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[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] kinetx:
i'm on stock 8.0, rooted with magisk, elementalx and twrp 3.1.1

i've grabbed the 8.1 ota and twrp 3.2. i should have no issue flashing twrp 3.2, flashing the ota and then rooting with magisk and flashing elementalx, right?
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] TENN3R:
I think there will be no problems, if you want to avoid possible errors just take a backup and then I would be glad if you report if it works or not :good:
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Ric G:
TWRP 3.2

I can't get twrp to accept my password :(
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] TonikJDK:
Yea, soon as I flashed the image it offered me the old dp2 update. I unenrolled from the beta. All good so far, no rollback OTA offered and I checked several times.

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Known issue. Remove the password works for some. I just copy the files to a USB and hook it with the adapter that came with the phone.
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] mkfink:
TWRP insisted on a password or pattern even when I disabled it, but putting the files on a USB drive worked, thanks!
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] l33tlinuxh4x0r:
Could we get a new thread for each new update instead of just updating the title of this thread. It would be helpful for build specific issues/bugs.
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] kinetx:
because of the pw issues people have been having with twrp 3.2 i deleted my fingerprints and removed screen lock security before flashing twrp 3.2 zip in twrp 3.1.1 then i just flashed the ota zip, coming from 8.0 to 8.1

reboot took about 2 minutes then successfully booted into OS. just gotta reinstall magisk now. doesn't seem there's an elementalx version for 8.1 yet.

edit: confirming magisk 14.5 successfully flashed on 8.1 and safetynet check working

edit2: is android pay working for anyone? i can open the app, but when i try and add a card it just sits on a loading screen and doesn't progress any further (blank white screen with the loading circle loop). it does allow me to add loyalty cards though.

edit3: swift black substratum theme is working on everything
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Agent.:
You flashed TWRP before flashing the OTA? Doesn't the OTA replace TWRP with stock recovery?
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] kinetx:
it does, but i don't believe you can flash ota zips with twrp 3.1.1, you need 3.2 for this. after the first boot i went and fastbooted the twrp img then twrp 3.2 zip again
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Agent.:
I see, I think that might have been an extra step, just so you know.

I was previously on Android 7.1.2 running TWRP 3.0.2-0-RC1. Dirty flashed Android 8.0 (Nov Patch) OTA, then booted TWRP 3.1.1, flashed TWRP 3.1.1, flashed SuperSU, rebooted to system and everything worked fine.
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] kinetx:
ah - thanks for that. appreciate the correction. :)
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] chaco81:
Im on 8.1 and Rooted

TWRP 3.2.0-0 image

Super SU 2.82 SR5

SU_Hide v1.9

Dec 8.1 Factory image

I removed -w from the flash all bat file.

Ran it and installed the whole factory image.

Was watching when flashing was finishing, held VOL - so it would boot back to bootloader.

I then booted the twrp 3.2 image

i then flashed Super SU and SUhide from my OTG USB Drive

Rebooted when done = Profit!
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] tdimarzio:
Confirmed. ADB sideload of 8.1 OTA on-top of 8.1 DP2 fails due to "Update package is older than the current build ... Installation aborted"

:(:(:(:(
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] ithehappy:
So I am on 8.1, there is no way I can flash something with TWRP 3.1.1-1 any more? I have to flash the 3.2.0 zip now? And that will replace the stock recovery and make TWRP as permanent recovery?
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] sb1893:
This is great and exactly what I needed to know. Would be easier / cleaner if TWRP could once again decrypt like it always has on 8.0 and prior - but great to know there is a valid and working alternative path to success. I'll be trying this tonight.

S
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] prot-:
Remember to disable substratum theme before upgrading!

I had systemui errors even in safe mode and was about to factory reset.

I went back to twrp and installed the SubstratumRescue.zip file in the substratum folder and it fixed everything! Lucky

Successfully rooted with SR5-SuperSU-v2.82-SR5-20171001224502.zip

And UPDATE-suhide-v1.09-20171001222116.zip

All working well

That said I find the colours slightly different on 8.1. looks too bright or something , that will just be 8.1 though and nothing to do with root
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] bl0wndiff:
Installed final 8.1.0 on Pixel XL with TWRP 3.2.0 and Magisk 14.5 fully working root.

Steps:

1. Clean flash 8.1 image, with -w flag

2. Boot into phone, setup device without pin

3. Boot to bootloader

4. Fastboot boot TWRP 3.2.0

5. Flash TWRP 3.2.0 installer zip

6. Reboot recovery

7. Flash 14.5 Magisk

8. Reboot to system, if it stucks, just hold power button and wait when phone reboots
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] mikefnz:
Similar steps followed here - not a clean flash & all is good.
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] hokiealumnus:
To clarify, you did this from 8.0 to 8.1 without the -w?
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] mikefnz:
Apologies, from 8.1 DP2, with -w cut out of 'Flash-all'.
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] piscesjoey:
Just got finished OTA sideloading the update onto my Pixel XL. Many thanks again for providing the link!
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Agent.:
Are there any pros or cons to doing it this way? This is how I did my most recent upgrade, however it appears as though a lot of people recommend flashing the full factory image.
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] jk8260:
OK, so I am now on 8.1 (yeah !!!)

I started with 8.0 Nov patch, root SU & SU Hide, working Android Pay, AdAway and Substratum and after the update and re-rooting all is still working fine.

There are a few things I want to share on how to do this smoothly.

Primarily that once you get updated to 8.1 (I always do factory mage and remove the -w) both the new 3.2.0 and old 3.1.1 twrp (which did work with 8.0) do not work with your encryption (ie.. your pin).

This is easily fixed by removing your pin to reboot to twrp and flash SU to root and SUHide, BUT when you remove your pin Android pay will pop up really fast and tell you to put the pin back or your cards/history will be removed (yikes).

What I would like to share is how I easily got around this.

First - when confronted to put the pin back I did and all was well.

Second - I rebooted just to start over fresh and then removed my pin and quickly shut down before Android pay could prompt me.

Third - I pressed Power and Vol Down to reboot to bootloader.

Forth - I fastboot booted the new twrp 3.2.0 and I was in fine.

Fifth - from twrp 3.2.0 I flashed the SU -> SR5-SuperSU-v2.82-SR5-20171001224502.zip

Sixthv I rebooted to the system (must do before SUHide) and once in I quickly shutdown again before Android Pay could catch me.

Seventh - I fastboot booted the new twrp 3.2.0 again and flashed SUHide -> UPDATE-suhide-v1.09-20171001222116.zip

Finally - I rebooted back to system and quickly went into settings and reset my pin and fingerprint.

And all is well now, 81. root, safteynet passes, android pay works and did not have my cards removed.

Hope this helps someone.

If there is an easier way please share but for what it is worth this worked fine (done in 20 minutes)

enjoy
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] gqukyo:
Yup, I'm having the same issue
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] mwalt2:
I had a similar issue. After a factory reset, having Android reinstall apps/data during setup from a Google backup, and re-doing Magisk, Android Pay worked fine for me.
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] kinetx:
i think there's a timing component to it. after leaving it for a few hours i just tried again now and i could add my cards back in now. i didn't realise removing my pin/fingerprints would also remove stored cards, but thats a good security feature in hindsight.
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] mwalt2:
Glad it worked out without having to do anything (other than wait :) ). My problem actually occurred when upgrading in one of the 8.0 monthly updates. I could not add cards and would have Google Play Services crash every time I tried.
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] piscesjoey:
Flashing the OTA will keep your data intact while flashing the factory image will completely wipe your device. I usually only flash full factory images when it is a major update while anything minor I'll just flash the OTA.
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] mochamoo:
You can keep your personal data if you remove the -w switch on the flash-all.bat file.

Sent from my Very Silver Pixel XL 128GB
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] shivaagarwal1:
Adb is not detecting Pixel XL in recovery whereas it is working fine when Phone is on or in fastboot. Any suggestions?
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] ithehappy:
Anyone absolutely annoyed by the added space on both sides of the status bar? Next to time and left to apps' notification icons? It's beyond awful!
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] mrsean:
I'm still on 7.12. Can I flash the factory image, remove the -w from flash.bat and arrive on 8.1 with my data untouched?
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] piscesjoey:
Oh wow I never knew this, thanks, will definitely come in handy next time!

Yes.
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Zehlek:
I'm still on dp2. No OTA yet
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] mikaole:
There will be no ota from dp2.
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Zehlek:
I will need to flash images for final version or is dp2 that same and it will continue with next update
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] AP2FTW:
I agree...it's a little bit better if you change the smallest width value to something high...but I still think the spacing shouldn't have been touched.
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] richii0207:
Google's beta site says this "At the end of the program, you will begin to receive regular public updates."
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] tjsynkral:
I'm finding that installing SuperSU zip from boot TWRP doesn't add the app to the drawer, and if I download the SuperSU app from GP, it updates the binary and asks to reboot, and that reboot never boots again. Am I doing something wrong?
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] AP2FTW:
Supersu didn't appear in the app drawer for me either after I flashed the zip, so I used a file explorer to go into the zip and found the supersu apk tapped it and hit install
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] nadiros:
To remove the padding on the status bar in 8.1 (made for round corners)

su

settings put secure sysui_rounded_content_padding 0

Cheers
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] AP2FTW:
Really? Will try asap... could you please explain how to reverse just in case?
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] reddv1:
That worked. Any idea how to do that for the navbar? Seems they add padding there too. Also, they made the navbar buttons tiny now, anyway to change them back without messing with dpi or font size.

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Enter a value of 8, to reverse the padding.

Also, you don't need SU, just use an app like Settings Database Editor and access to adb once, to enable editing. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=by4a.setedit22
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] nadiros:
For nav bar customization, including padding I use

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=xyz.paphonb.systemuituner
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] ithehappy:
Google Now Feed Refreshing Bug!

Could anyone check this for me please? When you enter Google Now feed by sliding to left from homescreen, and then pull down to refresh the same, it never refreshes! The refreshing icon keeps spinning endlessly but the feed is stuck with old contents! But then when you open the actual Google app and refresh then it refreshes fine, and then also the feed got from left sliding also refreshes with pulling down, but only for a while. If I have failed to make myself clear, please see this screen recording, and kindly check this for me whether you also having this problem, cause I myself never had a problem, like this on either Nougat or 8.0:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lous350N5706vsSdky4OA3mdsgLSiQYQ/view?usp=sharing
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] perfoliate:
Same here, coming from flash all from beta 2 without -w
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] The.Yield:
Confirming this happens to me too.

OTA sideload; stock on project Fi.
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Stanzilla:
Anyone captured the 8.1 DP2 => final OTA url?
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] xdatastic:
https://ota.googlezip.net/packages/.../701f0e1bcb0941f4b87e66defa0882002325a14b.zip

ota-required-cache=0
ota-streaming-property-files=payload.bin:5805:43906744,payload_properties.txt:43912601:154,care_map.txt:569:171,compatibility.zip:787:4977,metadata:63:464
ota-type=AB
post-build=google/marlin/marlin:8.1.0/OPM1.171019.011/4448085:user/release-keys
post-build-incremental=4448085
post-timestamp=1510775341
pre-build=google/marlin/marlin:8.1.0/OPP6.171019.012/4453975:user/release-keys
pre-build-incremental=4453975
pre-device=marlin
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] ithehappy:
So using this for just over 3 days now and I'm more or less adamant that since 8.0 release this is the worst firmware upgrade took place. Apps crashing 3 times more than before. Phone got stuck on G logo, twice, upon reboot, had to long press power to come out of that. The phone doesn't feel any more snappy at all than before! I seriously don't know how on earth this could remotely be called an upgrade.
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] bobby janow:
Same here. Weird.
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Cristiano Matos:
Stock no root? In my case 8.1 is running flawlessly. Stock, locked and of course no root
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] mochamoo:
Mine is mostly stock rooted with Magisk. I uninstalled via the Magisk app last night to flash elementalX 3.00 and then Magisk again. 8.1 has been running fine with and without root. Maybe a reflash will help the OP?

Sent from my Very Silver Pixel XL 128GB

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One of my banking apps FCs every time. I suspect the app needs updating.

Sent from my Very Silver Pixel XL 128GB
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] ithehappy:
Stock yes, but of course rooted, won't ever live without root.

I flashed with full wipe anyway, so factory reset and all those don't apply for my case.

8.0 was like butter, everywhere. 8.1 drops so many frames in comparison in many places. Also the UI related changes are childish really. Like a few pop ups are now in white and they appear in white background, making them impossible to notice! It's nice that nav bar icon size is now reduced, yet the nav bar's size is same, so the icons look a bit small there! There was that padding on status bar, which was fixed with that command anyway, but why would I need a command at first place! The new launcher is okay but Google Now feed stuck every once in a while like I machined already. And that bottom positioned Google search widget is the worst idea, it should have been on top of the default icon set (phone, messaging etc), and so on.

The overall vibe of this release is not good at all. I really wish to go back to 8.0 but I just flashed this ****e with full wipe and taking backup and restoring later is a PITA process.
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Cristiano Matos:
Could anyone give me a real good reason to root Pixel? I still can't see any.

Since Nougat I don't see the benefits.

I don't have any issue running stock, locked and not rooted
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] haevolution:
Probably not necessary for you then. Others like to mod certain aspects that are locked down by Google. For me it was the need to edit build.prop since it was blocking me from using tethering on Verizon.
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] mochamoo:
Reinstalled the banking app and all is good.

Sent from my Very Silver Pixel XL 128GB
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] r1nstang:
need help. i was on pixel xl 8.0. i used flashfire to upgrade to the 8.1 just like i did last month. but then it wouldnt reboot at all. did a factory reset and booted up. but now when i go into TWRP bootable it asked for my PIN but it says its invalid and i cant access any of my sdcard files. what did i do wrong? and is there anyway to fix the invalid password in twrp?

also when i hook my phone up to usb transfer it shows me 3 separate sdcards at 103GB each in windows. its never done that before either

ok...dumb me. i just removed my password and could get into twrp and flash SuperSU. i havent tried setting my password back up and trying twrp again yet though. is that just a bug with twrp on 8.1 for now?
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] tiny4579:
Has this one been tested? My phone and many other people's phones are pulling a bad OTA.

It might not be a bad idea to flash a factory image but I don't want to have to unlock the bootloader just to do that.
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] :
I'm enrolled in the beta and I just got an OTA to OPR6 that was 65.4MB, and an hour later I'm now receiving another OTA that is 950.7MB.

So far the first 65MB OTA didn't look/act different at all other than the beta Quick Settings tile being gone. I'll report back on how this second OTA goes.
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] KennyDumah:
could someone of you post the pixel launcher from the new update?
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] usatf1290:
It doesn't seem to be working, even sideloading that OTA. I validated the sha1 to check if the download was correct, too. The filename is the same as the expected sha1.

I get the following error:

"Error applying update: 26 (ErrorCode::kDownloadMetadataSignatureMismatch)

E:Erorr in /sideload/package.zip (Status 1)

Installation aborted"
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] lorloff:
Are you able to find the dl file links?
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] RomPlinker:
Yeah, I realized there was a problem with it and updated my post with a YMMV. It wouldn't apply at all on my device. So I'm back to waiting. :|
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Tylog:
It has been removed from Google and is supposed to be online again soon, that says Google. Waiting and relaxing
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] :
It should be up on APK Mirror soon
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] lorloff:
I downloaded the file to my PC and it doesn't even look like an android update. The zip file information just looks wrong.
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] :
If someone can show me how to do that, yes
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] usatf1290:
Agreed, interestingly i just saw this line in LogCat a second ago. They might have just pulled that OTA.

08-21 16:49:02.616 2849-9506/? I/SystemUpdate: [Control,InstallationControl] Update URL changed from "https://ota.googlezip.net/packages/ota-api/google_marlin_marlin/80cafb69c50be0fb6ed197998bd7434b26155355.zip" to "".
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] KennyDumah:
Well I guess I gonna download the Pixel XL factory image now and extract the apk with an Ext4 Unpacker. but ye thank you for your help... must be hard to upload a freaking apk lol
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] jarjar124:
I'm on OPR6 build and got ota for a 950 mb ota. This is the link i was able to pull. I'm still installing right now. Here's link: https://android.googleapis.com/pack.../8cfe91d60eafcec2c74e3eef4c2506473b2d7187.zip
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] :
I can't find a link to the larger OTA that I'm downloading now, and my bootloader is locked on my Pixel. I can't extract that latest APK until someone posts a link
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Nocturnal86:
Currently following the method here, of flashing the system image without the "-w" to keep my data. Will update to see if it worked

Update: Works great. Took a while to boot, but I have all my data and I am on Oreo
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] GroovinChip:
I attached a PDF I made on how to flash updates. The source link isn't for the Oreo images, as this was written pre-oreo. Everything else should be accurate.

I flashed from 7.1.2 as well.
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] john7760:
Does anyone have any info on being able to Root the Full System Image?
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] GroovinChip:
As far as I know, root is still being researched for Oreo. I imagine stable TWRP and root will be available within a few weeks.
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Kisakuku:
Root for O DPs has been available all along. Use the modded TWRP 3.1.0-0 from here and SuperSU v2.82 SR3 from here.
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] :
So that second OTA brought me from version OPR.170623.11 to OPR.170623.12 .... Where's the official release Google?

Edit: Actually the .11 and .12 builds are both listed as the Pixel XL developer images, so I just went from the TMO/SPRINT/US image to the "other carriers" image...
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Kisakuku:
This is the official release. Different builds for different carriers:
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] :
But why did I get an OTA from OPR4 to the .11 build, then another to the .12 build?

And if this was an official build it would be on the factory images page, it wouldn't still have an octopus as the easter egg, and it would have a standard release build number. Both builds have none of those
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Kisakuku:
Because Google pulled the first incremental OTA, then released the second full image OTA.

R stands for release in opr6.

Just like official 7.0 doesn't have the neko cats...
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] :
And the P stands for Preview
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Kisakuku:
No, P is for project. DPs had builds opp1 to opp4, the second P was for preview.
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] matlear:
1st bug - wifi icon stays on whilst turned off :(
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] :
Good to know. Thanks!
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] GroovinChip:
I thought it was still being worked on. Thanks for the correction! Is Magisk available for Oreo yet? Or is the SU you linked systemless for bypassing SafetyNet?
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Kisakuku:
You can use unofficial Magisk builds for Pixel or flash suhide-lite after SuperSU.
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] GroovinChip:
Thanks! I'll probably go with SU to keep the stock kernel
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Mike02z:
Up and running fine here.
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Drashnar:
Anyone up and running with root on a verizon model (I have an unlocked boot loader version)?
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Juzman:
Tested and doesn't work. :(
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] GroovinChip:
Which did you test? Magisk or SuHide? EDIT: Because I can confirm now that rooting with SuperSu works.
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Juzman:
Magisk. Flashed it in TWRP and looked fine, but not installed.

I can't use su-hide since it doesn't work with MDM so I didn't try that.
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] eduardmc:
Does android O runs has smooth (should be). Or smoother than nougat. (Scrolling , animation etc).