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Procedure to Update Ubuntu on your Android:
Download Ubuntu Installer App, VNC Viewer App, terminal app from Google’s PLAY Store in your phone.
Download Boot Strip & Ubuntu Image* from here to your computer and place the same in your device’s internal memory.
*Download the appropriate Ubuntu Image,
Ubuntu 12.04 v4 Core – just the basic install of ubuntu no GUI about 200MB to download and 750MB once extracted,
Ubuntu 12.04 v4 Small – Includes the LXDE desktop about 400MB to download and 2GB once extracted giving about 1GB free space and includes normal programs like firefox,
Ubuntu 12.04 v4 Full – The image you have been waiting for including Unity! plus a range of programs this is 1.3GB to download and 3.5GB once extracted with about 1.5GB free space
Once you have downloaded the above two zip files, extract the files in a folder called Ubuntu and copy the same to your Android phone’s internal memory.
Open the terminal in your phone and enter the below mentioned commands one after other in the same chronological manner,
su
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cd /sdcard/Ubuntu
sh Ubuntu.sh
Up next you will be asked to select the screen size, select 800 x 480 or 1024 x 600 as per your choice. Up next, you will get a message root@localhost:/# : if you get this message then it means that Ubuntu is running and click on “Next”, (If you don’t get this then check with the device rooting status with the help of Root Checker app from Play Store and Busy Box installation)
Now, terminal will act as the Ubuntu command line, to connect to the GUI you need to run the VNC Viewer app which you have downloaded in your Android Phone.
Set your IP Address to local host and port number as 5900. Enter the password as “Ubuntu &the press “Connect” to connect and GUI will be rendering the same. Once you are finished in Ubuntu, type on exit in the command line and wait till the same shuts down.
Note: Just in a rare case if the device is not updated and it gets into the boot loop mode, you need to again clear the cache from the recovery mode and retry the whole process from the start.
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So there you go, you have now successfully applied the update of Ubuntu in your Android. Do share with us in the comments section just in case if you face any issues as we will try our level best to sort out the same.