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  • KDE Kasts on Phosh: Icons missing, what's the fix?

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  • I'm on Debian, that's the reason I asked whether anyone knows the right Debian packge. :)

    For now I use the Flatpak version, but that one has other issues, it does not keep the phone awake and once it suspends Bluetooth gets disconnected as well, which is fiddly.

  • KDE Kasts on Phosh: Icons missing, what's the fix?

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  • I really don't want to break every other program if I can avoid it.

  • Follow-up: Mobian on the Pixel 3a / 3a XL (getting close)

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  • Try git pull and see whether the updated fork works now. If not, I will have a closer look.

    Also, I've just built it successfully. Make sure there are no left-overs from a previous run which failed.

  • Follow-up: Mobian on the Pixel 3a / 3a XL (getting close)

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  • Help would certainly be appreciated. I also have tags, but no idea how to test NFC. :)

  • We need to support Linux Phones development more now than ever based on recent news

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  • I don't know how well this is supported for other devices, I only know that some people use an eSIM on other models. 🤔

  • We need to support Linux Phones development more now than ever based on recent news

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  • We need to support Linux Phones development more now than ever based on recent news

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  • I'm working on porting Mobian to the Pixel 3a, pretty much everything works, even eSIM. The kernel dev is already working on upstreaming the patches, some are already in the next Linux release.

    I've recently posted about the progress: https://lemmy.sdf.org/post/19600671

    Updates to that post would be that eSIM does work and that the internal microphone will work very soon once the already existing patches are pushed to the git repo.

  • Follow-up: Mobian on the Pixel 3a / 3a XL (getting close)

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  • Okay, just wrote an Ansible Playbook to roll out the workarounds, including call audio, which I just got to work, I've also tried to get Bluetooth working, but the udev rule is still broken.

    https://git.erebion.eu/forgejo/erebion/sargo-temp

    There are also some hastily written steps for building an image. :)

    Let me know what things are unclear, I will improve this.

    EDIT: Only tried using call audio via headphone jack and did not notice that internal speaker and mic currently do nothing, so I have to amend my to do list by just another bug. :D

    EDIT 2: The mic patch has not yet been pushed by the kernel dev and the ALSA config needs changes, but then audio calls with built-in speaker and mic will work. :)

  • Follow-up: Mobian on the Pixel 3a / 3a XL (getting close)

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  • Started writing, but then got sidetracked... by making audio calls work. :)

    Will post the link here soon, just want to verify there are not too many dumb mistakes in it, do not want to fruatrate anyone with terrible docs. :D

  • Follow-up: Mobian on the Pixel 3a / 3a XL (getting close)

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  • You won't have to wait for very long.

    Let me know if you'd like a writeup of the way I currently build the image out of the linked sources and what files (temporarily) need manual fixes, in case you want to try it out. Could still take a while to get the kernel and the call audio daemon ready for Mobian and to get it included, but other than that... Pretty close _

    If you exclude the time your PC does compiling and works for you, then it is probably 20 minutes work to get an image currently. :)

    I also have an Ansible role which does the few fixes I need for now, like that one systemd unit. I could publish that as well in case others want to be alpha testers and tell me about any issues they notice.

    I should probably also create a repo with a temporary issue tracker until there are official images. 🤔

  • Follow-up: Mobian on the Pixel 3a / 3a XL (getting close)

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  • Thanks! I will definitely be able to. I could already have it as my daily driver using VoIP, until call audio works, but I know I could already compile the daemon myself and it will just work. :)

    But as I want others to be able to use it at some point, I will delay using it as a daily driver and instead make sure the few remaining issues get sorted out.

  • Follow-up: Mobian on the Pixel 3a / 3a XL (getting close)

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  • Much better than my Pinephone, lol

    I cannot complain. I have not used it for a whole day yet as I am mostly fiddling with the kernel packaging and I want to get call audio working before I use it as my daily driver, but I have no reason to believe it would not last the whole day. No issues here. Probably longer battery life than with Android. It does not constantly talk to Google, after all. xD

  • Found some stuff which might be useful to those that would like WhatsApp on Linux phones

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  • It is, but you still need the app running somewhere.

  • Got Mobian (almost) ported to Pixel 3a / 3a XL

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  • Found some stuff which might be useful to those that would like WhatsApp on Linux phones

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  • Yes, but even the app could be avoided altogether with the other authentication method implemented. :)

  • Found some stuff which might be useful to those that would like WhatsApp on Linux phones

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  • Exactly that.

  • Found some stuff which might be useful to those that would like WhatsApp on Linux phones

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  • It does not support the app's authentication yet, so there would be a noticeable difference with that implemented.

  • Got Mobian (almost) ported to Pixel 3a / 3a XL

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  • Will have to post a proper update soon-ish, but for now I'll just say that the device completely* works and I just have to get the kernel package into Mobian (until patches are upstream), for that get some Kernel packaging stuff right (it already builds, but is not yet the quality Debian people expect) and then create a few smaller MRs at projects which Mobian is built upon.

    *everything except some sensors and some patches which exist but aren't yet pushed to git...

  • Got Mobian (almost) ported to Pixel 3a / 3a XL

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  • And hopefully I can save a few devices from getting trashed. :)

    Made huge amounts of progress since I posted this! Should really post a follow-up at some point. :D