Ubuntu ROM - Nexus 5X Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Good morning all,
There are plenty of threads about ubuntu on nexus 5, but I haven't seen any about it on the nexus 5X, is anyone working on it? Is it easily portable ? I would really enjoy trying it out but I cannot gather any useful info on it...
Cheers
O_S

Have fun building it, lol. Canonical isnt going to build any official images for any phone since they have OEMs selling phones with it preinstalled.
https://developer.ubuntu.com/en/start/ubuntu-for-devices/porting-new-device/

Well, a port for the one plus one was just done, one for the one plus x in on the go and one for the fairphone was release some days ago too... So it seems possible. I do not have time right now to learn how to build a rom but the process interests me, i'll take a look at you link, waiting to have more free time (hopefully in September).
Nonetheless this does not answer my question; are people here working on it ?

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Would you be disappointed if...

With all the work this community has gone into getting Android to work on the TP2/Tilt2, would you be disappointed or upset if HTC developed and released a full featured and functional Android build for the TP2/Ttilt2
rushwal said:
With all the work this community has gone into getting Android to work on the TP2/Tilt2, would you be disappointed or upset if HTC developed and released a full featured and functional Android build for the TP2/Ttilt2
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No, more like excited. Seeing as that's what all this work has gone into trying to accomplish in the first place. lol
Bah! I can't vote right on my own poll...
I can't wait for full Android on this or my next phone whoever makes it.
why would i be disappointed? it would give more access for the devs here to work with.
I would hope that HTC worked with the xda developers to create an android rather than voiding all the existing work.
However if HTC did release one I bet it would solve many of the problem the xda guys have had and would enable them to finish alternative flavours of Android for the TP2.
Either way having android for the TP2 would be just awesome whoever cracks it.
I vote yea because I am not an end user, all these end users probably voted no because they would just be satisfied that theres a working build, but they give no credit to the people that have taken time out of their lives to get something working that a lot of people would have no idea how to do. and yet the devs get no credit...
I want to dump my phone for android based phone.
I think even the devs would love it, because they could then focus their efforts on modding and creating apps which they are really good at and really enjoy instead of backward engineering what has already been done.
I wish...
I wish they would, but it probably won't happen. I'm sure there is already a strain on the HTC-Microsoft relationship because most (if not all) of their new high-end devices are Android based, with the exception of the HD2 (which isn't really new anymore). I'm sure HTC is developing WP7 devices but most of their focus right now seems to be on Android. If they release an Android build for a WinMo device, Microsoft will probably throw a fit. I'm sure HTC wants to do it to spike sales and increase the "lifespan" of the Rhodium, but it would not be in their best interest. However, if there are any HTC engineers and such listening, please feel free to "leak" unofficial 2.1 or 2.2 builds to the geniuses here. 3.0 is welcome as well...
I would love it, but please, don't get my hopes up.
i wouldnt be BUT i do realize the hard work and effort the devs. have made on this project. im sure it would make things easier for devs. then they could focus on modding and apps.
i will never ever turn on the freakin window-mo......more and more and more then happy if Htc release the official Android 3.0 a.k.a. Gingerbread build
HTC would never do this. So the hypothetical question shouldn't even be answered.
I think i would go buy it.
I would like to see a rom with android and wm working as one but back to the question u would have to think about money they would make with people switching n buying another htc phone with andriod but I do think they should lend an helping hand with getting the sound to work
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[Request] ICS Rom for Kindle Fire

I know is premature,
but what about a full port of ICS on the KF?
Is it possible?
Considering the lack of physical buttons, it may be the very best version of Android to port on the KF. I think the best of community effort should be focused on that.
thanks...
b.
It's possible, anything is possible. We are not really ready for this step yet though, we need a working recovery first. There are people working on both the recovery and ICS
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berna.pelle said:
I know is premature,
but what about a full port of ICS on the KF?
Is it possible?
Considering the lack of physical buttons, it may be the very best version of Android to port on the KF. I think the best of community effort should be focused on that.
thanks...
b.
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I have no doubt that most devs will be focusing on ICS for the Fire, but as SikYou stated; the first step is getting a solid recovery to work with.
If I were to give you rough timeline estimates, it would generally look like this (guesstimates based on timelines of other devices throughout the years) :
Root - Within one week or day of release for popular devices (achieved)
Recovery - Between one week and a month (my guess would be first week in december for a solid recovery. Koush seems to be continuing work on the Nexus S, then moving to the Galaxy Nexus next, doesn't appear that he has time to focus on CWM for the fire. Expect others to step in and get a working recovery.
Kernels - This one could be all over the place. It seems that there is solid progress so far, so you might see something beta ready in december. I would wager that stable versions won't pop up until early january though.
ROMs - This one's tough, you'll see devs being able to put out ROMs in december, but I don't expect stable builds to be showing up until january. I also expect to see the Cyanogenmod team come up with a status report early january, with a stable release in mid - late january.
Hopefully this is all wrong and the devs work enough miracles to give us some early christmas presents
As always, they're hard at work for creating great new options for our devices. So, devs, keep up the good work and we'll support you all the way.
Many thanks for your quick answers... and for your infinite patience with us newbies...
b.
berna.pelle said:
I know is premature,
but what about a full port of ICS on the KF?
Is it possible?
Considering the lack of physical buttons, it may be the very best version of Android to port on the KF. I think the best of community effort should be focused on that.
thanks...
b.
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I'm sure people will figure out how to put all sorts of stuff on this thing just for fun, but they're already there 100% for normal users- they've got a root that allows the Google Market and Google Apps to run on it, while keeping the Amazon integration working that this device is sold for. XDA's improvements to the Kindle Fire have been fast and impressive. Now, if iPhone Dev Team would get working on the 4S....
If you landed on this thread hoping for a link to CyanogenMod 9 (android 4.0) for the kindle fire...
Go here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=21581633&postcount=635
your welcome.
queencitypete said:
If you landed on this thread hoping for a link to CyanogenMod 9 (android 4.0) for the kindle fire...
Go here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=21581633&postcount=635
your welcome.
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Holy thread reincarnation batman!!!
You could send people to the actual thread rather than one random post in a thread. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1411895

Development so far on our beloved One X. Your opinions

Basically as the title of the thread says. How do you guys feel so far in regarding the development of the phone?
Do you guys think we shall be seeing more devs coming to us and building fantastic roms? What in regards when the kernel source drops? Or do you feel that the S3 will get the most development?
I for one i am really happy with how things have started. From reading our devs are the best in the business from the HTC side and we have some of the big names. But are more going to come or what would you guys like to see?
Want to say many thanks for our good devs in making our device better and i just hope the development carries on and we have more devs coming to us even though the S3 is out as well.
What you guys think?
I've got Insertcoin, that's all I need!
In all seriousness, once the kernel source drops, I'm sure show-p and faux123 will be all over it. I very much look forward to that!
Considering the very short amount of time the phone has been available to the public, I don't think we could ask for more!
As I said when I first got this phone, the devs we have here are a who's who of my favourites dating back to the Tytn II: LeeDroid, Baad, monx, VillianRom, Core Droid, Mike1986.... also some promising 'new' devs such as J4n87.
All is looking well.
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Also really happy so far, but I'm curious about the kernel source. How long does HTC tend to wait until they release it? Can we expect it within a few weeks or are we talking months? Or might they never release it? :O
Also, does anyone know exactly what they're waiting for? Ie, why didn't they release it simultaneously with the phone?
Cheers!
Fruktsallad said:
Also really happy so far, but I'm curious about the kernel source. How long does HTC tend to wait until they release it? Can we expect it within a few weeks or are we talking months? Or might they never release it? :O
Also, does anyone know exactly what they're waiting for? Ie, why didn't they release it simultaneously with the phone?
Cheers!
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Not sure how long it would take for them to release it my friend. Would of thought it would of been with the release of the phone but we can only hope like in a few weeks..
And yeah i am more than happy with the development so far. Many big time players in our forums. Just feel once the source drops then kernels will drop as well..Thanks guys for your opinions so far.. Do you guys feel that we might see AOSP roms one day?
Fruktsallad said:
Also really happy so far, but I'm curious about the kernel source. How long does HTC tend to wait until they release it? Can we expect it within a few weeks or are we talking months? Or might they never release it? :O
Also, does anyone know exactly what they're waiting for? Ie, why didn't they release it simultaneously with the phone?
Cheers!
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I`m sure Lee said in his thread that they had 90 days to release the source..i hope it comes sooner than that so the devs can rip it apart and build a better kernel.
From my understanding there's still a lot of unknowns surrounding the kernel and the proprietary drivers, not to mention s-off. I'm confident the devs are all over it like a cheap suit but HTC have done some things differently with the One series which has resulted in some intense chin stroking.
I think once these issues have been overcome (and it will be, its a when not an if) we'll see a lot more community development.
Personally I can't wait to run CyanogenMod on this beast.
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Doombadger said:
From my understanding there's still a lot of unknowns surrounding the kernel and the proprietary drivers, not to mention s-off. I'm confident the devs are all over it like a cheap suit but HTC have done some things differently with the One series which has resulted in some intense chin stroking.
I think once these issues have been overcome (and it will be, its a when not an if) we'll see a lot more community development.
Personally I can't wait to run CyanogenMod on this beast.
Sent from my HTC One X using xda premium
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i am with you on that brother..i want to be running cm9 on this bad boy
HOX is the future at least for next 2 years.. HOX will eventually get all the attention the Desire has been getting till now.. Now the question is will the Desire lose it's attention?
Fyi, I've upgraded from Desire..
NoobTerminator said:
Not sure how long it would take for them to release it my friend. Would of thought it would of been with the release of the phone but we can only hope like in a few weeks..
And yeah i am more than happy with the development so far. Many big time players in our forums. Just feel once the source drops then kernels will drop as well..Thanks guys for your opinions so far.. Do you guys feel that we might see AOSP roms one day?
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but the One X isn't running on a Full ICS kernel, It's a Gingerbread Kernel of sorts right?
(due to the first time using Tegra 3?)
If so, my theory would be that they're working on a Full ICS kernel and then releasing the source.
Of course, I'm a noob and I could be talking balls.
fade2blak said:
HOX is the future at least for next 2 years.. HOX will eventually get all the attention the Desire has been getting till now.. Now the question is will the Desire lose it's attention?
Fyi, I've upgraded from Desire..
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i hope it gets more loving..i know it is only been a month but still..i am a very flash addict...can not settle on a rom..they are all freaking good
TommUK said:
Correct me if I'm wrong, but the One X isn't running on a Full ICS kernel, It's a Gingerbread Kernel of sorts right?
(due to the first time using Tegra 3?)
If so, my theory would be that they're working on a Full ICS kernel and then releasing the source.
Of course, I'm a noob and I could be talking balls.
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you are probably right..was reading it on another thread the same thing..kinda odd if you ask me though for them to do that...we can only wait and see
My One X is the first Android I have ever had and I am new to the whole development and custom ROM community. I have nothing to compare it to but what I have seen is quite amazing.
There is plenty of custom roms already, mike is pushing new versions of he's amazing rom every other week, and he also announced that they will be working together with faux to improve our one x experience once the kernel source is available. And what I have read about faux, i am pretty happy about the future of my One X

Combine efforts to create a new Toro ROM?

I'd love to start working on a ROM with someone. I'm trying to learn on my own with just what I can find on google and here at XDA. I have gotten the build environment running using the guides from source.android.com and that's it. I've been flashing ROMs for a year or so. I have a Toro and two old Moto Droid 2s. I really enjoy working with Android, but I don't know enough. I really want to learn though. I'd like to work with people who are like me in wanting to learn and also with people who have some good experience. Just post in the thread or PM me.
"New".
I'd love to help, but probably won't be able to until I get a new laptop in a couple of weeks. I'm in the same boat as you. Had build environment setup on old PC. Would love to learn as well
Would love to get in on this too!
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You could try working with another Dec to port their rom to Toro. One Tom I would like to see is pacman or jellybam
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the goal
Well I've got the hardware for compiling. I've got a quad-core and a dual-core both setup to build. (I had it on the dual-core first then got a new computer). I did a build (not sure if it came out right or not... still learning XD) the other day, starting it at night, and it was done in the morning.
What I would like to do is pickup where Peter Alfonso (Bugless Beast) is leaving it. He's recently gotten busy and Android is no longer a priority for him. I would use his source from git-hub and give him credit for it. I would love to add more features and settings and continue to improve it as new versions of android come out.
But like I said... I still need to learn. I'm still unsure how to get the compiled build onto my phone to try it. I plan on comparing the source code from Cyanogenmod, Bugless Beast, and others just to see what they've done.

Are there really zero custom ROM's for this phone yet ?

I'm not directing this at the great developers here, but I'm more confused or wondering what's up ? This phone is Google's flagship stock Nexus device, THE developer phone. The Pixel 2 was released two months ago, and there's not one custom ROM yet. I find that shocking and asking what happened ?
I've owned most Nexus phones in the past, and by two months in there'd be a ton of ROM's available.
Again I'm not trying to be an ass asking this question I'm not looking for ETA I'm more very confused or am I missing something why development doesn't seem to be happening like in past Nexus phones?
Or is there another forum outside of XDA these ROM's are on that I'm not aware of ???
A few roms are coming to this phone. It's just slower because of the dual partition stuff. Think DU and Pure Nexus are planned.
You must also remember the pricetag on this device, not everyone is going to jump on this device right away, but like the above comment said, there are ROMs in the works.
A lot of devs weren't building because we didn't have a stable TWRP.
Looks like one just dropped
All of what's already been said here.. plus.. this phone is so darn stable and amazing bone stock that it's unbelievable. I have had every single Nexus/pixel and HTC device since I don't know when and there was always some reason why you badly needed root and a custom rom.... But with this... It's so good I haven't even unlocked the bootloader yet! Kudos to Google for sure!
OnePlus has screwed it up for everyone when it comes to custom ROMs, the phone is half the price of top flagships and just as good so thats where most of your development is
Agreed that OnePlus has sucked away a lot of developers, if not the majority of them. OnePlus 5 / 5t is almost half the price of the Pixel 2 XL, plus it seems even easier to developer for. I mean go in the OnePlus 5t forum and look at the development, phone hasn't been out one month yet, and it has a bunch of ROM's and Kernels.
But I prefer the direct from Google updates and long term support by Google, plus the extra features on the Pixel 2 over the OPO, and am happy with my purchase, but I am concerned that there is not even one single ROM released for the Pixel 2 after two months.
mackentosh said:
OnePlus has screwed it up for everyone when it comes to custom ROMs, the phone is half the price of top flagships and just as good so thats where most of your development is
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Ya but dat pixel camera and timely updates....
Beats OnePlus every time
LineageOS is in the works: https://review.lineageos.org/#/q/project:LineageOS/android_device_google_wahoo
MishaalRahman said:
LineageOS is in the works: https://review.lineageos.org/#/q/project:LineageOS/android_device_google_wahoo
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Good find, looking forward to try this out when it's ready.

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