Short post- nothing but good news, expectations exceeded.

Bought a Pixel 3a XL from eBay for $80 including shipping. Got it Saturday at 8:30, charged it, unlocked the boot loader, installed older Android version, then UT- running at 12:30. Followed instructions, no issues. Only blip was had to chase down Google USB drivers- old Dell Precision/Win10.

Everything that i use "just works" with the stock install. Been sitting in a sports bar drinking 'beerverages' past 3 hours today surfing and posting stuff on FB/LI nonstop- 15% of the battery consumed.

Using Mint as a carrier. SMS not working- tried all the forum and Google search variations of the APN settings. Oh well...

Job well done folks. Definitely will donate, possibly contribute.

Joe LeVasseur

@lvasseur

Working Mint MMS APN (Working with some quirks)

I can confirm that on Mint the PWG APN and MMSC work for me too- both 3g and 4g, send and receive, as long as I do not turn on wifi. If I turn on wifi and need to send a MMS message, must turn off wifi and reboot. Then MMS is back in business. I am using two APN- one with the default "wholesale" APN for Internet, and the PWG for MMS.

Short post- nothing but good news, expectations exceeded.

Bought a Pixel 3a XL from eBay for $80 including shipping. Got it Saturday at 8:30, charged it, unlocked the boot loader, installed older Android version, then UT- running at 12:30. Followed instructions, no issues. Only blip was had to chase down Google USB drivers- old Dell Precision/Win10.

Everything that i use "just works" with the stock install. Been sitting in a sports bar drinking 'beerverages' past 3 hours today surfing and posting stuff on FB/LI nonstop- 15% of the battery consumed.

Using Mint as a carrier. SMS not working- tried all the forum and Google search variations of the APN settings. Oh well...

Job well done folks. Definitely will donate, possibly contribute.

Joe LeVasseur