Proud to announce no more physical #spyware from #Google in my pocket!
Success in flashing Ubuntu Touch @ubports to my #Pixel3a phone.
Took all day and was frustrating, but I think the peace of mind will be well worth it.
Still need to finish porting my apps, and learn the new #ubuntu interfaces
Google's documentation pages have way too many 404 links.
@resingm I haven't yet figured out/had time to access Google PlayStore Apps, though I'm pretty sure you can do that, just not out of the box.
The two apps not native are YouTube and Mastodon, from OpenStore
Some of the core parts of the OS UI I am not fond of, like how many more taps it takes to access my phone flashlight, wifi settings, etc on the top of the screen. Google Pixel3a's UI was really nice with its swipe button menu there
Never know when you need a quick flashlight in an emergency
@resingm I have not had much time to gauge performance, its only been like a few hours.
YouTube is draining my already worn battery pretty quick (~1-2h), but it seems to be web-based. Might have more luck with a google play version.
There was a post I came across in 2020 that said there was a bug with battery drain under wifi use. Dunno if that got fixed.
I do intend to make this my daily driver - if not this then another OS.
@jtgd No, I had no idea what I was doing.
Started with https://devices.ubuntu-touch.io/installer/
Steps 1&2 took 90% of my time:
Led me to google pixel firmware docs (lots of 404 links)
https://developers.google.com/android/images#sargo
I used the "flash-all.bat" from cmd after bootloader unlocking, to downgrade to android 9
This guide's section
https://xdaforums.com/t/guide-pixel-3a-sargo-unlock-bootloader-update-root-pass-safetynet.4443459/
for "unlocking bootloader". Also the stuff before under "Prerequisites" is needed - especially the google USB driver on host PC
@ubports installer took care of the rest!
Bamboy
Max Resing
jtgd