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rostundrad<p>Endlich die Zeit genutzt das frische Laptop fertig einzurichten, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Debian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Debian</span></a> ist schon eine feine Sache. Das neue Smartphone, das hier schon fast ein halbes Jahr rumgammelt, ist auch so gut wie einsatzfähig. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Deutschlandticket" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Deutschlandticket</span></a> fehlt noch. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GrapheneOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GrapheneOS</span></a> macht auf dem <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Pixel8a" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pixel8a</span></a> schon ne gute Figur.<br>Und am <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Velomobil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Velomobil</span></a> dafür gesorgt daß das Hinterrad die Luft wieder hält. Felgenband und <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tubeless" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tubeless</span></a> ist so ne Sache.<br>Trotz mangelndem Training, im Ort bleib ich mit dem <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MilanGT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MilanGT</span></a> noch knapp im erlaubten Bereich.</p>
Thomas<span class="h-card"><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/users/everton137" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>everton137</span></a></span><br>I use CalyxOS on a Google <a href="https://friendica.world/search?tag=Pixel8a" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pixel8a</span></a>.<br>EOS is often very back when it comes to security updates.<br>I think there are problems with blocking the boot loader under EOS.
CEOTECH.IT<p>Google Pixel: "Salute batteria" in Android 16 Beta 3<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Android" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Android</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Android16" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Android16</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Beta3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Beta3</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Capacit%C3%A0Batteria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CapacitàBatteria</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Google</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GooglePixel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GooglePixel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Notizie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Notizie</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Novit%C3%A0" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Novità</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ottimizzazione" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ottimizzazione</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Pixel8Pro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pixel8Pro</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Pixel8a" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pixel8a</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Pixel9" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pixel9</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ricarica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ricarica</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RicaricaAdattiva" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RicaricaAdattiva</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SaluteBatteria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SaluteBatteria</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Smartphone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Smartphone</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StatoBatteria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StatoBatteria</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TechNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechNews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Tecnologia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tecnologia</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.ceotech.it/google-pixel-salute-batteria-in-android-16-beta-3/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ceotech.it/google-pixel-salute</span><span class="invisible">-batteria-in-android-16-beta-3/</span></a></p>
KMJ 🇦🇹<p>(1/2) The first <a href="https://mastodon.ctseuro.com/tags/grapheneos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>grapheneos</span></a> on <a href="https://mastodon.ctseuro.com/tags/pixel8a" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pixel8a</span></a> would be ready for daily usage if not these sending intent <a href="https://mastodon.ctseuro.com/tags/problem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>problem</span></a> is running up and down my nervs :-) (see post before this one)</p><p>I tried <a href="https://mastodon.ctseuro.com/tags/Automation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Automation</span></a> <a href="https://f-droid.org/de/packages/com.jens.automation2" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">f-droid.org/de/packages/com.je</span><span class="invisible">ns.automation2</span></a> instead of <a href="https://mastodon.ctseuro.com/tags/easer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>easer</span></a> but also there i am unable to send the intent to <a href="https://mastodon.ctseuro.com/tags/Owntracks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Owntracks</span></a>. </p><p>It currently looks like I only have the option to root GrapheneOS which is not what I want, or to continue with the old <a href="https://mastodon.ctseuro.com/tags/LineageOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LineageOS</span></a> devices till there is a solution for automatic changing the move (...)</p>
KMJ 🇦🇹<p>Current setup problems <a href="https://mastodon.ctseuro.com/tags/grapheneos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>grapheneos</span></a> on <a href="https://mastodon.ctseuro.com/tags/pixel8a" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pixel8a</span></a> using <a href="https://mastodon.ctseuro.com/tags/easer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>easer</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.ctseuro.com/tags/owntracks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>owntracks</span></a> is that switching to move mode via sending intent does not work anymore:</p><p>am start-service -a org.owntracks.android.CHANGE_MONITORING --ei monitoring 2</p><p>If run in termux it says starting service intent, but also no reaction on the <a href="https://mastodon.ctseuro.com/tags/owntracks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>owntracks</span></a> side. keeps staying in manual mod.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ctseuro.com/tags/question" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>question</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ctseuro.com/tags/boostwelcome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>boostwelcome</span></a></p>
KMJ 🇦🇹<p>The first <a href="https://mastodon.ctseuro.com/tags/pixel8a" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pixel8a</span></a> ist alive with <a href="https://mastodon.ctseuro.com/tags/grapheneos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>grapheneos</span></a> . My problem was, that my <a href="https://mastodon.ctseuro.com/tags/Debian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Debian</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ctseuro.com/tags/Sid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sid</span></a> PC had problems with <a href="https://mastodon.ctseuro.com/tags/fastboot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fastboot</span></a> . Fastboot devices worked, but was unable to unlock the bootloader oer flash. Not even with udev rules. Used my notebook also running SID and it worked like a charm.</p><p>Playing with it now.</p>
KMJ 🇦🇹<p>Unpacked the 1st <a href="https://mastodon.ctseuro.com/tags/pixel8a" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pixel8a</span></a> making it ready to put <a href="https://mastodon.ctseuro.com/tags/GrapheneOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GrapheneOS</span></a> on it. Lets see if we can cleanout the original software without SIM and WLAN</p>
Nates :ms_gay: 🏳️‍🌈<p>Interesting twist: I just took a photo of my yellow blanket with my old Pixel 5 and my new Pixel 8a.</p><p>On my laptop screen the look pretty similiar. So I was wrong. It's not the Pixel 8a's camera fault, but its screen's.</p><p>So I guess the Pixel 8a's screen calibration is too cool.</p><p><a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/nates1984" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nates1984</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Pixel8a" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pixel8a</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Pixel5" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pixel5</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/TeamPixel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TeamPixel</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Google</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Pixel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pixel</span></a></p>
Nates :ms_gay: 🏳️‍🌈<p>I bought a Pixel 8a for my niece. And what I don't like about is its overly aggressive white balancing and the saturation is too low.</p><p>Colorwise my old Pixel 5 takes better photos!</p><p><a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/nates1984" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nates1984</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/pixel8a" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pixel8a</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/android" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>android</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/teamPixel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>teamPixel</span></a></p>
Stephen<p>So, with all that said...</p><p>If anyone UK-based wants to buy a mint condition, network unlocked, barely 3 weeks old Pixel 8a Obsidian 256Gb for a reasonable price, hit me up!</p><p><a href="https://nerdout.club/tags/pixel8a" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pixel8a</span></a> <a href="https://nerdout.club/tags/forsale" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>forsale</span></a></p>
Timur O.<p>Got myself my first ever Google Pixel and I love it! It's comfortable, the vibrations feel very nice when tapping and doing things and the clean stock Android experience is just what I wanted.</p><p>Can't wait to test out the cameras also!</p><p><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/googlepixel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>googlepixel</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/pixel8a" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pixel8a</span></a></p>
jack 💥<p>I still love my <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/pixel8a" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pixel8a</span></a></p>
Samuel<p>This isn't the most interesting astro photo by a long shot. What's impressive (to me) is the fact that I took this photo of the <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/OrionNebula" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OrionNebula</span></a> with my phone from the window sill.<br>I'm usually not the biggest fan of Google's overprocessed Pixel photos, but I have to admit that I'm really impressed by what modern phones can achieve with their tiny lenses and sensors.<br>(This was taken with a Pixel 8a, which doesn't even have a tele lens.)</p><p><a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Astrodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Astrodon</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Pixel8a" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pixel8a</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/PhonePhotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PhonePhotography</span></a></p>
Nikhil 🐧<p>Something I do maybe once a year: go to an electronics shop and fool around with the dummy smartphones. </p><p>So here's my professional (🤡) 2025 phone review of the phones that are somewhat good <br>- Pixel 9pro fold: was sold out, so it's probably really good<br>- Pixel 9pro: cons: way too big, who wants this?? pros: can run grapheneOS lol<br>- Pixel 9: still too big, wtf<br>- Pixel 8: this one is super cute<br>- Pixel 8a: couldn't notice any difference to the regular 8. I would probably pick this one if I was getting a new phone and use it with <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/grapheneOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>grapheneOS</span></a> 🥰<br>- OnePlus12: wtf the backside was in diamond color and shiny... Who wants that? 😭 Other than that it feels nice again but no grapheneOS compatibility is obviously a problem 😔 overall I really like OnePlus phones since they also have the physical profile switcher.</p><p>Irrelevant phone models such as iphone were skipped</p><p>Like and subscribe for more professional reviews 🤡</p><p><a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/pixel8a" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pixel8a</span></a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/pixel8" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pixel8</span></a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/oneplus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oneplus</span></a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/iphone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>iphone</span></a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/android" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>android</span></a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/pixel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pixel</span></a></p>
whil<p>Am I just missing the option to force a PIN unlock after a certain period of time instead of fingerprint biometrics on <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://grapheneos.social/@GrapheneOS" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>GrapheneOS</span></a></span> ? My understanding is randomly the PIN is required instead of biometrics for screen unlock. Would be nice to set a time period that is enforced?<br><a href="https://disobey.net/tags/grapheneos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>grapheneos</span></a> <a href="https://disobey.net/tags/pixel8a" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pixel8a</span></a></p>
Alex Kidman<p>As for YouTube video reviews, May saw me running more than 130km for charity, but also getting in my reviews along the way — like the rather nice (but priced too high in Australia, sigh) Google Pixel 8a:</p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/Pixel8a" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pixel8a</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Android" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Android</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Google</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjR2T7v0XHc" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=jjR2T7v0XHc</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
GoogleWatchBlog<p><a href="https://social.beachcom.org/tags/GWB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GWB</span></a> - Pixel 8a jetzt zum Bestpreis! Googles neues Smartphone nur Heute für unter 400 Euro sichern (Black Friday) - <a href="https://www.googlewatchblog.de/2024/12/pixel-8a-jetzt-zum-bestpreis-googles-neues-smartphone-nur-heute-fuer-unter-400-euro-sichern-black-friday/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">googlewatchblog.de/2024/12/pix</span><span class="invisible">el-8a-jetzt-zum-bestpreis-googles-neues-smartphone-nur-heute-fuer-unter-400-euro-sichern-black-friday/</span></a> <a href="https://social.beachcom.org/tags/blackfriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blackfriday</span></a> <a href="https://social.beachcom.org/tags/pixel8a" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pixel8a</span></a> <a href="https://social.beachcom.org/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Google</span></a> <a href="https://social.beachcom.org/tags/aktion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>aktion</span></a></p>
GoogleWatchBlog<p><a href="https://social.beachcom.org/tags/GWB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GWB</span></a> - Pixel 8a jetzt zum Bestpreis! Googles Smartphone-Star jetzt noch für unter 400 Euro sichern (Black Friday) - <a href="https://www.googlewatchblog.de/2024/12/pixel-8a-zum-bestpreis-googles-starkes-smartphone-jetzt-noch-fuer-unter-400-euro-sichern-black-friday/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">googlewatchblog.de/2024/12/pix</span><span class="invisible">el-8a-zum-bestpreis-googles-starkes-smartphone-jetzt-noch-fuer-unter-400-euro-sichern-black-friday/</span></a> <a href="https://social.beachcom.org/tags/blackfriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blackfriday</span></a> <a href="https://social.beachcom.org/tags/pixel8a" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pixel8a</span></a> <a href="https://social.beachcom.org/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Google</span></a> <a href="https://social.beachcom.org/tags/aktion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>aktion</span></a> <a href="https://social.beachcom.org/tags/amazon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>amazon</span></a></p>
jack 💥<p>I really like my <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/pixel8a" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pixel8a</span></a> it's like the best phone I've ever owned.</p>
Eelco alias 'Systeemkabouter'<p>Totally getting on the GrapheneOS bandwagon, just ordered a Pixel 8a to try this out as my work phone. </p><p>I'm interested to find out what will work and won't work for me. </p><p>I tried a Fairphone3 with /e/OS prior. Biggest blocker for me was the lack of Android Auto options. </p><p><a href="https://exquisite.social/tags/grapheneos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>grapheneos</span></a> <a href="https://exquisite.social/tags/pixel8a" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pixel8a</span></a></p>