Hacking Ubuntu Touch: Index

I’ve written a series on the internals of Ubuntu Touch and how to hack the bq Aquaris E4.5 Ubuntu Edition and Meizu MX4 Ubuntu Edition production devices. This page lists all articles and will be updated every time I publish something.

• Hacking the bq, Part 1: Bootloader, Fastboot and Recovery

• Hacking the bq, Part 2: Factory Mode

• Hacking Ubuntu Touch, Part 1: ubuntu-device-flash

• Hacking Ubuntu Touch, Part 2: Devices and Images

• Hacking Ubuntu Touch, Part 3: How images are flashed

• Hacking Ubuntu Touch, Part 4: Developer mode and ADB

• Hacking Ubuntu Touch, Part 5: adb shell vs. phablet-shell

• Hacking Ubuntu Touch, Part 6: Logfiles

• Hacking the bq, Part 3: Supported media plugins and codecs

• Hacking Ubuntu Touch, Part 7: System and process monitoring tools (part 1)

• MediaTek details: SoC startup

• Hacking the bq, Part 4: Building and booting a kernel

• MediaTek details: Partitions and Preloader

• Hacking Ubuntu Touch, Part 8: Fastboot

• MediaTek details: Little Kernel