Halium

06 March 2026 20:40

since halium 9 it no longer needed to build halium itself

Halium

06 March 2026 18:11

Hello, I'm a longtime linux-phone enthusiast, but never tried porting things myself, having limited time, and let's be honest limited skills (never programmed anything in C or C#, never played around with customising a kernel before...).
But I'm interested in playing around for fun, even with low chances of getting things fully working on my own.
I'd love to get my hands on a cheap second hand device and give porting a try. The goal would be "just" to get the test image of halium booting first. Ideally in the end I'd like to go further and port Ubtouch, Droidian or Lune OS, but with my skills it's probably too optimistic isn't it ?.
I got my eyes on a Motorola Moto G 5G Plus (https://wiki.lineageos.org/devices/nairo/variant1/). I saw several offers at 50€ and below (I'd like to avoid spending more on something I have high chances of bricking ^^') and It has a lineage os ROM, more than 2Go of Ram, kernel 4.19... From what I read on Halium's doc, it sounds like a good candidate for playing around with porting.
But also, I see no Motorola device compatible with Ubtouch, which makes me think there might be something I'm missing, and more difficulties ahead.
Ultimately I'm OK if I fail the port, I just wanna have fun, but also I don't wanna start my first try on a device that's a dead end anyway.
What do you think ?
Does it sound like an OK device to start with ? Any other recommendation ?
Any comment on that little hobby project is welcome :)

Halium

05 March 2026 16:36

i think as long as the PR gives enough of an explaination it should be fine

Halium

05 March 2026 15:52

Hello,

I have an hybris patch which fixes an Halium-11 problem affecting the camera recording hardware_mode+audio. on some Halium OS (reported on Droiidian and UbuntuTouch for xiaomi vayu).

I would like to know if i'm free to do a PR, or i need to open any issue for review the patch before.

Thank you!

Halium

02 March 2026 19:55

i dont know, who am i to punish curiosity. who knows future dev xD

Halium

02 March 2026 19:48

Hello and good evening people, anyone using the Matrix: #halium:matrix.org ?
someone inside the ubuntu touch community (that does not use Telegram) likes to join

Halium

01 March 2026 17:58

Hey i need help. Iam trying to install ubuntu touch on my Samsung a32 5g. Does anyone know how to do that?
Thanks yall

Halium

01 March 2026 12:05

wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/Infinix_Hot_30_(infinix-x6831)

Halium

01 March 2026 11:56

Basically expect everything to be broken

Halium

01 March 2026 11:49

Hi, there is no kernel source code on my device, is it possible to run halium on it?

Halium

22 February 2026 16:53

there's no port of UT for that device, so you'll have to make it

Halium

20 February 2026 22:10

For example, Ubuntu Touch has a guide with ubports' so you would search for "ubports porting guide"

Halium

20 February 2026 21:44

On the official documentation, it says the Lineage Os 12.1 or 14.1 is needed to port. But if my device is running Android 13, do I need to have those versions for my device?

Halium

17 February 2026 09:13

depends on your device VNDK version and target distro

Halium

05 February 2026 19:17

we're at this point in time where you can't just buy a random phone and expect it to work, prior research is required as the list of viable options is pretty short

Halium

06 March 2026 20:40

if you want to port it is better to follow the porting documentation of your target OS

Halium

05 March 2026 16:37

Great, will do then, thank you!

Halium

05 March 2026 16:35

yes you are free to file an PR

Halium

02 March 2026 19:56

i mean if their goal for example is to port ubunu touch, they should read the documentation linked above— it links to the porting room on matrix

Halium

02 March 2026 19:53

that room is no longer really used, what is their goal?

Halium

01 March 2026 19:47

you cannot, you'll need to port. you can start here: docs.ubports.com/porting

Halium

01 March 2026 13:38

based on https://www.deviceinfohw.ru/devices/item.php?item=117991 your stock is pre-GKI (kernel v4.19, not v5.4 or higher), simply not worth bothering with likely any devices of the brand

Halium

01 March 2026 12:04

With the mainline kernel as well

Halium

01 March 2026 11:56

It's not easy, you generally need the kernel patches

Halium

24 February 2026 07:34

postmarket os but all drivers not working just like termux but reall system 👍

Halium

22 February 2026 11:32

Hello everyone! samsung galaxy j7 prime, I can install Ubuntu touch?

Halium

20 February 2026 22:09

If your device released with Android 13 then you should follow the direct guide for whichever OS you want to port on your device

Halium

17 February 2026 09:13

there is not much involved that is part of Halium specifically

Halium

16 February 2026 16:38

How stable and functional is Halium 14 right now?🐧

Halium

05 February 2026 19:16

Samsung has closed bootloader unlock on their devices recently, Xiaomi make it as painful as possible