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  1. Pixel 4a 5G, a new device in our custom Android roster

    by Apelete Seketeli
    in Hacking & Tao on 2025-09-08 | tags: Android Google Pixel 4a 5G | comments

    UPDATE 2025-09-08

    Just updated both Evolution X 10.9 with Google Apps and Evolution X 10.9 Vanilla (version without any Google Apps) images with a build including September 2025 security patches.


    ORIGINAL 2025-09-08

    It was bound to happen.

    Spending time keeping my trusty old Pixel 4a updated with the …

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  2. What's up with Evolution X 10.8

    by Apelete Seketeli
    in Hacking & Tao on 2025-08-26 | tags: Android Google Pixel 4a | comments

    This entry is not a change log listing new features, but rather an overview of the changes I faced while building the "August 25 security patches" release of Evolution X.

    Sorry for the "somewhat click bait" title :).

    This time around, updating the Pixel 4a to Evolution X 10.8 a …

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  3. Android 15 on Pixel 4a with Evolution X

    by Apelete Seketeli
    in Hacking & Tao on 2025-06-25 | tags: Android Google Pixel 4a | comments

    UPDATE 2025-09-08

    Just updated both Evolution X 10.9 with Google Apps and Evolution X 10.9 Vanilla (version without any Google Apps) images with a build including September 2025 security patches.


    ORIGINAL 2025-06-25

    Following the walkthrough on how to run Evolution X on the Google Pixel 3a, I have …

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  4. Evolution X on the Google Pixel 3a

    by Apelete Seketeli
    in Hacking & Tao on 2024-08-24 | tags: Android Google Pixel 3a | comments

    My main issue with Android has always been the very short support we get from manufacturers once we buy their phones; things have been improving lately but I still own a perfectly fine Pixel 3a for which Google has stopped providing any updates since 2022.

    So, I decided to install …

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  5. Create a Steam Deck Debian rescue image

    by Apelete Seketeli
    in Hacking & Tao on 2024-08-18 | tags: Steam Deck | comments

    Following the installation of Debian 12 on the Steam Deck, we are now going to backup the SD Card content into a rescue image : the idea is to be able to recover and duplicate the whole running system easily without having to re-install again if needs be.

    There are at …

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  6. Running Debian on Steam Deck from SD Card

    by Apelete Seketeli
    in Hacking & Tao on 2024-08-15 | tags: Steam Deck Linux kernel | comments

    UPDATE 2024-08-18

    I recently posted about creating a rescue image of my Debian installation.

    That post was driven by issues where it would no longer be possible to boot into the Linux install on the SD Card, due to the bootloader entry mysteriously disappearing.

    It looks like the UEFI specs …

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  7. Linux 3.18 released, contributions of mine

    by Apelete Seketeli
    in Archives on 2014-12-14 | tags: Ben NanoNote Linux kernel | comments

    Catching up on kernel news while recovering from illness, Linux 3.18 was released a week ago like clockwork. As part of this release, there are two patches of mine inside.

    Those are about adding DMA support to the MMC/SD card driver of the Ben NanoNote SoC -- namely the …

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  8. Attending LinuxCon & ELC Europe 2014

    by Apelete Seketeli
    in Archives on 2014-10-26 | tags: LinuxCon ELCE Event | comments
    LinuxCon & ELCE 2014 Badge

    LinuxCon Europe and Embedded Linux Conference Europe (ELCE) 2014 took place in Dusseldorf earlier this month, from 13th to 15th of October.

    I was granted a scholarship from the Linux Foundation to attend the event for the first time this year. This was unexpected I must say, leading to last …

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