Alright, I found the information I had been given this summer:
> it might work if you use that guide to install android and then from there > install that > multirom app or what its called. you can set up dual boot with ubuntu with > that. - http://a25.co/ubuntu-phone-how-to-install-android/ - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tassadar.multirommgr (Thanks, Michael Zanetti!) Enjoy the video in the Play Store! It says Ubuntu Touch is installable just by a single click, but doesn't show it. A Turkish video showing the actual installation from April 2016 is at: - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKkcKLnb6_c The bq Support website now has the flash tool available for download: - https://www.bq.com/en/support/aquaris-e5-ubuntu-edition/support-sheet Android firmware for Aquaris E5: - http://www.mibqyyo.com/descargas/categorias/aquaris-5-hd/ - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9OQovPAbw4 The original Canonical way to do dual boot: (says it has been tested and is working on Nexus 4) - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Touch/DualBootInstallation Here are some German articles describing the very same thing: (from 2013/2014) - http://www.chip.de/news/Dualboot-Ubuntu-Touch-und-Android-parallel-nutzen_66387009.html - http://www.heise.de/open/meldung/Installer-zum-Dual-Boot-von-Ubuntu-Touch-und-Android-2072273.html Here are a 2015 and a 2014 blog post in English about it: - http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/dual-boot-android-ubuntu/ - http://lifehacker.com/how-to-dual-boot-ubuntu-on-your-android-device-1577325241 I may try this in the next few days. Cross your fingers, Peter 2016-09-21 19:03 GMT+02:00 Peter Bittner <peter.bitt...@gmx.net>: > 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 : ubuntu-phone@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
