Thank you all very much. Just for information: I landed here now, from within recovery mode with adb shell enabled where the device is manually to set or there will be an error:
ubuntu-device-flash -v touch --channel=ubuntu-touch/rc-proposed/bq-aquaris.en --recovery-image=ubuntu-touch-ordner/recovery-krillin.img --device=krillin Am 17.06.2015 um 14:05 schrieb Łukasz 'sil2100' Zemczak: > Hello! > > W dniu 16.06.2015 o 22:14, lgd pisze: >> Hello, >> >> I use channel vivid-proposed(-customized) on my BQ and install updates >> via apt-get. But I got no new features since weeks like in the new >> stable OTA-4 (tethering and so on). And I got no OTA-4 changes today at >> this moment. >> > > First of all, generally it's not really a good idea to mix apt-get > upgrades with OTA upgrades. The whole philosophy of OTA updates is that > the core-components of the system are read-only and only updated by > system-image during OTA. If you modify packages as in a normal Ubuntu > system, well, there's no guarantee things will work after upgrading. > > As for channels. The vivid-proposed channel is no longer supported and > should not be used. We dropped all series-specific channels some time > ago. Currently it's a redirect to the ubuntu-touch/devel-proposed/ubuntu > channel which is building out of wily images. The images there are very > risky. > >> The situation is very confusing for now and maybe I'm not the only one >> who is confused about the channels and updates. > > We have documentation regarding what channels are available and what's > their purpose: > > https://developer.ubuntu.com/start/ubuntu-for-devices/image-channels/ > >> >> Questions: >> 1. Do I need the overlay PPA because vivid-proposed(-customized) is no >> longer really supported with new development changes? > > First: as already mentioned, if you want to use OTA updates then don't > enable any custom repositories, OTA's work separately from the standard > apt-get operations. Second: enabling the overlay PPA won't do any good > in a vivid-proposed channel as it's building wily images, while our > stable phones are vivid based. > >> 2. What's the new development channel: the overlay PPA or wily or both? >> What's recommended for old devel channel users? > > The recommended channel for the BQ is ubuntu-touch/stable/bq-aquaris.en. > It's good to remember that a channel has nothing to do with a repository > or series, those two are separate beings. > >> 3. Since the overlay PPA what's the difference between vivid-proposed >> (devel) and stable? Since OTA-4 the stable is vivid, too (not at my >> device) but I expected to get updates earlier then the stable but I got >> no tethering and so on until now. So vivid-proposed seems to be out of >> date behind the stable for now? Forever? Or because the use of apt-get? >> > > OTA-4 is released to the ubuntu-touch/stable/* channels. Those images, > as already mentioned, are built from the vivid archive + the overlay > PPA. We have a channel that's auto-building daily images from what's > landing to those archives, it's the ubuntu-touch/rc-proposed/bq-aquaris.en. > > We dropped the idea of per-series channels as Ubuntu Touch follows a > different release model - more similar to a rolling release. It's best > to reflash your image to the channel that you think is best suiting your > needs. We generally recommend the stable channels, as all the -proposed > ones can be broken without any notice. > >> Greetings, lgd >> > > Cheers! > -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
