yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Google Pixel XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] kingbri:
Wipe system AND Dalvik cache

flash rom + twrp

reboot to recovery

flash vendor.img (if not on feb img already, if you are on feb img, skip this step)

delete /vendor/overlay (if it is there)

Flash gapps

reboot

Profit $$$

I think you forgot to wipe system :)
[Google Pixel XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] dnsh89:
Oh ok.. if it's not a problem just try flashing the stock as I said.. and download the ROM again might be a bad download.. happens sometimes.. flash stock and use it for sometime.. let device settle and complete all the background process and everything.. and then start flashing.. just be a little patient.. :o.

Happens sometimes..
[Google Pixel XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] kingbri:
Ok... Anyone else who has this problem, please do not clog the thread. I am sure everyone else will agree with me for saying this. Please put a full disclosure in the Q&A page and leave a comment on this thread saying that "I need help"
[Google Pixel XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] TBacker:
Huh, okay. I'll give it a shot, bit I've been flashing roms for a very long time and never had to wipe system to do an update to the same rom.
[Google Pixel XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] Scottay5150:
How long is enough. I want my phone back. :(

May I DL apps from the Play Store?

Magisk is causing my issues. What version works best?
[Google Pixel XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] dnsh89:
1hr is enough.. just in case if any files are missing going back to stock should fix it.. flash stock through flash-all command..

Magisk- I'm using v16.. no issues so far..

Flash magisk after 1st boot.. as in after you see the setup screen go back to recovery and flash it.. :good:
[Google Pixel XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] ylovex:
Thank you for your work ,buddy!!!

this rom works very well on my device,i like it very much.The only thing i want is the HDR+. I don't flash the Gapps for a better battery life.Can you add the Google camera to next build? that should be very cool.thank you!!

Best wishes.
[Google Pixel XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] dnsh89:
You can install cameraNX which has all the features of pixel 2.. it's basically a Google camera but better..
[Google Pixel XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] maxwell0312:
Can this be flashed to Pixel 2016 5 inches (code Sailfish) on stock 8.1 from Google? My bootloader is unlocked and I am currently have TWRP 3.2.0 with ElementalX kernel installed. Please let me know.
[Google Pixel XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] ylovex:
Yeap, I have tried the camera NX,but it was always FC,is it because I didn't install gapps?
[Google Pixel XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] santamanga:
You are in the wrong section of this board. There is a section for the Pixel (sailfish), too. Just go up a few instances. Or go here:

https://xdaforums.com/pixel

Meanwhile I also have a question: gapps installed, but I can't add any google account. It hangs on checking info. Clearing apps datas didn't help.

Edit: Oh, I see, it's because I booted before flashing the gapps. ... Reflashed all again and no problem.
[Google Pixel XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] yusuo:
Resolved this by not being an idiot, basically greenify was the culprit.

I was wondering though if there is anyway to turn the equaliser off on the lockscreen. Last buggy bit for me
[Google Pixel XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] kingbri:
How about camera NX?
[Google Pixel XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] ylovex:
it crashes on my device，I can't launch it:(

CameraNX version 5.1.016.174405463
[Google Pixel XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] Gordietm:
For some reason, I can't unlock with my fingerprint anymore and I have to double click the power button to unlock. It just started happening all of a sudden.

So, I went back into recovery and deleted the locksetting file with file manager, reset my pin afterwards and now it works again.

Don't understand how it started acting up it in the first place. :)
[Google Pixel XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] kingbri:
I'll send you a ti backup of my camera NX, it has nothing on it except the app, should fix your troubles
[Google Pixel XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] buski:
all these years of flashing roms and i never found a rr rom that works good....first issue i encountered the problem with setting up pin and fingerprint ,second is cannot unlock phone with hey google and third my phone got stuck at android is starting on a restart. going back to lineage
[Google Pixel XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] mattyditfc:
I've done this and rebooted but when I then go to set up the fingerprint unlock it asks to set a pin. Then when it asks to enter the pin the settings app crashes. I then go back and enter the pin I set and it says incorrect pin. Not sure how to get around it I've tried multiple times
[Google Pixel XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] loeffler23:
What are you using to delete it? (ex: Root explorer, twrp, etc)
[Google Pixel XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] mattyditfc:
I'm using twrp as I am not rooted so can't use root explorer. Is this the issue ?
[Google Pixel XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] loeffler23:
I wouldn't think so but as I'm already rooted I don't know the answer to that one. You could always flash magisk quick use root explorer of your choice delete reboot then remove root.
[Google Pixel XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] mattyditfc:
Will give it a go mate cheers
[Google Pixel XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] kingbri:
Whenever I dirty flash the ROM zip and then flash a custom kernel, I get the ramdump screen where I cannot even go into recovery, is this a bug or not?
[Google Pixel XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] Gordietm:
I have a custom kernel and no problems. Do you flash at the same time as your flashing the rom or do you boot back and flash it afterwards?
[Google Pixel XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] epikroms:
I tried flashing in both ROM slots and still bootloops only into recovery. I have to completely wipe after doing it cause it just messes up my whole system. Android isn't what it used to be. Not crying or complaining but I'm actually thinking of going back to older android where everything was simple and fun. Now its just a headache haha. I have not come across anything or any ROM that let's me watch 5 minutes of a movie on this Pixel and 8.1 root is just not working. Any other ideas?
[Google Pixel XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] ylovex:
Ok, I will try it, thank you

This is my email:a1192054016@gmail.com
[Google Pixel XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] shiz76:
I just dirty flashed latest update. Thanks for the OK Google fix! Great ROM, thanks for your work!

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Try following these instructions.

https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=74974403&postcount=25
[Google Pixel XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] kingbri:
I think I figured it out, whenever I'm on slot a, this happens, but slot b is fine. I prob just need to wipe slot A and B and do a clean install
[Google Pixel XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] mattyditfc:
Sorry to be a pain but is majisk more complicated to install on 8 than it was on 7 ? Also is there a specific beta version that should be used ? Noticed v16 is the latest one

EDIT. magisk v16 installed ?
[Google Pixel XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] mattyditfc:
Right I've used my root explorer to delete that file, reboot and the settings app still force closes once re entering the pin code. So no luck here setting up fingerprint scanner to unlock. You then have to delete the file again as it will say incorrect pin once screen is locked. It's no biggy but I like to have protection on the phone (fingerprint + pin)
[Google Pixel XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] LubbocksFall:
There a command anywhere on how to delete slot A or Slot B.
[Google Pixel XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] TheArkive:
LMAO :laugh: I totally understand man. I've felt the same way myself several times over the past year. At least we don't seem to need to deal with verification signatures on the bootloader anymore, or that is finally a known quantity and handled by Devs.

In case you want to give it one more go, the post by [MENTION=8069157]shiz76[/MENTION] (about 5 posts up) is perfectly good.

I got several boot loops too until I finally flashed the stock image (allowing internal storage to be wiped - I always backup to my PC). Once I did that, I was finally able to stop boot looping. Send me a PM if you like and I can try and help trouble shoot your specific issues.

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Not sure what you mean. You must select Slot A or B then, format a specific partition on that slot (data / system / boot / etc). You can't actually "delete" a slot.
[Google Pixel XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] LubbocksFall:
Okay. Thanks. Been thinking ongoing to RR just to see. Just don't feel like restarting over again.
[Google Pixel XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] ChongoDroid:
Toggling the weather quick setting tile while it is expanded causes the system UI to crash.

Attached is a logcat I took while replicating the issue. Thanks for the ROM :)
[Google Pixel XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] TheArkive:
It is recommended to do a full wipe to properly setup this version of RR. So if you don't want to start over, you might not want to go for this one just yet...

Everything I've been doing on Pixel lately has started with going back to stock first. My results are usually pretty good, but I also have a solid backup scheme, and I have 2 phones (Pixel + Pixel XL) - so one to experiment with, and one for daily use.

If you want to experiment using your only phone, that might be a bad idea. Oreo is still VERY new for custom ROMs.

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@BDogg718

Can you post another mirror? The sourceforge link is down since darn near all of sourceforge is down. I know their Twitter feed says they are stable as of 26 Feb, but they're having issues again.

Heh, by the time you get to this they might have already fixed it :P
[Google Pixel XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] dnsh89:
Download it from androidfilehost website, it's available..
[Google Pixel XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] TheArkive:
Sweet thanks! Found it!
[Google Pixel XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] epikroms:
Thanks. I woke up a bit ago, backed up my phone with TWRP, and decided to try Magisk, and guess what? Flashed and rooted now. I hate this phone hahaha. It never worked before and now it works. I was flashing on B since my rom and TWRP are on A. This is crazy,but, whatever it's working now haha. In on CRdroid at the moment and have no issues at the moment. Thanks for helping man. Greatly appreciated.
[Google Pixel XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] TheArkive:
No problem man.

Just to be clear, TWRP is always on both slots (right after you flash it). When you flash a ROM, it wipes out TWRP on the slot you flashed, which is why you need to flash TWRP again.

Also, when you are in Slot A and flash a ROM, slot B is flashed instead. That is why when you re-flash TWRP, you then boot into recovery again, to allow the new slot to be active before flashing gapps, magisk, etc... Sometimes people forgot that part about pixel devices ;) ... it can mess a lot of people up. ROM devs are usually pretty good about making the instructions as short, but exact, as possible. DDogg718 is no exception. His steps are solid, as long as you remember the super-complex "basics" of pixel devices :P
[Google Pixel XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] loeffler23:
Hmm that's weird any time I have ever encountered this problem I just deleted the locksettings.db then rebooted. I have fingerprint+pin on my phone with no issues. Do a nandroid backup of your data in TWRP wipe your sys,cache,and data then reflash the rom. Doing a clean flash never hurts to try and fix things.
[Google Pixel XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] mattyditfc:
Yeah it's weird. I came from stock Oreo and back to RR when I noticed it had been released so I did do a clean install first time round. I also wiped and tried LOS 15 and it's the same issue on there even after clearing locksettings.db and rebooting on that ROM. It's really annoying lol thanks for your input mate hopefully there's a fix with an update. Not quite sure what else to try to be honest so just have it disabled at the moment.

EDIT.

I managed to get it working after doing some more research. Deleting the the files gatekeeper.password.key and gatekeeper.pattern.key as well as locksettings.db and rebooting fixed the issue with settings force closing and being able to set the pin and fingerprint unlock. Hopefully if anyone else has this issue they can try this for a fix
[Google Pixel XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] kingbri:
Battery analysis: based on my phone, please use the stock kernel for battery saving, it is the best one for this rom. I am using greenify to hibernate fastdormancy and anything else.
[Google Pixel XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] epikroms:
Exactly what I keep forgetting. Hahaha. Everytime I pick up my phone to flash it, for some odd reason, I forget about the whole 2 slot ordeal. I think it's because the Pixel feels like a turbo'd out Nexus,although identical because the vanilla Android experience, and I keep forgetting im not holding a Nexus. Got me all messed up haha. I've been flashing for years and I have never honestly had more issues flashing than with this phone, so, yes, everytime anyone flashes just to be safe FOLLOW DIRECTIONS. Cause this phone gets confusing at times.
[Google Pixel XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] lokoz89:
Looked through the thread but can't find any info on tethering issues. I installed the entire rom clean from factory stock and now I can't get any device to work with my hotspot. I have tethering included in my data plan etc. And had been using it just fine on stock but it seems to be broken now. I have no idea what happened. My computer will connect and just say it has No Internet Access but I have signal and can browse fine on my phone. I'm on Sprint if that makes any difference.
[Google Pixel XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] Soooperstar:
Mine works but I'm on Verizon
[Google Pixel XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] wgrant:
I've had the same issue on ALL oreo roms I've tried. I just chalked it up to not having tethering on my plan and it not being enabled by default like it used to be in nougat. Wonder if it has to do with the dm verity thing that comes up after a reboot on all the oreo roms I've tried. I'm on Sprint also.
[Google Pixel XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] lokoz89:
I have no clue because that SprintDM trying to provision onto the network comes up but never successfully ends just keeps attempting. I was thinking it was not completely setting up properly maybe something missing in the 3rd party roms. It's odd because at one point when I was messing with the settings I changed the SSID set it with no security and somehow my PC connected. It showed active internet but when I went to secure it and reconnect it stopped working. Now it won't work regardless of changing SSID and security settings.

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This seems to fix it

With your phone connected to your PC and USB debugging enabled

Open up command prompt in adb on your computer and type in

.\adb shell

Press enter

Once it shows your connection is working and shows "Marlin" you're connected and editing your phone as if running a terminal on your phone so now type in

settings put global tether_dun_required 0

Press enter

It won't say anything so to verify it went through just type

settings get global tether_dun_required

It should respond with a 0

You can reboot now and all should work.

I'm not sure if anyone else with sprint ran into this or other carriers but if OP can find out whether this is something to do with the rom or not, it could help with others who might be in the same situation.
[Google Pixel XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] wgrant:
Fantastic, greatly appreciate that. My kids will too lol.
[Google Pixel XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] lokoz89:
Lol cheers!
[Google Pixel XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] lachiefish:
Hey anyone know when this will be updated with the ota app? xx
[Google Pixel XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] LubbocksFall:
Hate being blunt! Unless with Emily Blunt! But updates happen when most bugs have been fixed. OTA app has not yet been ironed out according to the OP. March security patch is about to maybe come out Monday so could be sometime next week.

:cowboy:
[Google Pixel XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] TBacker:
OTA app has to be heavily modified for this device due to the whole dual slot thing, so it could be a while.
[Google Pixel XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] rcmartin57:
Question, anyone on Verizon get the video calling to work?
[Google Pixel XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] rcmartin57:
Never mind, I got it to work installing the Google phone app from the play store. Would anyone happen to have the link to the stock pixel launcher from the last update. The one with slimed weather and time. The Google search on the bottom. I have nova prime but like the feel of stock. Pm me if you have it
[Google Pixel XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] vidfinnx:
Does anyone have fast charging issues on this rom? my cable is brand new so i know its not that but it constantly wants to slow charge, and i watched it with ampere to and it just drops voltage lower and im not sure if its incremental based to like % based
[Google Pixel XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] Jackaroop:
I thought my cable was bad, but I just prefered to flash back to stock and I noticed my charging is back to speedy
[Google Pixel XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] Darian71:
I saw [MENTION=3943728]BDogg718[/MENTION] post about using stock kernel for best battery life. Began to notice my battery was draining quickly, not long after I switched the theme to black. But, since I was running [MENTION=5169465]DespairFactor[/MENTION] Marlin Sharkey R5 kernel, I decided to restore my backup. Booted up and changed default theme back to default. Seemed fine so I flashed Sharkey R5 again, but when I went to update Magisk to v16 I got an error. Not sure why since I've already used v16 but decided to flash v15. 3 and it flashed and booted just fine, getting excellent battery life again. Wish I'd taken a log now so I'd known if it's the built in theme or possibly a Magisk conflict. If anyone else tries this experiencing battery drain and it works for them, please reply. Otherwise, as far is I'm concerned, RR is atop the OG Pixel XL ROM Mountain! Thank you guys do much for all the hard hard work. I was not a fan of LOS until now. It's been my dd since the 26th! ?
[Google Pixel XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] vidfinnx:
Yes that is my only issue, fast charging fixed and this rom would be my favorite
[Google Pixel XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] vidfinnx:
battery life is the ultimate bomb on this rom even when gaming but the fast charging :( dunno whats up with that
[Google Pixel XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] ChongoDroid:
Hey just wondering something, I noticed the marlin was updated on the 26th. Is the maintainer for the sailfish the same? Thanks in advance.
[Google Pixel XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] Scottay5150:
OK folks. I want to apologize for my flooding of the forums attempting to repair my situation last week. Yes, I have been flashing for a long time without real complications. I haven't been on my ADHD meds for a while and that did not help me with the drama last week. Unfortunately my world like most of you is in my phone, I was panicked. Sorry about that.

Needless to say I needed other eyes on what I was doing for perspective sake. I went to my PC tech, luckily had personal flashing experiences with Android, Pixel even. We worked on it for about 6 hours in total. He couldn't get RR to work.

The issue was this after following the OP instructions. Once in the system I couldn't get the WiFi to connect with the phone, not being able to download whatever the phone was looking for. Google play services kept FC'ing. Google TTS kept FC'ing as well. I don't know if there is a fix or a forthcoming fix for this abnormal issue. I deleted data from the apps that were FC'ing and other Google that might be related. PS: not a RR issue I had this same issue with Benzo)

Unfortunately, we didn't save anything from the old RR setup because I couldn't be without a phone for another day. Any constructive thoughts would be welcomed.

I shall attempt to reinstall RR at some point to see if it works, or to get data to help the devs understand what might have happened or might had happened.

I am back on stock, not loving it that is for sure.
[Google Pixel XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] :
What gapps are u using I would suggest pico because nano gives me same issues
[Google Pixel XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] Scottay5150:
I used the supplied GAPPS in the OP. The only reason why I went to stock was the unable to connect to the WiFi to get further setup files DL into phone. Wasn't possible.
[Google Pixel XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] dnsh89:
If stock is working fine, there shouldn't be any problem flashing custom ROM.. no idea what's the issue.. it's not faulty device as stock is working fine.. did you wipe internal storage?
[Google Pixel XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] Scottay5150:
Yes, internal was wiped multiple times. Still issue with getting on WiFi and DL additional files after system boot. I understand it is not normal. That was what was happening to me.
[Google Pixel XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] kingbri:
I'm using the new open GAPPS for 8.1 arm64
[Google Pixel XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] yhwh111:
I'm having the same issue, has anyone try elementalX kernel on this tomorrow? I flashed it and it wouldn't boot, just keep going back to recovery.
[Google Pixel XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] wgrant:
Any chance I can do this from terminal on the phone?

Edit: I gave it a whirl with terminal on the phone and it worked. Kids are going to be pleased to have Wi-Fi back when driving around lol. Thank you
[Google Pixel XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] rcmartin57:
I managed to get fast charge working by plug in the charger and turning the phone off and back on while still plugged in. Still works after I unplug and plug back in.
[Google Pixel XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] vidfinnx:
I don't believe that's fast charging, that's regular charging, rapid charging is 1900MA I believe I'll take a screenshot, soon as this is enabled RR is my daily driver

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Use Ampere app to show
[Google Pixel XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] rcmartin57:
You are right I just saw that but I think it turned off fast charging since its close to 80%. It changed back to slow charging once I got over 80% something. I let it drain again and try to get it once it's charging when lower then 50%.
[Google Pixel XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] vidfinnx:
Yeah this rom has some stepdowns on fast charging, I want it full blast till 100% but I've let it drain below 80% and it still gets stuck on slow without your toggle fix
[Google Pixel XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] ChongoDroid:
Qualcomm will slow down charging rate depending on heat iirc. It slows down at the high end to preserve battery health.

I've seen it over 3000mA before.
[Google Pixel XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] vidfinnx:
Ok so even stock rom on elemental x steps down after 80% but it's a gradual drop not a huge one in MA and 1600ma is fast charge
[Google Pixel XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] ChongoDroid:
I'm saying that fast charge is not a fixed rate..
[Google Pixel XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] rcmartin57:
Its working if you do what I did in my prior post bud.