How to Install GNU/Linux UBPorts Ubuntu Touch on Oneplus One (and Nexus 5) - Rob Braxman Tech
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Date: 2022-03-20
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Peter
Always high quality reviews from you, Rob. I miss a review from you about Ubuntu Toch on Xiaomi Phones like the Xiaomi Redmi (note) 7 or the Xiaomi Pocophone F1. Ebay is flooded with these devices, and they can be found at the good price, and there are several Ubuntu Touch installation instruction available for these devices. But which device to choose? The Pocophone F1 with 6 GB RAM and octacore processor which can be found on ebay starting from 100 USD is certainly a deal-breaker. But is the installation mature? For people who are interested in phone security, Veracrypt is an interesting topic. Veracript is a mature desktop encryption software, which is available for Windows 10 and Ubuntu. But can it be used on Ubuntu Toch, for instance with a keyboard? After installation, it requires only entry of a password during booting. Does this work with Ubuntu Touch without a keyboard?
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Always high quality reviews from you, Rob. I miss a review from you about Ubuntu Toch on Xiaomi Phones like the Xiaomi Redmi (note) 7 or the Xiaomi Pocophone F1. Ebay is flooded with these devices, and they can be found at the good price, and there are several Ubuntu Touch installation instruction available for these devices. But which device to choose? The Pocophone F1 with 6 GB RAM and octacore processor which can be found on ebay starting from 100 USD is certainly a deal-breaker. But is the installation mature? For people who are interested in phone security, Veracrypt is an interesting topic. Veracript is a mature desktop encryption software, which is available for Windows 10 and Ubuntu. But can it be used on Ubuntu Toch, for instance with a keyboard? After installation, it requires only entry of a password during booting. Does this work with Ubuntu Touch without a keyboard?
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iflnr97
when I bought the phone, the ad said it was unlocked. I tried to install ubuntu 3 times on my Macbook air and then I switched computers to another Mac and was clicking around in the boot loader the phone in android and I got a notice that the phone was locked and the ubports asked if I wanted to unlock the phone, so I did and rebooted but it came back as the android welcome screen and I went to the terminal and tried to install some files. my first attempt failed because I didn't put in enough commands, my second attempt succeed in creating the first file and then I got the welcome screen of ubuntu and the boot loader screen but nothing works in the boot loader. I am only able to cycle between the boot loader and the welcome screen, so I am reinstalling ubuntu on the phone from the GUI and going to sleep.
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when I bought the phone, the ad said it was unlocked. I tried to install ubuntu 3 times on my Macbook air and then I switched computers to another Mac and was clicking around in the boot loader the phone in android and I got a notice that the phone was locked and the ubports asked if I wanted to unlock the phone, so I did and rebooted but it came back as the android welcome screen and I went to the terminal and tried to install some files. my first attempt failed because I didn't put in enough commands, my second attempt succeed in creating the first file and then I got the welcome screen of ubuntu and the boot loader screen but nothing works in the boot loader. I am only able to cycle between the boot loader and the welcome screen, so I am reinstalling ubuntu on the phone from the GUI and going to sleep.
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Izzy
Hey, great tutorial on how to get these up and running Ubuntu Touch! This runs flawlessly on my Nexus 5 with absolutely no issues; However, with the oneplus one, upon flashing it and everything working successfully, it fails to recognize my simcard, as well as in the Wifi settings, it only allows me to select -previous wifi connections-, which there are none. Would you happened to know a fix to this? I have searched around for the solution, and am unable to find any. Any advice would be great, and i'm sure would be beneficial to many others in the same predicament! Thanks again for all of your help with these videos.
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Hey, great tutorial on how to get these up and running Ubuntu Touch! This runs flawlessly on my Nexus 5 with absolutely no issues; However, with the oneplus one, upon flashing it and everything working successfully, it fails to recognize my simcard, as well as in the Wifi settings, it only allows me to select -previous wifi connections-, which there are none. Would you happened to know a fix to this? I have searched around for the solution, and am unable to find any. Any advice would be great, and i'm sure would be beneficial to many others in the same predicament! Thanks again for all of your help with these videos.
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Bruce
Yeah, I wish this worked on the Nexus 5 but it has been nothing short of a cluster f! -k. I used the 0. 3. 2. beta and it can't detect the device. If you download the latest and greatest UBport from their site it detects the Nexus 5 but says it is not supported. What's up with that? Short of standing on my head I have tried everything I know to do but I don't want to brick the phone. Funny thing is the PC shows 4 devices in the Device Manager and they have no driver files associated with any of them. But, the latest and greatest UBports still can see the phone and knows it is Hammerhead.
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Yeah, I wish this worked on the Nexus 5 but it has been nothing short of a cluster f! -k. I used the 0. 3. 2. beta and it can't detect the device. If you download the latest and greatest UBport from their site it detects the Nexus 5 but says it is not supported. What's up with that? Short of standing on my head I have tried everything I know to do but I don't want to brick the phone. Funny thing is the PC shows 4 devices in the Device Manager and they have no driver files associated with any of them. But, the latest and greatest UBports still can see the phone and knows it is Hammerhead.
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sportFitDotCom
Hey Rob, I'm enjoying you videos. Thanks for posting! New to the whole Linux, Terminal, etc. thing. Have been using Macs for some time and want to expand my understanding / experience a bit. To that end I plan to buy a OnePlus 1 and load UB Ports. (Waiting on the delivery of phone) Since you used the command line with Windows does that mean I'll have to use Terminal with the Mac to install phone OS, or just run the installer from the desktop? BTW, I'm in LA, also. Hope you're far away from fires.
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Hey Rob, I'm enjoying you videos. Thanks for posting! New to the whole Linux, Terminal, etc. thing. Have been using Macs for some time and want to expand my understanding / experience a bit. To that end I plan to buy a OnePlus 1 and load UB Ports. (Waiting on the delivery of phone) Since you used the command line with Windows does that mean I'll have to use Terminal with the Mac to install phone OS, or just run the installer from the desktop? BTW, I'm in LA, also. Hope you're far away from fires.
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Jack
Thanks Rob, good effort. However following it with the newer 0. 7. 4 beta of the UBports installer, experienced over 8 hours of frustration trying to install Ubuntu touch on a New Nexus 5 using Windows 10 (following your instructions) Linux Mint and Gallium OS, I fired-up an old Mac Pro, installed Android Studio, and the Installation completed in a matter of mins. without an issue.
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Thanks Rob, good effort. However following it with the newer 0. 7. 4 beta of the UBports installer, experienced over 8 hours of frustration trying to install Ubuntu touch on a New Nexus 5 using Windows 10 (following your instructions) Linux Mint and Gallium OS, I fired-up an old Mac Pro, installed Android Studio, and the Installation completed in a matter of mins. without an issue.
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Johan
So, despite being too large, basically a phablet, the OnePlus1 is considerably better. The question is what service provider to support, even if you go with data only. Google Fi hardly gets away from Google. And are we stuck with choosing a phone that supports either Verizon, Sprint, AT&T/T-Mobile (or one of their associated contractors owned by Carlos Slim, but not all of them?
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So, despite being too large, basically a phablet, the OnePlus1 is considerably better. The question is what service provider to support, even if you go with data only. Google Fi hardly gets away from Google. And are we stuck with choosing a phone that supports either Verizon, Sprint, AT&T/T-Mobile (or one of their associated contractors owned by Carlos Slim, but not all of them?
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iflnr97
I just ordered an unlocked OnePlus One 64GB World phone. I hope this will accept Ubuntu Touch. I wonder if there-s a way to have someone replace the CPU and chip set to super charge it. I have little knowledge of the hardware beyond the ARM processor. I-d think a slow (to keep the heat down) AMD64 would be 10 times better! Lol! Maybe from a Latte Panda or some other AMD64 SBA
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I just ordered an unlocked OnePlus One 64GB World phone. I hope this will accept Ubuntu Touch. I wonder if there-s a way to have someone replace the CPU and chip set to super charge it. I have little knowledge of the hardware beyond the ARM processor. I-d think a slow (to keep the heat down) AMD64 would be 10 times better! Lol! Maybe from a Latte Panda or some other AMD64 SBA
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Daniel
I am following the video with a brand new Nexus 5 and using my win 10 desktop. Everything went as shown until I got to the screen that identifies the phone. even manual has no listings. I guess maybe I missed something. I copied the DLL's to the directory on the video except I used my user name instead of demo as instructed. Can someone help me get thru this road block?
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I am following the video with a brand new Nexus 5 and using my win 10 desktop. Everything went as shown until I got to the screen that identifies the phone. even manual has no listings. I guess maybe I missed something. I copied the DLL's to the directory on the video except I used my user name instead of demo as instructed. Can someone help me get thru this road block?
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Emanuele
Hi I tried to install Ubuntu touch from Linux mint to my old Samsung galaxy note 4.
I installed it but it has 3 bugs
1 it does not see the simcard
2 it does not store the wifi password.
3 the front camera bugs when I shoot a picture and the telephone switches off.
What do you think I can do to solve these problems please?
Thank you
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Hi I tried to install Ubuntu touch from Linux mint to my old Samsung galaxy note 4.
I installed it but it has 3 bugs
1 it does not see the simcard
2 it does not store the wifi password.
3 the front camera bugs when I shoot a picture and the telephone switches off.
What do you think I can do to solve these problems please?
Thank you
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