LineageOS on a Pixel 3a (Shallow Thoughts)

LineageOS on a Pixel 3a

I installed LineageOS on the old Pixel 3a that's been sitting in a drawer! I've been meaning to try that forever, but never got around to it. The installation experience was pretty good, and Lineage works great, giving a new lease on life to a device that otherwise could be leaching out toxic chemicals in a landfill. (Though I confess it was actually sitting in a drawer, in case I ever found a use for it, like all my other old phones and laptops.)

First, I want to stress how very old the Pixel 3a is. It was first released in 2019 and discontinued in 2020. It's wonderful that LineageOS still offers an OS that works on a phone this old. It means that rather than throwing old phones away, contributing to e-waste, an old phone can be repurposed to do something useful.

Installation was remarkably easy on the 3a, though not totally without hiccups.

Read more ...