Ubuntu Touch installation guide

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noeman5

Rather than "DD"    is Etcher ok for flashing to an SD card  ?

Thanks  BC

Yes

Hi everyone, just got my phone last night and I thought I'd share one handy tip.

For anyone working with a really small micro-SD card (mine is 2GB) here is a handy way to get Ubuntu touch installed on the eMMC:

1. install postmarketOS on your SD, so, on your computer:
   $ pmbootstrap init # NOTE: for 'ui' select 'none'$ pmbootstrap install --sdcard=/dev/sdX # where sdX is your SD card
2. plug SD card into phone, boot into postmarketOS
   
3. on your computer, download Ubuntu touch .img file, shoud be around 4GB)
   
4. copy .img over to the 16GB eMMC: 
   dd bs=4M if=ubuntu-touch-pinephone.img | ssh -t user@172.16.42.1 "sudo dd of=/dev/mmcblk2 status=progress"
5. turn off phone, remove sd card, boot into eMMC, done!