I had been using my Google Pixel 3a XL for reading feeds and web browsing (my “phone phone” is a Google Pixel 6a with GrapheneOS). I switched from LineageOS to DivestOS on my Pixel 3a XL several months ago. Today, I learned that DivestOS is being discontinued. I had originally purchased the Pixel 3a XL when I was still daily driving a Murena Teracube 2e with the intent of using it to run Ubuntu Touch, but I failed on the install and went with LineageOS instead (that was before switching to DivestOS). I figured with DivestOS dead, I would go back to the original plan. This time I successfully installed the correct version of Android per the Ubuntu Touch instructions, went into the Ubuntu Touch installer to install Ubuntu Touch, and installed Droidian (wait what?). I never heard of Droidian until 10 minutes ago, but it installed and looks neat. We’ll see…
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Google Nexus 7 Tablet Gets New OS
I sometimes use the search box on The New Leaf Journal (despite its limitations) to find one of my old articles. I tried to run a search for teracube, which refers to my old phone (I reviewed it back in 2021). However, the search failed. Why did it fail? Because I typed teracute. Search results page...
Yesterday I posted about making a typo when I used The New Leaf Journal’s on-site search to look for something I wrote about my now-old Teracube 2e phone. Once I corrected my typo, I found what I was looking for: A short leaflet about upgrading my phone via ADB. I wanted to find it not because I was trying to upgrade my Murena Teracube 2e (it upgrades normally these days), but instead because I was trying to update another device that I once dicussed in The New Leaf Journal, my LineageOS-powered Google Nexus 7 Wi-Fi (2013) tablet. The tablet is no longer officially supported by LineageOS, but I found a build from a developer who decided to keep maintaining his own version. While I did figure out how to upgrade, the new ROM did not fit my use-case. One thing led to another, and my Nexus 7 tablet has seen an unexpected revival.
Out: LineageOS. In: DivestOS. That is all I will say here, but you can expect a new article about an old tablet in The New Leaf Journal in the not-too-distant future.