@beyolf

Thanks! the device is a google pixel 3a, and my computer is a mac.

It remained frozen all night, so I tried closing the installer, then reopening it. When I did that, it initially no longer could detect my phone (though I had checked last night that the phone was detected).

The phone had been in fastboot mode, so I tried clicking "start" on it, and it loaded android 9. Then it was detected (it showed up when I typed "adb devices" in terminal).

So now I attempted it again, this time selecting "stable" instead of "devel" when selecting options. Both times I selected "wipe device."

When I attempted install again, it immediately said "the installation stopped due to a problem. I'll try to attach a screenshot but the error message is "Error: unknown: TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefi.."

The phone also switched back into the screen that says "fastboot mode" and it verifies that it is unlocked. It's a red triangle with an error. The last two lines say:
Device state: unlocked
Enter reason: reboot bootloader

@Lakotaubp thank you so much. I'll check out the telegram chat.
I did install the correct version

Hi! Who is an expert I can talk to who knows the exact detail of what Android components remain after installation, and what those components are capable of doing?

@Lakotaubp thank you so much. I'll check out the telegram chat.
I did install the correct version

@coffeecatharine 

@beyolf

Thanks! the device is a google pixel 3a, and my computer is a mac.

It remained frozen all night, so I tried closing the installer, then reopening it. When I did that, it initially no longer could detect my phone (though I had checked last night that the phone was detected).

The phone had been in fastboot mode, so I tried clicking "start" on it, and it loaded android 9. Then it was detected (it showed up when I typed "adb devices" in terminal).

So now I attempted it again, this time selecting "stable" instead of "devel" when selecting options. Both times I selected "wipe device."

When I attempted install again, it immediately said "the installation stopped due to a problem. I'll try to attach a screenshot but the error message is "Error: unknown: TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefi.."

The phone also switched back into the screen that says "fastboot mode" and it verifies that it is unlocked. It's a red triangle with an error. The last two lines say:
Device state: unlocked
Enter reason: reboot bootloader

@arubislander ok. thank you! i'm mainly interested in programs that could run that update google about device usage

UBportts looks like it's stuck in "flashing firmware."

my device says "fastboot mode' and has an option of pressing "start." the instructions i'm following don't say anything about that, but i'm wondering if i'm supposed to press start? i'll just wait for now.

i had to close it once before because it got stuck on downloading 2/3 files. i turned off my vpn to see if that did anything

@arubislander thank you!!
I'm new to all this. Does the container prevent the vendor blobs from doing anything beyond their container?

https://forums.ubports.com/category/37/support#

Hi. I read in this article that installing Ubuntu on most android phones will not replace the android os, but simply build on top of it.
https://www.androidauthority.com/install-ubuntu-on-your-android-smartphone-765408/

Is that accurate? I got a google pixel 3a with the plan to put ubuntu on it, but I only want to do this if it will actually totally remove the android os