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How to Upgrade Manually to Ubuntu 26.10 "Stonking Stingray"

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  With the development cycle for Ubuntu 26.10 officially underway, Canonical has published stonking/snapshot-1 . For early adopters, developers, and enthusiasts looking to ride the absolute edge of the open-source wave, the temptation to jump from the stable shores of 26.04 LTS, Resolute Raccoon, into the development stream is strong. Because the automated release pathways are not populated so early in the cycle, the standard do-release-upgrade -d tool will politely decline to find the new branch. To make the leap, we must step past the guardrails and manage our repository tracking manually. > Important Prerequisite: Upgrading to a day-one snapshot moves your environment into a highly experimental space. Ensure all core personal files, configurations, and local development repositories are thoroughly backed up before executing these steps. Ubuntu 26.04 has transitioned to a modern, structured deb822 formatting layout for core package sources. This means standard mod...
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How to sideload an OTA Image onto Pixel Watch

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Note: You will need a debug adapter to sideload the OTA which Google offers via invitation only. @breaddisease explains on the XDA developers website how he obtained the debug adapter. Make sure you download the correct image for your specific model of Pixel watch.



Enable Developer Options


Go to Settings > System > About and tap on the build number seven times. You should see a message that says "You are now a developer!"


Enable ADB Debugging


Next, you'll need to enable ADB debugging. To do this, go to Settings > System > Developer options and toggle on the "USB debugging" option. Connect Your Watch to Your Computer

 

Plug the connected adaptor into the USB port on your PC


On your computer, open a command prompt or terminal window and navigate to the folder where you downloaded the OTA image.



Reboot to recovery to sideload the OTA image



adb reboot recovery


adb sideload  <path to the OTA image>



After the flashing process completes, tap 'reboot device now'

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