First Time Install
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@manchee1017 Okay, great, thanks!
It's a used phone I'm getting through an Amazon seller, but if the listing is accurate it should be G020G model. Hopefully the bootloader is unlocked, according to answers to a couple people who asked it is.
Okay so here's the plan:
Get the phone
Swap the SIM
See if data, SMS, MMS, calling work
Copy down APN settings
If everything seems good flash UTLooking forward to reporting success by...the 9th hopefully!
Thanks!
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@crab_aesthetics I was buying mine through Amazon too, so still double check. I know the listing itself says G020G Unlocked, but what any seller actually has can be up in the air. I bought twice on the same G020G Unlocked listing from different sellers, the first was G020E and the second was absolutely locked. This goes for the Q&A too. Even though they're all together under the same listing, it can be up in the air about what phone those people actually have.
Otherwise your plan seems good. Checking calls and texts may be unnecessary because it's Android and of course it would work. Essentially just as long as the phone accepts the SIM and there isn't any message about needing to unlock the carrier or something, you'll be good.
Hope all goes well
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@manchee1017 yah that's the trouble with Amazon sellers, total coin flip if what you get is what's listed. I guess I'll find out soon enough.
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@crab_aesthetics my 2017 Hyndai Ioniq paired easily with my 3a over bluetooth and happily reconnects when I enter the car. I can play music and even make and take calls using the car's touchscreen and buttons on the steering wheel. YMMV, but I felt I should at least let you know what I have working.
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@rdl85 That system is UConnect, right?
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@crab_aesthetics I'll check next time I'm in the car and report back.
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@crab_aesthetics as far as I could tell there was nothing labled Uconnect in the bluetooth menu/options in my Hyundai. A quick Google search Looking for Hyundai and Uconnect also didn't bring up anything. It seems like a vanilla stock Bluetooth implementation. Hope this helps.
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Phone came and it was a dud, bum antennae! Wouldn't connect to LTE/CDMA network no matter what, even cell store guy thought it was good to go but the antennae just seemed non-functional. Have to get replacement :^(
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@crab_aesthetics bummer! Hope you can find a replacement. 3a is a nice UT phone.
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@rdl85 I am able to connect to my BMW i3 bluetooth and make and receive calls with a Pixel 3a running UT Version 400 (dev). Good sound and microphone performance. This is a big improvement from my old Nexus 5, which had extreme distortion in hands free calls.
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@rdl85 Just got the replacement today, heading to the cell store after work to get a SIM and try to get it activated, then I'll flash UT later tonight when I get back. Pretty stoked.
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@crab_aesthetics If you need help, i did my first install a few days ago... Had driver issues, reach out if you do to.
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@trwidick Well, so far, so bad.
Began by trying to flash the phone with PQ3B.190801.002, it seemed like it was going well but then it said "Flash failed. The device has stopped responding." Now it's just in a loop where it won't leave Fastboot Mode (probably because it was in the process of writing the OS image when it failed). I'm thinking maybe it has something to do with the USB cable, but I only have the one USB C cable so I have to run to the gas station to try to get a different one, or idk maybe Walgreens but that's a lot farther to drive. I started flashing it on a Linux computer and when it failed I tried it on a Windows 10 HP laptop, but it doesn't seem to want to recognize on that one. I'm gonna go to the store and get a different cable and see if that doesn't do the trick. If not, oof idk. That would be not good.
EDIT
It turns out it was indeed the USB cable. I had initially tried with the one that it came with (USB C male to USB C male) plugging the end opposite the phone in to the computer's USB C port. This was probably my mistake.
After trying a regular USB A to USB C cable I was able to flash Android 9.0 and am now about to flash UT.
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@crab_aesthetics good luck!
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@crab_aesthetics When it gets to fastboot this is where i had my issus. I used windows 10.
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@trwidick Yes the installer seemed to be going well, then it got to the point where it said to choose to boot into Recovery, then nothing worked. I will try more tomorrow.
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@crab_aesthetics When it hits this point and does nothing. I had to go to windows device manager and then find my pixel 3a. Manually reinstall the same driver, then reload the webpage in the browswer.
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@crab_aesthetics sorry but I bet my experience won't be much help. My install went like this: the installer finished the install and seemed to suggest a successful intall, but then it wouldn't boot fully into UT, just hung on Google screen. I then tried reflashing and then halfway through the reflash my 3a booted up and it just started to work. I have always wondered if the first flash had an error in one of the early steps and the second partial reflash fixed it... That whole install process was a little touch and go.
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@trwidick i had same issue with my mx4, device under normal boot, fastboot boot, and recovery boot needed install adb driver for each boot mode under windows.
For the record : https://forums.ubports.com/topic/4026/problem-upgrading-mx4-from-ota15-to-ubport/12?_=1623732194391 -
@keneda I'm doing the installation on linux so I don't think it is a driver issue. Still stuck in Fastboot Mode, if I choose Recovery Mode I see the Google warning about 'the bootloader is unlocked and the software cannot be verified', then that message goes away and it just goes back to Fastboot Mode, like the recovery doesn't exist or something. Not really sure how to fix this :^(
Nothing shows up for command 'adb devices'.