commit f62cb9634bca3eb13b6160b3a2aef1e39842123a
parent 649a01c912b5adaed63582e5370e805f6c92016a
Author: Beau <cbeauhilton@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2023 23:23:26 -0500
update
Diffstat:
2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/index.json b/index.json
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
"nav_path": [
"posts"
],
- "excerpt": "The internet, up to now, says you need Windows or MacOS to calibrate the Pixel 6's fingerprint reader after installing a new screen and digitizer.\nThe internet, up to now, was wrong.",
+ "excerpt": "The internet, up to now, says you need Windows or MacOS to calibrate the Pixel's fingerprint reader after installing a new screen and digitizer.\nThe internet, up to now, was wrong.",
"date": "2023-09-19",
"title": "Pixel 6 DIY screen replacement, with fingerprint reader calibration\nusing Linux"
},
diff --git a/site/posts/pixel6screen.md b/site/posts/pixel6screen.md
@@ -3,14 +3,14 @@
<time id="post-date">2023-09-19</time>
<p id="post-excerpt">
-The internet, up to now, says you need Windows or MacOS to calibrate the Pixel 6's fingerprint reader after installing a new screen and digitizer.
+The internet, up to now, says you need Windows or MacOS to calibrate the Pixel's fingerprint reader after installing a new screen and digitizer.
The internet, up to now, was wrong.
</p>
## Physical install
My wife's Pixel 6's screen stopped working.
-Seemed to be ok otherwise.
+Phone seemed to be ok otherwise.
We looked at the cost of replacing the phone vs repairing the screen.
@@ -31,9 +31,10 @@ because I didn't realize that the broken screen I removed had been separated fro
(so the old frame was still installed and I installed the adhesive to the its top,
rather than in the phone casing where it belongs,
and found out when the phone wouldn't click back together with the new screen).
-It was about $10, including shipping, for a second adhesive (also iFixit). Fits like a glove.
+It was about $10, including shipping, for a second adhesive (also iFixit). Fit like a glove.
-Total $140, and Verizon sent us a free new Pixel 7 anyway (long story), so now my wife has the 7
+Total $140, and Verizon sent us a free new Pixel 7 anyway (long story),
+so now my wife has the 7
and I upgraded from my old Pixel 2XL to this refurb'd 6.
Dang, what an upgrade.
Even though the Pixel 6 is widely considered the dud of the group,
@@ -51,7 +52,7 @@ If you look around the internet for troubleshooting related to this tool,
you'll see a number of old posts recounting various problems,
most of which seem to have been ironed out by this writing.
-However, the one problem I couldn't find a fix or update for was how to use that website
+However, the one problem I couldn't find a fix or happy update for was how to use that website
if you're not running Windows or MacOS.
[This Redditor couldn't get it working on Linux or Windows, bad luck?](https://www.reddit.com/r/GooglePixel/comments/xq82ri/pixel_6_fingerprint_calibration/).
@@ -59,7 +60,7 @@ if you're not running Windows or MacOS.
[Anon is very angry at Google for not supporting Linux for the calibration (ctrl-F "linux" to find)](https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/217589152?pli=1).
We no longer have anything but Linux/OpenBSD systems in the house
-(while I love FOSS and feel some glee in this fact,
+(while I love FOSS and feel glee in this,
it is not entirely on purpose, and I don't hate Windows or MacOS -
my wife's MBP met an early demise at the thrown milk cup of a boisterous toddler,
or I would have tried that machine first
@@ -123,11 +124,14 @@ Almost too easy.
## Manual clean up - what, you think this is NixOS?
-Unless you're an Android dev, you probably won't need the tools again,
+You probably won't need these tools again,
at least not for a long while, so:
```shell
paru -R android-tools android-sdk-build-tools # about 156MiB, not much, but it's the principle of the thing
+sudo pacman -R $(comm -12 <(pacman -Qq | sort) <(pacman -Slq multilib | sort)) # undo the multilib stuff
+sudo sed -i 's/\[multilib\]/\#\[multilib\]/' /etc/pacman.conf # undo more of the multilib stuff
+paru # finish undoing the multilib stuff
```
## Next steps
