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How to install Ubuntu Touch in Lenovo Tab M10 HD (2nd Gen) - X306X (Wi-Fi+LTE)
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Why didn't I follow the standard process like using sp flash tool?

tl;dr

I have an unsupported device X306X (Wi-Fi+LTE) (X306F (Wi-Fi) is supported) and I use linux.

Long Version

  1. I tried to follow the standard process, but first I had to do these things:
    1. Find Android 11 to be installed.
    2. sp flash tool for linux.
    3. Driver for mediatek device for Linux.
    4. adb & fastboot v30 for linux
  2. Finding Android 11 was very difficult, I searched XDA and other forums, but evetually found it.
  3. Sp flash tool was easy to find, but the tutorials were not very clear on it. Got multiple errors with it, but eventually was able to resolve them.
  4. Now comes the hard part, sp flash tool was not able to find the device.
    1. Although the device was discoverable by adb & fastboot.
    2. I stumbled upon the reason as driver not being installed for it.
    3. And to my surprise there were no drivers for linux for lenovo devices. (dmesg | grep usb)
    4. I found a tutorial for it, but even this didn't work for me.
  5. Then I decided to use fastboot and found another great tutorial for the same.
  6. Now comes the magical part: taking risk. UBports Installer clearly says this, Don't try to flash an image to an unsupported device, it won't work.
  7. Then I folowed the tutorial for X306F And that's how ended up flashing UT in my unsupported device.
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UT_Install_ReadMe.md

If your device is X306F (Wi-Fi Only), follow the standard process on UT's website: https://devices.ubuntu-touch.io/device/amar-row-wifi/

Steps for Installing UT in Lenovo Tab M10 HD (2nd Gen) - X306X (Wi-Fi+LTE) using Linux

  1. Install adb and fastboot version 30.0
  2. Unlock Bootloader and Enable USB debugging
  3. Download the latest firmware of Android 11 and extract the zip.
  4. Boot your device in fastboot mode by holding volume down and power keys together.
  5. Run fastboot devices to confirm if the device is being detected or not.
  6. Open a terminal in unzipped directory and run the following commands
fastboot flash preloader preloader_amar_row_lte.bin
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot flash vbmeta_system vbmeta_system.img
fastboot flash vbmeta_vendor vbmeta_vendor.img
fastboot flash vbmeta vbmeta.img
fastboot flash logo logo-verified.bin
fastboot flash md1img md1img-verified.img
fastboot flash spmfw spmfw-verified.img
fastboot flash scp1 scp-verified.img
fastboot flash scp2 scp-verified.img
fastboot flash sspm_1 sspm-verified.img
fastboot flash sspm_2 sspm-verified.img
fastboot flash lk lk-verified.img
fastboot flash lk2 lk-verified.img
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot flash dtbo dtbo-verified.img
fastboot flash tee1 tee-verified.img
fastboot flash tee2 tee-verified.img
fastboot flash cache cache.img
fastboot flash lenovocust lenovocust.img
fastboot flash lenovoraw lenovoraw.img
fastboot flash super super.img
fastboot flash userdata userdata.img

fastboot reboot
  1. This will Install Android 11 which is required for installing UT as it's based on Halium 11
  2. Now follow the instructions here
  3. Run fastboot reboot

X306X runinng Ubuntu Touch

Congrats!! You've got yourself a UT installed device!! Enjoy and donate to the community :-)

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thekosmix commented Nov 17, 2024

Those who need help with installation on different Lenovo M10 HD tablets, can reach out on this telegram channel

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alexandrufulop commented Jan 14, 2025

@thekosmix Thank you so much for putting this together and to all the people that contributed to this project!

I am wondering how could we extend the system partition so we could use apt to install some other packages!

Thank you!

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AnAnonymousPotato commented Mar 12, 2025 •
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I have the same device (TB-X306X), the 4GB RAM, LTE+WiFi variant. I'm on Windows. I can flash Android 11 easily using the Lenovo Software Fix tool (formerly called Rescue & Smart Assistant).

When in bootloader mode, and after flashing boot.img, recovery.img and vbmeta.img, when I do fastboot reboot fastboot, the device does not go into fastboot mode, but instead starts bootlooping and I have to fix it using Lenovo Software Fix.

What step could I be doing wrong? Used this recovery and vbmeta image.

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thekosmix commented Mar 25, 2025

@AnAnonymousPotato you can reach out to creators at this telegram channel

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ehecatl-joel commented Apr 25, 2025

I have the same issue as @AnAnonymousPotato I have the TB-X306X with 4GB RAM, LTE+WiFi. I'm trying to install using Ubports on Arch Linux via the official AppImage and when the device should boot into fastbootd mode, it bootloops.

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thekosmix commented Jun 16, 2025

Now this device is officially on UT channel: https://devices.ubuntu-touch.io/device/amar-row-lte/

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