Not postmarketOS, but a different way to make grouper usable: " https://www.reddit.com/r/LineageOS/comments/9ppczt/lineageos_made_my_nexus_7_2012_usable/";. Some folks are using unofficial LineageOS 14 (Android 7) , others are using unofficial LineageOS 15 (Android 8). And it sounds like it works quite well, surprisingly. I might try it myself.
On Tue, Jan 19, 2021 at 7:56 PM Ben Koenig <[email protected]> wrote: > I have a nexus 7 but i dont remember exactly why I never put linux on it. > > One thing I vaguely remember is that some devices require you to cut > drivers out of the official android and build postmarketos from source. > Building android is a hefty project so that might be why i abandoned it. > > -Ben > > On Tue, Jan 19, 2021, 5:51 PM TomasK <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Good luck with that - it looks quite challenging project this long > > after the device's release. > > > > While trying to educate myself - I came across this N7 use: > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=960YQle-f2w&feature=youtu.be > > > > That is if you need screen for Pi. > > > > On Tue, 2021-01-19 at 17:20 -0800, Russell Senior wrote: > > > I think I have looked at that. There are several nexus 7's (2012 vs > > > 2013 and with/without LTE). I have the 2012 no LTE model. Apparently > > > it used an SoC that was abandoned and so pre-built support for it is > > > more tenuous. > > > > > > https://askubuntu.com/questions/633788/installing-ubuntu-touch-on-nex > > > us-7-2012-now-that-it-is-no-longer-supported > > > > > > On Tue, Jan 19, 2021 at 4:30 PM Tomas Kuchta > > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > Not related to you question and fresh dose of finest > > > > "whataboutism"! > > > > > > > > To make my manners even worse, of course, I have no clue what is > > > > postmarkedos! > > > > > > > > With that out of the way .... > > > > > > > > Isn't Nexus 7 suppose to be able to run the Ubuntu phone/tablet OS? > > > > I > > > > occasionally stumble on recent update release notes on the > > > > interwebs. > > > > > > > > Just a question, not a suggestion, I swear. I assume that you know > > > > :-) > > > > > > > > Tomas > > > > > > > > On Tue, Jan 19, 2021, 19:11 Russell Senior <[email protected] > > > > et> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hi folks, > > > > > > > > > > I just spent about 3 days trying to get postmarketos running on > > > > > old > > > > > abandoned nexus 7 (grouper) devices, including by consulting with > > > > > supposed experts on their IRC channel. Part of the problem seems > > > > > to be > > > > > that the constructed firmware is bigger than will fit in the > > > > > system > > > > > partition. There are suggested workarounds, but none of them seem > > > > > to > > > > > work. Furthermore, the various intermediate steps seem to lack > > > > > tools > > > > > that might be helpful for figuring out what's going on, like, oh, > > > > > something to tell me how the emmc is partitioned. > > > > > > > > > > Has anyone successfully installed postmarketos on anything? And > > > > > if so, > > > > > do you have any insights into the mechanics of what is going on > > > > > under > > > > > all the scriptings. > > > > > > > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > Russell Senior > > > > > [email protected] > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > PLUG: https://pdxlinux.org > > > > > PLUG mailing list > > > > > [email protected] > > > > > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > PLUG: https://pdxlinux.org > > > > PLUG mailing list > > > > [email protected] > > > > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > PLUG: https://pdxlinux.org > > > PLUG mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > > _______________________________________________ > > PLUG: https://pdxlinux.org > > PLUG mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG: https://pdxlinux.org > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG: https://pdxlinux.org PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
