How to Install Ubuntu Linux on your Nexus One or Android phone!

[seekdestroy16]

Well it runs but it needs the directional menu bar that the Android has, and all the rest of the functionality of the Android for it to be worthy enough to be used on my phone. Pretty cool though.

[electroman6913]

will Ubuntu use the 3g connection.

[Addmarius]

VOILA !

[nrgshkl093]

but the cpu architecture is ARM not x86 so you wont be able to run those thousands of apps for x86 ubuntu

[itsGazaIan]

@nrgshkl093 actually you can use the ia32-libs to run x86 apps.

[dumuDEV]

When I "bootubuntu" it does boot but it says " mount : Device or resource busy" a few times first, then when I do get in it wont update "Err..webaddress... karmic/main Packages"

[tplusb7]

Does it work on Samsung Galaxy Nexus Prime?

Samsung Galaxy Nexus Prime has a resolution 1280x720, so I need to change that resolution or what?

[zedomax]

@nello93tm ubuntu is having some server issues, try again.

[PATRE71]

Will It work also with Orane San Francisco with android 2.1? Thanks in advance.

[zedomax]

@PATRE71 yes will work if rooted with busybox installed.

[zedomax]

@nello93tm yes it should work fine.

[sinister0ne]

Are webcam applications in ubuntu able to detect the phone's front camera? if so this would be very useful.

[AfterDarknes]

can I download get the boot script only?

[Evi1M4chine2]

Of course that’s not a real install, since it doesn’t actually boot into Ubuntu, but runs it aside of Android. So it doesn’t count.

[jesus2012end]

can an android phone run gnome?

[TheShockmister]

Loop errors fixed by moving apps from sdcard to phone Cyanogen 7. :)

[TheIpodtouchhelper15]

G2 WORKS but not vibrant luckily i switched YEAH DESIRE Z / G2!!!!!!

[Poppahall]

ok when i try to do it i get the shutting down at the buttom of terminal emulator did it over and over again and still get the same thing and cant flash custom kernel because has locked bootloader

[Poppahall]

Is there a way to put it on a droid x

[zedomax]

@Poppahall Yes same method should work across most Android phones!

[80theLuigi]

what version of ubuntu are you running?

[Listen2DeathMetal]

I dont understand, is this going on ubuntu through a vnc or is it actually running ON the phone? why do you need the VNC?

[Roksonixx]

@Listen2DeathMetal It's running on the phone but you need to vnc to your own phone to view the desktop. They're running at the same time - i don't think anyone's figured out how to fully replace android with ubuntu (ie. dual boot), so this is the best option for now

[Listen2DeathMetal]

@Roksonixx Hmmm you would of thought it'd be easy to dual boot, so what exactly is the vnc is it like an emulator for the phone? or does the ubuntu run from a PC over an internet connection? Really want this!

[Roksonixx]

@Listen2DeathMetal VNC is a remote desktop program, ubuntu is basically running in the phones memory alongside android and you "remote desktop" into your own phone (ie. connect to localhost)

[AnonymeHax]

For those having problem boting ubuntu, I made a corrected tutorial for the phones having problems:

In xda => Galaxy s I9000 => Galaxy S I9000 Android Development => [Emulation] Linux/Ubuntu for android (compatible with cm7/miui)

If you still have problems, post I will try to answer when I have time

[AnonymeHax]

For those having problem boting ubuntu, I made a corrected tutorial for the phones having problems:

In xda => Galaxy s I9000 => [Emulation] Linux/Ubuntu for android (compatible with cm7/miui)

If you have still problems, post I will try to answer when I have time

[commodore256]

fuck vnc, I want it to run native and have full access to the hardware.

[SweetoBoyee]

hey is there a way to change resolution after? i want it to be regular again. i want 800 by 480. do i just do the same process as before? just vncserver -geometry 800x480

?

[zedomax]

@SweetoBoyee yes, just change the resolution values to your liking!

[hudic20]

Shutting down Ubuntu

failed. >> ŁoŁ<<

[kokharngteh]

@hudic20 Me too got the same thing.. shutting down ubuntu..

[scuba323]

@hudic20 same here :/

[jvcorkran]

worked on my lg vortex, thank you

[SweetoBoyee]

mine says chroot not found.. any suggestions?

[tealeaflist]

What if I Wanna Toss da Droid in Favor of My Sweet Debian Standard Linux?

[zedomax]

@tealeaflist You can, works the same, I just favor Ubuntu, which is pretty much Debian with more user-friendly options.

[tealeaflist]

What if I Wanna Toss da Droid?

[littledoggies]

Go up to an iPhone user and show them that my Android phone is a computer now.

WHAT NOW?!

[JTCorlett]

isnt that just a vnc viewer?

[MacProfession]

Does it work as a phone when booted into UBUNTU? PLZ HELP.

[zedomax]

@MacProfession This one actually runs on TOP of Android so you can switch in real-time between android and ubuntu.

[sukoremi]

ahhhh^^ i got it now. when you type "su" in command prompt a windows will pop up on your device and you have to allow it^^

[sukoremi]

when superuser is on my device then it is already rooted isnt it?

[stepupnig]

thanks that clarifies alot

[kleitonantunes]

SON LOS MISMOS PASOS PARA SAMSUNG ACE [ GT-S5830] ??\\\\

[wndr44]

@kleitonantunes Lo mismo me pregunto yo, supongo que si por que al parecer no se instala alguna clase de driver o software especial para Nexus One! ***Muy buen telefono el Ace***

[windchannel1]

bad news guys :( the page is temporally unavailable :'(

[dantheminer1]

Does this actually run the same way on the phone as on a computer.also do I need a custom rom or kernel or just root?

[zedomax]

@dantheminer1 Usually a rooted ROM works but if it doesn't support loop devices, you need a kernel that supports loop devices, easy to compile this also yourself.

[SweetoBoyee]

@zedomax if it doesnt support loop devices is that the reason mine says chroot not found

[niteshtak12]

I'm not able to update ubuntu using "apt-get update"... it shows 'could not resolve "ports.ubuntu.com" !! aww plz help it's been 2 days since i've downloaded the zip and still am not able to run ubuntu :(

[zedomax]

@niteshtak12 Your phone is not connected to internet most likely, try "ifconfig" and see if you get a valid IP address.

[cyberlord64]

wtf? is this real? you can run like the real ubntu OS on your mobile phone? it seems to load really fast. what about other distros like puppy or mint? can i run those?

[swr2034]

I tried this on the Motorola Dext android 1.5, i got up to bootubuntu but after that it throws up a line saying

illegal instruction chroot ${mnt} /b...

shuting down ubuntu

is there something ive done wrong or is it because the phone wont allow it

thanks

[minhenes]

Thanks! Following video installed Ubuntu on Samsung i5500 Galaxy Android 2.2. Android does not have all Linux commands needed to run installation. Need busybox from android market and install in folder system/xbin. Then run from Android SD adb shell to make folder writable mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system /system/xbin/busybox --install -s /system/xbin this should create many files with linux commands under cd system/xbin Debian OK too by Linux Installer app.

[minhenes]

following your instructions succeded install Ubuntu on Samsung i5500 Galaxy Android 2.2. Thanks Needed 1 day to figure out that Android does not have all Linux commands needed to run installation. need busybox download from market busybox and install in folder system/xbin use from PC adb shell make folder writable mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system /system/xbin/busybox --install -s /system/xbin this should create many files with linux commands under cd system/xbin ls

[zedomax]

@minhenes Yes, you need busybox installed, most ROMs come with it but not stock rooted roms, u can also use my easy script at androlinux dotcom

[sergo40]

@minhenes

Did the same today with my i5500! (:

@zedomax

Sweet guide dude. Tnx!

[zedomax]

@sergo40 AWESOME, great to hear bud! Showoff to your friends!

[PaulPH9]

Flucking hell, you did't safely remove the device!!!!! :O

[f127stellvia]

VNC remote control

[ultragaming1993]

VNC in't that the remote desktop software?

[glitcheaven]

1 mistake in your video where you try to update your ubuntu packages

sudo apt-get update (this just updates the repositories in preparation for updating the packages contained within them)

this is done by

sudo apt-get upgrade

hope this hleps

[swapniltech]

Hey you are a genius! Can I do this with a Motorola Defy? It has 800MHz processor overclockable to 1GHz, 512 MB RAM, etc. Please reply. And can I do this with Ubuntu 11.04?

[zedomax]

@swapniltech Yes you can do it on any Android phone/tablet!

[zedomax]

@swapniltech Yes you can do it on any Android phone/tablet!

[lilrhyser]

@zedomax will it work on the wildfire or dell streak

[CalmOne13]

i have a stupid question....can u connect usb wireless dongle and put it in monitor mode...and can u install aircrack-ng on it.....if u can do that well that is something

[PaulPH9]

@CalmOne13

Go install the BackTrack 5 ARM :: Its great ;)

[carl00s7]

works great on my zte blade but, everytime i reboot left work do you know why ??

[deanschreiber12]

This worked perfectly. My phone is 800MHz instead of 1GHz so it runs slow to the point where it isn't useful. Apps (other than utilities) take 3min to open up and then after opening it up display on the taskbar "starting _" for about 30sec and then vanish. The same goes for all the other apps. Is my phone too slow because Debian runs fine on the G1. I would like to try Debian instead of Ubuntu but it won't run on my phone. How could I get Ubuntu/Debian to run well?

I have a Samsung Transform.

[shomosnicholas5]

would this work on an android 2.2 tablet

[GRIDSpawn]

Can you use aircrack-ng???

[zedomax]

@GRIDSpawn u can but you need to use an external USB wifi.

[hex3n]

@GRIDSpawn check out Backtrack 5.

[zedomax]

@hex3n You can't use aircrack-ng with Backtrack anyways though, I've already tried, besides, you can use aircrack-ng on Ubuntu too, no need to go Backtrackin

[MaaveMaave]

@Elit3M1ke Yes, this works on the G1 but it's remarkably slow. I run Debian on my G1 and it crawls along.

[RBRat3]

have display drivers been developed for any android phone that way you dont have to use a vnc viewer? Last time I did this was on my G1 and now that we're in the 1ghz ranges on smartphones linux might be usable with display drivers.

[unlokia]

OonBoonToo? LOL!

[Hiei102493]

@unlokia Are you making fun of the pronunciation? He said it correctly. Ooboontoo. I really didn't hear that n that you put as the third letter.

[Txepetzcatl]

If Debian worked on G1, then I feel like trying this on my MyTouch Slide!

But as screen resolusions are different from N1, should I need to set another instead 1024x800? Or it doesn't matter?

[zedomax]

@Txepetzcatl Doesn't matter, the resolution can be set to anything you like.

[ukayina]

Asshole

You are running VNC on your phone(androidVNC-can download it for free on Android Market) .

There is no Ubuntu installed on your Phone. How you can run an S.O. without installing it? You have 2 PCs : one that you are using (Win 7 ) and and another hidden (Ubuntu), video is transmitted from you hidden pc to cellphone and controlled with VNC. Period.

P.S. who want to control PC from cellphone just download VNC from Market and can omit whole video

[ukayina]

@ukayina appbrain.com/app/android-vnc-v­iewer/android.androidVNC

[ehenyor]

@ukayina you run it from an image file via chroot. It's been done on the Nokia N900 and N810, and it has been done here. The only difference is that you use VNC to access the localhost, which in this case, is the cell phone.

[ukayina]

@ehenyor So its like Virtual Machine? still not running alone without android. If I am correct it is :

1.Linux Kernel>2.Dalvik Virtual Machine> 3.Ubuntu as VM

What I wanna see is Ubuntu installed on the phone and boot in Ubuntu without touching android

but ok Tumb up

[ehenyor]

@ukayina Yes, it is something like a VM. You boot into Android and then start up Ubuntu. I believe there is a way to install Ubuntu in the way you describe, but it is quite buggy and you lose your phone features. Though, it's been awhile since I've checked.

[deanschreiber12]

@ukayina I ran it successfully by following his instructions, my phone doesn't have a 1GHz CPU so it is extremely slow.

The phone isn't connecting to a PC. It's connecting to itself (that's what localhost is). I can turn off my PC and it runs.

[ROcheater]

203 likes, 0 dislikes...awesome!

[ehenyor]

Thanks so much for the quick reply! Can't wait to hear about the G2 progress. :)

[ehenyor]

Any luck installing this on the HTC G2? Also, how does OpenOffice perform? Thanks!

[zedomax]

@ehenyor Working on the G2 this week, I will have to test OpenOffice.

[neilbantoc37]

can you do the adb shell thingy using terminal emulator on the phone?

[zedomax]

@neilbantoc37 Yes, same thing, I don't like using it because typing on TE is much much slower unless you have a bluetooth keyboard.

[djmax1919]

tnx man it works ok on LG gt540 ;)

[FischundCoProduction]

very good tutorial

[TheMightyMagic]

can't you just flash the .zip in recovery?

[xoxoluvcrisxoxo]

i had a question. there are many android os tablets coming out that are gonna be running intel chips. i was wondering since its possible to run ubuntu on an android os phone. would it be possible to run a full version of windows7 on an android os tablet???

[SatanicaLvx666]

does this work on the epic 4g???? I assme that it will, but I wanted secondary verification

[emanueldolo]

does this work on htc hero?

[CalmOne13]

i would like to know if this is posibble on android tablets and if they can do wifi hacks...

[biggiesmalls657]

does it work on the LG ALLY cause im new to linux code and i cant figure it out. HELP please would be appreciated!

[weehooherod]

Got it working on my Evo. Had to delete all of the .apk files from my sd card to get chroot working.

[Fan0Prototype]

not working for xperia x10..?

[miladinovic87]

i have installed it on my desire(using this and two other tutorials, i have froyo(rooted with unrevoked), ive added busybox files to system/bin folder and copied mount from sbin folder to system/bin)

and it worked, but couldnt shut down.(and my linux shell looked differently it had blue background and taskbar was on the bottom(im not linux user, just wanted to try it out) so ive switched off my phone, and back on, and since then it does not work :)

[XaeroDegreaz]

This is a great tutorial, but wen I boot into Gnome, all I get is a blank grey background and an X for a mouse pointer.

No start menu, or taskbar. Any suggestions?

Should i sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop or something?

[XaeroDegreaz]

@XaeroDegreaz Samsung Vibrant

[deanschreiber12]

@XaeroDegreaz Give it some time. Ubuntu is loading. You'll see the desktop soon enough.

[kopele578]

Works only on rooted phones?

[kopele578]

@kopele578 Ok sry i have visited the official page and answered by my self,YES I NEED A ROOTED N1..

[ibodo91]

nice job:)

[NeophyteOneable]

that looks extremely laggy imo, is it?

[LiLDoMiNioN]

will it work on my rooted eris

[robertranjan]

You should install recordmydesktop application on ubuntu to create tutorial like this.

command would be: sudo apt-get install recordmydesktop

[SickTechShow]

I get an error: UBUNTU.IMG value too large, any help PLEASE

[SickTechShow]

in ls -l it states that ubuntu.img is too large and doesnt show up, any help PLEASE

[Zammin]

If ubuntu can work on nexusone.. Can this (same)step be apply to other android devices?

[zedomax]

@Zammin Yes, works on any Android except you will most likely need a kernel that has loop support on it. Nexus One does, others you will need to compile a custom kernel with loop device support.

[TheNameThatsNotTaken]

@zedomax

Hi, I have a Nexus S so would need to do any extra steps since both phones are similar?

[melchisalins]

so can the nexus wifi card do monitor mode or raw packet injection???

[zedomax]

@melchisalins Not that I know of yet, I tried it.

[duddy11]

I am in the GUI right now, but there are no apps that seem to work. I can't even open any windows. It seems to be running pretty fast (Im on the droid incredible). Did I do something wrong during the intsall?

[duddy11]

do we have to use android vnc viewer? can we use xtralogic's remote desktop clientt

[deanschreiber12]

@duddy11 sure

[itsMido2]

you are just amazing!!!

[duddy11]

can't you do all these commands with terminal emulator right on your phone? do you HAVE to use ABD Shell?

[DJBludLust]

got it working and love it, although the interface changed after i rebooted my phone, but it isn't too big a deal.

[thenerdal]

Linux FTW!

[cplexroro]

lol boontoo haha its pronounced you-bun-too

[mehrizi78]

Is he installing Linux from a windows machine to a andriod phone?

[Txepetzcatl]

@zedomax

[kipdec2]

Do you think this is possible on the Apad, not ipad, even if ubuntu is not used, rather a lightweight derivative? e.g. Jolicloud?

[oliver18754]

Have you tried this on an iPhone or iPod touch? Please make a video about it and let me know how this process can work on an iPod touch. Thanks.

[zedomax]

You can take out the lxde and stuff in /root/.bashrc to boot gnome but i dont think apps work in that fashion, u need to stick with lxde I believe.

[HarryHyper]

@zedomax will this work on a galaxy s vibrant?

[scandiskros]

HI! first of all i wanto to thank you and congratulate you for this magnific tutorial!

I managed to install ubuntu, but i do have one question.

The fist time i runned ubuntu, the deskopt was the same as in the video, gnome, but after rebooting my phone it changed to a lxde one... is there anyway i can get the gnome deskopt back? the one you have

thank you! and again, wonderful tutorial!

[dajosova]

Is this video valid for HTC Desire ?

[paulpayton]

Can you run a browser in ubuntu and view hulu?

[cumulus0007]

@paulpayton I don't know if there is adobe flash for linux available for the Nexus One's CPU.

[metalmlo0352]

If companies would stop being retarded and imagine that their customers might not be fucking morons, they could sell this ability as an actual feature in an Android tablet...they could find a way to get a very basic debian distribution running with any debian program you want...EHHHHH?

[BlaZzeDproduction]

on my nexus one when i type in cd \sdk\tools it says the "system cannot find the path specified"plz help thanks

[Omega92]

@BlaZzeDproduction the sdk\tools dir is on your computer. you need to install the android sdk

[HelpYouGerman]

@zedomax Is this work on Motorola Milestone (Droid) ?

[gustavohuink]

What Camcorder/Professional Cam do you use?

[xd1000fpga]

awesome idea man!!!

As far as I understand, ubuntu is running in background, android vnc connects to vnc server which is running on ubuntu.

My question is are these two OS running parallel or one on another, say ubuntu runs on andorid as an app.

[xd1000fpga]

awesome idea man!!!

As far as I understand, ubuntu is running in background, android vnc connects to vnc server which is running on ubuntu.

My question is are these two OS running parallel or one on another, say ubuntu runs on andorid as an app.

[kenny4me93]

omg, only if it was for moto droid..

[angelusp777]

you dont need to thank me, i thank you rather...

[panoet2]

WOW!!!!

[nvanadium]

Does the cursor work when you use the track ball and also click it?

[GMrdgez]

cool man, nice vid

[SickTechnologies]

Before I do this can Someone PLEASe answer some questions:

-Can u use wifi when on linux (or 3g)?

-u do the vnc thing but u dont need internet access to do it right?

-is it really worth the time? nothing can brick the phone? (Taken it is already rooted)

Thanks

[xc1024]

VNC display. It would look much better if it was fully native port. But still, good job. Keep that up.

[linohf]

baba :D

[mcp2009]

where did you get that case man its awesome?

[zedomax]

@mcp2009 Oh the case is actually for HTC Droid Incredible, I just use it as a "case".

[victorvelasco1]

does it work great on evo? cause ill do this if it does :D

[zedomax]

@victorvelasco1 It's supposed to but I am getting some kind of error on Evo so... wait until I figure it out! :)

[victorvelasco1]

@zedomax hey max i fixed the # >$ error i was getting but i probably got stuck where u did after typing bootubuntu says failed....

[tontonflingueur]

@victorvelasco1

How did you fix that??

[victorvelasco1]

@tontonflingueur rebooted done then when I put adb shell it showed Su permissions I just hit allow and there was #. BTW u can do all of cmd steps in a terminal from ur fone.

[zedomax]

@victorvelasco1 See the update bootubuntu script!

[shoemeistah010101]

@zedomax

hi, very cool. but where can i see the updated script?

[shoemeistah010101]

@zedomax

hi, very cool. but where can i see the updated script?

[zedomax]

@shoemeistah010101 You can see at the bottom of the blog post, linked in description!