Android Developer Ports Ubuntu Touch to the Xiaomi Redmi Note 7
Mar. 21, 2020If you’ve been following the development scene ofGeneric System Image (GSI) portsandProject Treble, you probably might be familiar with a developer named Erfan Abdi. The developer has now managed to portUbuntu Touchto the Xiaomi Redmi Note 7.
As reported by XDA-Developers, Erfan started working on the project based on the existing port of Ubuntu Touch for the F(x)tec Pro1 (a slider phone from a London-based startup) by Halium (a project to unify the HAL of GNU/Linux on Android) developer NotKit and anUbuntu Touch port for the Xiaomi Redmi 4Xby Danct12.
The report states that Danct12 contributed to bringing up the device tree for the project. Take a look at the teaser video below where you’ll see a Redmi Note 7 booting up Ubuntu Touch.
I know, this sounds complex and it is not easy as an averagecustom ROMinstallation. If you have no prior experience in installing GSI ports or even custom ROMs, we would highly advise you not to recreate these steps as you might end up getting your device bricked.
According to the report, Project Halium developers have to rewrite compatibility layers to reuse existing Android drivers due to the introduction of Project Treble. This might lead to a possible Ubuntu Touch GSI in the future, which in turn will make the installation process more standardized and simplified.
Featured Image Courtesy: Erfan Abdi / Twitter
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