More info - $ adb reboot-bootloader works fine $ ubuntu-device-flash touch --channel=ubuntu-touch/stable/ubuntu --bootstrap 2016/10/17 13:21:31 Expecting the device to be in the bootloader... waiting waiting for 40 minutes... time to go to work!
More info - $ adb reboot-bootloader ubuntu- touch/stable/ ubuntu --bootstrap
works fine
$ ubuntu-device-flash touch --channel=
2016/10/17 13:21:31 Expecting the device to be in the bootloader... waiting
waiting for 40 minutes... time to go to work!