Installing Ubuntu Phone (Touch) on Nexus 7 LTE

By Leo Gaggl

May 11, 2015

Add SDK repository

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-sdk-team/ppa sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install ubuntu-device-flash

Enable USB Debugging on the device

Make sure you have developer mode enabled (see http://developer.android.com/tools/device.html if you are unsure).
Navigate to Settings > Developer options
Enable USB Debugging. When a device is connected, you will be prompted in Android to authorize it.

Unlock Bootloader

adb reboot bootloader fastboot oem unlock fastboot reboot

Check that you have the right device

adb shell grep ro.product.name /system/build.prop > mydevicedata \ && adb shell grep ro.product.device /system/build.prop >> mydevicedata \ && adb shell grep build.id /system/build.prop >> mydevicedata

ro.product.name=razorg
ro.product.device=deb
ro.build.id=KTU84P

Check which channels are available

ubuntu-device-flash --server="http://system-image.tasemnice.eu" query --list-channels --device=deb

ubuntu-device-flash –server=”http://system-image.tasemnice.eu” query –list-channels –device=deb
ubuntu-touch/ubuntu-rtm/14.09
ubuntu-touch/ubuntu-rtm/14.09-proposed
ubuntu-touch/utopic
ubuntu-touch/utopic-proposed
ubuntu-touch/vivid
ubuntu-touch/vivid-proposed
ubuntu-touch/devel (alias to ubuntu-touch/vivid)
ubuntu-touch/devel-proposed (alias to ubuntu-touch/vivid-proposed)
ubuntu-touch/ubuntu-rtm/devel (alias to ubuntu-touch/ubuntu-rtm/14.09)
ubuntu-touch/ubuntu-rtm/devel-proposed (alias to ubuntu-touch/ubuntu-rtm/14.09-proposed)

In my case I am going for the currently stable ‘ubuntu-touch/vivid’ channel.

Install Ubuntu Touch

ubuntu-device-flash --server="http://system-image.tasemnice.eu" touch --channel="ubuntu-touch/vivid" --bootstrap

References
Ubuntu Devices: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Touch/Devices