Installing Debian sid on Nexus 4

1. Put device in developer mode (if not done already), see for example:

• http://www.androidcentral.com/how-enable-developer-settings-android-42
• then sudo fastboot oem unlock from fastboot menu

2. Install adb plus fastboot
3. Reboot device, hold down volume-down key to get to fastboot screen

• or adb reboot bootloader

4. At fastboot screen, fastboot boot boot/mako-boot.img

• This will not flash this kernel, so next time you reboot you are back to your original kernel.

5. Run adb push rootfs/ /data
6. Run adb push busybox /data
7. Connect to device: adb shell, cd /data
8. On device, extract files: cat sid-armhf.tar.gz_a* |./busybox tar xvz
9. Stop android UI and start chroot: stop, /data/sid/start-chroot.sh, ./enter-chroot.sh
10. start X: LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib Xorg :0, DISPLAY=:0 LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib fluxbox
11. install anything else you need with apt, add users adduser, ...

NOTES:

for more information, refer to: https://github.com/freedreno/nexus4-fedora