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[Nexus 4 General] leventccc:
Nice video, I haven't used ubuntu since the launch week, so I didn't really know what changes has been made. Video cleared it up for me.
[Nexus 4 General] sam razzy:
We have been jus waiting for this hard time to come true hand in our phone..
[Nexus 4 General] istmar:
Has anybody successfully installed saucy??
[Nexus 4 General] espionage724:
https://plus.google.com/u/0/102351181217041965310/posts/MepsJtV7xNy
[Nexus 4 General] andybfmv96:
Anyone know how to install this without a computer? I can't find anything for it and even if I do all the links are broken.
[Nexus 4 General] rayiskon:
what ever happened to Ubuntu for Android (not ubuntu touch) , anyone knows ?
[Nexus 4 General] cervantesjc:
You can download the .Zip files and flash them through TWRP or CWM, you have to flash 2 files, first the device specific file "mako", then the "phablet" file, (remember that is the specific order) that way you don't need a Pc.
[Nexus 4 General] aaronrw:
I've been avoiding this because my laptop died. Where are the .zip files at I could only find .IMG ones last time. Thanks for the info!
[Nexus 4 General] cervantesjc:
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-touch-preview/daily-preinstalled/current/ This is for the most recent preview, download "saucy-preinstalled-armel+mako.zip " and then "saucy-preinstalled-phablet-armhf.zip" just place them on you phone, and flash though recovery (TWRP or CMW).

But remember flash the device specific "mako" file first, and the "phablet" after.

Hope that helps.
[Nexus 4 General] french-anonymous:
I'm very interested by the zip files too.

I tried to install Ubuntu for phones from my Linux mint, the exact same way the official Ubuntu tutorial tells to do. It worked fine... except at the end, don't know what happen (unknown error), it ****ed everything in my phone, I've lost all my datas (but I had a backup, it's ok :) ) and I' ve also lost my touch recovery. It has been replaced by the ugly ubuntu recovery instead... :/

Well, I'd love to try Ubuntu for phones, but only if installation works like android roms : simply flashing a zip file ! ^^
[Nexus 4 General] xboxfanj:
Any idea in the difference between the link here http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-touch/daily-preinstalled/current/ and the one above? Both are made daily, both saucy, one is ubuntu-touch, one ubuntu-touch-preview.
[Nexus 4 General] jusumgeezer:
I would like to give this a spin too, but not if it deletes everything on my phon & installs it's own recovery.

I you use the zip files above, does it keep the TWRP & allow you to reboot to recovery to restore your nandroid backup of your old rom?
[Nexus 4 General] XupModz:
Yes it works like any other rom
[Nexus 4 General] jusumgeezer:
thanks for the quick reply. :)

was just off to bed, now I think I might go back downstairs & download this
[Nexus 4 General] cervantesjc:
The difference is, that this builds are nightly builds, and in order for you to install them you have to be in a previous version of Ubuntu touch.
[Nexus 4 General] aaronrw:
So start with the 2 zips then you can install nightlies? If that's right not to different from normal. I saw somewhere to get data or calling working you need terminal emulator or a computer does anyone know if that's still the case?

Also.... I've noticed there are 3 device specific files.... Mako armel boot and phablet. What's the boot one for any ideas?:D
[Nexus 4 General] aaronrw:
Doing this wrecked my recovery and didn't boot either. Just FYI if you attempt it have a few .zips to flash because the recovery no longer recognizes any back ups. I had to flash a ROM zip. Then use goo.im to install twrp again then restore my back up. Every one I had would fail but clearly were there and not corrupted. The recovery was and no Ubuntu either.
[Nexus 4 General] XupModz:
It takes serious skill to wreck it by flashing the Ubuntu zips made for the phone...
[Nexus 4 General] MunkyButt:
I wouldn't say it wrecked my recovery, but it did mess with my backups. None of the /data partition was there. It restored fine, but in had to re-download everything and sign back into Google.
[Nexus 4 General] aaronrw:
Give it a whirl man.
[Nexus 4 General] ore616:
Soooo giving this a crack. Hopefully I wreck something lol. So bored at the moment :silly:
[Nexus 4 General] aaronrw:
Good luck....:cool:
[Nexus 4 General] ore616:
Done, back on Android..... nothing broken.... except my perception on how far this OS needs to progress. Can't wait though :p
[Nexus 4 General] XupModz:
You using twrp? If so that's why

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I did everything went fine
[Nexus 4 General] linezero:
So when flashing frm scratch, wht files should i flash and where can i those exact files again? :D
[Nexus 4 General] cervantesjc:
There is instruction one page back, and just follow the easy instructions.

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I flashed this a few times (just like android a little more, but Ubuntu has potential), before, and I haven't had any single problem, I use TWRP, make sure you're using TWRP 2.5.5.0 older version have a little bit of problems (sorry I just remembered).
[Nexus 4 General] MunkyButt:
Yep
[Nexus 4 General] XupModz:
Yeah I was using it but it is not reliable for backups at this moment
[Nexus 4 General] Tunderpimp:
Is saucy working?
[Nexus 4 General] XupModz:
There's a video on YouTube that shows it working on a galaxy nexus
[Nexus 4 General] Tunderpimp:
It works, but it messes with my droid back ups. They don't restore correctly. Their missing things more than just apps.
[Nexus 4 General] XupModz:
What recovery?
[Nexus 4 General] dragon_76:
I have installed and ran Ubuntu Touch. It is very beautiful and will probably be a great OS in a year or two. Right now, it is just a deserted wasteland. There are no apps for it, and it doesn't yet run Android APKs (although it will eventually). Calls, texting and browser all work fine and are stable. I abhor how it handles texts, there is no app for it. It is done through notifications.

The two zips have to both be installed. One is for the specific device (which is the android part) and the other is the chrooted Ubuntu environment (phablet).

If you flash another ROM after Ubuntu (which you will) you will need to manually remove the "System/Ubuntu" directory. It is about 2 gig or so.
[Nexus 4 General] Tunderpimp:
Twrp 2.5.5.the newest one

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How does one remove it.
[Nexus 4 General] dragon_76:
Using a file manager with root access. For some reason it doesn't get deleted when doing even an advanced wipe with TWRP.

I use Root Explorer. I've always favoured it over other file managers and it was just recently updated and made even more awesome.
[Nexus 4 General] XupModz:
Twrp has problems with some backups
[Nexus 4 General] Tunderpimp:
I use the same file explorer. What's the file name/location? I don't want to delete the wrong thing
[Nexus 4 General] dragon_76:
It is an entire directory structure. It is /system/Ubuntu

I have the 8GB N4 and I was almost totally out of room on it and couldn't figure out why. It may actually be larger than 2GB, I just know it is AT LEAST 2GB.
[Nexus 4 General] Tunderpimp:
I used the search option and I couldn't find anything named Ubuntu. I looked under root storage and system
[Nexus 4 General] XupModz:
So under storage in settings is it showing a chunk of memory just missing?
[Nexus 4 General] Tunderpimp:
I don't see a chunk I'm I missing something?
[Nexus 4 General] XupModz:
Then your fine don't worry about it
[Nexus 4 General] norpan111:
Wow:) I'm going to try this out! Quickie: should I treat this as just a ROM? I mean is it safe to wipe etc before flashing? Ubuntu doesn't need a ROM already to be installed or something?

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[Nexus 4 General] MunkyButt:
Go to recovery, factory rest, flash two zips, wrote cash/dalvik, reboot, enjoy
[Nexus 4 General] norpan111:
That was such a weird experience..i had no data and no wifi and i did not find any "settings" app? And is there really no sms app? The small settings i found in notificationpane by swyping mostly showed "empty" ...:s otherwise it was pretty responsive

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[Nexus 4 General] MunkyButt:
You have to enable data through terminal on your PC. Someone suggested using terminal emulator app, but I don't know where to find it.
[Nexus 4 General] norpan111:
You mean like adb?

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[Nexus 4 General] Tunderpimp:
When I was using saucy it was already enabled
[Nexus 4 General] norpan111:
Well i download the zips from last page or so :s oh Well.. Couldn't find any settings for data or anything.. Is there really no Control center or settings app?

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[Nexus 4 General] tory13579:
Not yet.
[Nexus 4 General] istmar:
This is taking forever! Any updates?
[Nexus 4 General] yabbandroid:
I agree, I want to flash Ubuntu phone on my nexus 4... :crying:
[Nexus 4 General] randomnoob83:
You won't get a final build until around October November
[Nexus 4 General] hp420:
well, adb stands for android debugging bridge....so no lol

I think this is what you're looking for ;)

http://ubuntudemon.com/how-to-enable-3g-on-ubuntu-touch-on-galaxy-nexus-nexus-4-nexus-7/
[Nexus 4 General] norpan111:
Thanks, I'll just leave Ubuntu for now lol

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[Nexus 4 General] albanodesign:
i see you sent this from sensation, did you get to install soucy on htc sensation 4g? i can't tried several times the nikez thread.
[Nexus 4 General] sy224048:
i havent even tried, i dont think im good enough at this for that
[Nexus 4 General] Javier.D:
How does ubuntu phone works? Does it has lots of bugs?

Enviado desde mi Nexus 4 usando Tapatalk 4 Beta
[Nexus 4 General] kfheaven:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2324683
[Nexus 4 General] varshil:
Does vibration (on notification) work during calls and messages?
[Nexus 4 General] hp420:
I can not, for the life of me, get saucy to boot for me. i get stuck at the google boot splash every time!

here's what I did:

factory reset (using twrp and the cwm posted on the ubuntu page, btw)

wipe system partition (caused me to get stuck at google boot logo. read not to wipe system, so i tried that with the same results)

flashed saucy-preinstalled-touch-armel+mako.zip

flashed saucy-preinstalled-touch-armhf.zip

wipe cache/dalvik (caused me to get stuck at google boot logo, so tried without wiping with same result)

reboot

raring boots just fine, but every build of saucy salamander i've tried has caused a bootloop that won't go past the google splash.

any suggestions?

Sent from my Paranoid Nexus 4
[Nexus 4 General] varshil:
I was on cm.. I did factory reset using twrp n dn install the files. Thats it.. Ubuntu is still useless to use..
[Nexus 4 General] hp420:
I heard mobile data works on the new nightlies, is this true? I just read in the release notes under the networking category that wifi is supported, but it doesn't even mention mobile data.
[Nexus 4 General] varshil:
No data doesnt work yet
[Nexus 4 General] XupModz:
It does but you must enable it with an Ubuntu desktop
[Nexus 4 General] darchrnep:
It looks good but there are somethings that was kinda unnecessary..

First of the side need not be there.... IMO just saying..

The bottom to top swipe to present a back button.. :(

The quick settings my oh my.... they need to find a way to may this more practicable i.e one swipe should present an option for messages, network etc....

It needs to be smoother...
[Nexus 4 General] hp420:
*edit*

I had another error posted here prior to this...I saw my typo and got past that error, but now I get another.

Ok, I've created my network connection on my desktop, but when I try to push the file I get "insufficient permissions on device". any suggestions?

hp420@hp420:~$ sudo adb push /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/tmo /data/ubuntu/etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/tmo
error: insufficient permissions for device

I also tried by moving the file to my desktop, manually copied it to my sd card, then I booted into twrp and manually copied it to the directory instructed to push the file to with aroma manager, then I gave it r/w permissions, but no luck still. here's what I get when I do that:

nmcli con up id tmo
Error: Unknown connection: tmo.

I've verified my connection is still named tmo, and it's in the proper location...I even typed the filepath out just in case that was the issue....no luck.
[Nexus 4 General] Matze5800:
This happens because the adb server still runs as user even if you access it as root, run "sudo -s", then "adb kill-server" and then try it again with your adb push command :)

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[Nexus 4 General] hp420:
I tried this just now with the same results :(

root@hp420:~# chown root:root /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/T-Mobile
root@hp420:~# chmod 600 /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/T-Mobile
root@hp420:~# sudo -s
root@hp420:~# adb kill-server
root@hp420:~# adb push /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/T-Mobile /data/ubuntu/etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/T-Mobile
failed to copy '/etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/T-Mobile' to '/data/ubuntu/etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/T-Mobile': Permission denied

**edit**

nevermind...I finally got it to recognize my network connection config file, but it still doesn't connect. is there any reason we can't just have a database of config files for the different carriers, or something and just push them? this really seems to be like way more hassle than it's worth!!
[Nexus 4 General] istmar:
I see no news about this, so is anybody using this as a daily driver?
[Nexus 4 General] b1337:
Yeah dude everyone is using it can't you tell...
[Nexus 4 General] istmar:
Yea i sure can thanks...
[Nexus 4 General] yabbandroid:
it isnt useable :rolleyes:
[Nexus 4 General] hp420:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2324683

there's your updates :)

It's totally usable, since now mobile data is working. That's the last core feature, imo
[Nexus 4 General] heat361:
They should replace chrome os with googbuntu if they would just purchase Ubuntu lol. Or they could call it chrombuntu :p
[Nexus 4 General] k1l:
well, i just found informations, that our nexus4 is still not fully suopported from the asop and a binary blob is still missing. so is that still an issue and would that limit the porting of ubuntu-phone?
[Nexus 4 General] Cyberz22:
It looks really interesting. Android and iOS needs to watch out.

Hope they realease it soon.
[Nexus 4 General] sickmotion:
Yeah that's it. Qualcomm (snapdragon)is still busy and somehow closed source. i got a GNex(ti omap). in the GNex forum someone post that it's image will be available in February(source: the verge).

But i think everyone with a 8 gig of ram or less phone (with maybe around 5 gig of free ram space left? Like the one n4 version) will be sadly sit in the dark if i look on the spec pictures posted here before)
[Nexus 4 General] kevkid:
No phone out today has 8 gigs of ram. :P
[Nexus 4 General] sickmotion:
:D i mean flash storage :rolleyes:
[Nexus 4 General] ORStoner:
On the wikipedia page it says under minimum requirements you need USB host. Sadly we do not have this with our nexus 4 which is maybe why the stuck with the galaxy.

Only problem with my theory is that you could always just use Bluetooth peripherals.
[Nexus 4 General] Androyed:
I would think USB Host is only for using a keyboard and mouse, right? Or do you also need it for attaching a monitor?
[Nexus 4 General] ORStoner:
You don't need it for a monitor but that might be a point.

For HDMI the galaxy nexus uses the cheap mhl technology but our nexus 4 needs a £30 slim port adapter.
[Nexus 4 General] Ace42:
So Qualcomm is starting to follow in Nvidia's trail of closed sources...
[Nexus 4 General] Androyed:
What does that mean for developers?
[Nexus 4 General] altimax98:
The guy on the Ubuntu video mentioned that it is compatible with existing Android Kernels and Drivers. If that is truly the case the porting it shouldnt be a major issue, because it should work in what we already have. Its still to be seen though how difficult it will be to port over. It would be a whole lot easier if the N4 was just fully supported by AOSP.
[Nexus 4 General] stormtroopercs:
I hope we get this! I was very intrigued when I saw the galaxy nexus video! It looks very smooth and fast! Also uses the whole screen!
[Nexus 4 General] TingTingin:
This OS already has its own section on xda and it hasn't even been released yet lol anyways u can share your thoughts on Ubuntu for phone here

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2082789

Phone Slow? go HERE

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This post uses the patented TingTingin®™ method I would teach it to you but you are not yet worthy (come back in a hundred years)

--Sent from the future with a galaxy s4 like a freaking BAWS--
[Nexus 4 General] fetto666:
My only concern would be battery consumption, i'd guess desktop apps is not optimized for optimal battery or performance?
[Nexus 4 General] draugaz:
You won't be using "normal" linux apps much anyway. They aren't made for touch and have completely different platform performance expectations.

But even if we suppose, they would make a bunch of touch optimized apps, one should not underestimate the amount of very hard work needed to produce an experience comparable to current android.

Ubuntu is not really known for perfection. Privately I completely switched to linux for more than 10 years now, specifically ubuntu for the last 5+ years or so.

While they made a remarkable progress, but they are still nowhere near as polished as android, much less than ios. Not because canonical is "stupid" or "incompetent", but because it is incredibly hard. And on the mobile it is even harder. So I don't expect, that ubuntu mobile will overhelm.

And besides that, they have a much more serious problem: they don't have any chance to take off if they remain as "open" as their PC version. Not in this market.

Manufacturers will only accept something they can control. And telcos will push only something THEY can control. Which means - the user won't have much control left. Which suddenly isn't interesting for tinkerers anymore.
[Nexus 4 General] jayeshrc:
that OS is flawed like hell for phones bigger than 3.5-4 inches. think about it, with swipes spanning the length of the screen you will never be able to launch the topmost or bottom-most apps from the tray unless you use two hands, which is NOT something i want to do unless i have a phablet or all out tablet.

plus, with the coming of extra OS-es youre splitting the developer community (apps and custom roms wise).

sure, it looks like a good concept for small entry level phones but idk, we will have to see once things roll out further
[Nexus 4 General] heat361:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RO7QbCqFY7Y&feature=youtube_gdata_player

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfIS6YNmK9Y&feature=youtube_gdata_player

2 more hands on with Ubuntu phone os
[Nexus 4 General] heat361:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RO7QbCqFY7Y&feature=youtube_gdata_player

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfIS6YNmK9Y&feature=youtube_gdata_player

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUh4-nQVWIQ&feature=youtube_gdata_player

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ti_sZwq8uCo&feature=youtube_gdata_player

More hands on
[Nexus 4 General] heat361:
More hands on with Ubuntu phone os

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqCkuTC8zNU&feature=youtube_gdata_player

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zg0H7Uo2NmQ&feature=youtube_gdata_player

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6B4SgIvOiA&feature=youtube_gdata_player

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YId_dwE99U&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Ui seems to be pretty good for the most,its just needs some finalizing.By MWC there should be a image for the galaxy nexus in February.

For those complaining about lag it seems they have fixed it

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vr1wKMkZYqE&feature=youtube_gdata_player

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQOtVi6alSQ&feature=youtube_gdata_player
[Nexus 4 General] heat361:
According to this images will also be available for the nexus 4

http://www.androidcentral.com/developer-preview-ubuntu-hits-nexus-4-galaxy-nexus-feb-21

Looks like I'm going to have to unlock and install it :)

Available on Feb 21
[Nexus 4 General] hp420:
OMG! OMG! OMG! OMG! OMG! OMG! OMG! OMG! OMG! OMG! OMG!

[YOUTUBE]Z5rX37vsxV4[/YOUTUBE]
[Nexus 4 General] heat361:
Lol +1 :)
[Nexus 4 General] riko540:
Hmm I wonder how installing it will work. Will it just be a zip that you can flash or will it require something more?

Sent from my Nexus 4
[Nexus 4 General] Censura_Umbra:
It is going to require a tool. Probably similar to Odin that will overwrite the android partitions.
[Nexus 4 General] casonswag:
They gomna put up a img that u could flash through bootloader
[Nexus 4 General] Nuu~:
nah, messing around with the original partitions will be quite stupid. i think that they'll use android's default partition table.
[Nexus 4 General] juicyjones:
I'm glad I have an extra Galaxy Nexus laying around, but I wish I had an extra Nexus 4 instead. mwa ha ha ha
[Nexus 4 General] MrPhilo:
I can't wait, always wanted to try ubuntu phone, seems interesting. But s'ppose we going back to the crappy 'Google' colour?
[Nexus 4 General] Nburnes:
It will probably be like Canonical's Nexus 7 Ubuntu installer. Simple GUI program that downloads, wipes, and flashes Ubuntu.

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Nexus7/Installation
[Nexus 4 General] Sebring5:
Does this remove ClockworkMod Recovery unless you do a dual installation? What are the odds of not having an on board keyboard as mentioned?
[Nexus 4 General] heat361:
I've heard it can be any where from an image to a flash able zip, but it will be simple to do.
[Nexus 4 General] trillo69:
If bug fixes are released through updates from repositories like ubuntu desktop, it will be great. I've never understood why you have to wait months since a bugfix is done to receive it on OTA.

Anyway, does anyone know hot to close an app on ubuntu phone? On the videos i just see the "go to previous" gesture, but haven't seen a thing about closing an app so it doesn't run on background.
[Nexus 4 General] noizy1234:
I wonder if it'll give me better battery life than stock Android.. Hmm..
[Nexus 4 General] Serious_Beans:
I think it should, since it isn't a a VM. It should be as smooth as iOS and the battery life should be good as well. It could be laggy and crappy battery when it first comes out but I'm sure over time it will improve but in the end it should be more battery efficient and faster than Android.
[Nexus 4 General] :
I wonder if there'll be Ubuntu custom roms?
[Nexus 4 General] XupModz:
That is a totally different thing that is Ubuntu desktop not mobile
[Nexus 4 General] XupModz:
More than likely not
[Nexus 4 General] casonswag:
It could be cause their releasing the source for the devs and the images for us
[Nexus 4 General] :
Great resource.
[Nexus 4 General] colapro:
Sv: Ubuntu phone os

Anyone have an idea on how we can dock our phone to a screen, keyboard and mouse to use the full capabilities of Ubuntu for Phone?
[Nexus 4 General] Nuu~:
The nexus 4 supports MHL. All you'll need is a HDMI adapter for the micro USB port.

If they support miracast, it can be done wirelessly.
[Nexus 4 General] negroplasty:
No it doesn't. It supports SlimPort.
[Nexus 4 General] colapro:
What about keyboard and mouse?
[Nexus 4 General] iowabeakster:
What about keyboard and mouse?

bluetooth for both.

Miracast or slimport to an HDMI screen.

So you could have wireless for everything... if you wanted.
[Nexus 4 General] Moritzr1:
Hi guys. Just want to confirm something, Ubuntu for Android will run normal android when un docked and then the desktop when plugged in? As much as I'd like to try the full Ubuntu for phone (without regular android) I think I'd miss the fantastic app selection I get from the play store. I think Google should just buy Ubuntu, that would allow them to take the current concept further as well as increasing stability, and unifying the look..