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  1. Steffen Deusch @[email protected] ·

    I have code that automatically marks postmarketOS as bootable, but if someone forgets to do that, it can quickly end badly.

    If anyone works on Pixel devices, keep this caveat in mind. Always ensure you have at least one slot that is marked bootable.

    git.deusch.me/pixel-mainline/p

    git.deusch.me/pixel-mainline/p

    #mobilelinux #pixel9a

    #mobilelinux #pixel9a
  2. Steffen Deusch @[email protected] ·

    I’ve heard from another person working on a Pixel 9 Pro XL that bricked their device in an unexpected way:

    When a Pixel 6 or later boots and its active slot is not marked as successful, it will mark the slot as unbootable and switch to the other slot. It turns out that if the other slot is marked unbootable as well, the phone bricks. It will show up as Pixel ROM recovery or Pixel BL1 recovery and there is no way to get out of that, you have to send the device in. 1/2

    #mobilelinux #pixel9a

    #mobilelinux #pixel9a
  3. Steffen Deusch @[email protected] ·

    So there we go, first picture taken on postmarketOS with decent colors. There are a lot of issues still, for example, the camera app gets stuck after taking a couple of pictures. The preview jumps around weirdly and despite using GPU debayering, the CPU is quite busy, which means the phone gets pretty warm quickly. Also, the code is a mess. I am amazed it works at all though. As mentioned at the beginning, it’s mostly Claude coding #mobilelinux #pixel9a

    #mobilelinux #pixel9a
  4. Steffen Deusch @[email protected] ·

    The first picture taken (with a very crude script, no libcamera) on the Pixel 9a ultrawide camera. #mobilelinux #pixel9a

    #mobilelinux #pixel9a
  5. Dave @[email protected] ·

    RE: mastodon.world/@davetansley/11

    More progress here, and a big one. I installed #GrapheneOS on my #Pixel9a, something I've been putting off for weeks.

    The install process was simple and took hardly any time at all. The hard part was setting up apps without having the old phone to refer to.

    I did run into a few app incompatibilities - Strava straight up refuses to login, one banking app too, most of my other banking apps actually required DISABLING security features.

    But otherwise it's fine, and runs just like before.

    #grapheneos #pixel9a