Procedure to Update Ubuntu in Droid 4:
- First up you need to install the BusyBox, TERMINAL and VNC Viewer along with the Ubuntu installer app in your Droid 4 phone.
- After this, you need to follow the on screen instructions and download small of larger image of the phone use zeroktal’s ubuntud4.zip file instead of the boot script provided in the guide) after the image downloads (will take a while because the file is HUGE) and then click on Next.
- Now, you need to connect your Droid 4 with the computer in the USB Storage mode and create the “Ubuntu” folder in the external sdcard’s root and not in any of the sub folder.
- Extract the image which you downloaded to the directory and then extract the image which you have downloaded in that directory to attach .sh (ununtud4.zip) to that directory.
- Now, you need to disconnect the phone from the computer and open the terminal to enter the below mentioned commands,
su [ENTER]
mount -o remount,rw,exec,suid /dev/block/vold/179:1 /mnt/sdcard-ext [ENTER]
cd /mnt/sdcard-ext/ubuntu [ENTER]
sh ubuntud4.sh [ENTER]
960×540 [ENTER]**
- After this if you get an error message : ubuntud4.sh: 45: syntax error: end of file unexpected (expecting “then”) see troubleshooting section below,
killall -TERM Xtightvnc [ENTER]
vncserver :1 -geometry 960×540 [ENTER]**
- Now, open the androidVNC application and enter the below mentioned settings,
Nickname: Anything you want
Password: ubuntu
Address: localhost
Port: 5901
Color Format: 24-bit color (4 bpp)
- Now, after this click on “Connect” and hit Menu with the Soft button and then input mode to the touch pad.
Just in case if you wish to shut down the Ubuntu, then you need to press the Menu button and select the option “Disconnect” in the VNC. In terminal type this command 3 times (terminal will close itself when you are done):
exit [ENTER]
To Start Ubuntu Again : You need to follow the steps from “su [ENTER] mount -o remoun ….” to “Color Format: 24-bit color (4 bpp)”
So there you go, you have now successfully installed the Ubuntu in your Motorola Droid 4. Do let us know in the comments section just in case if you face any issues as we will try to address the same at the earliest.
