almost 4 years for this device, I wanted to give it a try. At least I squeezed out the guide, hoping this is helpful for another lost Linux-Phone person out there.

yeah .. I read all this 6 weeks ago, and finally had some time in my hands last night, and started right away ... since when isn't that a smart idea !?!?! 😄 Thanks, as posted right above, I think I have a path forward ... thanks!

I think I only need to ... adb shell su restorecon -vRF /mnt/vendor/persist/sensors/ reboot ... but for that, I first need to root ... I will update all this later today, or later this weekend.

How to flash Ubuntu Touch and revert back to stock Android 0. Warranties, Guarantees 1. There are none. Proceed at your own risk. If you loose data, or damage your phone, even beyond repairs, you, and only you are to blame. Please read the full guide first before doing anything with your phone. Only proceed if you think you are capable of doing each part of it. Do not proceed if you feel unsure. 2. Again, no warranties, no guarantees, that this is working for you, and that your device is usable after following this guide. 1. Assumptions 1. This guide assumes you have the

So, here comes finally my "guide" ... Disclaimer: I failed! I now got an incomplete keyboard, special keys are not working, and sensors seem to be off, as the screen in restored Android *does no longer rotate* when I open the keyboard. I have an IMEI for slot 1 and 2 according to system settings, though.Any help to resolve this, would be very much appreciated ... The "guide" will follow in the next post, shorty ... I got it all (?) back working ... I will update my guide below ...

@Hook thanks for your comment. I indeed misinterpreted the restore parts of that thread, I thought the warning under (1) would also apply to the section "Repair sensors/ folder in persist.img" (2), but now after re-reading, I am pretty sure you are right, that are two totally different things. I could go the "restorecon" way, I even could dig up a Windows machine somehow, but not too familiar with that OS anymore ... I will ponder a bit more, on how to proceed. I always wanted to have "Convergence", i.e., run all my tools on one machine, and one machine only, but I doubt that I wo

Yeah, perhaps someone with more experience can chip in, and clarify, if this really is the case. There is really no point in basically making the device unusable for non-Ubuntu usage ... if I am left uncertain on this, I fear I need to sell it on ebay .. would be sad, now as I finally got this thing ... I do not have the highest expectations, but it does look, feel like a decent phone to me ... Anybody can share his/her insights on Ubuntu-flashing and it's consequences ..? Cheers

Hi everyone, after waiting 4 years, I finally got my phone. Now, I'd like to give Ubuntu Touch a try, afterall, I am running on Ubuntu since 10.04. However, reading here in the forum, I am under the assumption that if I flash Ubuntu, I will no longer be able to go back to stock Android or LineageOS with working sensors, as the Ubuntu flash messes with the persist partition. One can back up those (cf. guide here), but there is no way to restore them ... So, if my experience with Ubuntu Touch is miserable, I might try to sell this thing ... which simply won't work, if the dev