#Pixel3a

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.

#infosec #opsec #security #linux #hacking #android

Looking into protecting myself via flashing #graphene_os on my #Pixel3a - which iirc I paid $500 for and still use daily for everything

My phone is now apparently only worth $12, and will continue to spy on me because its "out of support" - even for GrapheneOS @GrapheneOS

I realize the technical security reasons for this, but like, I still use my Pixel3a for gaming and other high intensity activities

There does not seem to be any options;
I cannot afford to upgrade
#security #opsec #infosec

Strefa Linuxstrefalinux
2025-04-24

Raz na wozie, raz pod wozem... Nie każdy projekt zawsze się udaje, u mnie nie wypalił pomysł z instalacją Ubuntu Touch na Pixelu 3a. Dlaczego? Wszystkiego można dowiedzieć się z najnowszego wpisu:

strefalinux.pl/linux-w-kieszen

Smartfon Pixel 3a z ekranem Recovery.
2025-04-15

@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.

2025-03-27

@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:)

2025-03-14

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my linux-phone-as-daily-driver-journey took me from 2years of #librem5 (everything functions, but way to slow & outdated software) to 1year of #op6t (perfect phone - except that calling is not reliable:D) to some months of the #pixel3a now.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?

NerdNextDoor :Blobhaj:mrmasterkeyboard
2025-03-02

is now in the edge/community repo on and officially!

I’m the sole maintainer of Kuroko on !

Here’s me installing it on a fresh copy of on a to celebrate!

Thanks the person on my original post for convincing me and the Alpine team.

I did ! The joke is now reality. Please as this is a big achievement for me!!!

Rémi du Nordremidu@mamot.fr
2025-02-24

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…

#TeamPixel #Google #Android

Stefan Two Four OneStefanTwoFourOne
2025-02-05

Großer Abend: E5500 22.04 -> 24.04 && OS 21 -> 22.
Noch sieht alles gut aus :-)

2025-01-27

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?

2025-01-25

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.

Melde: #Pixel3a erfolgreich auf Android 15 (#LineageOS) geupdatet.

#secondlife #freeyourandroid #shitwetterchallenge

Eine Nahaufnahme eines Handybildschirms, der Befehlszeilen zum Aktualisieren von Software anzeigt. Es werden Meldungen zum Senden eines Pakets, zur Überprüfung des Updates und zur Installation angezeigt, wobei der Fortschritt angezeigt wird. Ein Ladekabel mit einem roten Band ist unten teilweise sichtbar.
NerdNextDoor :Blobhaj:mrmasterkeyboard
2025-01-14

This may be the first powered device or even first EVER to build and run the dialect!

repo for Kuroko (made by the same guy who created ToaruOS and even he ported Kuroko to UEFI):

github.com/kuroko-lang/kuroko

(Built on master branch directly from which is cool!)

UPDATE:
gitlab.alpinelinux.org/alpine/

Now attempting to get Kuroko officially in Alpine repos!

Kuroko 1.5.0a1 running on pmOS on kernel 6.12.8-SDM670 using GCC 14.2.0
NerdNextDoor :Blobhaj:mrmasterkeyboard
2025-01-13

Decided to take on the challenge of putting on the 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.

sorcerer86sorcerer86@c.im
2025-01-05

Mein altes #Pixel3a mit #LineageOS auf #Android15 gebracht. Ganz ehrlich. Es läuft jetzt besser, als jemals zuvor.

Rémi du Nordremidu@mamot.fr
2025-01-04

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?

2024-12-19

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

A photo of two laptops and two phones, all of which are running postmarketOS. On the left side is an ASUS Chromebook CM14 (Codename tentacool, based on the corsola ChromeOS board) with a Google Pixel 3a (codename sargo) on top and on the right side is a Microsoft Surface Pro 3 with a Nexus 5 (codename hammerhead) on top. The laptops are running GNOME, and the phones are running Phosh.
2024-12-03

@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.

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