[DISCONTINUED][i9300][30/07/2013]¤¤ UBUNTU TOUCH 13.10 BUILDS ¤¤[WIP]

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I do not own the i9300 anymore, older builds are still available but I won't be able to publish any new one

THIS IS STILL AT AN EXPERIMENTAL STAGE

Hey guys, I started porting Ubuntu Touch to the international S3 (i9300).
This is just a first build, so there are quite a few bugs (listed below).

Code:

DISCLAIMER: Flash this at your own risk.
I won't be held responsible for any damage done to anything whatsoever, you guys should know the drill by now

Source-Code

You can find the GPL-compliant code on my github for both the device-tree and the kernel :

i9300 Device-Tree: https://github.com/Androguide/androi..._samsung_i9300
Exynos4412 Kernel: https://github.com/Androguide/androi...msung_smdk4412
Exynos4412 Common device-tree: https://github.com/Androguide/androi...mdk4412-common
Proprietary blobs: https://github.com/Androguide/android_vendor_samsung
CM common vendor blobs: https://github.com/Androguide/android_vendor_cm
local_manifest & modified CM manifest: https://github.com/Androguide/Ubuntu-Touch_manifests
Platform source code: http://phablet.ubuntu.com/gitweb

Build instructions

Build instructions, components licensing, and more in-depth infos on this port in the official wiki page for i9300: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Touch/Devices/i9300

Known Issues

~~Fonts are messed-up~~ - Fixed
~~No Wifi~~ - Fixed
No GSM/Phone calls

Everything else seems to be working just fine (both cameras, brightness etc...) but please report if you find anything other than what is mentioned in the "State of Things on Official Builds" section of this post

Instructions

In recovery, wipe data, dalvik, cache (and optionally system, just to be sure)
Flash saucy-preinstalled-armel+i9300.zip first
Then flash saucy-preinstalled-phablet-armhf.zip
Reboot

Downloads

Build n°4: http://goo.im/devs/Androguide/Ubuntu...rmel-i9300.zip OR http://d-h.st/IaD (md5: 7fed714149d95445869aef0ebc7a1fad)
Preinstalled ubuntu image (updated daily): http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-tou...blet-armhf.zip
(md5: http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-tou...mhf.zip.md5sum)

Changelogs

Build n°4:

Updated to Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy Salamander
Auto Rotation on supported apps
System settings
All installed apps show-up in the launcher
More

Build n°3:

Fixed Wi-Fi (commit)
Removed all useless dependencies & overlays (commit1 / commit2 / commit3)
Added cool Ubuntu ASCII art as the first logcat message on boot (replaces CM's one) (commit)
Removed some useless build.prop flags related to dalvik (commit)

Build n°2:

Fixed fonts by downgrading mali drivers to r3p0 (commit)
Downgraded ump drivers to r3p0 (commit)
Removed some unused packages & dependencies (commit1 + commit2 )
Documented changes on github (commit)

Build n°1:

Initial build

State of Things on Official builds

This table shows the current state of working/partly-working/non-working features on official builds for Nexus devices.
Ultimately, the goal for the S3 is to have the same set of working features as on Galaxy Nexus (maguro) :

Reviews

Article & installation guide by @adityalahiri13 : http://www.techgeekal.com/2013/06/10...ung-galaxy-s3/

Credits

Canonical for Ubuntu & Ubuntu Touch
CyanogenMod for the base tree & kernel sources
Linaro for their 4.7.2 gcc toolchain, used to compile those builds

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8th June 2013, 02:08 PM |#2

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good news , thank you

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8th June 2013, 03:33 PM |#3

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AWESOME! will take a nandroid and try asap!

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maybe @temasek can help with wifi?

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i have pmed the guy that fixed fonts in galaxy 1 and 2 for font fix for us

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Originally Posted by naathaanb96

Ok, my bad, wifi might actually be working. From the Ubuntu Touch wiki it says that it currently only supports open networks (no wep or wpa keys) through the GUI, but you can import wifi settings from your Ubuntu desktop, which will cause it to install some packages including the Wireless Interface (iw), so it might be why I can't see the open networks neither as there is no wireless interface installed.
I'll import my desktop wifi settings and report back.

About the fonts, I think I know where the problem is, might be a dependency file I had to remove from the makefiles to fix a build error.
I'll probably do another build later today to try and work-around this, it's pretty fast to compile as it's only C/C++ and the output is like 40mb.

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NETWORKING

The simplest solution given that you have a UI available is to use the networking indicator on the device. The network indicator currently supports basic Wi-Fi connections only ( eg. No security, WEP, WPA Personal ).

An alternate means of configuring networking is via the phablet-network-setup tool which is part of the phablet-tools package. This script can be used to copy an active Network Manager system settings file from an Ubuntu Desktop ( >= 12.04 LTS ) to the device. It also has some extra options which cause the tool to install network-related packages such as iw and openssh-server.

Other than that, brightness control and auto-brightness are working properly, and the fonts in the apps seem to be ok, looks like the fonts are messed-up only in the core UI/Launcher, appart from a few glitches here and there in some other apps.
The Dialer's call button doesn't seem to be responding, although I'm not sure if the dialer is functionnal already in the nexus builds.

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8th June 2013, 03:52 PM |#5

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I had a quick play around and it looks very promising. I couldn't get a call to make though and I couldn't find settings

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I had a quick play around and it looks very promising. I couldn't get a call to make though and I couldn't find settings

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Well, it looks like the only settings are those you get in the statusbar, you can move left & right while swiping it down, and it gives you the settings for sound, screen, wifi, etc...

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8th June 2013, 05:10 PM |#7

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Thank you for this. I will test it when i get home from work. Can't wait. Rep+1 for you

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Btw can i make a call?

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Originally Posted by zulmajdi

Thank you for this. I will test it when i get home from work. Can't wait. Rep+1 for you

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Btw can i make a call?

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Nope, doesn't seem to initiate the dialing, but I don't really know if it's a bug or if that feature is still missing from the mainstream builds.
Working on the new build and trying to fix fonts as we speak.

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So all that related to sim won't work? Damn but still gonna test your build. Never had any chance to test the ubuntu touch. Thanks again

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Originally Posted by zulmajdi

So all that related to sim won't work? Damn but still gonna test your build. Never had any chance to test the ubuntu touch. Thanks again

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Yeah, either way Ubuntu Touch is still a developer preview for the moment, many things are still not working/not ready, although the first public launch on a widely distributed device is expected by the end of the year.
I actually build this because I want to start writing apps for Ubuntu Touch and needed a device to test on.

The team of engineers behind Ubuntu Touch is publicly answering questions on xda if you want to know more about the OS and its current state : http://www.xda-developers.com/androi...-ubuntu-touch/

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