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The Pixel 3a is a great phone. Last time I checked years ago there was no way to get Linux onto one with a locked bootloader tho. Is that still the case?

I should have been more specific. When I said old tech I meant phones or SoC that were ~10 y old.

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I got the bootloader unlocked pretty easily.

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Sweet! Have any guides you can pass my way?

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@800XL I think guides even aren’t needed) Before flashing Pixel 3a with UT, you will need to flash it to Android 9. The easiest way is doing it via Google’s web-based flasher, you don’t even need to download firmware to your PC. This flasher will download selected firmware automatically and will unlock bootloader also automatically… or at least semi-automatically, you will still need to follow some steps that is displayed on your PC’s screen (not phone’ screen!).
Check UT site for firmware code

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