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[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] New_USER001:
Went back and happy things actually work.

Decided to go back to 10 on the VZW Pixel 2 XL as I lost Google pay functionality on my phone among other strange bugs like invisible keyboard at times, random reboots, app hangs/crashes, and bubbles being completely broken. Unusable for me. This is coming from DP4 that worked amazingly well for me.. Perhaps if I had the option to flash/wipe with TWRP things would be different.. if only!

Installed beta via sideload and then went to the beta website next day and opted in and then out immediately. OTA was available after I manually checked for system update 5 minutes later and installed without a hitch, wiping the entire phone during the process.

BEWARE: I tried restoring my Google backup from 11 beta to 10 with June update and it corrupted my phone so badly it would not boot. Did not go through the troubleshooting to figure out exactly what corrupted it. Ran fine at first with backup, everything updated and installed okay, then I rebooted and it would not boot to Android, offering to "try again" or "factory reset" with a stock-recovery-like menu and red text at the top saying my phone data was corrupt. Did this twice and wasted about two hours of my time because I'm stupid.

Just a fair warning to those that return to 10, I could not restore my backup without serious repercussions. Google themselves say on the beta website that you may have issues restoring your backup when downgrading and they are absolutely right. Maybe there's only part of the backup data restored that corrupts the phone, I did not have the time to troubleshoot exactly what gets restored that corrupts it and decided a fresh start was fine.

I may go back if they can iron out the issues that presented themselves to me after installing the beta coming from DP4 with two factory resets in-between. Maybe.

RC shouldn't be too far off. Q3, 4?
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] russelldurose:
I did a clean install of the Beta 1 using the Android Flash Tool . No issues at all. It's a simple process.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] amandeepparmar:
Direct links to 1.5 Beta Factory and OTA updated in OP.

Beta 1.5 Update summary:

General

Devices no longer crash (reboot) while using gesture navigation to switch apps in different orientations while rotating the device at the same time.

On Pixel 3 and 3a, users setting up devices after reset can now activate a pSim service if the phone is currently using an eSIM service.

Fixed issues that users were having when using contactless payments through Google Pay.

Bluetooth

The system no longer incorrectly enforces the Bluetooth privileged permission for RemoveBond. This resolves issues that could affect pairing, unpairing, and bond reset flows for Bluetooth devices, such as for Forget Watch on Wear OS devices.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] GenuineDickies99:
Deleted
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Sui77:
Root working?
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] MartinN6:
Yep - with last magisk canary.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] SpaceGooner:
So far my old Pixel 2 XL has had 2 serious episodes since trialling the beta builds - once on beta 1 and once on beta 1.5. I am trying to narrow down what caused them, but I have a hunch it was related to enabling the new 'Media Resumption' option in developer settings that puts a media player tile in your quick settings shade. Initially both builds were working just fine but a few hours after I enabled 'Media Resumption' the phone went into an endless loop of the system crashing and restarting, which made the phone unusable.

Both times it happened I had to factory reset in recovery to get things working again. It looked exactly like the recent issue that some people have had where a certain wallpaper was crashing the system on their phones endlessly and they couldn't do anything until they wiped all their data - however in my case, I was using one of the standard static stock wallpapers that come with the phone.

Things seemed to be working fine I think until after I activated that new quick settings media player option, but I can't be sure. So with that in mind, has anyone else had this issue? Have any of you guys activated the 'Media Resumption' option in dev settings and not had any problems later?
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] rafael.rm.moreira:
in pixel 2 xl the dark theme is not being applied when defining a specific time, nor when active from dusk to dawn. has the function more it seems that it is not working in the beta.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Chainwater:
does anyone notice there is a white bar/stripe on top of charge screen when first time charging the phone while turned off?

I am on Android 11 Beta 1.5.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] 100rabh7791:
Weird because i am using media resumption feature and no crashes here. It is obviously buggy but phone is working fine.

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Works on mine now, it wasn't working on 1.0 but at the moment mine works just fine.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] amandeepparmar:
Yes, seems to be a small "battery charging indication" bug while the screen is off. No harm, will be fixed in next build I guess.:good:
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] palimatix:
Please use the feedback of A11 and report such things. atleast it feels good to contribute now mattery how little. thats what these betas are for.

i had raised for spotify background getting split in two colours during search, and just yesterday it has been assigned to a dev. As a non-developer of android - am excited to see that.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] 100rabh7791:
True! And also to feature requests! You can see mine 1-2 pages back. I think we should ask for different features and hopefully some of them will be implemented.

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I think iOS 14 blows away Android 11 in terms of features and functionality
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Davies_90:
Me too,it's only when the phone is in a powered down state,I get a graphical white strip on top of the screen,a known bug on the big reporter page.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Chainwater:
Also, why do I always get an error saying my device is corrupted after flashing full beta firmware image(flash-all.bat)? This happened since Android 11 DP 1 until Beta 1.5 full firmware image. Any ideas how to solve this issue?
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] amandeepparmar:
No idea mate:confused:, always went smooth for me:victory:

Additionally, you may check the SHA-256 Checksum post your download to ensure its a proper one:fingers-crossed:
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] MartinN6:
I have exactly the same problem.

When flashing the full image I get the error message "your devices is corrupted ..." I then let the device start in the bootloader, switch to recovery (stock) and start an ota update. Then it runs
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Chainwater:
OTA or OTA adb sideload always runs for me. And flash-all.bat(with no -w) also works.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] xSpartacusx:
whats the process for going from a custom rom to this? last time i tried going from custom to the DP#4, my phone wouldnt boot. it would bootloop.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] amandeepparmar:
Flash latest factory image of 10....factory reset.....sign up for beta and let it download or just flash latest 11 beta.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] palimatix:
I have tried going to 11 quiet a few times from custom and haven't faced issues. You could just flash using online flash tool but make sure you force select to flash in BOTH the slots. That should be good enough for you.

Else the lengthier route as mentioned above by amardeep, use deuce to flash latest 10 in both slots and upgrade to 11 using beta sign up.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] amandeepparmar:
Yes boss...better be safe than sorry:)
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] palimatix:
Beta 2 !!!!!!!
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] KyleBryant:
Yup hopefully it fixes a few bugs I've experienced with bubbles opening messages by itself after unlock lol
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] 100rabh7791:
Currently on it! Improvement in animation in some places, better landscape to portrait transition.

Missing clock option from themes.

Music player now looks better, I think no more an experimental feature.

Final api released good for developers.

Recently screen tweaked bit no share option anymore.

Restart button disappeared from power menu
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] amandeepparmar:
Beta 2 factory image and OTA direct links updated in OP.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] kkrazzyyguy:
Hey! Need a little help. I updated to Android 11 Beta 2. Now my phone is stuck on a boot loop. A li'l different though, phone boots up normally and stays on the lockscreen and alive. Can receive calls. But once I unlock with the pattern it shows ' Phone is starting' works for a good 2 seconds and then ends up on infinite bootloop until I Power down. How do I access my files on PC ? If I can get just few files out of it then maybe I can perform a factory reset . Please HELP!
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] uentity:
Had anyone succeeded in rooting beta 2 with Magisk?

I'm getting a boot loop.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Chainwater:
Yes. Just install latest magisk canary zip booting from twrp(fastboot boot twrp.img). I am using magisk canary 20419.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] cocogendut:
How to enable immersive mode on Android 11 Beta 2? Via adb not working
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] sharkie405:
How do you restart the phone then? You have to power off and back on?
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] cbasse:
The restart option shows up when you click the "Power" tile.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] 100rabh7791:
Yes! Apparently it is a two stage method now. What a backward step. I bet if not in 11, they will rectify this in 12.

Android 11 has been a mess.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] rajkatiyar07:
Anyone facing heavy battery draining i beta 2 ?
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] 100rabh7791:
Not really! Seems alright. What is draining your battery? Is it Google play services?
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] amandeepparmar:
Beta 2.5 factory image and OTA direct links updated in OP. Minor patch with few fixes, nothing significant.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] joemommasfat:
Has anyone been able to unlock tethering (without carrier permission)?

I had it working with a Magisk module up until the last two betas. Now there's no internet connection to the connected devices.

Anyone else gotten this to work?
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] rob219:
TWRP advanced fix boot loop problems reboot
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Schiben:
My Wake on Notification isn't working. I have that and DT2W enabled (AOD disabled). Suggestions? I've cleared the settings cache, toggled the setting and restarted the phone so far.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] rob219:
anyone else's headphones not working? it will only play through the phone speakers while I have headphones attached, Bluetooth works fine.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Khizar Amin:
Same question. Couldnt find any setting related to it, but have seen an article mentioning it working. So I assume it can be enabled, maybe through some adb command?
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] knightsh:
Just joined the beta when 2.5 came out. But man am I loving it! Screenshot editing is perfect, I hated the old way. A few new animations that I like and some are so subtle but they make a neat difference. And my battery life is phenomenal. I work 7-7 in a factory so I have poor reception. usually by lunchtime I'm needing to put it on the charger for a little while. But on Android 11 it's 4:00 here and I still have 55% left!
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] cocogendut:
Can some one share punch-hole cutout app built in system. Thanks a lot. ?
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] amandeepparmar:
Beta 3 Full Factory Image and OTA updated in OP.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] E30Nova:
Anyone able to root beta 3?

I've seen mention of doing it with the latest canary build of magisk but for some reason that build has been taken down.

Tried rooting with the latest stable build but no go. Phone just gets stuck in a boot loop.

Edit: nevermind, I found a debug version of canary and now I have root. :D
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] ClassickWORLD:
Can you link to it?
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] amandeepparmar:
Latest Working Canary Build for Root
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] E30Nova:
^ he beat me to it.

Quick on the draw, but thanks, [MENTION=4533334]amandeepparmar[/MENTION].
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] 100rabh7791:
How is your overall experience of beta 3? Considering this is almost like a final version only.

1) Performance

2) Battery life

3) New features

4) Features you wanted but didn't make it or never were intended to be in Android 11?

5) Overall rating for Android 11 out of 10?

Would love to hear it from you guys
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] wmhaganjr1013@gmail.com:
love it so far no problems on beta 3 as of yet and running since live
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] nobreak1970:
yep B3 is nice. Made my Pixel 2xl my daily driver for the time being. 4a in my future? hmm....may wait and see what the 5g version has to offer besides umm 5G. ;)
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] amandeepparmar:
Android 11 released.

Download factory image here

Download OTA image here
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] houtx2:
Android 11 OTA downloading now. T-Mobile Texas/USA
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] ProjectAlly:
Downloaded the factory image and was about to flash when I remembered to check for root.

Would I still be able to flash the current Magisk build and stay rooted, or is there some other method of root now? Might be too early to ask, I know this just released and all, but I still enjoy using V4a and wanted to make sure before I flashed the new OS version. Thanks and hope A11 is awesome! :)
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Larzzzz82:
Just got the notification!
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] MartinN6:
... update with ota.zip - root with magisk canary and custum kernel Xenial V5 PELT
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Larzzzz82:
I just finished the ota and it appears that I still have root. Using the new magisk manager, the install to other slot after ota was available. Adaway is working...yay
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] youssefkr:
Did you restore the stock image before applying the ota ?
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Larzzzz82:
No I did not.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] dehelfix:
dirty flashed over 10, installed elementalX 4.07 and magisk canary, no issues yet. adaway is working, pokemon go loads, and was able to add a card to google pay.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] fearhq:
I performed a fresh install from the factory Android 11 images, used the canary build magisk APK to create a patched boot.img and flashed that using fastboot, however I am now stuck in bootloops. What am I doing wrong? What canary version are you running? I was using the canary build 297 (debug), and the output boot image was 26,898,432 bytes
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] failax:
Me too with ota update, when i flash last canary update i have bootloop, then i fix it with twrp but root is not present.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Schroeder09:
So you did the standard procedure of:

1.) Flash ota zip via ADB after removing the -w from the flash all.bat

2.) Reboot to bootloader

3.) ADB flash TWRP 3.3.0-0

4.) ADB flash magisk canary

5.) ADB flash EX kernel 4.07

6.) Reboot to complete

Is this the process you followed? What are the magisk canary and magisk manager versions you're using? Also, TWRP isn't decrypting again is it? So, I assume you had to remove all security before completing the update?
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] dehelfix:
I did

0.) turn off all security

1.) Flash full image zip via ADB after removing the -w from the flash-all.bat (i assume ota works the same?)

2.) Reboot to bootloader

3.) fastboot boot TWRP 3.3.0-0

4.) twrp flash EX kernel 4.02

5.) twrp flash magisk canary 11f254e5 (20424)

6.) Reboot to complete

I had to jump through a few hoops to get the right version of ex kernel and magisk canary downloaded to my device...both came from their respective apps; I had to move to canary app before step 0 on android 10 and then download (but not flash) the canary build from the canary app, and could only find the ex kernel download after updating to 11 in the exkm app...so did that around step 1.5; could not find another way of getting the zip files for either, but im sure theres other ways i just dont know.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] vermaekansh:
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[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] fearhq:
It worked! I used a newer version of TWRP and skipped the kernel. I also did not deactivate my lock code. What was different this time is that I used magisk canary to download the magisk canary zip, and did not pre-patch a boot.img - this was the critical difference. Now on to installing Youtube Vanced and AdAway :)
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] JimSmith94:
I used TWRP 3.4.01. The EX kernel gets updated from within EX Kernel Manager so skipping was correct. I also switched to Magisk Canary and used it to download the zip, but when I install that with TWRP my phone reboots to the Android boot manager. How did you install the Magisk 20424 zip file?
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] dehelfix:
whoa totally missed that release...amazing...it was so many years of nothing that i stopped looking.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] 73sydney:
Ive tried every method (flash via TWRP and patch boot) to install magisk and failed.....boot loop city
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Schroeder09:
Magisk canary has its own app as opposed to regular magisk manager app? The TWRP site for the 2xl doesn't list anything past 3.3.0-0.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] dehelfix:
TWRP: https://dl.twrp.me/taimen/ (not the top one for some reason)

Magisk: https://github.com/topjohnwu/Magisk (scroll down to download and theres a canary item, its a apk. once you install the APK then you can download the canary zip file)
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] ProjectAlly:
So it looks like everyone is doing alright with flashing Android 11, so I might take the leap. Can I flash it over 10 like I've done with security updates in the past, as long as I disabled security and edit the flash.bat file?

Don't want to brick my phone, won't have time to fix it until the weekend when I'm not working.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] jiajialing:
I was got bootloop use 2 different way (patched boot.img or download zip flash)

then I remove all old magisk modules, and it's working, no more bootloop.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] failax:
How did you remove old magisk modules?Did you flash A10?
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] jiajialing:
flash-all.bat to flash stock a11

boot into system

install latest canary magisk apk (app-debug.apk), open it

goes to modules, you will see all your old modules, click bin icno to remove them

choose whatever method (patched boot.img or download latest zip), copy to your computer adb folder

adb reboot bootloader

fastboot boot twrp-3.4.0-1-taimen.img to enter TWRP, then adb sideload the zip file you just download

or fastboot flash boot "patched img" file
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] fremont85:
Here is what I did to remove old modules..

1) power off phone

2) open cmd and cd into my platform-tools

3) connect phone to laptop

4) type in cmd

"adb wait-for-device shell magisk --remove-modules"

5) power on phone, after it goes to boot, it will remove modules and then reboot.

After my phone booted successfully, I rebooted into fastboot and was finally able to get Magisk Canary working. I don't remove security I do it all through adb commands.

"fastboot boot [twrp filename].img"

"adb push [Magisk filename].zip /tmp"

"adb push [twrp filename].zip /tmp"

"adb shell twrp install /tmp/[Magisk filename].zip"

Reboot

I typically do more for persistent twrp installation, but I couldn't get twrp to adb shell install the twrp.zip with the Canary Magisk.

Special thanks to Telperion for his Guide on installing latest software.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] failax:
After typing "adb wait-for-device shell magisk --remove-modules" i boot the phone, but soon after I have this error:

"/system/bin/sh: magisk: inaccessible or not found"
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] fremont85:
Can you get into fastboot?
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] failax:
I can reboot in bootloader and recovery (Twrp) mode.Even the system opens.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] fremont85:
That's what I meant, bootloader ?. I wonder if since it couldn't find Magisk, if you would be good to reboot into bootloader and try to get the Canary Magisk on there now? Or try to flash-all.bat once more, then do what I wrote earlier to remove Magisk module, then get Canary Magisk on. That's actually what I would try, it's pretty similar to what I did with my phone actually.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] RaySCLA:
It seems to be and issue with installing twrp. I finally got mine to boot by skipping the twrp installer zip. I upgraded to Android 11. Got into bootloader and booted into twrp recover with image file. Skipped flashing twrp installer. Then flashed magisk canary zip installer which i previously downloaded. Then phone booted fine. Im rooted and pass safetynet. I had to switch on Hide Magisk in the app settings to pass safetynet.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] drumst1x:
Very interesting ... only concern here is that you then of course don't have twrp if needed for something (though of course you could always fastboot into it, but that would require having another device).

Hmmmm .... is there a bug that can be reported on this one somehwere? Is it a TWRP bug? A Magisk bug? An Android 11 Bug? Hope someone with more knowledge on this than I can help figure this out...
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] failax:
Did you have removed or disabled magisk modules?
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] RaySCLA:
I had disabled all the modules before starting. I was on regular magisk 20.4. then I installed the magisk for canary app. Have to make sure you set up the magisk app to download canary magisk zip too.

I did a lot of trial and errors trying to install twrp to be permanent but with magisk I would bootloop. So for now I dont have twrp installed so I can be rooted. I'll just fastboot twrp for now if I need it. Hopefully they will be a fix soon.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] nidhish91:
Where is Magisk hide in the Canary App? I cannot find module and hide option at all
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] RaySCLA:
Its in Settings. Gear icon on top right. Scroll a bit. It's spell MagiskHIde on the app.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] SOCOM-HERO:
Can't get Magisk Canary e66b0bf3(20425) to install without a bootloop using TWRP twrp-3.4.0-1. If I uninstall Magisk, it boots into Android 11 just fine. No root is all.

Any solutions or workarounds? Do I need to uninstall TWRP and use it as .img only out of fastboot mode if I need recovery?