Ubuntu Touch OS for Fxtec Pro1

[order#10248 65]

I am not sure if it already had come to notice here in this forum: There is a funding campaign to have a professionally skilled developer working on Anbox container for Ubuntu Touch:

https://gofund.me/acb31504

I think it is worth to be supported.
Anbox is kind of a container running an android environment so that native android apps could be run. Of course this could be more convenient than dual boot 😉

Cheers, Ulle

 

[ScarFez 1]

On 6/20/2020 at 12:55 PM, order#10248 said:

Download Ubuntu Touch OS for Fxtec Pro1 from the following link:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qQtVgbmRezbGWovfxulUvhiOkhtehfTP/view?usp=sharing
ubports-fxtec-pro1-v0.5.zip (811M)

 

Seems like the download no longer exist

[EskeRahn 5,452]

10 minutes ago, ScarFez said:

Seems like the download no longer exist

Try this https://devices.ubuntu-touch.io/device/pro1/

[phukfxtec 23]

On 11/11/2021 at 6:29 PM, EskeRahn said:

Try this https://devices.ubuntu-touch.io/device/pro1/

which to download? i dont see artifacts.

where is ota 5 build?

[EskeRahn 5,452]

1 hour ago, phukfxtec said:

which to download? i dont see artifacts.

where is ota 5 build?

You are quoting a three year old reply - sorry I have zero recollection

"The F(x)tec Pro1 is not supported by the current Ubuntu Touch release."

[Hook 3,008]

56 minutes ago, phukfxtec said:

which to download? i dont see artifacts.

where is ota 5 build?

First, off, warning... I have never installed UB Touch.  Also, I'm not clear enough on what you have already done to know if I'm just suggesting something you have already tried.

Looking at this page (I'm assuming you have the Pro1x):

https://devices.ubuntu-touch.io/device/pro1x/

It appears to me you download an installer (links at the bottom of the page) to your computer and it downloads and installs UB Touch (presumably OTA-5, since that is listed as the stable version on that page).

Again, I may be making way too many assumptions, but if I were interested in UB Touch, that's what I would try.  But I am not planning on doing it.

[phukfxtec 23]

already tried installer. does not work:

 

 

[Hook 3,008]

15 minutes ago, phukfxtec said:

already tried installer. does not work:

 

 

At this point, I think your best bet is to seek support, maybe from @TheKit, on their forum (I haven't seen him here is a long time) and see if they can help you figure out what went wrong.

Again, if you have already done that, sorry.  I've got nothing else.

[claude0001 1,337]

2 hours ago, phukfxtec said:

already tried installer. does not work

On discord they helped some guy install UBtouch manually after the installer didn't work for him either, basically following this how-to:

https://gitlab.com/ubports/porting/community-ports/android11/fxtec-pro1x/fxtec-pro1x

3 hours ago, phukfxtec said:

i dont see artifacts.

To get all the partitions required for flashing, you need a "devel-flashable" zip. Unfortunately, the last successful job of that kind at UBports was 9 months ago, and the resulting artifacts.zip is no longer available for download:

https://gitlab.com/ubports/porting/community-ports/android11/fxtec-pro1x/fxtec-pro1x/-/jobs

So self-building the system partition image from an OTA, as hinted in the how-to above, might be the only way. For that the artifact.zip from the latest "build" job *should* be sufficient:

https://gitlab.com/ubports/porting/community-ports/android11/fxtec-pro1x/fxtec-pro1x/-/jobs/7607090641

Disclaimer: I'm not using UBTouch myself. Ask on discord if you run into trouble. Regarding non-Android OSs, it's more active than this place.

[phukfxtec 23]

@claude0001 thanks.

I eventually ended up compiling from source then manually flashing via fastboot.

Finally in Ubuntu!

The documentation / process needs updating. Newer builds. Better device detection. This is not user a friendly process for those unfamilar with the command line.

[Dr.Colossos 4]

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 device is basically broken due to non-working sensors. What are my options here ..?

• Stick with stock ..?
• Go for Ubuntu and eventually break it?
• Go for Ubuntu, and there is actually a way to restore stock with working sensors, etc ..?

Thanks for any insights!
Cheers

[suicidal_orange 100]

On 10/31/2024 at 8:34 PM, Dr.Colossos said:

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

Glad you wrote this, I was considering trying it too but sounds a bit scary.

[Dr.Colossos 4]

3 hours ago, suicidal_orange said:

Glad you wrote this, I was considering trying it too but sounds a bit scary.

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

[Hook 3,008]

16 hours ago, Dr.Colossos said:

Anybody can share his/her insights on Ubuntu-flashing and it's consequences ..?

I wish I were that person or anyone actually qualified to help (I'm strictly a lineage guy), but I do reasonably believe that using the QFIL method of reflashing stock Android 11 should work as it is capable of working even with bricked Pro1xs (in theory-- I have never done it.)  I know it worked recently with someone who mistakenly flashed stock Android 9 for the SD 835 Pro1 on a Pro1x resulting in not being able to even boot.

So, all I'm doing is pointing to something that might (in theory) work without being able to say how much of a gamble it is.

If you have a Linux computer, there is the also the Restorecon folder repair method which @mosen declares works 100%. The method was added at the bottom of the OP in the whole confusing persist partition thread. 

I'm not much help, sorry.  Just pointing to the two things that are supposed to work,,,  but have no experience here.

I do hope someone who has been through this pops up.  You might also try the ubuntu-touch room in the unofficial F(x)tec Discord.

[Dr.Colossos 4]

@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 would reach that with Ubuntu Touch on the Pro 1x (I am actually rather close with Termux X11 and proot Debian). And I am not sure if the experiment to veri/falsify this is worth risking to shred a device I could resell for maybe close to 600€ ...

No matter how I decide, I will post again ...