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Time has arrived to taste the latest version of Ubuntu OS right on your Android smartphone. While the World is moving towards Open Source, the likes of Apple will soon have to think about this biggest threat as the number of Android activations per day are way more than that of Apple. So, making use of Android’s open sourceness, in this article we will be checking out on how you can easily install Ubuntu on your Android with the help of simple instructions.
Disclaimer: We should not be held liable for any damage caused in the process of updating your Android Phone with Ubuntu. It is very unlikely that your device will be damaged if you follow all the instructions to the point which are mentioned in procedure. We also haven’t tried porting this to all Android devices but can test the same at your own risk.
Backup all the data present in your phone with the help of below mentioned steps and not with any of the PC Suite tools as PC Suites doesn’t recognize your devices and you will have issues in restoring the data.
SMS – Use “SMS Backup & Restore app”, Contacts – Sync with the Gmail application, Call Log -Call Log and Restore Images, Songs, Videos, Files – Copy to internal / External SD Card, APN and MMS Settings – Note down from the path “Applications > Settings > Wireless and Network > Mobile Networks > Access Point Names”
Ensure that your device is left with the minimum of 60% battery charge and also you will have to make sure that the Samsung KIES Mode is enabled , which can be enabled from the Settings option. Also, enable the USB Debugging Mode too from the path “Settings > Applications > Development > USB debugging”.
Pre Requisites:
Device needs to be Rooted & Busy Box should be installed,
A minimum of 1GHZ processor (recommended)
Android OS version should be Android Eclair 2.1 or higher
Android device should be on Custom ROM firmware and not on Stock Firmware ,
SD card with at least 3.5GB of free space for large image (2.5GB for small image)
ADB should be installed in your computer
Active Data connection on your device (Recommended 3G / Wi Fi)
Ext2 file system support
Assuming that you have followed all the mentioned instructions.
Download Boot Strip & Ubuntu Image* from here to your computer and place the same in your device’s internal memory.
*Download the appropriate Ubuntu Image,
Ubuntu 12.04 v4 Core – just the basic install of ubuntu no GUI about 200MB to download and 750MB once extracted,
Ubuntu 12.04 v4 Small – Includes the LXDE desktop about 400MB to download and 2GB once extracted giving about 1GB free space and includes normal programs like firefox,
Ubuntu 12.04 v4 Full – The image you have been waiting for including Unity! plus a range of programs this is 1.3GB to download and 3.5GB once extracted with about 1.5GB free space
Once you have downloaded the above two zip files, extract the files in a folder called Ubuntu and copy the same to your Android phone’s internal memory.
Open the terminal in your phone and enter the below mentioned commands one after other in the same chronological manner,
su
cd /sdcard/Ubuntu
sh Ubuntu.sh
Up next you will be asked to select the screen size, select 800 x 480 or 1024 x 600 as per your choice. Up next, you will get a message root@localhost:/# : if you get this message then it means that Ubuntu is running and click on “Next”, (If you don’t get this then check with the device rooting status with the help of Root Checker app from Play Store and Busy Box installation)
Now, terminal will act as the Ubuntu command line, to connect to the GUI you need to run the VNC Viewer app which you have downloaded in your Android Phone.
Set your IP Address to local host and port number as 5900. Enter the password as “Ubuntu &the press “Connect” to connect and GUI will be rendering the same. Once you are finished in Ubuntu, type on exit in the command line and wait till the same shuts down.
Note: Just in a rare case if the device is not updated and it gets into the boot loop mode, you need to again clear the cache from the recovery mode and retry the whole process from the start.
So there you go, you have now successfully applied the update of Ubuntu in your Android. Do share with us in the comments section just in case if you face any issues as we will try our level best to sort out the same.
Time has arrived to taste the latest version of Ubuntu OS right on your Android smartphone. While the World is moving towards Open Source, the likes of Apple will soon have to think about this biggest threat as the number of Android activations per day are way more than that of Apple. So, making use of Android’s open sourceness, in this article we will be checking out on how you can easily install Ubuntu on your Android with the help of simple instructions.
