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[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Windroid-user:
On the custom kernel thread it's the opposite. The guy uses a custom kernel but not Gpay!

Do you have to flash recovery and magisk again? Because if that is so then you might as well try Sultan Kernel which is a flash and forget type of kernel since it has already been optimised and everyone says it is better and devs say stock kernel is trash. Not my words though but I'm positive it will be an improvement and no hugs hopefully because this device is like 2 years old now.

You might not be in the mood to mess around which I completely understand.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] HotShotAzn:
Going through guide, how are you folks doing both

fastboot flashing unlock

and

fastboot flashing unlock_critical

When I try to run the second command, I get "Device Already : unlocked!"
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Windroid-user:
Hmm I did the second line

I'm assuming you ran the first line then the second? If so then you were meant to pick one and I'm pretty sure the majority picked the second because it allows bootloader flashing so you can flash a factory image.

Correct me if I'm wrong, I'm still pretty new to this part of android.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Pkt_Lnt:
Things changed over a year ago, here is the last time someone had to correct that (incorrect) old post. Nate is no longer active here on XDA, so that is not corrected, but this is reliable.

https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=78908055&postcount=2843
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] UnseenMaster:
Can anyone that already has Android 10 confirm if Magisk and TWRP work? Thinking about flashing the new stock image but would like to know if those work before I flash.

Thanks in advance!
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] loadie:
Flashed with TWRP, No issues,all seems to work as expected..
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] johnlgalt:
Working here as well. I just cleanly installed April Pie so I could have native TWRP decryption without having to remove my PIN every time I needed to use it.

So, now watch - now that I've done that I'll boot TWRP like all of once before I replace this thing.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] imtawakkal:
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[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Digital DJ:
I flashed Android 10 today and now my camera will not store pics that I take. I think I may have to factory reset to get a clean install ugh...

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I don't understand why people complain about the notch. Do you want a front camera? Maybe I'm crazy but where would you put the camera on the front if you don't want the notch but want as much screen real-estate as possible. I know you didn't mention the screen size, but most of the posts that I see complain about both. People want no bezel and no notch. lol
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] chadhugo:
How ? I keep getting the "failed to mount system: invalid argument" error after flashing the twrp zip and magisk...
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Will008:
I flashed Q (020) over my rooted P (Aug sec patch). I get a device corrupt warning and it gets stuck at the google logo. Trying to flash P back now. Help please...
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] humdrum2009:
Most of those people want a Samsung type screen on the Pixel line,j would as well. But Google doesn't see it that way.

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Download the latest platform tools

Extract folder to desktop

Place deuces bootloop recovery inside platform tools

Along with the full ota image

That's what worked for me

Or just try to flash inside platform tools itself first.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Will008:
Yeah right after I posted I remembered I didn't even put the files in the platform folder.

So I did that, flashed latest pie first and booted it up to make sure there was no permanent damage. Put Q files in the platform tools folder and flashed them, towards the end it said it couldn't flash vendor.img due to an I/O error... I restarted the bootloader and retrying now. Any tips?
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] humdrum2009:
Just update using ota from p.

That should work
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] johnlgalt:
That's what I did.

After taking the original Qb6 --> Q10 OTA, I FDRd the device, flashed (April) Pie to both slots, set up the phone with a few accounts and setting,s then took the Q10 OTA over that.

Butter.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] humdrum2009:
Glad it worked
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] chadhugo:
Just update from OTA when you've flashed P.

Silky smooth!
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] srqrob:
Anyone hear what the difference is between 19 and 20 update versions? Assuming just use the latest 20?
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Will008:
Yup all good now.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Digital DJ:
I see now that the camera not working is a common problem. Mine will not work after the Android 10 update. I guess I'm going back to the Aug patch for now...
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] aoaleman:
This should be the difference:
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Pkt_Lnt:
Do you have a link to that info? Your screenshot is cut off and cannot be read. Thanks.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] aoaleman:
Absolutely:

https://source.android.com/setup/start/build-numbers#source-code-tags-and-builds
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Pkt_Lnt:
Thank you for the link. It is still clear as mud what the actual difference is between build .19 and build .20. :p :D
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Strephon Alkhalikoi:
Only speculating here, but I believe .19 is for the Verizon units while .20 is for everyone else.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] sidhaarthm:
Everything is working great on Q (020), including Root, AdAway, ViperFX - but my only gripe is with certain banking apps. Namely MBNA and Halifax in the UK. Both are very similar and probably developed by the same company.

Magisk Hide and exceptions in AdAway do not seem to work anymore - even though everything was fine until I flashed Q last night. Any guidance on hiding root from these baking apps on Q would be greatly appreciated.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Pkt_Lnt:
Well that is the odd thing about my getting the OTA of .19, unlocked P2Xl bought from Google, always manually updated via sideload. Used on Cricket (AT&T MVNO) now without a SIM in it as test/play phone. I was downloading .20 to sideload and the OTA update to 10 popped up, so I just clicked and accepted, it installed .19. I have white boot screen, and most G apps are white, even though I have dark selected in Display, Developer, and Accessibility.

As soon as I get my Linux box up and running I will sideload .20, I'm on a PixelBook for now and the next few weeks.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] srqrob:
I sideloaded the 20 OTA and all appears OK. I have not seen any reports of updates with the 19. Saw an unconfirmed post that it might be carrier connected. I'm on Google Fi for what it's worth.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Pkt_Lnt:
^^^ now without a SIM in it as test/play phone ^^^

So maybe with no carrier identified one gets .19(?)

I would still like a definitive answer which that carrier specific tag might be for which build. In the past years the OTA might be labeled for T-Mo, Telstra, etc.

Not holding my breath though, since Google seems to like the the boilerplate "bug fixes and performance improvements" for all app updates in the last year or so. :rolleyes:
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] johnlgalt:
I've seen at least one person reporting errors with .20 being unable to make any sort of connections, so I'm betting that the version numbers are carrier specific.

I'm on Fi, and I got .20 as the OTA both times.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Strephon Alkhalikoi:
I probably should try 19. My device takes a long time to start, Internet is somewhat sluggish, and it takes a loooong time for XDA labs to post a message.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Pkt_Lnt:
" it takes a loooong time for XDA labs to post a message"

XDA has always been slower than any other site I visit. I think it is the high number of users and forums/threads/posts. I have seen intermittent outages over the last few days, I think someone neglected to feed the hamsters. I also see tons of double posts, so I think everyone is affected. I get warnings of duplicate posts almost every reply, though I KNOW I only hit the Reply button ONCE. :cyclops:

Same here, have .19, will sideload .20 in a week or two to see what is different, and keep polishing my search fu to try and find a "real" answer. Let us know what you see if you try the other tag build.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] simplepinoi177:
If you don't have it, you should try a custom kernel.

I see in your sig that you are using Flash kernel, but unfortunately that kernel is "EOL". But have no fear! The closest custom kernel to nathanchance's Flash is MSF Jarvis's Caesium kernel; it's why I personally use it. Apparently, he based the kernel off of Flash, and even had nathanchance help develop it with him. If anything, even nathanchance endorses it (PROOF)!

As good as MagiskHide can be, I've only been able to have further success at hiding root by a custom kernel, and I imagine using one that is out of date can hinder it considerably. It was the only reason how I was able to have Google Pay work (in the past only, now currently having a custom kernel is not enough), and FWIW I'm able to download and load Netflix and all my banking apps...

Hope this helps...
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] sidhaarthm:
Thanks for your guidance. I haven't updated my signature but I switched to ElementalX kernel a while back. Currently running their v3.05 that supports Q.

I'm happy to try out Caesium. In the meantime do you have further guidance or instructions on how to make Google Pay or these banking apps work alongside my rooted device? I've never been able to get GPay to work and would be grateful for your assistance :)
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Strephon Alkhalikoi:
Usually when I reply to a message XDA Labs is relatively quick. After the Android 10 update I was having hold times of up to a minute before the post was copied to the server. I get lucky here in that I have had very few duplicate posts, and I go back and edit them out when they occur.

I decided that prior to installing .19 I would do a clean install - including the -w flag - of .20, as I had taken the .20 OTA and flashed it over Android 9. I'll let you know how it goes but initial results seem promising.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] CPngN:
No one is getting any "failed sensors"? In the 3XL forum, they're reporting that for some people, sensors stop working. LIke... all of them. Rotation, proximity, gps. And they mention pixel 2, but I don't see that same issue in here.

Also, I read that .19 was for those coming from the betas, and .20 is for folks only running production builds. ...?
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] simplepinoi177:
I've heard nothing but good things about ElementalX, so as long as you're up-to-date on latest version of the kernel, I doubt Caesium will improve anything in terms of hiding/masking root...

As far as I can tell, MagiskHide and a custom kernel is the best (only?) way to "sidestep" root detection... It's always advised that you can always try the "canary" versions of Magisk -- although I'm unsure how it will work and be compatible with Android 10; although I'm sure they had been working and testing it on the Q betas.

And, as I've said before, getting Google Pay to work is much more and very different from merely hiding it from root detections and most likely will only work for getting Google Pay to work and not necessarily any other apps. But, if you are still interested in it, you can find the step by step method here: https://xdaforums.com/apps/magisk/magisk-google-pay-gms-17-1-22-pie-t3929950 . And, if you prefer, you can try 73sydney's Magisk module that (I believe) automates most/all of it on post #176.

Hopefully this is helpful...
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Strephon Alkhalikoi:
[MENTION=4403217]Pkt_Lnt[/MENTION]: Try a clean install, but make sure not to set a password until after you've rooted. TWRP isn't decrypting internal storage again.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Digital DJ:
Hey, guys, I think I actually bricked my GP2XL. In my haste, I think when I was wiping I accidentally hit advanced wipe and clicked on system YAY! So now when I start my device it says no OS installed and it stays on the Google Startup screen forever. I'm traveling in Korea atm and all I have now is my Pixelbook which I can't do **** with to help me with my device. I'm screwed.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] simplepinoi177:
If you can purchase over there a USB flash drive -- it'll have to have both the same USB type for Pixelbook (but I don't know what that would be because I'm unfamiliar with that type of laptop) & USB-C -- you can then download an OTA image .zip file, put it on the flash drive, and attempt to load it up via recovery; it sounds as if you have TWRP installed so that's promising and makes it definitely possible. You will need to enable/mount OTG for the flash drive -- I believe, I have very limited experience with this doing it a long time ago, only once; and now that I think of it and remember slightly, I think I had to use the adapter that came with the phone... -- but afterward you should be able to find & point the Install process to the .zip file. Hopefully it can fix/repair the system; but I have some doubts as (how I understand it) OTA is a bit like "dirty" flashing and adds on top or supplements on the existing files and data. If the system partition is "wiped", I wonder if an OTA will re-install/replace the missing system data or only a Full Factory can manage that (which then you will need a type of computer that can run the adb and fastboot commands)...

But, in the end, I believe that's your best option and well worth trying if desperate...

Good luck and hope this helps...!
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Digital DJ:
Luckily I'm with my wife and she has her iPhone. I turn on her wifi and I can use hangouts to make calls. I'm not really desperate about this but it is frustrating. We come back to the states tomorrow and I will look into it more then. I am not sure twrp is on there anymore. I use the volume down+power to get into recovery but I can only see the twrp start screen. I can't go anywhere in twrp. But before I accidentally wiped my device, I will say I was stuck in a twrp loop lol. I couldn't get out of twrp. This whole Android 10 has been a bad experience for me and I am seriously considering going back to a flip phone.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] simplepinoi177:
Oh! This is all after updating to 10?! Yeah....then without a proper computer and such, the usual advice most likely will be insufficient.

If anything, I've seen a couple times around the forum that TWRP does NOT play well with 10 and one shouldn't use it until the TWRP team updates it with that in mind...

Sorry, i know that's "too little, too late"...but I guess such is the gamble for having the most bleeding-edge & making modifications. And I can't imagine what kind of a mess an incompatible TWRP wiping a partition would do!

I hope everything gets figured out. Happy travels though!
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Badger50:
Not much you can do until you get home and fastboot the factory image again to get your OS back. That's one reason I don't do custom roms anymore. Just not worth my time chasing my tail when I do something wrong. Stock, rooted OS works just fine for me. I'm actually liking A10 so far, however, twrp and magisk are a little wonky at times, but it works :good:
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Digital DJ:
It is my belief that it was either twrp or magisk that was causing my camera not working issues. I had to keep reflashing A10 to get the camera working and that's when I accidentally hit wipe system..lol oops

So you're saying it's possible to save my phone? When I get home I can connect to my PC and load the OS back on???? That would be awesome. I get back Saturday night sometime...
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Badger50:
You should be fine by fastbooting A10 again. You'll likely still retain your data if you fastboot the factory image without the -w as well. You simply wiped the system OS, but not your data. I've done it a few times myself :good::cool:
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Digital DJ:
So what if the data isn't there? This thing is cleaned out. I can't even get into twrp at all. I really think I screwed this up. I'm getting closer and closer to getting the pixel 4 on launch day lol. I can use my Moto X Pure til then. ugh
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Badger50:
If you didn't manually wipe internal storage in twrp, it should still be there. You'll find out soon enough after you try fastbooting the factory image. Wouldn't worry too much about twrp at this time since it's not yet fully compatible with A10 yet, although it still works for the most part :good:
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Cowbell_Guy:
For those of you that have upgraded to Android 10, worth the change so far? I was thinking of waiting until next month update.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Strephon Alkhalikoi:
Despite the issues I created for myself by taking the OTA rather than clean installing, I'd say it's worth upgrading.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Badger50:
I definitely like it. Feels more snappy, the native dark theme is not terrible, although I hope substratum will be updated to work with 10, or google themes all their apps:laugh: All my apps seem to work fine, even those that haven't been updated for 2 years. V4A, magisk, TiBu, and my other root apps all work, and while twrp throws errors while flashing zips, it still works. So overall, I'm happy with it :good:
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] johnlgalt:
I took Q10 over the Q ẞeta 6, and it went stupid. As I always cleanly flash the new OS after release, anyway, I decided that this time I'd do things a bit different.

In order to maintain native TWRP data decryption (without the silly need to disable my phone log in security every time) I cleanly flashed the Arpil build of Pie onto my Taimen (both slots), then set up Slot A partially (just the basics - my main account, my Fi account and PIN + FP), then rooted with Magisk, then followed the Magisk method to take the Q10 OTA.

It was a bit of work - but well worth the effort.

I'm digging Q10 thus far - missing a few things that I tried out in the ẞetas that I really liked (video screen capture, face unlock, etc.) but overall, I'm happy.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Digital DJ:
I manually wiped the system and data in twrp. I'm am not sure how I did that, but it's done so I have to either figure out how to fix or buy a cheapo android phone until the GP4 arrives. This is way beyond anything I have ever done. Do you know how to make this work again? I would love to go through the process if you're wiling.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Badger50:
Do you know how to fastboot a factory image?
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Digital DJ:
I never have done that before. Actually is that something we have to do in this forum on the OP???

Maybe, to be honest, I just got off a 13 hour flight from Korea so my brain is fried. Please forgive me
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Badger50:
Yep it's definitely part of the OP, but no big deal. This is a guide I made almost 2 years ago. Study it for a while, and let me know if your jet lagged noggin understands it. That's a long flight for sure. Not as bad coming from Australia, but pretty much :good::laugh:
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Digital DJ:
Ok I'll look into it now

TY

Edit: I assume by factory image you're talking about https://developers.google.com/android/ota and get the taimen (which I already have). As far as putting the files in the SDK platform folder, those should all be in there as well. So I guess I'm ready.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Badger50:
No, those are the OTA's, you need the ones from here https://developers.google.com/android/images

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You also have to make sure your platform-tools are up to date as well. After you download the factory image, you need to extract that file with either Winzip or 7zip. Then you put those extracted files in the platform-tools folder.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Digital DJ:
Ok should I go ahead and try A10 just don't use twrp or magisk???
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Badger50:
Sure, give it a shot, it worked fine for me to dirty flash it over August 9.0. Magisk and twrp work as well. However, if you still had magisk modules installed when you made your mistake, you'll have to manually remove all things magisk with the twrp file manager. Those files are in /data/adb :good:
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] greyhd:
Badger, what version of Magisk are you running? Can we run 19.3 with Q?
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Badger50:
Yep, running 19.3 stable. Working fine for me. If you use twrp 3.3.0-0 to flash it, you'll likely see errors when you flash it, but it still works. Also, before you upgrade to A10, remove all things magisk first. Then you should be fine :good:
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] greyhd:
Thank you
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Digital DJ:
That is one thing I didn't know before I flashed to A10 and I think that is what caused my problems.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Badger50:
Are you back up and running with your data in tact?
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Digital DJ:
Good morning boys, I'm up and at 'em with a fresh brain un-jetlagged! Starting operation "Restore Pixel" now.

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Ok just so I'm clear on your guide, all the contents (bootloader, radio, flash-bat file) are already in the factory image that I'm currently downloading correct?

Edit: just answered my own question. They're in there
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Badger50:
Correct. But then you need to extract all those files from the factory image :good:
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Digital DJ:
As a side note, I explained what happened to my device to Google Support and they assured me that even though my phone is almost 2 years old and rooted, it is still under warranty. I laughed sarcastically, but she said she had just spoken with her manager and it IS still under warranty even though it is rooted.

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I'm having a hard time getting my phone into bootloader mode. Using Volum down + Power, I can see the screen where I would choose bootloader/recovery/etc flash ever so quickly, but I don't have a chance to select bootloader

Edit: Ok I finally got into bootloader
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Badger50:
Of course it is :good::cool:

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When you get to that initial screen, that is the bootloader interface. You don't select it :good: