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    • RE: Installation to Google Pixel 3a XL

      @arubislander
      Yes, I will do that when I am reinstalling the next time
      Right now it has reverted into showing the Google logo when entering Ubuntu recovery, earlier, when installing, it showed Linneage with the extra red rings before entering the recovery
      It also showed it upon the first boot into ubuntu after installation

      Maybe this is a Halium thing?

      I will upload a picture when I can.

      /r

      posted in Google Pixel 3a/3a XL
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      r0lle
    • RE: Installation to Google Pixel 3a XL

      Finally some real luck!
      Waited 10 minutes extra after the message telling me to enter recovery appeared before going manually to recovery.
      And yes those Linneage OS looking logos both while booting into recovery and while booting into the operating system.

      As long as everything is working and all graphics is serious and decent, I am all in. I p ly reported because someone more than me could get confused.

      Have fun and keep up with the good work.
      Thanks for all help and suggestions.

      /r

      posted in Google Pixel 3a/3a XL
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      r0lle
    • RE: Installation to Google Pixel 3a XL

      Well, there is something new going on here.
      After flashing the boot.img I was usually stuck watchin the Google logo until runnimg out of battery

      As I successfully(?) installed everything (apparently with erroneous config, but acording to the install program with all bits transfered and placed wherever they where supposed to go) I did that while watching a recovery screen that did not look like the one I had after installing stock android 9 from Googles repository. Then after rebooting I got stuck in fastboot. I can no longer reach recovery.
      Hence this actually is an umprovement. Earlier i could only install boot.img before the recovery broke. Now I can install everything before everything but fastboot and power off breaks.

      /r

      posted in Google Pixel 3a/3a XL
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      r0lle
    • RE: Installation to Google Pixel 3a XL

      @arubislander
      I had stock android an linneage has never touched this device.
      To be exact, it may not be te linneage logo because there are extra red rings inside the somewhat spectacle like logo of linneage

      This new and interesting logo appeared after installing ubuntu

      It showed up te first time right before entering the recovery mode

      Before installing ubuntu I had a dead amdroid while the recovery was initialising, now i have the modified linneage logo with extra red rings instead

      Even if it looks nice I am as clueless as ever on where to procede next

      /r

      posted in Google Pixel 3a/3a XL
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      r0lle
    • RE: Installation to Google Pixel 3a XL

      Yes, the second install went a little bit further, I got the wipe option that I have been told about which is splendid

      It did some wiping and formatting, it also did some interesting things in recovery mode and that is a sign of progress too.

      When booting the first time it shows the Linneage logo for a few minutes and then I will finally end up in fastboot with an intetesting reason
      Yes, it actually use the term reason:
      no valid slot to boot

      Interesting, I tried both 24.04-1 and dito -2
      If it was not for bad luck, I would have no luck at all...

      /r

      posted in Google Pixel 3a/3a XL
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      r0lle
    • RE: Installation to Google Pixel 3a XL

      @rocket2nfinity
      I will gladly do that as soon as the fine phone fimally accepts som ubuntu binaries
      /r

      posted in Google Pixel 3a/3a XL
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      r0lle
    • RE: Installation to Google Pixel 3a XL

      @MrT10001
      Thanks, I will try that.
      /r

      posted in Google Pixel 3a/3a XL
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      r0lle
    • RE: Installation to Google Pixel 3a XL

      Hi all!

      @arubislander nice to hear, and to be clear, no irony needed. In a worse scenario nobody except a bunch of savvy developers would have tried using Ubuntu on that specific phone.

      It is good to know that it actually can work in a friendly way as expected.

      Unfortunately I have run into more problems since writing my last post here:

      My "easy" 7 step dance course only works while running the android 9 version that is supposed to be prefered by the instalation program.
      After that the installation program has flashed it's own version of boot.img using fastboot, the recovery i nowhere to be seen anymore. Neither with my seven step tango or by any other more traditional means. After consulting a few search engines without any luck I went the ai-chatbot way and got the suggestion that some android implementations keep the recovery code in the boot.img, if that is the case with the suggested android version, the instruction needs to be updated.

      I am going to download a few other builds of android 9 from Google in hope that I may strike "gold", using one of them.
      On my XL the recovery worked fine after flashing boot.img.

      If that does not work, I will have to figure out whatever magic the install tool is using and then flash things in another order to get all the higher level stuff installed before I flash the boot-program.

      If somebody could help me figuring out where the low level install procedure is documented (the one implemented by the user friendly installation program) and where I can download the installation files, then you will make me quite a happy man...

      By the way, am I overly adventurous if I try the 24.04.2 nightly?

      /r

      posted in Google Pixel 3a/3a XL
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      r0lle
    • RE: Installation to Google Pixel 3a XL

      The above is for 3a, on my XL everything worked without need for any dark arts
      /r

      posted in Google Pixel 3a/3a XL
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      r0lle
    • RE: Installation to Google Pixel 3a XL

      After some investigation I have found out that there indeed is a recovery option hidden behind an obscure and unusual sequence of operations:

      1. Enter fastboot mode
      2. use volume button to select recovery
      3. Confirm using the power button
      4. Wait until you see a green and dead android laying on its back with a service panel open an a yellow warning sign
      5. When the android is showing you will have to wait for a while, a couple of minutes (1-5 minutes, I did not time the operation but it was far longer than what I had anticipated)
      6. Press power and volume up on the same time and then let go quickly
      7. Bingo! You're entering recovery!
        Be happy, don't worry!

      /r

      posted in Google Pixel 3a/3a XL
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      r0lle