@mr_growl

Hope you had a great vacation!

@rocket2nfinity

Thanks for the information!

@mr_growl

I also found this and thought it was interesting. It is regarding Mobian, but does mention the Google Pixel 3a working and receiving calls.

https://blog.mobian.org/posts/2025/02/early-2025-news/

Also, Droidian has a Halium 12 port for Volla Phone.

https://github.com/droidian-images/droidian/releases/tag/droidian%2F101.20250906

Looks like a headphone issue has been reported as well.

https://forums.ubports.com/topic/11291/earphone-problem-on-pixel-3a

@Linuxlite76

Thanks! This will be included in the list of things to look out for on 24.04 for the Google Pixel 3a.

@mr_growl

I've been searching, but finding a successful port is bit hard to find. I did come across these things if they may be helpful! If I find anything else, I will let you know.

Same Issue (But Unresolved):
https://xdaforums.com/t/halium-12-build-for-sm-t290-need-help.4605123/

Old Porting Method (Unfortunately):
https://forums.ubports.com/topic/11131/halium-12.0-lineageos-19.1-ubuntu-touch-focal-20.04-for-samsung-galaxy-s10-beyond1lte-build-rootfs-from-scratch

Another Halium Build with some Troubleshooting:
https://dev.to/ar2rworld/how-i-installed-ubuntu-touch-halium-on-the-xiaomi-redmi-4a-rolex-full-step-by-step-ubuntu-3l4m

Halium 12 Upgrades and Ubuntu Touch on Q&A
https://ubports.com/blog/ubports-news-1/ubuntu-touch-q-a-161-3956

@Eric-H

Thanks! I will check this out too!

@mr_growl

I'll see what I can find out!

@Eric-H

Your comments and insight are always appreciated! Thanks for all the help!

@mr_growl

To verify, you want me to see what I can find out on a Halium 12 stand-alone kernel method port. Is that correct? Again, thanks for all your hard work on this!

@JayH

Thanks for keeping an eye on the project! I likewise would like to make the switch. I'm sure others may be in the same boat. Definitely send your thanks to @mr_growl for all his hard work! I'm still learning, but helping when and where I can. Being new at this, I know I can't do this on my own in a resonable amount of time. There is a lot to read up on. With the community involved, I'm sure we can make something great!

@mr_growl

That makes sense, and it does seem like that's the error. The good news is that it booted to recovery! Let me know if there is anything you need me to look at or research. I'll try my best to assist in any way that I can!

Some info on ueventd and SE Linux Labels:

https://android.googlesource.com/platform/system/core/+/master/init/README.ueventd.md

https://source.android.com/docs/security/features/selinux/device-policy#label_new_services_and_address_denials

Two Additional Troubleshooting steps:

1. Look at the partitions to see how they are set up
2. Check out boot arguments and the kernel

I also found this which may or may not be helpful.

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/55163930/label-files-on-rootfs-ramdisk-with-selinux-context

@mr_growl

That's great news! Fantastic progress indeed! I think we will continue building off this port.

I think I've seen a message about SELinux before during my research. Let me see what I can find out on that error message.

@zakafx

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!

@mr_growl

I found some clarification on vendor blobs from this forum post. Perhaps we can glean something from here.

https://forums.ubports.com/topic/9392/xiaomi-redmi-note-12

@mr_growl

Good to know! It is a Mac for whatever that's worth. At the time, I wanted to try something different, and now, I'm missing Linux every time. Hahaha

@mr_growl

That's a huge time difference! I likewise feel like something is missing. Perhaps looking back at the original Pixel 3a/3aXL Ubuntu Touch 20.04 port could shed some light too. I'm assuming that these should have relatively the same file "structures." A vendor blob should be in there somewhere I'd imagine.

@mr_growl

I did find this in the forum as a Port QA Checklist. Still looking into the vendor blobs.

https://gitlab.com/ubports/community-ports/general/-/blob/master/DeviceChecklist.md

Is this on 20.04 or 24.04?