I need to install Android on my bq Aquaris E5 Ubuntu Edition phone, because a. I need to verify a hardware issue (proximity sensor), and b. I have come to a situation in my work environment that requires me to have at least one, preferably several of the most popular char apps fully working (WhatsApp, Viber, Slack, you-name-it).
I don't want to lose the possibility to follow the development of Ubuntu Touch with my own device, so I'm looking into doing a dual-boot solution with Android + Ubuntu Touch. Someone, I think here on the list, this summer has given me some specific advice about how to proceed. Unfortunately, I don't find that email anymore. If it were somehow possible to retain the current user data and settings of my Ubuntu phone that would be awesome, of course. Some advice about which directories to copy off the device before wiping it may be sufficient too. Clean installs are cool too, so why not get rid of everything, sure. I've read that Android and Ubuntu Touch (can) share the user data in a separate partition, so nothing gets lost between upgrades and data can be shared between the systems, reboot required only. Is this correct? Looking forward to having a ... err ... a more useful phone! :-] Peter P.S.: I'm really enjoying the OTA-13 calendar app, finally with multiple (Google) calendars!! Yay! -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
