install ubuntu touch without ubports-installer on mako
first you need a linux machine with ubuntu-device-flash installed. if you
are using arch like me, you can install ubuntu-device-flash from the aur
since ubuntu nolonger has touch repositories, you need to use the ubports one
pop on over to https://system-image.ubports.com/ubports-touch/16.04/ and choose a channel
boot into the bootloader and factory reset, and then you are ready to flash!
run
ubuntu-device-flash touch --server https://system-image.ubports.com --channel ubports-touch/16.04/<your channel> --bootstrap
eg if you are choosing the rc channel like me,
ubuntu-device-flash touch --server https://system-image.ubports.com --channel ubports-touch/16.04/rc --bootstrap
it will do some stuff, and dont touch it until the command exits
its probably installed now! woot woot
you should see a orange dot loading screen now, if you are back in the recovery, that means it failed and (at least in my case) you probably have to increse the cache partition size
Tags: ubports, ubuntu-touch