#pixel3a
@dploeger @lazarus @hannsr zum ausprobieren lohnt sich sicherlich auch ein google #pixel3a mit @postmarketOS kostet gebraucht ca. 70 euro. ich daily drive das seit geraumer zeit und bin sehr zufrieden (bis auf die kamera, die ist noch recht crappy). verwende allerdings auch nur @signalapp als messenger (als desktopversion), k.a. wie es,mit whatsapp usw. aussieht.
It felt really cool to finally have a mobile (#Pixel3a) in my hands, where I could unlock bootloader! It was flawless to install #UbuntuTouch and the OS looks super awesome - its #Linux in my hands!
But it took only some hours until I reached my personal end. This is way too much tinkering and compromises.
Since several vendors implement their authentication only for Android, you have to keep your old phone with Android to authenticate here and there. Or you install Waydroid, and emulate it.
@michaelharley @debacle @TotalSonic i daily drive a google #pixel3a with #postmarketos and it is absolutely daily-driveable (if you don't need gps, thats the one thing not working, everything else works). however, the quality of the camera is bad, but i hope this will constantly improve in the near future:)
Dear #linuxmobile community, my linux-phone-as-daily-driver-journey took me from 2years of #librem5 (everything functions, but way to slow & outdated software) to 1year of #op6t (perfect phone - except that calling is not reliable:D) to some months of the #pixel3a now. feels like this could be the happy end of my journey, because you can actually use it as a fast-enough phone!:) a minor thing is however the missing gps: does anybody know if that can be fixed? or is it a hardware thing?
#Kuroko is now in the edge/community repo on #AlpineLinux and #postmarketOS officially!
I’m the sole maintainer of Kuroko on #Alpine!
Here’s me installing it on a fresh copy of #pmOS on a #Pixel3A to celebrate!
Thanks the person on my original #Mastodon post for convincing me and the Alpine #aports team.
I did #Fedi! The joke is now reality. Please #boost as this is a big achievement for me!!!
J'ai remplacé mon téléphone #Pixel3a par un #Pixel8. À cinq ans d'intervalle, on a beaucoup gagné en qualité photo, et c'est ce qui avait motivé ce changement, mais comment a-t-on pu perdre autant en ergonomie ? L'appareil est plus lourd et imposant, le lecteur d'empreinte sous l'écran est moins précis, et la navigation par gestes moins pratique mais quasi obligatoire sur une dalle aussi grande. Et dire que ce modèle est considéré comme l'un des plus compacts…
Finally got a chance to load up #PostmarketOS on a #pixel3a . It's still not ready for prime the but damn... it's exciting to watch it get better.
EDIT: For all those people asking me why it's not ready for prime time, I've got a new website and I think my first post should be a more detailed set of issues (large and small) that I've found with #PostmarketOS. Give me a week or two.
And thanks for all the boosts and favourites! My most popular post yet?
Today my #Android #Pixel3a notified me that its "Assistant" (which I'd disabled) could be replaced with the new AI alternate, which I declined; but then went into the Settings to discover that the Assistant was tracking my youtube history, so I told it not to.
However, the above action resulted in youtube forgetting all my history; not just a disconnect from the Assistant.
I don't even watch youtube on the handheld; it's just incomprehensible on mobile.
This #Pixel3a may be the first #postmarketOS powered device or even first #Phone EVER to build and run the #Kuroko #Python dialect!
#GitHub repo for Kuroko (made by the same guy who created ToaruOS and even he ported Kuroko to UEFI):
https://github.com/kuroko-lang/kuroko
(Built on master branch directly from #pmOS which is cool!)
UPDATE:
https://gitlab.alpinelinux.org/alpine/aports/-/merge_requests/78565
Now attempting to get Kuroko officially in Alpine repos!
Decided to take on the challenge of putting #archlinux on the #pixel3a which could be cool.
I know Kupfer exists, but I’ve had issues with it when I tried so… I think I’ll do it myself thanks.
Let’s see how this goes. Planning on calling it LunarisOS and Gitting it if I get anywhere.
Mein altes #Pixel3a mit #LineageOS auf #Android15 gebracht. Ganz ehrlich. Es läuft jetzt besser, als jemals zuvor.
I want to change my old #Pixel3a for a more recent #GooglePixel phone, mostly because of the photo quality. The #Pixel8 seems good and is the most compact, which is also important to me. Any thought or opinion on this model?
I have had this photo lying around for almost a month now... it's probably about time to finally post it.
postmarketOS device group photo! :D
@pcublogue i daily drove a #librem5 for 1 1/2 years and it was workable, but it is really, really slow and the battery is bad. now i am on a #oneplus6t running #pmos and thats quiet fast. big downer is the missing camera and an annoying bug with calls though. however, i thing the #pixel3a with @postmarketOS is nearly there for daily driving (e.g. camera is somewhat working). on the #Fairphone5 the camera seems to work with pmos, too, just recently. however, i do not know about the rest.
For #linuxmobile #postmarketos #mobian folks interested in cameras: there's a first version of patches for #libcamera softwareISP color correction matrix (CCM) support now: https://patchwork.libcamera.org/cover/22041/
Together with autofocus (AF) this probably the main missing feature to get a somewhat reasonable image quality on devices like the #pixel3a or #fairphone5 with open drivers / close to #mainlinelinux.
