Can I dual boot a Nexus 4 with Touch preview?
I have installed Ubuntu touch preview on my phone, but I cannot use it as primary device. I still like to have it for development and testing.
Any guidance would be helpful.
Ubuntu – dual boot a Nexus 4 with Touch preview
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I wrote up some instructions that worked for me.:
Pre-requisite: Unlock your phone.
Download the following files from here:
quantal-preinstalled-phablet-armhf.zipquantal-preinstalled-recovery-armel+maguro.imgquantal-preinstalled-armel+maguro.zip.
- Download the Android SDK.
- Unzip the SDK.
- Open up Terminal.
cdintoadt-bundle-mac-x86_64/sdk/platform-tools- Optional: move the above downloaded files into the
platform-toolsdirectory or just specify the location of the files below - Turn off the phone.
- Boot into bootloader (as in press down both Volume up/down and power for a couple seconds).
- Back in the Terminal, type:
./fastboot flash recovery quantal-preinstalled-recovery-armel+maguro.img
Looks like this installs a version of ClockworkMod Recovery.
- Reboot back into the bootloader by clicking on Volume Up or Down till you see "Restart bootloader" and clicking on Power.
- Go into Recovery Mode by clicking the Volume Up/Down button a couple of times till you see Recovery Mode. Then click the Power button.
Back in the Terminal, type:
./adb push quantal-preinstalled-phablet-armhf.zip /sdcard/0/Download/quantal-preinstalled-phablet-armhf.zip ./adb push quantal-preinstalled-armel+maguro.zip /sdcard/0/Download/quantal-preinstalled-armel+maguro.zip
The sdcard is referring to the internal storage, not a separate SD card (which the Galaxy Nexus doesn't support anyway).
- Select "install zip from sdcard" (use Volume keys to scroll and Power to select)
- Select "choose file from sdcard"
- Go into
/sdcard/0/Download. - Select
quantal-preinstalled-phablet-armhf.zip. - Scroll to "Yes - Install..." and select it. The zip will get installed.
- Select "choose file from sdcard"
- Go into
/sdcard/0/Download. - Select
quantal-preinstalled-armel+maguro.zip. - Scroll to "Yes - Install..." and select it. The zip will get installed.
- Select "+++++Go Back+++++" a few times to go back.
- Select "reboot system now"
Ubuntu Touch generally follows a separate release schedule than the standard Ubuntu desktop and therefore information about its releases are published separately. Whenever a new OTA update is released an announcement e-mail is sent to the Ubuntu Phone mailing-list with changes information and LP milestone links.
I will try to formalise the release notes format so that everything is in one place - once that happens I will update this response. In the meantime, here's how things look like right now:
The mailing list archives:
The current place for all changelogs/commitlogs for stable OTAs:
Per-image commitlogs for the -proposed channels (both stable and devel):
- Devel (numbers based on mako images): http://people.canonical.com/~lzemczak/landing-team/ubuntu/vivid/
- Stable (numbers based on krillin images): http://people.canonical.com/~lzemczak/landing-team/ubuntu-rtm/
Best Answer
Well, a real dual boot like with a pc is not possible, but maybe this app works.
It runs under rooted Android and you can select what ROM to boot next reboot. Maybe worth a try