esialb 40 Posted July 31, 2022 Share Posted July 31, 2022 I was able to install and use Ubuntu Touch on my Pro1-X after locating the fastboot images on their development server: Jobs · UBports / Porting / Community Ports / android11 / Fxtec Pro1-X / fxtec-pro1x · GitLab. Unzip artifacts.zip for the most recent build, which will have out/boot.img and out/userdata.img. To install: unzip artifacts.zip cd out fastboot flash boot_a boot.img fastboot set_active a fastboot flash userdata userdata.img fastboot set_active a fastboot continue So far it's pretty decent. My intended use for the Pro1-X is pocket computer, not primary phone, and I don't think Ubuntu Touch would make sense as a primary phone. AT&T blocks my SIM if it's inserted in the Pro1-X anyway, so I can't test phone stuff until I get a T-Mobile SIM. Mouse and keyboard work over usb-c, but I haven't figured out how to get DP-alt mode working. Physically, the device solid and well constructed. The small keyboard is fine for now. 7 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
EskeRahn 5,399 Posted July 31, 2022 Share Posted July 31, 2022 Thanks for the link and guide, added this to thread here: https://community.fxtec.com/topic/3207-various-roms-available-to-the-pro1pro1x-available-for-download-links/ 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
suicidal_orange 100 Posted July 31, 2022 Share Posted July 31, 2022 Great to hear that it works, strange that the last build looks like it was a month ago (though an actual date would be good as it reads like there were multiple builds within minutes!) I barely use my phone as a phone (just the occasional call or text) so if it works it's good enough, but I'd like to know why you think it isn't a good option without even being able to try 🙂 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
esialb 40 Posted July 31, 2022 Author Share Posted July 31, 2022 Regarding Ubuntu Touch as a phone, perhaps I can further specify that I do not expect to replace my existing phone, but instead to add to it. UT seems to me like a "linux tablet that also has a phone" experience. I'll customize it and see how it goes. I expect the Pro1X to be fun rather than utilitarian, and fun for me means experiments and breakage that won't fly for a primary communications device for someone with children. 1 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
aquaz 41 Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 Post some pictures! 😄 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
esialb 40 Posted August 2, 2022 Author Share Posted August 2, 2022 Index of /uploads/pro1x/ubuntu-touch (robinkirkman.com) There are some bugs, such as shutdown through the gui not actually shutting it down. ("sudo shutdown -h -P now" works in a terminal) Also the keymap is not right; it seems to assume the mappings on a standard US-English keyboard; the labels on the Pro1X disagree with the characters typed in some cases; it seems that the Pro1X function key doesn't do anything, so it's not possible to type a blackslash (Fn+P). Everything works over ssh. 1 3 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
esialb 40 Posted August 2, 2022 Author Share Posted August 2, 2022 Regarding the bugs, I'm in the process of joining ubports as a contributor to scratch my own itches and share the fixes. 4 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
deamon 4 Posted August 6, 2022 Share Posted August 6, 2022 Sorry, maybe a stupid question, does Ubuntu Touch on fx pro supports android apps ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
brunoais 317 Posted August 6, 2022 Share Posted August 6, 2022 Yes. But quite limited. Only what anbox supports, as of now. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MonCon 120 Posted August 8, 2022 Share Posted August 8, 2022 Hi all, I've been watching from the sidelines for a little while, so I should probably introduce myself. Electrical Engineer from Manchester UK now settled in Tauranga NZ, currently driving a beaten up Cosmo Communicator running Ubuntu Touch (dropped it, radios stopped working, still a nice PDA) looking for a replacement with working telephony, Ubuntu Touch, and a keyboard of course. Nice to see the Pro1-X finally rolling out, despite some serious issues beyond F(x)Tec control. Really great to see pics of a Pro1-X running UT, and so shiny fresh out of the box. It's a gorgeous looking thing. I think it may be time to retire the Cosmo and get the credit card out. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
matf-kabouik 414 Posted August 9, 2022 Share Posted August 9, 2022 (edited) I believe the last two lines of your flashing instructions are unnecessary @esialb: … fastboot set_active a fastboot continue I believe it's OK to stop after flashing userdata.img, and then when it completes (there should be a progress indicator), just reboot the phone. I'm not 100% sure, but I think those two commands might even hang and confuse people (though they don't cause any harm, they could just be interrupted with Ctrl+C, which is what I did when I tried them while flashing SailfishOS). Edited August 9, 2022 by matf 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
esialb 40 Posted August 10, 2022 Author Share Posted August 10, 2022 18 hours ago, matf said: I believe the last two lines of your flashing instructions are unnecessary @esialb: … fastboot set_active a fastboot continue I believe it's OK to stop after flashing userdata.img, and then when it completes (there should be a progress indicator), just reboot the phone. I'm not 100% sure, but I think those two commands might even hang and confuse people (though they don't cause any harm, they could just be interrupted with Ctrl+C, which is what I did when I tried them while flashing SailfishOS). I found them necessary, with the additional clarification that this needs to be done from the boot loader. fastboot from recovery doesn't seem to work properly when flashing a nonstandard boot.img. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ducksoup 110 Posted August 10, 2022 Share Posted August 10, 2022 I spent some time today playing with this (with the ultimate goal of getting Sailfish OS running), and for the longest time was unable to get either Ubuntu Touch or Sailfish OS to boot. Eventually I decided to try out older builds of Ubuntu Touch and discovered that no boot.img newer than the one found in #2807435728 seems to work. After reverting to the boot.img found in that build, both Ubuntu Touch and Sailfish OS boot fine. 1 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
esialb 40 Posted August 11, 2022 Author Share Posted August 11, 2022 3 hours ago, ducksoup said: I spent some time today playing with this (with the ultimate goal of getting Sailfish OS running), and for the longest time was unable to get either Ubuntu Touch or Sailfish OS to boot. Eventually I decided to try out older builds of Ubuntu Touch and discovered that no boot.img newer than the one found in #2807435728 seems to work. After reverting to the boot.img found in that build, both Ubuntu Touch and Sailfish OS boot fine. For what it's worth, we are grabbing files off a developer build server, whose purpose is to compile untested bleeding-edge code so the developers can test on actual hardware. Trying to install and run binaries from it is way out of scope; the intended use is to assist with the process of breaking the build in an orderly fashion. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ducksoup 110 Posted August 11, 2022 Share Posted August 11, 2022 2 hours ago, esialb said: For what it's worth, we are grabbing files off a developer build server, whose purpose is to compile untested bleeding-edge code so the developers can test on actual hardware. Oh of course. My post was intended to be a "helpful hint", not a "waah this doesn't work". 😆 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Adamyno 13 Posted August 11, 2022 Share Posted August 11, 2022 Can dual-boot be solved in some way? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mattock 8 Posted August 12, 2022 Share Posted August 12, 2022 (edited) Latest try of UBports So I've followed @esialb instructions and those on the UBports gitlab... working with https://gitlab.com/ubports/porting/community-ports/android11/fxtec-pro1x/fxtec-pro1x/-/jobs/2807435728 userdata.img & boot.img which other .img files go to which partitions? Edited August 12, 2022 by mattock 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kraynyan 8 Posted August 13, 2022 Share Posted August 13, 2022 (edited) 11 hours ago, mattock said: Latest try of UBports So I've followed @esialb instructions and those on the UBports gitlab... working with https://gitlab.com/ubports/porting/community-ports/android11/fxtec-pro1x/fxtec-pro1x/-/jobs/2807435728 userdata.img & boot.img which other .img files go to which partitions? The bottom portion here worked for me: https://gitlab.com/ubports/porting/community-ports/android11/fxtec-pro1x/fxtec-pro1x I even flashed all the files from the most recent build copy/pasting the codeblocks, though I do have issues with WiFi starting up not mentioned by anyone else. Edited August 13, 2022 by kraynyan Added context 1 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tschakram 9 Posted August 14, 2022 Share Posted August 14, 2022 (edited) Hello community, I got my Pro1X last Friday and so let's go. Used https://gitlab.com/ubports/porting/community-ports/android11/fxtec-pro1x/fxtec-pro1x and it's working fine for me too. What's the best place to speak about UT ? On Ubports there is no subforum for Pro1X and on XDA don't happen anything. I wanna dive into Ubuntu Touch with the Pro1X:-) Greetings from Germany Edited August 14, 2022 by tschakram 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
EskeRahn 5,399 Posted August 14, 2022 Share Posted August 14, 2022 4 hours ago, tschakram said: What's the best place to speak about UT ? I guess it is a matter of what aspects you will discus. If they are general UT questions they will easily be lost in here, only seen by Pro1X/Pro1 users. if they are specific to the Pro1X/Pro1, this could be a fine place. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
seven 4 Posted August 15, 2022 Share Posted August 15, 2022 (edited) Here are the notes I saved for myself, in case it helps anyone: How To Flash Ubuntu Touch OS from windows 10: First and foremost, backup your "persist" partition. Better safe than sorry. Instructions are in other guides, Please, do not skip that step, there is no other way back to the vanilla persist partition. Download Google USB driver from https://developer.android.com/studio/run/oem-usb#InstallingDriver Extract driver, edit android_winusb.inf and add the following lines, save, close. ;F(x)tec Pro1 %SingleAdbInterface% = USB_Install, USB\VID_18D1&PID_D00D %SingleBootLoaderInterface% = USB_Install, USB\VID_18D1&PID_D00D Enable Windows Test Mode to allow modified driver by running this cmd: bcdedit /set testsigning on Reboot windows Enable Developer mode on phone Open cmd and change to Android adb platform-tools folder Plug in phone to pc Run adb devices to confirm phone is listed & authorized Run adb reboot bootloader Open Device Manager in Windows and confirm you see Android Device > Android Bootloader Interface Download latest ubuntu touch os images from here:https://gitlab.com/ubports/porting/community-ports/android11/fxtec-pro1x/fxtec-pro1x/-/jobs/artifacts/halium-11.0/download?job=devel-flashable Extract the out folder and place in android platform-tools folder Run these commands: fastboot format:ext4 userdata fastboot --set-active=a fastboot flash recovery out/recovery.img fastboot reboot fastboot fastboot flash system_a out/system.img fastboot flash boot_a out/boot.img fastboot flash dtbo_a out/dtbo.img fastboot reboot The phone reboots. Unplug from USB. Run this command to disable Window Test Mode: bcdedit /set testsigning of Initial setup on phone, then ran system settings updates to update to latest version of Ubuntu Touch OS. It failed, decided this was good enough. Links used:https://community.fxtec.com/topic/3597-pro1-x-with-ubuntu-touch/https://gitlab.com/ubports/porting/community-ports/android11/fxtec-pro1x/fxtec-pro1xhttps://slions.net/threads/lineage-os-for-f-x-tec-pro1.90/https://community.fxtec.com/topic/3410-fastboot-devices-doesnt-show-my-device/?tab=comments#comment-58694https://developer.android.com/studio/run/oem-usb#InstallingDriverhttps://gitlab.com/ubports/porting/community-ports/android11/fxtec-pro1x/fxtec-pro1x/-/jobs Edited August 26, 2022 by seven added backup message 1 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
EskeRahn 5,399 Posted August 15, 2022 Share Posted August 15, 2022 4 hours ago, seven said: How To Flash Ubuntu Touch OS from windows 10: Thanks for the step-by-step guide. You might want to add the step on saving the "persist" image before flashing, as not doing so should prevent turning back to stock android (and most likely LineageOS also) without lost functionality. In Windows 11 it has been allowed (again) to install an unsigned driver, without test-mode, some months back. (About a year ago we could not) 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tschakram 9 Posted August 15, 2022 Share Posted August 15, 2022 (edited) Thanks for the guide and links. First and foremost, backup your "persist" partition. Better safe than sorry. Instructions are in other guides, Please, do not skip that step, there is no other way back to the vanilla persist partition. I did it this way on Ubuntu: First Backup install https://github.com/bkerler/edl # Ubuntu sudo apt install adb fastboot python3-dev python3-pip liblzma-dev git sudo apt purge modemmanager git clone https://github.com/bkerler/edl.git cd edl git submodule update --init --recursive sudo cp Drivers/51-edl.rules /etc/udev/rules.d sudo cp Drivers/50-android.rules /etc/udev/rules.d python3 setup.py build sudo python3 setup.py install Connect fxtec Pro¹ X Put Pro¹ X in EDL mode using adb reboot edl Check if the usb connected Pro¹ X is in EDL mode:(my display is dark) lsusb It should show: Bus 003 Device 011: ID 05c6:9008 Qualcomm, Inc. Gobi Wireless Modem (QDL mode) mkdir backup cd backup Edl commands to dump the partitions into image sudo edl r persist persist_backup.img sudo edl r modemst2 modemst2_backup.img sudo edl r modemst1 modemst1_backup.img sudo edl r fsc fsc_backup.img sudo edl r fsg fsg_backup.img ls -l insgesamt 39044 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 269 Aug 14 12:00 edl_config.json -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 131072 Aug 14 12:00 fsc_backup.img -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2097152 Aug 14 12:00 fsg_backup.img -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2097152 Aug 14 11:59 modemst1_backup.img -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2097152 Aug 14 11:58 modemst2_backup.img -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 33554432 Aug 14 11:55 persist_backup.img Works 🙂 Then install Ubuntu Touch: First Download https://gitlab.com/ubports/porting/community-ports/android11/fxtec-pro1x/fxtec-pro1x/-/jobs/artifacts/halium-11.0/download?job=devel-flashable unzip artifacts.zip cd artifacts connect device adb devices adb reboot bootloader fastboot format:ext4 userdata fastboot --set-active=a fastboot flash recovery out/recovery.img fastboot reboot fastboot fastboot flash system_a out/system.img fastboot flash boot_a out/boot.img fastboot flash dtbo_a out/dtbo.img fastboot reboot Ubuntu Touch runs 😉 Is there a fix for the GPS ? Edited August 18, 2022 by tschakram 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
liquidvx 8 Posted August 15, 2022 Share Posted August 15, 2022 (edited) @tschakram thank you, your instructions got me further than any other. I am stuck on: $ fastboot format:ext4 userdata Warning: userdata type is f2fs, but ext4 was requested for formatting. mke2fs 1.45.5 (07-Jan-2020) Warning: RAID stripe-width 1 not an even multiple of stride 2. /tmp/TemporaryFile-sPSRJM: Unimplemented ext2 library function while setting up superblock /usr/lib/android-sdk/platform-tools/mke2fs failed with status 1 mke2fs failed: 1 error: Cannot generate image for userdata and $ fastboot reboot fastboot fastboot: usage: unknown reboot target fastboot then i think the rest of the commands fail because the ones above did not work. $ fastboot flash system_a out/system.img target reported max download size of 805306368 bytes sending sparse 'system_a' 1/3 (784045 KB)... OKAY [ 30.668s] writing 'system_a' 1/3... FAILED (remote: Partition not found) finished. total time: 30.670s Any help is much appreciated. EDIT: Solved by updating Android cmdline-tools. Thanks for these excellent and succinct instructions Edited August 15, 2022 by liquidvx 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tschakram 9 Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 Hello, be aware everyone of the following issue: Yesterday I tried to check the GPS functionality with this: https://docs.ubports.com/de/latest/userguide/dailyuse/location.html I turned on WLAN, insert a SIM Card and connect the charging cable. 15 min the device was very hot and shut down. I had recognize it to late because I only looked the display. After that I let the device cool down and booted up again. Greetings 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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