Pixel 3a/3aXL and Noble (24.04) Experiences
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I completely agree that the original Google Pixel 3a port was amazing! I hope that we can make an equally great port with VoLTE enabled. I know I'm new to this, and as such, my skills are not of the same level as other members.I wouldn't really call it my port, but more of a community port. I'm just trying to get the ins and outs documented at the moment so we know where to begin. I've been interacting with a number of people on the forum to see what we can coordinate and set up regarding this community port. I also recently found out I may need a stronger computer to adequately build the port. I am currently seeing what I can do on this piece at the moment.
Unfortunately, I'm not on Telegram for certain reasons. There may be a way to use Matrix to interact with Telegram, but I haven't dug into it that much yet. I was informed of this option earlier. I'm sure great work is being done there! The Ubuntu Touch community's work has been nothing short of amazing.
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I remember doing something similar, and it worked too. Thanks for sharing!
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Hello and welcome to Ubuntu Touch for the Googlr Pixel 3a/3a XL! Thanks for your interest in this project! Also, no worries for not having much programming experience. I am somewhat in the same boat. My programming seems a bit more old school and is in a completely different area. I haven't had that much experience with Android either. I mainly try to help out where I can, and as I'm stated on the forums before, I don't want to slow anyone down. I'm currently trying to document all the ins and outs as simply as possible, do some research, and do some coding where I can. There are always ways to help, so just jump in wherever you feel comfortable. We also have a need for testers, marketers, etc. A community OS requires a community, and a community requires a face. So...yes, don't worry too much about your technical skill set. Not everyone is an engineer at a company.
Also, thanks for sharing the issues! On the forum, our main focus is trying to get VoLTE up and running. This requires a new Android/Halium backend. I know they have a number of people on the official UB Ports Telegram channels doing some hard work as well. Once we get VoLTE up, our forum members and others can focus more on these issues if people aren't already working on them now. A good number of people are doing this free of charge on personal time. This generally means that progress might be slower than a company. However, with no profit involved, we can focus solely on the people, right? That's not to say you can't donate to UB Ports. I'm sure they need all the assistance they can get. If you like and appreciate the work, please donate there by all means. This allows those at UB Ports to continue to help support this community.
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It's probably been said before, but again, thanks for all your hard work! It shows, and I know everyone is appreciative of it! If you need anyone on the forums to help/test/etc., just let us know!
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@atarilinux See mautrix-telegram at matrix.org
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Hello,
I have another observation regarding 24.04 Pixel3A XL.
The hands-free phone sees it, displays the status and login, the call can be accepted, the sound connects for a second, but then returns to the phone's earpiece. So it doesn't work via hands-free. -
is fredldotme still the pixel 3a port maintainer?
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Thanks for this info! I haven't been able to test that, so thanks for sharing!
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From the QA call, he said we would need to finish the port to get VoLTE running and that he would not be involved in this as his phone could not be used. I'm not sure if he is still working on and supporting the non-VoLTE ports or not. However, I can confrim that for the VoLTE "branch", he is not involved. I'm not sure what any of his future plans are for the Pixel 3a. However, I can say the work he has done is very valuable, and we are very appreciative of his work.
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The current 24.04-1.x/stable doesn't install properly on my 3axl using UBports Installer 0.11.2. it doesn't result in a valid recovery installed on the device. On the reboot to recovery step, I volume-down until it selects recovery mode, then hit the power button. It sits at the Google logo for a while, then reboots and enters the bootloader again with the reason "No valid slot to boot". Trying to get it to enter recovery again results in it entering the bootloader with the reason "error booting boot.img".
Installing 20.04 then OTA upgrading to 24.04 works fine.
The current 24.04-1x/daily DOES install correctly through the ubports-installer however.While it's fixed on daily, I mention it because it tripped me up a few times on a few reinstalls. I'm hoping daily gets into stable soon!
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Thanks for the information! We will look at that when the VoLTE port is finished. The current 24.04 port and the VoLTE port have different Halium backends. This may make a difference on what issues are present, etc.
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I can confirm the problem with installation via USB.
I wrote a post here: -
Thanks for the specific post and the confirmation! I'm hoping a resolution can be found soon!
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Just another observation:
The Dekko icon mail-counter in Lomiri starter panel does not reset to zero when all mails are read. It just continues adding all mails per day.
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@uwahl Yes, I can also confirm that.
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on daily channel, with version 299 update, camera is now working mostly as expected in the sense that it doesn't freeze after taking the dirt picture anymore/show a black screen.
edit: hit or miss, though I was able to take 6 pictures in a row with no issue compared to before.
i have noticed that when you open the camera, it does not autofocus properly, i think this is a bug. camera refocuses after tapping on screen to focus on selected area otherwise.
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I missed an update yesterday, but I just updated to daily update 301. Tested the camera and surprisingly it worked every single time I used it, even flipping back from the rear camera back to the front camera. Played with some settings, changed some resolutions etc, took many photos, and the app still worked the entire time even after closing and reopening. Bravo to devs!
Now, if only there was a solid native email application that worked, I would daily drive my pixel 3a XL. So close!
Scrolling improved on daily update 299, I noticed it's not nearly as janky as it was. It's certainly much better, but not quite there yet. Patience!
So far I am pretty impressed with Ubuntu touch, especially on this device. It's very smooth. Thank you to everybody who works on this project.
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Yes, thank you to all the developers working on this! That is great news! Also, congrats on this becoming closer to your daily driver!
I know there is still much work to be done on VoLTE, etc. We, as a community, are currently working on this part. Once VoLTE is available, I know that will help make this a daily driver for anyone in any country that mainly focuses on VoLTE support (ex. the United States). I'm eagerly awaiting the day I can use this as a daily driver as well! Fingers crossed we can get this part working soon!
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I picked up a Pixel 3aXL just to give Ubuntu touch a try as a more private phone. I finished installing and setting up without too much trouble(once I swapped out the bad cable).
Everything is running well and I'm very impressed so far. I've been an iPhone user for years . but now I'm testing if I can do all my day to day activities with this phone and some different behaviors.(Like carrying my debit card instead of using ApplePay. Having lots of fun:)
Thanks for providing something this slick.
