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[Nexus 7 General] bpye:
You did grouper then phablet correct? If so I'm not sure, that exact procedure worked for me. You will get a blackscreen for a short while.
[Nexus 7 General] muskamj:
I tried it in this order as well and got the endless black screen.

I was able to recover with my nandroid backup from the Nexus' sd card, not from a pc backup, so it seems to me that something definitely went wrong with the Ubuntu install as I expected the sd card to be wiped during the install.

I also wonder if the fact that I'm on an 8gb Nexus has anything to do with it? That doesn't seem to make sense, though.
[Nexus 7 General] Pirateghost:
8gb or not it doesnt matter. i had that same issue, just had to manually flash the zip files in recovery and it booted right up
[Nexus 7 General] stewart1988:
Downloading very slowly but does anyone know if this can/will be updated in the OS? Or will it have to be updated via the same process every time a new release is out? Any signs of a build in updater?
[Nexus 7 General] Pirateghost:
there is a page you should read

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Touch/ReleaseNotes
[Nexus 7 General] naturist:
The easiest way is to install via custom recovery, downloading all the files now. I think this is the easiest guide for installation.

http://www.beinggadget.com/21/how-to-install-ubuntu-touch-preview-on-nexus-devices-via-recovery/
[Nexus 7 General] Culex316:
Has anyone tried flashing this on tilapia (Nexus 7 3G) yet?

I have a Galaxy Nexus and by flashing the boot zip as well as the phablet zip in recovery I was able to get it running on there but since the Nexus 7 3G has different partitions than the wifi only version I am kinda worried about messing something up if I tried flashing it on there.
[Nexus 7 General] Logomotph:
Their site is a bit confusing...does it erase system+data or usb storage, too?

Sent from my Nexus 7
[Nexus 7 General] SkyandDirt:
To anyone struggling to get this working: It's not worth the time. It's pretty much pre-alpha nothing really works, it's extrememly laggy and the gesture controls make things more complicated.

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What I did to get it working was:

-Transfer quantal-preinstalled-armel+grouper.zip(53.8MB), and quantal-preinstalled-phablet-armhf.zip(480MB) to the nexus 7 through android system

-Reboot into recovery (CWM)

-Preformed "wipe data/factory reset"

-Flash quantal-preinstalled-armel+grouper.zip(53.8MB)

-Flash quantal-preinstalled-phablet-armhf.zip(480MB)

-Reboot

-Explore Ubuntu

It did NOT erase my sdcard data. I have all my android nand backups and also my titanium backups still.
[Nexus 7 General] tlegower:
I tried it out and, yeah, felt like it was a waste of time a bit. It's cool and shows the potential for great stuff...but not right now.

My question though...how do I get back to Android? I followed these instructions to get Ubuntu on my Nexus 7

https://plus.google.com/app/basic/stream/z13pwpxrtpb5ezpv323dw5jr5kuzf5yhz04

But now trying to figure out how to get back to Android. It won't seem to let me into Recovery...but maybe I'm just doing it wrong.
[Nexus 7 General] SkyandDirt:
Hold the Power button down until the system shuts down. Press and hold the Power + Vol up + Vol Down buttons to get into fastboot, then go into the recovery from there.
[Nexus 7 General] tlegower:
That's what I did. I get to Fastboot. I select "Recovery Mode", I press power and it takes me to a screen that says "Google" and has the unlocked icon at the bottom. Then it just sits there.
[Nexus 7 General] dude2k5:
No luck here, says "tilapia" is unsupported.
[Nexus 7 General] SkyandDirt:
Something may have happened to your recovery when you flashed ubuntu. You could download a recovery for the nexus 7 and flash it through fastboot. CWM or TWRP.
[Nexus 7 General] shr1k:
Hi all,

I managed to get the Touch Developer Preview running on my Nexus 7 (grouper) without too much hassle. As others have pointed out, it is basically very pre-alpha, and what little works, does so quite poorly.

Only install it if you're interested in playing around and don't really care for the data / customisations on your Nexus 7. (Unless you use Carbon or Titanium or some such :P)

I wrote up a quick post of my first experiences with the setup on my blog here, with screenshots and descriptions, so you can decide whether to take the plunge or not.
[Nexus 7 General] tlegower:
Thanks. I used the Nexus 7 Toolkit to reinstall a recovery. Now I can boot into recovery and it looks like my backup is still there. So we'll see if it continues to work like I want it to. Thanks
[Nexus 7 General] AlexDeGruven:
In case the mirrors are too slow, I threw up a copy of the big file on my box account. The link will self-destruct on Saturday, which should give people enough time.

https://umich.box.com/quantal-rmhf
[Nexus 7 General] metaldood:
I flashed Ubuntu and my Nexus7 booted up. But the touch screen is non responsive on the login screen.
[Nexus 7 General] naturist:
Does not erase anything from usbstorage, you surely need to wipe system data and cache in recovery before flashing.

Easy way: make a nandroid backup, flash ubuntu via recovery. After playing with it, go to recovery, wipe and restore.

Ubuntu Touch doesn't every remove the recovery, so you're safe to play with it. I tested...its pre alpha version. Hope I will use it for few hours or a day and will revert. Worth testing it though. :good:
[Nexus 7 General] :
Regarding this:

"Upgrades

Some parts of the image can’t currently be upgraded, so it is best to deploy a full updated image (link to install tool). Individual apps can be updated with APT though. First add the phablet-team ppa (https://launchpad.net/~phablet-team/+archive/ppa) to /etc/apt/sources.list. Then run the following command with root permissions to update apps:

apt-get update && apt-get upgrade

Question: What is the format for the line to be added to sources.list? I've tried

ppa https://launchpad.net/~phablet-team/+archive/ppa

And get error when entering apt-get update... Thanks in advance. I've already changed the time zone, removed the contacts/photos/music/videos, installed and enabled ssh.
[Nexus 7 General] Pirateghost:
adding a ppa in ubuntu consists of

sudo add-apt-repository ppa://addressofppa

remove the sudo if doing from root account
[Nexus 7 General] mikem85:
My tilapia runs Ubuntu Touch now, worked without any problems. Had to run the fastboot commands manually, may work with the -d switch of the phablet-flash as well...
[Nexus 7 General] :
Thanks for clarifying for me. Whenever I try the command "add-apt-repository" I get "command not found" - any ideas?
[Nexus 7 General] Pirateghost:
i dont think it matters, considering they dont have any apps yet...
[Nexus 7 General] jmtast:
Are you sure? Did you try swiping from the left and right edges? Because at first I tried to swipe from the center or from the twitter notifications, as if I were on Android, and of course, nothing happened :D
[Nexus 7 General] sayantandas:
add the python dependencies using

sudo apt-get install python-software-properties

and then run the command. it will work

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how did you install on Nexus 7 3G? I am getting the following error

"Touch Preview for Ubuntu" is released for limited use due to the

inclusion of binary hardware support files. The original components

and licenses can be found at:

https://developers.google.com/....

Do you accept? [yes|no]

yes

Starting new HTTP connection (1): cdimage.ubuntu.com

Download directory set to /home/sayantan/Downloads/phablet-flash/95

Creating /home/sayantan/Downloads/phablet-flash/95

Device detected as tilapia

Unsupported device, autodetect fails device
[Nexus 7 General] Logomotph:
Good. I hate it when someone says flashing erases content, but doesn't say which content.

Sent from my Nexus 7
[Nexus 7 General] throcker:
OK, tried it for a couple hours...most things are just for preview (music, games, films ecc)

is quite laggy sometimes, interface is not centered, some things are not working, but this is just a preview of UI, that is not scaled for our device IMO...

I opened the "base rom" (50mb zip) and I found cyanogenmod medias, boot animation, sounds, so this is just a CM with ubuntu UI...so I think this could be easily ported to other devices using cm base...

anyway...this is awesome, gestures are very functional, interface is very nice, clean...try it!!

my friend told me that will be daily updated via ota...true?
[Nexus 7 General] PVL_93_RU:
Wait, so this weighs only 500+ MB total?

LOL I remember that regular Ubuntu on N7 takes a few gigs for itself
[Nexus 7 General] mikem85:
I extracted the commands from the phablet-flash and ran them:

ATTENTION: I extracted them right now again from the script, this comes not from my bash history, so no guarantee!

adb push quantal-preinstalled-phablet-armhf.zip /sdcard/autodeploy.zip
fastboot flash system quantal-preinstalled-system-armel+grouper.img
fastboot flash boot quantal-preinstalled-boot-armel+grouper.img
fastboot flash recovery quantal-preinstalled-recovery-armel+grouper.img
fastboot boot quantal-preinstalled-recovery-armel+grouper.img

which worked for me!

Later I found the -d switch of the phablet-flash script, where you can pass a device type, which should work from looking into the script, but I was not using it:

phablet-flash -d grouper -b

should do the trick!

hth, mike
[Nexus 7 General] sayantandas:
you are awesome. it worked like charm! :)
[Nexus 7 General] will444:
Seen on the web that you don't need a computer..

Wanted to see if anybody has flashed the two zips leaving the normal android boot.img.

If not I'll wait till I am at home
[Nexus 7 General] dude2k5:
Got it working on my Nexus 7 3g or tilapia as well

I was able to change the device in build.prop using root explorer. Changed to grouper and rebooted, ubuntu was able to handle it from there.

It rewrites recovery, but it's CMW, so if you need TWRP, download the .img file from the TWRP site and flash the recovery img in fastboot mode.
[Nexus 7 General] jmtast:
I flashed the two zips on my Nexus 7 with no problem at all. My CWM was still there and I could restore my PA nandroid without a problem.
[Nexus 7 General] will444:
Great thanks mate for letting me know it works!
[Nexus 7 General] Ottoman52:
Hi I'm a computer engineering student,

My laptop is a bit old and its battery is nearly dying. I want to buy nexus 7 to use it on lectures and write my code everywhere without cables,so I have some questions about its ubuntu distrubition.

We are usng c,c++ with GNU and perl this term. I'm using Ubuntu on my computer now and I'm very happy with that.

1- Can I use perl gcc and g++ on nexus 7 with ubuntu?

2- Does anyone compiled and run something?

3- Does terminal works as usual?

Thanks for your answer.
[Nexus 7 General] FitAmp:
1 - Yes

2 - it really depends. The n7 really doesn't have the same power as say a quad core desktop pc. Some things might compile, while some things have no chance.

3 - Yes
[Nexus 7 General] #sadegh#:
It's very slow.any way to make it smooth ?
[Nexus 7 General] Culex316:
I gotta say the latest builds of Ubuntu Desktop for Nexus 7 have been running at an acceptable speed so far...I think what makes it run slow is the bloated Unity Desktop....Lubuntu makes it run beautifully smooth but at the cost of not being able to rotate the homescreen automatically.

It should compile because I've compiled code with the gcc it comes with in the terminal emulator (basic C programs like hello world and stuff) and it works but be aware that you will be generating ARM code...don't know how to cross compile to x86)

Wait for them to improve it...they release nightlies every day and they get progressively better but are still unstable.
[Nexus 7 General] Boncey:
On the latest nightly I get:

Extracting rootfs.tar.gz (will take a while)...

Patching ubuntu init...

init paths do not exits

Erasing incomplete ROM

Updating partition details
[Nexus 7 General] farmerbb:
My Ubuntu install runs smooth as silk with the LXDE desktop environment. Go to the Ubuntu Software Center and install LXDE. Then logout and when you're in the login screen, click the little Ubuntu logo by your username and select LXDE. Profit :D
[Nexus 7 General] Culex316:
But does it automatically rotate the screen?
[Nexus 7 General] farmerbb:
Unfortunately no it doesn't. If you do use LXDE you'll have to rotate the screen before you log in.
[Nexus 7 General] Culex316:
Damn I was hoping that would be possible. Guess I will just stick to Lubuntu then.
[Nexus 7 General] Boncey:
Bump
[Nexus 7 General] jdiperla:
Ditto!
[Nexus 7 General] azoller1:
How are the latest builds running?
[Nexus 7 General] Culex316:
They are actually running pretty well...at least better than the initial ones...zram seems to be enabled by default improving performance slightly, and the onscreen keyboard works well too.

It's fairly usable if you ignore the fact that hardware acceleration is still missing, but if you connect a mouse to it, you basically have yourself a little ARM Ubuntu netbook, which I think is awesome and adds a lot of value to my Nexus 7 tablet.

I've even managed to compile source code on it (since ARM binaries for this software didn't exist) and it worked just like it would on a desktop x86 system...gives me a great nerdgasm. :laugh::good:
[Nexus 7 General] PVL_93_RU:
What about the apps?
[Nexus 7 General] naturist:
Is there the latest nightly available in zip format? so that I can copy to my N7 and flash via CWM recovery?
[Nexus 7 General] Macmee:
I'm also wondering this, because I want to install it and then go back to Android later.
[Nexus 7 General] Culex316:
Apps run pretty good for a pre-alpha build. Google Chrome, Firefox, and others run reasonably well, but it varies on a case-by-case basis.

Install MultiROM and then you can flash it alongside your stock android ROM but you would have to switch to TWRP (which is better than CWM in my opinion)

The nightlies are available in tar.gz format, but you can download the boot and system images separately and flash them under fastboot if you wish.
[Nexus 7 General] Culex316:
I am using the latest nightly (march 13) for ubuntu desktop to type this and it is significantly faster than before. Give it a try.
[Nexus 7 General] #sadegh#:
may u give download link pls ...

thank u.
[Nexus 7 General] blmvxer:
Anyone got gnome 3 working?
[Nexus 7 General] Culex316:
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-preinstalled/current/
[Nexus 7 General] tshot:
Can we just use a Ubuntu VM for installing this?
[Nexus 7 General] Boncey:
You don't even need a copy of Ubuntu to do this...
[Nexus 7 General] mjs2011:
Are the tar.gz files something I could flash in TWRP?
[Nexus 7 General] Rxpert:
No,
[Nexus 7 General] Culex316:
You can flash them with the special build of TWRP made for MultiROM

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2011403

Link is in the second post and don't worry all it has is an additional MultiROM Menu everything else is the same.
[Nexus 7 General] SquireSCA:
So it will probably be awhile before we can use this as a daily driver?
[Nexus 7 General] Hupro1971:
I'll probably wait till its more stable.
[Nexus 7 General] resol341:
Firefox+zotero can almost serve me a daily driver for paper readings! Awesome!
[Nexus 7 General] SquireSCA:
So it will not work with the standard version of TWRP?
[Nexus 7 General] demandarin:
Can someone post a video of this native Ubuntu running on their Nexus7? So you're able to install Ubuntu apps and everything? Other than on-screen keyboard, how is performance? Does it make use of everything aka everything working?
[Nexus 7 General] shizz22:
How much space does this take up on the Nexus 7? Much more than the Android OS?
[Nexus 7 General] texasice:
mirror for images for the 16gb n7, install on any pc with fastboot http://d-h.st/Ik4

basic instructions

tar xaf n7-ubuntu-16gb.2012.10.26.tar.xz
# check sha sums if you want
fastboot erase boot
fastboot flash boot n7-ubuntu/16gb/boot.img
fastboot erase userdata
fastboot flash userdata n7-ubuntu/16gb/rootfs.img
fastboot reboot

the userdata is not a typo that is how the ubuntu installer does it.

you will lose all data including sdcard contents. so back it up or whatever.

WARNING: if you dont know what fastboot is ***stay the f--- away***

edit: 8gb images http://d-h.st/sau
[Nexus 7 General] espionage724:
Some random information:

- System time defaults to -8 PDT?

- Chromium Web Browser can be installed via Ubuntu Software Center

- Flash player does not exist (by default anyway) on Firefox, nor does the pepper plugin exist on Chromium

- Youtube in HTML5 doesn't seem to work on Firefox

- Default sudo password is ubuntu

- Graphics don't seem to be hardware-accelerated

- Brightness can be adjusted

- Java can be installed (might be interesting for java apps and games, such as Runescape and Minecraft; but do note the no hardware-accelerated graphics)

- You can install Gnome Shell (Classic), log out, and then select it. I highly recommend Gnome Classic (no effects)

- Google Chrome's 32-bit deb does not work (Ubuntu Software Center reports "Wrong architecture 'i386'")
[Nexus 7 General] taffypride:
fastboot is fastboot, regardless of Windows/Mac/Linux config right?
[Nexus 7 General] leventccc:
I'm using it right now and its awesome! Of course its not as smooth as android roms but still its great and good enough to use it. When you plug keyboard and mouse with otg its becomes %100 desktop experience and not hard to use or very laggy. I tried most of the things and almost everything except sound and hardware acc. works. Including battery percentage/ac status and wifi. Only think I'm missing is turning screen off from android. When you press power button it shows Shut Down Restart Log Out window. I can't wait to see future updates!
[Nexus 7 General] texasice:
yes
[Nexus 7 General] taffypride:
might just have to give it a try.... if nothing else but to confuse everyone :)
[Nexus 7 General] IRX120:
My fast boot isn't working the I stalled gets stuck in erasing boot

Sent from my 1.8GHz Linaro optimized Nexus 7
[Nexus 7 General] sprogurt:
Can't really do a video right now but everything seems to be good. Installed Gnome ASAP and it seemed a bit more responsive, in the middle of installing KDE plasma active. The keyboard is a pain but is only minor compared to the whole thing.

Only 1 issue really, no sound (atleast from what I streamed) but it works, a bit of loading for apps but hell animations and typing are smooth as hell!

(No idea if it was written elsewhere but root password is "ubuntu".)

EDIT

Damn you beat me to it! Meh, have some thanks!
[Nexus 7 General] rohan32:
Would you be able to upload the 8gb images as well? Or someone else? Thanks in advance. I'm running 10.04 so I can't use the auto-installer app
[Nexus 7 General] espionage724:
Suspend the tablet by pressing the gear at top-right and hit suspend, then wake it; then sound should work :)

Trying to suspend by hitting the power button and then suspend doesn't seem to work for me.

Also I have some pretty blurry videos taken from a cheap cell phone; I hope the quality isn't actually "as" bad as what it was showing on the phone itself though...

Edit: Yeah way too blurry to be of use... I'll try pics instead

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Useful Links:

Installation:

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Nexus7/Installation

Using The Device:

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Nexus7/UsingTheDevice

Known Issues:

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Nexus7/KnownIssues
[Nexus 7 General] CJHolderUK:
I hope they get this going on the N10. ;)
[Nexus 7 General] noneabove:
Anyone know if bluetooth or USB keyboards/mice work with this ?
[Nexus 7 General] styckx:
Ok, curiosity got the best of me. :good:

Pushed the 16GB install to my 32GB N7 and as expected it formated the Ubuntu partition as 16GB.. So for you 32GB N7 users your choices are..

Use it with 1/2 the storage

Revert to Android and wait for an N7 32GB install

Revert to Android and wait for someone to port Gparted to the recovery partition. :laugh:
[Nexus 7 General] espionage724:
But to directly answer your question... bluetooth no, USB devices, yes.
[Nexus 7 General] styckx:
Ok.. So after trying it for a bit.. Pure and utter rubbish.. I can't believe they wasted resources on this.. It's not usable, and laughably laggy in every regard.. It's not even cool in a "Look what I have on my tablet" regard.. It just sucks.
[Nexus 7 General] noneabove:
Awesome thanks a bunch! Might give it a try now haha. Btw does recovery get replaced? Like can I, when I want to go back to normal, just recopy everything back the external storage and then restore from backup using recover?
[Nexus 7 General] espionage724:
Screenshots :) (from the device itself)

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I don't think recovery is replaced (haven't tried it yet); but the commands used above to flash the Ubuntu image to the tablet don't touch recovery or bootloader at all. I'll try recovery in a sec to be sure though

Edit: Recovery isn't affected; I can still boot into TWRP :)

I found the tablet way more responsive overall after switching to Gnome Classic (no effects) + installing zram, may be worth looking into.
[Nexus 7 General] noneabove:
Thanks that's the last thing I was curious about before trying :)
[Nexus 7 General] blmvxer:
Nope, you can only install using the Ubuntu installer for Nexus on Ubuntu or using multirom modded twrp.

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I personally am not a fan of Desktop Ubuntu on the Nexus 7, I use Ubuntu on my HP Touchpad and it seems to do allot better.
[Nexus 7 General] SquireSCA:
So there is a different version than the latest 2.4.4 that I am running? If so, does it install like a normal ROM or does it install it like you do in MultiRom, where they run side by side on partitions?
[Nexus 7 General] Nicolfa:
Ran it for a day, did well enough. If I could have gotten decent playback from hulu and netflix then it would have stayed on the machine. Would have liked to have a mini version of the setup I have at home for a linux machine. Will be keeping an eye on the project though.
[Nexus 7 General] EeeK:
Can I install Eclipse IDE on this? Want do some development work. :D
[Nexus 7 General] farmerbb:
Yes Eclipse is in the Ubuntu Software Center and I've installed it on my Nexus 7 before. Haven't really done anything with it though so I'm not sure how practical it is to actually use it on the tablet.
[Nexus 7 General] SquireSCA:
So still no version that is easily installed like any other ROM through TWRP?

They made a big deal of the announcement, but it doesn't seem that it is moving very quickly. Excited to try it.
[Nexus 7 General] PVL_93_RU:
What's keeping you from installing this with MultiROM? It uses the same TWRP recovery, just modified to work with MROM
[Nexus 7 General] SquireSCA:
Don't want to use MRom, just want to keep things simple. hehe
[Nexus 7 General] PVL_93_RU:
Oh, well, suit yourself, if spending 3 minutes to flash the mod and the recovery is not simple...
[Nexus 7 General] SquireSCA:
Well, I just don't want my device set up for a multi-rom environment with different partitions, etc... I would rather use one ROM or the other, not both.
[Nexus 7 General] blmvxer:
It doesn't create different partitions.
[Nexus 7 General] rebel1699:
13.10 (Saucy Salamander) looks like it was released today. I'm going to download now and give it a try.

"What do you tell a man with two black eyes? Nothing. He has already been told twice."