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I'm working about a month now on turning my BQ Aquaris E4.5 Android edition into an Ubuntu Edition.

unfortunatly I always get this error:

    2015/04/25 14:35:20 Device is |krillin|
    2015/04/25 14:35:21 Flashing version 21 from ubuntu-touch/stable/bq-     aquaris.en channel and server https://system-image.ubuntu.com to device krillin
    2015/04/25 14:35:21 ubuntu-touch/ubuntu-rtm/14.09 is a channel alias to ubuntu-touch/stable/bq-aquaris.en
    67.41 MB / 67.41 MB [======================================] 100.00 % 1.70 MB/s 
    60.40 MB / 60.40 MB [======================================] 100.00 % 1.48 MB/s 
    286.68 MB / 286.68 MB [====================================] 100.00 % 2.94 MB/s 
    /root/.cache/ubuntuimages/ubuntu-touch/stable/bq-aquaris.en/krillin/version-21.tar.xz
    /root/.cache/ubuntuimages/gpg/image-signing.tar.xz
    /root/.cache/ubuntuimages/gpg/image-master.tar.xz
    /root/.cache/ubuntuimages/pool/device-0142302186687e3e48e6987283f6caf5d471a4160f98aa6a3cb7658f96471297.tar.xz
2015/04/25 14:37:18 Can't flash recovery image

however, on my device screen (fastboot) it says: `Partition 'recovery' not support flash

how do I get around this and flash ubuntu-touch to it

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The Android version of the phone needs to be repartitioned before Ubuntu can be installed on it.

You can follow How to Install Ubuntu on bq Aquaris e4.5, to get your phone configured such that you can flash Ubuntu onto it with ubuntu-device-flash.

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Thanks for your reply, unfortunatly, the flashtool provided in that tutorial doesn't work (it shows no indication that it's doing anything) – Finlay Roelofs May 13 '15 at 7:23
    
F.y.i This is how the flashtool looks like after hitting download device is almost completely off (it only shows a 'charging' screen but I can't get rid of that) – Finlay Roelofs May 13 '15 at 8:01
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wohoooo it works :D I had to turnoff the phone, start the tool, click download and THEN connect the phone... – Finlay Roelofs May 13 '15 at 13:47

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