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[Google Pixel 2 Questions & Answers] bartolo5:
I find it quite tragic. This is easily the best android phone I've had, in this form factor, but I was having a phone call right now and even with NFC off without clicking the hissing is too objectionable. We take phone calls for granted, and we should, this is a smart "phone".

I can see the NFC clicking being fixed in software somehow but I'm not so sure about the hiss/coil whine. If you put your ear in the back of the phone the hiss/coil whine is way louder. It may not even be that this is interference into the speaker but simply the coil whine from the back bleeding through the grills of the speaker. The hiss is acoustically being transfered from the back to the grill in the front. Just a theory.

Either way, between this and all the Pixel 2 XL display issues Google really needs to step up their quality control game if they want to be a player in this space.
[Google Pixel 2 Questions & Answers] bartolo5:
Alright people. Official answers from Google.

https://productforums.google.com/fo...Qgtm5dK8I;context-place=forum/phone-by-google

https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/phone-by-google/FRyoLZZjXvo

TLDR. They'll issue an update that will fix the NFC clicking in the upcoming weeks, no mention of the hiss. Warranty extended to 2 years (because of display concerns people have)
[Google Pixel 2 Questions & Answers] ajrty33:
I have a Google (non-Verizon) pixel 2 I'm using on Verizon. I don't have the clicking because I have always had NFC off, but I do have the high pitch buzzing in the earpiece. I used the built-in support (under settings) to chat with Sherri and screen share. The first thing she did was go to NFC to turn it off (already off). The next thing she did was go to Mobile Network settings and change "Global" to "LTE/CDMA". She told me to make two phone calls a few minutes apart. There wasn't any buzzing (but it wasn't all the time before). She then switched it back to "Global" and told me to make another phone call. I didn't hear any buzzing and Sherri seemed excited that was the case.

I asked her if they knew what was causing it. She said, "We are investigating a 'clicking' or 'ticking' sound that is affecting a small number of Pixel 2 users." I told her it wasn't a clicking, but a buzzing in the earpiece. She said this was the fix for it. So I asked if the next time it happens I should switch from "Global" to "LTE/CDMA" and she said yes. She then told me she'd email me a bug report form.
[Google Pixel 2 Questions & Answers] kiz84:
I ordered mine from CPW and was getting a coil whine and clicking sound. Yesterday I went into a store (after contacting Google a few times) and got a replacement. No issues with this one it seems. The clicking sound is gone. Google have admitted the clicking is an issue and they will fix it with a software update. I'm not so sure the coil whine can be fixed via software though - but it did used to stop on my previous handset when the screen was on.
[Google Pixel 2 Questions & Answers] dsaucex:
Good to know. Did they replace the device immediately at the store?

I bought from CPW as well and am facing the same issue. I ordered a second unit from Google with high hopes. If CPW is able to verify that replacement doesn't have the issue and replaces it quickly, I'd like to do it.
[Google Pixel 2 Questions & Answers] mikeprius:
I know Google is offering suggestions, but personally I'm just returning it. I don't want to deal with the issues and against my better judgement I should have waited. Last year there was a crackling with the speaker.

https://www.androidcentral.com/dealing-audio-distortion-your-google-pixel

I'll buy the Pixel 2 again either late Dec or Jan. In the meantime, they can figure out whatever they need to do, but I'm going to sit out this. Great phone and looking forward to it, but the price for the problems does not work for me right now.
[Google Pixel 2 Questions & Answers] bartolo5:
Got one of my incoming Pixel 2 64GB today, serial FA79*** and interestingly it does NOT have the clicking issue even when NFC on. I have the other one to compare, and this unit clearly doesn't. Sadly there's still a bit of hiss/coil whine during calls, but it's not terrible. I'm wondering if none of this had been brought up if I would even have noticed it. Some previous phones I've had had a bit of a hiss during calls.
[Google Pixel 2 Questions & Answers] cb474:
Got my RMA device. The clicking is much fainter on it. But the electronic, staticy, high pitched sounds are louder! On my original device I can barely hear the high pitched noise.

(I've notice the high pitched noise is really mainly there when the screen is off--hence why people hear it in calls, I guess. When the screen is on--or the flashlight--that must put a load on whatever component makes the noise causing it to go away. Which makes me think this noise has something to do with the battery and/or power delivery system in the phone.)

So I guess I'll keep the original one for now. Even though the clicking is louder on it, it can be worked around by disabling NFC (which I never use anyway). And Google says they have a patch coming for that, whereas Google has not really said much about the high pitched whine. Maybe I'll do another RMA later, after Google says what sort of fixes they are offering.

Interestingly there were also other differences between the devices. The buttons on the second device were stiffer and made a louder click when depressed (I think I like the softer one's on my first device better). And the color calibration was definitely different on the two screens--though I never would have noticed without holding two phones next to each other. One was a little bit yellower, on an all white screen, but it also had better contrast (using a display testing app that showed how many gradations of grey it could render). I don't know if that's just the level of variance one would see in any device or if it suggests something about the assembly and quality control of the Pixel 2 specifically.
[Google Pixel 2 Questions & Answers] ajrty33:
Has anyone tried Google's suggestion of changing Mobile Network settings from "Global" to "LTE/CDMA", make phone call, then back to "Global"?

I'm not 100% it fixed it, but what I can say is that I had buzzing on every call before and I haven't had buzzing on any call after.
[Google Pixel 2 Questions & Answers] kiz84:
Well, originally I called up customer services and she did mention that I could just go into store because I was within 14 days of purchase. I went into a store after that and they replaced it on the spot. The lady that processed my replacement let me have a listen for some coil whine before she gave it to me though, just to verify!
[Google Pixel 2 Questions & Answers] cb474:
Tried it on the replacement device that I got, which has a worse high pitched sound, and it made no difference.

Those settings don't really make sense anyway. In Global mode, the phone only connected to UMTS and not LTE. In LTE/CDMA it won't connect to UMTS (if one is on T-Mobile). The phone was actually defaulting to LTE/CDMA/UMTS (which I guess would make the most sense for Project Fi since it uses both T-Mobile and Sprint).

Anyway, did not change the high pitched sound. I wonder if the buzzing you describe is a separate issue, perhaps specifically related to CDMA carriers.
[Google Pixel 2 Questions & Answers] drawoh:
I could hear the high pitch sound even when I'm not calling, SIM card not inserted, and screen is turned off. The noise is especially loud on the back of the phone where the back camera is.
[Google Pixel 2 Questions & Answers] Danariel:
I've noticed that if my phone is charged to 100%, I don't hear the squeal. The lower the battery gets, the louder it is.
[Google Pixel 2 Questions & Answers] cb474:
That's interesting. I was noticing the high pitched sound during a call today, which I had not experienced before (before I could only hear it from the back of the phone). The battery was at about 50%. Mostly it's been more charged up than that. So perhaps it was louder for me because of the lower level of the battery charge.

I also found that the sound goes away if the phone is charging. And if I unplugged the charger from the phone, while in a call, immediately I heard the high pitched sound come back.
[Google Pixel 2 Questions & Answers] superleeds27:
So the latest update fixes the clicking on calls, but the high pitch whine is still present.

I thought both of these would be fixed?
[Google Pixel 2 Questions & Answers] cb474:
Just as a warning, don't sideload the update if you want the fix for the clicking.

It turns out the update OTA image available on Google's website, to sideload, has a different build number from the one being pushed directly to devices. The one on the website ends with .018, the one being pushed to devices directly ends with .025 (this is at least for the unlocked Google Store version).

.018 does not fix the clicking issue (it did not on my phone and others report the same thing). But people with .025 do seem to have the issue fixed (as well as getting the new color options for the display).

And according to some people once you have .018 from sideloading, there's a good chance .025 will never get pushed to your device. (Yes, it's that stupid. I'm super annoyed.)

So just wait until the update gets pushed to your device.
[Google Pixel 2 Questions & Answers] krelvinaz:
I got the OTA without sideload and what I got ends with 023. I have a Verizon stock phone and haven't had the clicking issue, so for me there no way to confirm if it fixes the issue that others have.
[Google Pixel 2 Questions & Answers] dbrohrer:
I'm in the same boat. Sideloaded .018, now I'm stuck on it. Even tried to go to 8.1 beta in an attempt to revert back via OTA but 8.1 beta won't get pushed to my device after the .018 update.

Don't sideload the uploaded images / otas. Just wait.
[Google Pixel 2 Questions & Answers] cb474:
.025 is up on the Google developers site now. Although it's labeled EMR, I don't know why.

Also someone posted a capture link for the update being pushed directly to devices here: https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=74438337&postcount=33. It's only 50 Mb, compared to the 1.5 Gb full OTA image on Google's developers site. I don't know what the proper way is to flash the smaller file is or what the difference is between doing that or flashing the full OTA image. Anyway, we should be able to update from .018 to .025 now, though I haven't tried it yet.
[Google Pixel 2 Questions & Answers] dbrohrer:
Thanks for the heads up. I updated via the 50mb ota that got posted a little while ago. Went from .018 to .025. I'm happy now. No issues to report.
[Google Pixel 2 Questions & Answers] ssnacks:
Damn. I just made a call on my handset and noticed the whine. I sideloaded .025 awhile back but mostly use Bluetooth so I never heard the whine until now. I tried turning NFC off but that didn't help. Any other suggestions?

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Fixed. Turns out I sideloaded the .018 version but the phone was reporting that it had version .025. I just now downloaded .025 and sideloaded it. ADB reported an error but it seemed to succeed according to recovery. I don't hear the whine now!
[Google Pixel 2 Questions & Answers] wi150n:
Does anyone still have this problem on the Jan. patch? I just started noticing this issue...
[Google Pixel 2 Questions & Answers] scgf:
No. I initially had the whining and clicking but can't hear either now since the Dec update. Have subsequently installed the Jan update. No change.
[Google Pixel 2 Questions & Answers] koax88:
i purchased my pixel 2, comes with 8.0 , directly update to 8.1 and now on January update, no issues that i noticed. Have red alot on google product forums, there seems alot of problem, none on mine at this moment. Hope it stays this way for 2 more years.
[Google Pixel 2 Questions & Answers] moddex:
Yes, me
[Google Pixel 2 Questions & Answers] aivan_sison:
Me too. I just noticed it today after putting the earpiece on my ear. There's a faint buzzing sound.

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Wow, i just noticed that my Pixel 2 have this sound too on the rear camera. Is there a fix to this?
[Wing, P4350 General] WhatzinyourphonE:
Quick Q&A please, i've done some research on this subject but it didnt do much help. I have recently installed the trial version of Ilaunch, (good so far) and before i make the purchase I wanted to be informed on the possibility to change icons, edit captions etc. How would you rate this software from experience? Any feedback is welcome.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] JedixJarf:
Howdy,

Who else is having fun with their new toys today? :D

I just realized my pixel 2 xl had not been backing up to google drive and has been stuck on "Waiting to Sync" for most items. Thankfully, we can force a sync through ADB.

1) Enable Debugging/ADB on phone

2) Enter the following ADB commands from your PC/shell

adb shell
bmgr run
bmgr backupnow --all

That should be it, though mine seemed to be a bit naughty and refused to backup after the backupnow --all switch with an error of "Backup finished with result: Backup Cancelled". I also had to run "bmgr backupnow appdata", after running this, running "bmgr backupnow --all" seemed to kick off the expected backup procedures.

Hope it helps
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] THEbigSWEEN:
I was having issues getting my original XL to backup, was showing waiting to backup. Also received the cancelled error and had to do the appdata first, but after that worked like a charm. Appreciate the tip!
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] JedixJarf:
Glad it helped :)
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] markwebb:
Thanks for this tip: never knew about it!
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] spaceman860:
You do know that it only backs up once every 24 hours. Did you wait a full day before forcing it to backup?
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] JedixJarf:
2 days
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] steejo:
Holy ****, thank you very much! This resolved the issue, and I did too get the "Backup Cancelled" error at first. Rather than run "bmgr backupnow appdata", I just ran "bmgr backupnow --all" again and all was well :)

Edit: I also just wanted to note I was in a chat with a Google Rep for about an hour and a half trying to get this fixed, maybe longer, and this is what finally fixed it.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] JedixJarf:
Sweet, glad it worked out :D
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] AndrasLOHF:
My account is refusing to backup messages. Is there a way to force just this? I actually just lost a ton of my messages the other day because of an update to swipe for Facebook was bricking phones. I had already mailed my pixel XL for trade in and even after over 48 hours messages still didn't backup the 2xl.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] steejo:
Yeah, those commands force a backup using adb.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] bradhoschar:
PS C:\adb> adb shell

marlin:/ $ bmgr run

marlin:/ $ bmge backupnow --all

/system/bin/sh: bmge: not found

127|marlin:/ $ bmgr backupnow --all

Running incremental backup for all packages.

Backup finished with result: Backup Cancelled

marlin:/ $ bmgr backupnow --all

Running incremental backup for all packages.

Backup finished with result: Backup Cancelled

marlin:/ $

Cancelled?
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] dehnhaide:
I have been faced myself with the same issues. The only interesting fact I have found so far is that while checking from a computer for the Google Drive contents, the actual backup folder contains all the backup data in good shape, meaning stamped with the real and probable timestamps as opposed to what the status presented on the phone.

You could check this yourself to see if my observations fit you too.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] steejo:
Since this thread was bumped, I should also add that I restored from 8.1 Beta 2 to 8.0, and then back to 8.1 Beta 2. The issue arose again when restoring my phone, and I had to run these adb commands.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] dekciw:
I have this issue also. I went from 8.1 dp2 to 8.0 to try and sideload the OTA and when I went to restore it had been 3 days since the last backup and it didn't have my texts , app data or device settings. I just forced a full backup but it says waiting to backup for call history, device settings and photos & videos. Does anyone know the commands to force those individually so I can see the output?

Looks like everything backed up now except photos & videos, still says waiting to backup
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] PirateP3t3:
success!

I had to run "bmgr backupnow appdata" to get it to work and it looks like everything was backed up except my Device Settings and Call History still said "waiting to backup". I ran the initial backup command for a third timen and this time the whole process ran without including the "appdata" command. Did a restart and now it shows everything as having a successful backup!

No idea why this happening in the first place. Doesn't look like Google knows either. So glad you posted this quick fix!

Cheers!
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] kai84m:
Thank you so much!

Just realized that app data hadn't been backuped for 2 days.

I had to run bmgr backupnow appdata and two times --all before it worked!
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] nldxda:
Thanks alot, this saved me at least once already and now is part of my backup routine before doing any modifications to my P2XL :good:
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] THint:
Newbie here, with same issue. Please explain the process: 1) Enable Debugging/ADB on phone--in layperson's terms. Thanks!
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Pkt_Lnt:
It has been waiting for you! ;)

https://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2266638
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] THint:
Beautiful! Thanks so much.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Nikos2k:
It doesn't work on my device

c:\Program Files\ADB platform-tools>adb shell
taimen:/ $ bmgr run
taimen:/ $ bmgr backupnow --all
Running incremental backup for all packages.
Backup finished with result: Backup Cancelled
taimen:/ $ bmgr backupnow appdata
Running incremental backup for 1 requested packages.
Package appdata with result: Package not found
Backup finished with result: Success
Backup finished with result: Success
taimen:/ $

And nothing happens.

App data, call history, device settings, and SMS text messages still have the indication "Waiting to backup"

Any idea?
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Nikos2k:
In my case, the following sequence of commands initiated a full backup:

c:\Program Files\ADB platform-tools>adb shell
taimen:/ $ [B]bmgr enabled[/B]
Backup Manager currently enabled
taimen:/ $ [B]bmgr list transports[/B]
android/com.android.internal.backup.LocalTransport
com.google.android.gms/.backup.migrate.service.D2dTransport
* com.google.android.gms/.backup.BackupTransportService
taimen:/ $ [B]bmgr backupnow --all[/B]
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Badger50:
Does the in your code line indicate you were on slot _b? Or that's just how the input has to go?
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Nikos2k:
just how i typed them

adb shell <enter>

bmgr enabled <enter>

bmgr list transports <enter>

bmgr backupnow --all <enter>

(The list command most probably doesn't have any effect, but it confirms Google Transport)
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Badger50:
Ah, gotchya. Thanks my friend. Definitely good info to know ??
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Felosis:
Hey folks! I have a question a little off topic, but since TB was brought up above, I just thought about it...

I do full scheduled TB backups and upload to Google Drive. I know backup and restore through TWRP presents issues when done with screen locks or even maybe Substratum enabled in the backup. Is that also the case with TB? I guess I'm wondering if I'm wasting my time doing these backups since I always have lock security and Substratum themes enabled when my schedules run. Lol

My thought is if a dirty security update flash goes south in the future, I can start fresh and just restore my full TB backup. :good:
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Badger50:
For data user apps you'd be fine. No..no..for system apps. Nor would I restore the substratum apk's you can backup. But that's just me.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Felosis:
Awesome, thanks for info, that makes sense. :good:

If I continue my "full" backups for ease of not manually selecting stuff and only restore user data apps, I should be good? My main concern is my authenticators apps, which are all user data, of course. I kinda don't care about the rest. Trying to restore all my auth stuff is like a day's work. Lol
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Badger50:
You'd still be fine with the data user apps. Even most all of my authenticor apps restore without issue. ?
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Felosis:
Excellent, thanks Bro! Luckily, I've not had to test a restore yet since September security release when I got my phone!
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Nikos2k:
I can confirm that authenticators like Google Authenticator, Authy, Microsoft Account can be restored with TB without any problem, even from a different device.

As for banks' authenticators, some get restored without problem, some will recognize that it is a different setup and will require the registration process (possibly they check the Android ID which is different in each Android system)

But generally the restored apps will work ok, and it is indeed the authenticators that tb is most useful for
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] ynag:
Folks - how do you delete backup for a particular package (and leave the rest intact) in the App Data folder? e.g. I have 10 apps (packages) installed on the device. I want to delete only one from the backup completely and leave the remaining 9 as-is without any changes. Is it possible? When I browse the backup folder on Google Drive, there is no option to do that. I can only delete whole backup.

If that's not possible, can we delete just the "app data" folder and leave the rest (Calendar, Contacts, SMS etc.) as-is ?
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Nikos2k:
Try to run the bmgr tool with no arguments (from adb shell) to get a list and description of available commands
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Nikos2k:
It seems that you cannot delete the app data from the device

(but when you are restoring the data to a new device, you have the option to select which apps will be restored)

You can however wipe the entire data set of a particular package and its data swill be rewritten in the next backup:

taimen:/ $ bmgr

usage: bmgr [backup|restore|list|transport|run]

bmgr backup PACKAGE

bmgr enable BOOL

bmgr enabled

bmgr list transports [-c]

bmgr list sets

bmgr transport WHICH|-c WHICH_COMPONENT

bmgr restore TOKEN

bmgr restore TOKEN PACKAGE...

bmgr restore PACKAGE

bmgr run

bmgr wipe TRANSPORT PACKAGE

bmgr fullbackup PACKAGE...

bmgr backupnow --all|PACKAGE...

bmgr cancel backups

The 'wipe' command causes all backed-up data for the given package to be

erased from the given transport's storage. The next backup operation

that the given application performs will rewrite its entire data set.

Transport names to use here are those reported by 'list transports'.