But not too long ago, some contributor of the KDE Connect app decided to fix some code, and – tadaaa – both my Pixel 6a (running GrapheneOS) and 3a (now running LineageOS after the sad demise of DivestOS) lost connections to my main “work” machine running Debian 12 and Arch, with GSConnect for the Gnome desktop. It’s fixed by now, by waiting until the developer updated their update (and a bug report already existed).

I also loved the Pixel 4a due to its form factor, and the fact that it still had that 3.5mm headset connector, but had to let mine go because of the “growing” battery (due to mistreatment from my side, with being almost always plugged into a power source). The 6a is a nice replacement with its 6.1″ display which is far bigger than the 4a but still acceptable. Of course it lacks the headphone jack.

What I loved about that iPhone SE was its size as well, and that the sensors were working better than on the Android devices (the compass app for instance didn’t get distracted from the electric floor heating). Did never like Apple’s software tho, even getting some music from the Linux computer to it (or vice versa) was a real pain, and not possible without using the Apple cloud…

Too bad that DivestOS gad to die last December; that was really the only life saver for older Android devices, almost as good and secure as GrapheneOS (I don’t use any cloud service on mine at all, even my calendar is running on a local Pi5 after I copied it from Google).

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