I was able to find LineageOS ROMs for most, if not all versions of the Nexus 7. They're just not official versions, which might be the part that makes them harder to find.
On Tue, Jan 19, 2021 at 9:52 PM Ben Koenig <[email protected]> wrote: > This made me look back into why I didn't go and swap out android on my > Nexus 7. It looks like some models of this particular tablet have some > strange partitioning stuff going on so you essentially need to blow it > away and repartition from scratch. Not a big deal as long as you don't > want to go back to the stock firmware I guess. > > > There's also some variety among the nexus 7 devices since it went > through several hardware iterations in a few short years. LineageOS only > lists the one model. Gotta go dig mine out of a box and see which > codename it is. > > -Ben > > > On 1/19/21 9:15 PM, elcaseti wrote: > > 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 > _______________________________________________ > 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
