How To Update Your Old Phones To UBports Touch OS
It’s been a while that we see new released smartphones running on Ubuntu. However, users of old handsets have been given the privilege to experience another feeling of new thing on their devices via a new update called UBports Ubuntu Touch OS.
This gives the owners of the old Ubuntu smartphones the opportunity to get a new OS version.
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- Download the Ubports Installer HERE. Available for Windows PC, Linux.
- Launch the software.
- Connect your Ubuntu phone to your PC with a USB cable and enable developer mode.
- Select “Switch to UBports” on the software.
- Your Ubuntu phone will enter FastBoot mode.
- Follow the prompts to complete the update.
Note that your Ubuntu phone will be wiped during this update. As such, we advice that you make a backup before starting.
- Flashlight toggle in the battery indicator (For Qualcomm devices only, due to closed-source Mediatek drivers)
- A new version of the OpenStore (the original one died with Canonical’s abandonment)
- Updated boot spinner
- Optional custom backgrounds for the homescreen
- Calendar can now sync with generic CalDAV servers
- Display changelogs for stable OTA updates