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How easy is it to flash Ubuntu onto an existing Android phone? Is there any potential to dual boot between it and Android? Has anyone tried it out? How usable

How easy is it to flash Ubuntu onto an existing Android phone? Is there any potential to dual boot between it and Android? Has anyone tried it out? How usable is it? Does it have actual calling support?

saidinesh5 4y ago
Depends on your Android phone. They officially support like 50 or so Android devices: https://devices.ubuntu-touch.io/ https://devices.ubuntu-touch.io/ at various compatibility levels. On some, everything works - including calls etc . On some, it's mostly a proof of concept. They offer a GUI installer that mostly just works once you unlock your device. Some devices like the ones from Volla, implement a basic support for Android multi boot: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=kXJ7a_lebkU https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=kXJ7a_lebkU
senectus1 4y ago
Now the team says it’s stable enough to release as an official update for a handful of supported devices: Fairphone 4 Google Pixel 3a Vollaphone Vollaphone X Vollaphone 22 Builds for the PinePhone, PinePhone Pro, and PineTab are also in the works… but since these devices are designed to run a mainline Linux kernel, they’re not part of the OTA update schedule that applies to most Ubuntu Touch-compatible devices. So far, there are builds of Ubuntu Touch Focal Fossa for the PinePhone and PinePhone Pro, but there’s currently no support for auto-rotate, camera or flashlight capabilities, GPS, or OTA updates. And the PinePhone modem is said to be unstable. While Ubuntu 20.04 is a few years old at this point, it’s an operating system that will be officially supported at least until 2027. In addition to the updated base operating system, OTA-1 Focal also brings a number of other improvements, including backported versions of the Ubuntu 22.04 Network Manager and Bluetooth stack and updates and improvements for a number of apps.

saidinesh5 4y ago

Depends on your Android phone. They officially support like 50 or so Android devices: https://devices.ubuntu-touch.io/ https://devices.ubuntu-touch.io/ at various compatibility levels. On some, everything works - including calls etc . On some, it's mostly a proof of concept. They offer a GUI installer that mostly just works once you unlock your device. Some devices like the ones from Volla, implement a basic support for Android multi boot: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=kXJ7a_lebkU https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=kXJ7a_lebkU

senectus1 4y ago

Now the team says it’s stable enough to release as an official update for a handful of supported devices: Fairphone 4 Google Pixel 3a Vollaphone Vollaphone X Vollaphone 22 Builds for the PinePhone, PinePhone Pro, and PineTab are also in the works… but since these devices are designed to run a mainline Linux kernel, they’re not part of the OTA update schedule that applies to most Ubuntu Touch-compatible devices. So far, there are builds of Ubuntu Touch Focal Fossa for the PinePhone and PinePhone Pro, but there’s currently no support for auto-rotate, camera or flashlight capabilities, GPS, or OTA updates. And the PinePhone modem is said to be unstable. While Ubuntu 20.04 is a few years old at this point, it’s an operating system that will be officially supported at least until 2027. In addition to the updated base operating system, OTA-1 Focal also brings a number of other improvements, including backported versions of the Ubuntu 22.04 Network Manager and Bluetooth stack and updates and improvements for a number of apps.