How can I install Ubuntu on a Samsung SM-T535? [duplicate]

With the announcement of the Ubuntu Phone OS I'd like to know what phone (and tablet) models are supported at this time.

Note from foss & Oli: We are making this the master question for all future "Will this work on <insert random tablet/phone/device here>?!" questions

Note that Canonical ended development of Ubuntu Touch and any work on phones in April 2017.


Supported Devices

  • Nexus 4
  • Nexus 7 2013 WiFi
  • BQ Aquaris E4.5 (announcement)
  • BQ Aquaris E5 (announcement)
  • BQ Aquaris M10 (announcement)
  • Meizu MX4 (announcement)
  • Meizu PRO 5 (announcement)

Previously Supported Devices

  • Galaxy Nexus
  • Nexus 7 (2012)
  • Nexus 10

These devices have been deprecated and further development & updates may longer be available.

Porting to Other Devices

Directly quoting from the Ubuntu Wiki (obsolete URL removed!):

We want to port Ubuntu Touch to all kinds of devices. If you have experience in porting code to Android devices or are generally knowledgeable in terms of porting, working with the Kernel and other core bits and pieces of a distribution, this might be interesting to you.

Moreover, there's really no way to tell which future devices people will choose to work on, however there is a working list of devices that the community is working to enable here:

  • https://devices.ubuntu-touch.io/

Release Notes in the blog

  • Be sure to check for Known Issues before you proceed.
  • And Device Specific Issues as well.

Applications Available

The Developer Preview comes with the following functioning applications:

  • Gallery
  • Phone (Dialler, SMS, Address Book)
  • Camera
  • Browser
  • Media Player
  • Notepad
  • Music app
  • Calculator
  • Weather app

Installing Applications

  • Download application from store. Supported Application can be found in App-Store!
  • Or you can use The SDK to create an application of your own.

Only for Evaluation

  • Quoting from Ubuntu Wiki (obsolete URL removed!):

    The Touch Developer Preview project provides the open source code for enthusiasts and developers, to familiarise themselves with Ubuntu's phone and tablet experience and develop applications on spare devices.

    It is currently work in progress and intended for enthusiasts who want to contribute testing and building the platform.

  • Further quoting from their Install page (obsolete URL removed!):

    It does not provide all the features and services of a retail phone and cannot replace your current handset.

    This process will delete all data from the device. Restoring Android will not restore this data.

    So be sure to do a complete backup before venturing out.

Flashing the device

Head here for instructions on flashing your device.

What to expect after flashing

  • Shell and core applications
  • Connection to the GSM network (on Galaxy Nexus and Nexus 4)
  • Phone calls and SMS (on Galaxy Nexus and Nexus 4)
  • Networking via Wi-Fi
  • Functional camera (front and back)
  • Device accessible through the Android Developer Bridge tool (adb)
  • Daily use of the phone
  • Advanced usage

More Ubuntu Touch Documentation


NOTE: This answer was quite old, with many obsolete URLs! Many of them are migrated and that data not available on newer portal, I have tried to keep original answer as it is with this edit. Help this answer to serve better!


I have started an Ubuntu Touch FAQ in order to have some answers to frequent questions available:

please look here: On which devices does this Developer Preview run?

and here: Can you make it run on my device xyz as well?


I wrote about this a while back but I figure this may help those who stumble across this in the future. Top 5 devices you can buy right now that we know support Ubuntu Touch:

  1. Samsung Galaxy Nexus
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  2. Google (LG) Nexus 4
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  3. Google (ASUS) Nexus 7
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  4. Google (Samsung) Nexus 10
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  5. Aionol Novo7 Venus
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It's certainly not slated as a supported hardware and I would say it's unlikely to ever officially become such. The only two tablets supported are the Nexus 7 and Nexus 10. Phone support is again only slated for Nexus devices (Nexus 4 and Galaxy Nexus).

You may be able to hack it on but given the differing hardware, you'd have to do quite a bit of work.


As of tomorow (02-21-2013) there should be downloadable images available that will work on the Google Nexus (by Samsung), Nexus 4, Nexus 7 and Nexus 10.

They will only work on those 4 devices cause they've been specifically compiled for that hardware.

Since the code will be published online it is to be expected that over the coming weeks and month many other devices will get ports – either officially from Canonical or from independent developers – that will allow you to flash it on your specific hardware.

Good places to look for future information regarding 'Ubuntu for Tablets/Phones' (and especially ports) would probably be OMG! Ubuntu! , Phoronix or ubuntu-news

Update:
See this page for more official information of porting Ubuntu touch Ubuntu Wiki as of tomorow (02-22-2013) it will have detailed information of what needs to be done to port to other devices.