[Google Pixel XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] EMT803:
Hey guys, wanted to say thank you again to razorloves and everyone elses information posted on this thread for my device (Pixel sailfish). I installed LOS 16 the same day that I got the phone after rooting etc. and love it. I posted here a month or so ago about converting to Magisk and have enjoyed that as well. The only module that I have tinkered with was then App Systemizer module in order to make the Wakelock Detector a system app and that worked fine. I use my device for a phone primarily and as my primary music player.. The only bugs I have found thus far were with using Google Maps and that was fixed via permissions if I recall correctly. That, and my alarm clock is not reliable. I also had trouble installing Busybox (Sterickson) initially and was able to work around that by going to the Playstore and first installing a different version AND THEN installing the Sterickson version. There was a problem with "the path" it was installing on I think. Just figured I would throw that out there if anyone else is having the same issue. I believe that there is a way to install Busybox through Magisk, but this was before I converted. I have been having issues with text messages not being sent recently. Not sure what that is about. I will get a message stating "message not sent. Tap to retry", and people get duplicate texts when I resend. After flashing the latest update I have been seeing a notification up in the bar that is simply a circle with a message stating that text messaging is running. Just an observation.

I do have a few questions if thats ok. I swear I have tried googling the solutions, but finding info on this specific model is a challenge sometimes. I can find all the info in the world about the XL, pixel 2/3 etc etc versions, but finding info on my model presents problems at times. Aside from searching Google Pixel Sailfish, is there another nickname for this phone that helps with that? Not a big deal, just want ya'll to know I do try.

1) Whenever I boot into TWRP, I still have to give my unlock pattern to decrypt. It always works, but could this be a problem eventually? In my Magisk Manager, preserve dm-verity and force encryption is checked. I didn't want to mess anything up so I have left it as is. The Manager is up to date v7 and Magisk is up to date v18. I install these directly through the manager app. Kosher?

2) I really want to enhance the audio on the phone and have attempted to install Viper4Android twice to no avail, or at least I can tell no difference in quality. Does anyone have a suggestion for properly installing it or another audio mod in order to use an enhanced equalizer with an emphasis on bass and being able to raise the volume higher? I work in a plant so it would help a lot. It's strange because when I use Spotify, the first second or so of the song I play is very loud and then immediately fades down to a lower level. Kind of like when you have been listening to music on older devices and the android 'hearing protection warning" would pop up and make you manually turn it up over their suggested level. I have played around in Spotify's Settings and I don't see any safety feature that is potentially causing this issue.

3) Can anyone suggest a good cloud service that I can upload my 40+ gigs of music I have collected through the years to use due to my limited device storage? I use Google Drive and it shows that I have that much music backed up, but I cannot figure out how to access all of it. I was using CloudPlayer linked to Drive on my V20 and had a lot (but not all) of my music, but since I have began using the Pixel I have only about a quarter of what I had with the V20. Weird right?

4) Lastly, when making a complete Nandroid back up (which I do periodically as suggested), the only boxes that TWRP checks by default are Boot, System, and Data. That is all I have been doing. Is that sufficient? And can I take the Backup file created and move it onto my computer without messing anything up if I need to restore one day to save space on my internal storage? I want a file that I can restore a brick from if need be (minus pictures and downloads etc which I have copied to my pc) and I was under the impression that I would need an "image" to do that.

5) Will installing a custom kernel make any significant difference to this ROM currently and does anyone have a suggestion? I have no complaints whatsoever, so this is me just wanting to mess around with stuff.

If any of those questions are inappropriate for this thread I apologize and in-depth explanations are appreciated, but if someone could at least point me in the right direction or link other threads that may be of some help to read I would really appreciate it. Thank you again guys.