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[Nexus 4 General] jutley:
This better be good.
[Nexus 4 General] derPianist:
AW: Ubuntu phone os

I hope the flashing process will be easy and we don't have to wipe internal storage.

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[Nexus 4 General] snipestech:
1:53 am Miami FL

I'm going to bed c y'all tommorow
[Nexus 4 General] mihkohuy:
It's 21 feb now„want to test this badly.
[Nexus 4 General] iamdata:
ive just been searching around i cant see it anywhere yet to download
[Nexus 4 General] AkumaZeto:
I can't find it anywhere I have been looking non stop! Anyone else have any luck?
[Nexus 4 General] derPianist:
AW: Ubuntu phone os

Be patient guys. Probably not released yet.

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[Nexus 4 General] DesignGrits:
This is the page it will be posted on guys: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/TouchInstallProcess
[Nexus 4 General] hellmonger:
yep thats where but when is the fog ducking question rrrrrrg
[Nexus 4 General] DesignGrits:
Considering they are based in the UK I would think soon, right?
[Nexus 4 General] TooCrzy:
This looks very interesting!!! :good:
[Nexus 4 General] owenw:
The files were up for about half an hour tonight! I can provide links to them for any of these - not really sure how to install them, though. Flashing with CWM doesn't work and it seems strange they'd include their own recovery.
[Nexus 4 General] Rusty!:
Looks like some fastbooting is necessary.

Put up the links to the Mako files and I'll give them a go :)
[Nexus 4 General] negroplasty:
Throw the mako ones up on a mirror. They probably need to be flashed via fastboot. Very good eye, my friend ! :laugh::good:
[Nexus 4 General] hellmonger:
8:56 AM

Thursday, February 21, 2013 (GMT)

Time in United Kingdom

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me too il go mako!
[Nexus 4 General] Rusty!:
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-touch-preview/quantal/mwc-demo/quantal-preinstalled-armel+mako.zip

http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-to...demo/quantal-preinstalled-boot-armel+mako.img

http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-to.../quantal-preinstalled-recovery-armel+mako.img

http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-to...mo/quantal-preinstalled-system-armel+mako.img
[Nexus 4 General] derPianist:
AW: Ubuntu phone os

Too scary for me. I will wait for a instruction :p

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[Nexus 4 General] Aerys:
Flashin it right now!
[Nexus 4 General] Rusty!:
I dunno what the deal with the .zip is, but it appears to be CM10.1
[Nexus 4 General] negroplasty:
Haha yeah, at least the boot animation is... wtf is that all about. Maybe they are using it as a base?
[Nexus 4 General] Aerys:
Yep it is :P But it doesn't have a apps folder :cyclops:
[Nexus 4 General] Rusty!:
Yeah it's an odd one.

Everything else looks very 'Android' to me, but then both Android and Ubuntu are Linux, so they're going to look similar on the face of it.
[Nexus 4 General] Aerys:
The recovery that is shipped with this is clockworkmod.

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I flashed the .img files and it didnt boot.

I will flash the zip file first maybe its required.
[Nexus 4 General] speedyjay:
So let me get this straight....to use THIS release of Ubuntu for phone/android you'll need to be connected to a pc??
[Nexus 4 General] Aerys:
Its seems not to be booting:( lets wait for Canonical:laugh:
[Nexus 4 General] DynamicRam:
did you do

fastboot -w update quantal-preinstalled-system-armel+mako.img
[Nexus 4 General] hellmonger:
well everything flashed.. i think lol

i got no errors but no boot....
[Nexus 4 General] Aerys:
I get an error when I do that :)
[Nexus 4 General] owenw:
That did this (on my Galaxy Nexus - but figured it's close enough). The command expects a ZIP.
[Nexus 4 General] Aerys:
I get this error:
[Nexus 4 General] aimcr7:
Edit....
[Nexus 4 General] Rusty!:
Might need this file too, someone got it running on a Galaxy Nexus and mentioned flashing the 'big zip' and this one is pretty big!

http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-to...c-demo/quantal-preinstalled-phablet-armhf.zip

Edit: Yeah you'll definitely need that, just looked in the .zip and it's the userdata stuff.
[Nexus 4 General] DynamicRam:
fastboot -w update only works with .zip files

did you try
[Nexus 4 General] tschakk:
Thanks! Phone wasn't booting without this "big" zip file..

Now Ubuntu Phone boots up!! :))
[Nexus 4 General] erikwervo:
so just to make sure, we need to flash all the 5 files. is that right?
[Nexus 4 General] Cice96:
R: Ubuntu phone os

So what are the steps and commands to install ubuntu?

Inviato dal mio Nexus 4
[Nexus 4 General] tschakk:
Yes exactly!

sudo fastboot flash recovery quantal-preinstalled-recovery-armel+mako.img

sudo fastboot flash system quantal-preinstalled-system-armel+mako.img

sudo fastboot flash boot quantal-preinstalled-boot-armel+mako.img

Then rebooted to recovery and flashed both zip files.
[Nexus 4 General] aimcr7:
Waiting for your report mate ;)

If all is ok, i'll download and flash it right away
[Nexus 4 General] casonswag:
Where are yall finding these?
[Nexus 4 General] tschakk:
Its running pretty smooth. But It's not for daily use! Mobile data connection is not working.

But Wifi works...
[Nexus 4 General] Cice96:
R: Ubuntu phone os

Does this wipes internal storage?

Inviato dal mio Nexus 4
[Nexus 4 General] tschakk:
mhmm not sure. I did wiped my data (and internal storage) manually..

I recommend doing a backup!!
[Nexus 4 General] Rusty!:
Yeah I'm pretty sure it's going to wipe your internal storage
[Nexus 4 General] lonequid:
The images were taken down, can someone post a mirror please?
[Nexus 4 General] tschakk:
Only the index site was taken down... here you go:

http://invalid.ed.ntnu.no/~jostein/ubuntu_images.html
[Nexus 4 General] lonequid:
All of the links are dead.
[Nexus 4 General] negroplasty:
Mirror posted below:

quantal-preinstalled-phablet-armhf.zip

quantal-preinstalled-armel+mako.zip

quantal-preinstalled-boot-armel+mako.img

quantal-preinstalled-recovery-armel+mako.img

quantal-preinstalled-system-armel+mako.img
[Nexus 4 General] Rusty!:
I don't think you're missing much, according to people in the GNex forum it doesn't really do much. No apps work, pre-populated data and no GSM radio functionality.

I've spent ages backing my phone up, and it's not even worth bothering with.
[Nexus 4 General] Aerys:
Thats dissapointing:rolleyes:
[Nexus 4 General] boykioy:
This can't be correct. Canonical will flashing phones in the WMC on 25th of February. They cannot flash to the people phones without having any functionality. Something we made wrong, lets just wait for Canonical to upload the instrunctions.
[Nexus 4 General] Rusty!:
Well it is just a preview build at the end of the day, maybe we expect too much?

Or they've not uploaded what they'll be flashing yet, either way we'll have to wait and see.
[Nexus 4 General] aimcr7:
Just wait for them to release it officially, i read on gnex forum they took down all the files, they dont even officially release it. ;)

Maybe tonight.
[Nexus 4 General] casonswag:
Yea it havent even been officially released yet just wait until the make a official page and instructions for us they probably just uploading the files right now
[Nexus 4 General] owenw:
Guys, I'm a journalist and emailed the team at Canonical as soon as this came out. They replied and said:
[Nexus 4 General] lonequid:
Thanks! I actually was able to grab them from ubuntu's server as they just renamed the directory with a '-tmp' at the end (this is gone already) but these will help others!
[Nexus 4 General] casonswag:
Well itll be 11a.m EST when they release so im goin to bed
[Nexus 4 General] rudgia:
so the big question is how to flash this files is it using Fastboot?
[Nexus 4 General] estallings15:
Well, they're img files, sooo yeah.
[Nexus 4 General] casonswag:
Yes itll be through fastboot i did see someone on the gnex had to flash a zip through recovery also but when the official release come today itll have instructions
[Nexus 4 General] Cimi86:
GSM Radio works... (I'm a developer)
[Nexus 4 General] hp420:
the fastboot imgs won't boot for me. i get stuck at a black screen....anyone get it to boot?
[Nexus 4 General] Aerys:
Just wait for the official announcment. Its not worth it.
[Nexus 4 General] XupModz:
The guys over at the gnex forum just said the file they flashed was only 80mb there's no way that's all the core apps and everything and system
[Nexus 4 General] hp420:
it is if you have to work in 45 minutes and you want to check it out first!
[Nexus 4 General] XupModz:
Well not exactly no one knows the exact procedure of flashing but there is one on the gnex forum that says how they got it to boot you could try that...
[Nexus 4 General] Cimi86:
Indeed, there should be another file of around 480 MB with the system, apps, shell
[Nexus 4 General] aaronrw:
When will this drop today? Amy guesses out there
[Nexus 4 General] Addsome:
4 Hours maybe. I read that it was supposed to be released 4PM UK Time.
[Nexus 4 General] cazper210:
it was said around 11 est so i guess u have to wait till then
[Nexus 4 General] Cimi86:
I can tell you as soon as we'll upload :) Don't worry, it will happen today.
[Nexus 4 General] XupModz:
11 EST maybe different depending on your timezone
[Nexus 4 General] hp420:
lol...that's not instructions for ubuntu. that's just "fastboot flashing 101" lol ;)

oh well...guess I'll wait until tonight. It's just my luck that I've been off work all week and today I have to go back :( The same day my N4's sim card comes in the mail, too.

Good luck flashing guys....hope it's as good as we all anticipate.
[Nexus 4 General] XupModz:
there is a certain order you must flash in...
[Nexus 4 General] lonequid:
You flashed the 3 fastboot imgs, but did you install the phablet zip in recovery afterwards?
[Nexus 4 General] E-B41:
I flashed the 3 images, then sideloaded the phablet and the armel zip. Sill got black screen :(
[Nexus 4 General] FLeite:
Our buddy Cimi86 told us that it is easy as flashing any rom, through CWM.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=36216374&postcount=49

Why are people fastbooting it ? Unless they don't have CWM.

I'm going to wait for the official release, to know which zips I need to flash, through CWM!
[Nexus 4 General] Cimi86:
I confirm you can easily flash the zips in the recovery. There will be two zips AFAICS, one specific for each device and one bigger (480mb) with the system (apps and unity shell)
[Nexus 4 General] yabbandroid:
So excited about this!!! :victory::victory:
[Nexus 4 General] Try4Ce:
Do you know if it will reformat anything within the device?

I am worried about a more complicated revert process to android after testing it... plus if it will wipe internal storage data as well...

Tempted to use it, since Ubuntu with a special phone UI still sounds like a dream come true, but still, worried about those things...
[Nexus 4 General] Cice96:
R: Ubuntu phone os

So does it wipes internal storage?

Inviato dal mio Nexus 4
[Nexus 4 General] XupModz:
That is what he is asking
[Nexus 4 General] Aerys:
Step 1 . Flash quantal-preinstalled-armel+mako.zip in CWM

Step 2. Flash quantal-preinstalled-phablet-armhf.zip in CWM

Ubuntu will now boot =]
[Nexus 4 General] tylerwatt12:
Check this out

[YOUTUBE]aybIxtwsv5o[/YOUTUBE]
[Nexus 4 General] Cimi86:
IMHO, there's not really a point to replace Android now unless you want to be part of the development. It's a developer preview, you get to see the shell, a couple of apps... absolutely nothing comparable to a complete OS. I would never use it daily as my main phone now... But it's great to be part of the development if you love to code and seeing things progressing!

I have my daily phone (a Motorola Atrix with Jellybean) and a Galaxy Nexus where I develop.
[Nexus 4 General] 3rdeyer:
The opposite of smooth in that video ;)
[Nexus 4 General] Sebring5:
What works? What doesn't?
[Nexus 4 General] Aerys:
I like the browser:good::good:
[Nexus 4 General] tylerwatt12:
calling does work. I still can't find the messaging app.

Posting a second video now, it's super smooth now.

The device has a bunch of test data on it which won't work, like, the Calculator seems to be a picture of a calculator instead of an app that works.

[YOUTUBE]IohrSmurvqg[/YOUTUBE]
[Nexus 4 General] Aerys:
Wheres the settings app?:confused:
[Nexus 4 General] tylerwatt12:
Where were going, we don't need a settings app.

also, just found the SMS app, it's a tab inside the Phone app. Texting also works
[Nexus 4 General] Sebring5:
Voicemail?
[Nexus 4 General] usmanhaider101:
Awesomeness ......
[Nexus 4 General] Sebring5:
Google contacts? G mail?
[Nexus 4 General] XupModz:
did you use the fastboot files or just the two mentioned above?
[Nexus 4 General] tylerwatt12:
The dialer has the icon, but when I hold it down, it doesn't dial. I have to dial my own phone number then press # to get to voicemail.
[Nexus 4 General] :
Oh boy, even the camera works.

Edit: holding down the power button for a few seconds freezes the phone, but doesn't shut it down completely. Keep holding the power button to shut down completely.

The good news is booting is REALLY fast.
[Nexus 4 General] Aerys:
Just the 2 zips
[Nexus 4 General] yabbandroid:
I'm sorry if this has been written somewhere else before, but from where did you get the zips ? I don't see anything on the ubuntu for phones website
[Nexus 4 General] speedyjay:
I'm gonna wait till 4pm to see if they release a different version because as they are flashing peoples phones on the 25th, it makes no sense to be flashing them with a half finished product that takes the basic functionality of a phone away from the phone. I know its not for everyday use at the moment and I'm in no way complaining, I'd just rather wait for the "official" release :)
[Nexus 4 General] colapro:
Sv: Ubuntu phone os

Thank you for the best review so far!
[Nexus 4 General] Aerys:
Audio not working for me?:confused::confused:

NVM there is not many audio in the rom :)
[Nexus 4 General] :
Reading from internal memory doesn't seem to work, but when I take a picture it's shown in the gallery,

Video recording doesn't work.

I can't close running apps.

Several apps are just pictures.

I can't seem to get messaging to work.

3G doesn't work, but wifi does.

Sound works (can be tested in the camera app)

Pinch to zoom is fast and responsive, reacts faster than Android does. The browser seems neat, but tends to hang up a lot. Has a similarity to the WP browser.

Basic photo editing works (great idea to focus on that one, Canonical. It's not like a working music player is more important or anything).

All in all, it's alright for a leaked developer preview. Smoother than expected, but gets boring quickly.

Don't bother with the fastboot ****, just flash the two zips in recovery after you've taken backup and wiped.
[Nexus 4 General] nexus9988:
I smell a new forum called "Original Ubuntu Development" in our future! :good::laugh:
[Nexus 4 General] asci:
Is this a pre-pre release or what we have to expect within few hours?
[Nexus 4 General] XupModz:
more than likely a pre-pre release they cant put half finished product on peoples phones a MWC
[Nexus 4 General] Nuu~:
we'll know more in 2 hours.

i really don't think that the upcoming release will be any different from what we've seen here, though.

maybe the MWC images will be different from those
[Nexus 4 General] trillo69:
Some pal from another forum emailed support asking for an eta for dev files or something like that. He was told they would be avaliable when ubuntu touch install is released, at 4pm UK.
[Nexus 4 General] sebbo90:
I think the image later today will have fully functional phone, sms and data but the same in terms of native apps.
[Nexus 4 General] XupModz:
thats what i believe also
[Nexus 4 General] SjPedro22:
so what the average user can expect is a sort of a half baked rom (no insult intended) ;)
[Nexus 4 General] XupModz:
haha no i think more like core functions will work but not anything more at the moment :p
[Nexus 4 General] thebryceee:
Unless they make a disclaimer at MWC that they should not flash Ubuntu on their primary phone.

Sent from my Nexus 4
[Nexus 4 General] Rusty!:
Of course they can, this is a developer preview, not a release build.
[Nexus 4 General] adil_:
So, is flashing the zips enough or I've to flash the imgs as well?

Sent from my Nexus 4
[Nexus 4 General] XupModz:
just the two zips is all i did
[Nexus 4 General] Gsam101:
Obviously it's an early developer preview. But even if it is running inside à chroot (you can use adb to get into your device), it works pretty well, there are some great ideas I think (like the notification system), even if it won't beat Android today, obviously.

Nice to see a "real" Linux indeed. It uses the new wayland display server, that's a good thing.

For those wondering, of course half the applications aren't working, it's a developer preview, the aim is to allow developers to develop/test their apps against the new OS (well, when they will explain us how we transfer our apps).
[Nexus 4 General] Aerys:
Flashed back to Android:o
[Nexus 4 General] sourcex:
can u provide links for Galaxy NExus?
[Nexus 4 General] Aerys:
Isnt there a galaxy nexus forum somewhere on xda? :p
[Nexus 4 General] blackout23:
What makes you think so? I'm really curious.
[Nexus 4 General] kthejoker20:
Those .img files are cyanogenmod. So don't flash them unless you want to install CM.

Why confuse people and post the link for those with the Ubuntu zips?
[Nexus 4 General] Aerys:
10 minutes left!
[Nexus 4 General] jutley:
Sites crashed lol
[Nexus 4 General] kthejoker20:
I GOT IT WORKING. ALMOST EVERYTHING. Calls are still borked. Wifi working.

I had the .44 radio installed and all my sensors were borked.

I flashed the .33 radio and then reinstalled ubunty 2 zips and ALL is working. No problems.

Hit my thanks button to the left.
[Nexus 4 General] speedyjay:
Prove it....lol
[Nexus 4 General] joshyy_rey:
Liar liar pants on fire
[Nexus 4 General] speedyjay:
Lmao :D
[Nexus 4 General] kthejoker20:
I'm using wifi right now.

System is real glitchy and SLOW as sheet.

Camera work GREAT nice and fast.
[Nexus 4 General] speedyjay:
Ah but we don't know that do we?? Lol
[Nexus 4 General] :
Look in quantal-preinstalled-armel+mako.zip\system\

There's leftovers from Cyanogenmod. There's build.prop, Android videos, ringtones, CM bootanimation and other stuff.

I guess it's just stuff they haven't cleaned up.
[Nexus 4 General] kthejoker20:
I dont have another phone to take video and post.

Just flash the other radio, you will see.
[Nexus 4 General] XupModz:
wifi was working in the first place lol i need my mobile data :p
[Nexus 4 General] speedyjay:
Coincidence lol Nah I'll wait till they put up the "official developer preview" any time now....
[Nexus 4 General] kthejoker20:
Anyone know how to get to the system menu on this puppy?
[Nexus 4 General] XupModz:
F5 f5 f5 f5!
[Nexus 4 General] DesignGrits:
No point in flashing this until an official release is available on the main page. Theres got to be a reason why they took it down
[Nexus 4 General] MaDInDy:
Official Ubuntu Touch Developer Preview

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Touch/Install
[Nexus 4 General] speedyjay:
F5 and left click button on my mouse are nearly knackard! Lmao (click refresh and F5 refresh) lol
[Nexus 4 General] DesignGrits:
They just posted it:

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Touch/Install
[Nexus 4 General] derPianist:
AW: Ubuntu phone os

Guys!!! Please be careful!!!!

Take a quick look at the issues before flashing. Its on the same site like the downloads.

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[Nexus 4 General] kthejoker20:
Facebook gmail work.

The lockscreen is real picky. You have to swipe a little below center to swipe it. You may have to hit your screen lock button a bunch of times to get it to go.

It seems to be picking up some speed now. Not as slow as before.

I have to hard reset a bunch until I can figure out how to close apps. The camera stays running in the background once turned on.

Both back and front cams working great.
[Nexus 4 General] DF1E:
Out now

http://developer.ubuntu.com/2013/02/releasing-the-ubuntu-touch-developer-preview-and-sdk-alpha/
[Nexus 4 General] DesignGrits:
Why would they not release a flashable zip? I have heard multiple times that they would release a flashable zip. So much for that
[Nexus 4 General] heat361:
I don't think I'm going to install it, I mean it simple to install,but it is real buggy and risky.
[Nexus 4 General] Aerys:
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-touch-preview/quantal/mwc-demo/
[Nexus 4 General] XupModz:
so i have to boot up my ubuntu?
[Nexus 4 General] derPianist:
AW: Ubuntu phone os

I will wait also. YouTube videos and stuff are enough for me to get a first look. Later on with more stable versions I will surely try out. I need my nexus 4 every day and I have to rely on it.

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[Nexus 4 General] heat361:
Plus I'm sure Google has something awesome in store for klp ;)
[Nexus 4 General] theonebakery:
So can I flash this on my nexus 4 through cwm?
[Nexus 4 General] DesignGrits:
no, read the instructions.

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Touch/Install
[Nexus 4 General] theonebakery:
Yes, I read, but the link I quoted has a list if imgs and zips
[Nexus 4 General] rcazador:
I was wondering the same thing
[Nexus 4 General] theonebakery:
I would really like to flash it now since I'm at work.
[Nexus 4 General] boykioy:
you need to have ubuntu os to pc if you want to install it? i am confused.:confused:
[Nexus 4 General] JuannTwo3:
Same here, I'm at school and for some reason my Ubuntu partition won't connect to the school wifi so a flashable zip would be nice
[Nexus 4 General] babluc:
Someone needs to do a quick HOW-TO. PLEASE
[Nexus 4 General] theonebakery:
You have to have Ubuntu on your computer, and download the developer SDK through shell, then push the Ubuntu image to your phone through shell as well. But I'm thinking maybe...just maybe you can flash it with these images that we've been provided.
[Nexus 4 General] diegosaravia:
Is there a whatsapp app already for ubuntu phone?
[Nexus 4 General] heat361:
No the direction use Ubuntu because this canonical. You can use windows and use fastboot.
[Nexus 4 General] Ace42:
I wonder if Ubuntu mobile will be better designed than android, hopefully they have native support for quads.