yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Google Pixel 4 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] snovvman:
I had zero issues with notifications on 10. For me, it was obvious Beta 2 that was causing notification issues. Strangely, twice now the issues were resolved overnight on its own. App update works too after some time. A reboot would cause all the problems to start again. I am thinking about trying a different kernel, such as https://xdaforums.com/pixel-4-xl/development/fsociety-google-pixel-4-xl-t4035463.
[Google Pixel 4 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Rotten Ross:
A lot of people are having this issue, if you turn off 90hz display the flickering stops. Probably the best thing to do until a fix is released.
[Google Pixel 4 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] gettinwicked:
Anyone else not able to pass safetynet? I had dirty flashed to the beta last month, then updated to 2. Safetynet passed, everything was working great. Over the weekend I had to factory reset my phone to get the screen fixed. I rooted again today, and can't pass safetynet... I checked the play store, it was showing as uncertified, fixed that, still a problem. Not sure what else to try besides reflashing and rooting again (if that'll even work).
[Google Pixel 4 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] xdidnothingwrongx:
Have they fixed the video camera. With beta 1 video recordi g would stoo with an error messega.
[Google Pixel 4 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Zurko:
Is not helping...
[Google Pixel 4 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Rotten Ross:
It worked for me. Maybe try a reset.
[Google Pixel 4 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] johnlgalt:
I finally saw the flickering - when I took an astrophotography pic and then tried to view it on low ambient light conditions.

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[Google Pixel 4 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] tonyfiore75:
Has anyone been able to root and then experienced no issues on beta 2, besides the flickering?
[Google Pixel 4 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] nds850:
The solution for the flickering screen seems to be to lock it to 60 or 90 Hz.

settings put system min_refresh_rate 90.0

settings put system peak_refresh_rate 90.0

A patch will hopefully come next week.
[Google Pixel 4 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] snovvman:
Has anyone seen issues with package installer (trying to update Magisk manager to the latest release a few days ago) and permissions --not able to grant permissions such as read/write storage? If yes, any resolve?
[Google Pixel 4 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] CoOlSlY:
I completely uninstalled everything that had root and still got stuck on the Google logo forever. Tried to re-install latest Magisk Canary, tried to flash both slots, nothing worked so far.
[Google Pixel 4 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] gururoop:
Did anyone try dirty flashing Beta 1.5 over Beta 2 (downgrading) without wiping data?
[Google Pixel 4 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] snovvman:
I would be glad to dirty flash 1.5 if someone can provide me with the zip. I have a feeling that it will not work, but would be willing to try.
[Google Pixel 4 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] ScrapMaker:
Same issue. After flashing stock boot.img and rebooting, I got hundreds of notifications. Also, I'm not convinced root is *actually* working with Canary on Beta 2, because I can't perform any true root actions, and MagiskHide isn't even working.
[Google Pixel 4 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] arsenal74:
Is anybody else seeing regular freezing of the device?

Mine is not usable as it freezes on a regular basis. It is not a total freeze, I can put it to sleep by pressing the power button etc but I cannot navigate away from the app I am in nothing works. Usually happens in settings but also happens in apps.

Before I try and hunt down the factory image to go back to 10, I am wondering if there is a simple solution or workaround?
[Google Pixel 4 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Play!Ya:
Do you need root for this? Not working with ADB
[Google Pixel 4 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] snovvman:
For those who are having trouble with rooted Magisk/Beta 2 issues related to the following:

--Cannot grant Magisk media/SD read/write permission and therefore can't patch boot

(Even when I flashed the unmodified boot.img, I was still unable to grant permission)

--Cannot update Magisk manager apk unless unroot/flash unmodified boot

--Cannot grant other app permissions

Here is a workaround with ADB that worked for me without having to unroot:

The following two lines will give Magisk media r/w permission. The same method can be used to grant permission to other apps.

adb shell pm grant com.topjohnwu.magisk android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
adb shell pm grant com.topjohnwu.magisk android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE

The following will allow you to update Magisk apk without having to unroot:

adb install app-debug.apk

Cheers.
[Google Pixel 4 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] EMJI79:
Yes me. Look for stock Magisk rooted boot in Pixel 4 Xl Dev telegram channel.
[Google Pixel 4 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] snovvman:
Are you talking about with_root.img? I looked through the thread and it's all that I can find. It does not stipulate that it's patched by stock Magisk (presuming stable?). Thanks.
[Google Pixel 4 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] gururoop:
Can you please share the link of the telegram channel?

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Does this fix other root related problems such as play store updates, incoming sms, etc.?
[Google Pixel 4 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] EMJI79:
I might be wrong on where I downloaded it.

Google play apps downloads is erratic. It doesn't work for a while and then it works again.

I am not aware of SMS issues. What is it?

I think it is not allowed to share link to telegram channel but there is called: "Pixel 4 Floral Dev"
[Google Pixel 4 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] gururoop:
Someone wrote on Telegram:

I can confirm this and also that even sms start arriving after some time of rooting. Didn't reboot to check if the problem reoccurs. Thanks.
[Google Pixel 4 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] snovvman:
///

The file you posted on GD yesterday is the same as the one I posted a few days ago. I patched it with Canary, not stock Magisk (see above).

Post link: https://xdaforums.com/sho...1&postcount=45

The one I posted

Size: 34131968 bytes (32 MiB)

CRC32: C4E3FA29

The one you posted

Size: 34131968 bytes (32 MiB)

CRC32: C4E3FA29
[Google Pixel 4 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] EMJI79:
Maybe. But it works and even a bank app that wasn't working since I rooted worked seamlessly.

Sorry if it was your file. I don't remember. People wanted Magisk rooted so I shared what worked for me.

Sorry again.
[Google Pixel 4 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] snovvman:
No need to apologize and no worries at all. I don't mind the sharing (if it is mine). That's why we are here. I was just stating that the patched boot was from Canary and I was still having those issues.
[Google Pixel 4 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] ryandanger:
rebooted my P4XL running beta 1.5 last night, wouldnt boot back up, just kept rebooting into a screen that said "this device can not be started. try again or wipe your data", so I wiped and installed beta 2.

myriad of issues so far, 3 main pain points are SMS' not being received and Play Store being broken, not installing apps "Waiting for Download". Also, notifications for apps aren't coming through in a timely manner, if at all.

edit: clearing cache and storage of Play Services and Play Store fixes my issues, but not for long.
[Google Pixel 4 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] CoOlSlY:
I tried a complete re-root without success (again) on Pixel4XL.

Canary channel, no joy, phone stuck on the Google loading logo. I have no clue why. I flashed the Beta2 using flash-all, then ran magisk to make the magisk_patched, flashed it with fastboot, no success at all and can't figure out why.
[Google Pixel 4 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] gianton:
Low sound and no bass from speakers, back to A10 till this is fixed.
[Google Pixel 4 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] gettinwicked:
Definitely more of an alpha release considering the issues. When I dirty flashed from 1.5, everything was fine for the most part. No flickering either. The first day texts didn't come through, but after it was fine. Had to do a full reset (flashed boot.img first) due to getting the screen fixed, setup, rooted again, bad issues. All of the above pretty much. And honestly, I DO like the new notifications, and some of the other features, but not enough to lose the stability of 10, and especially the app suggestions in recents. That's pretty much a dealbreaker for me. I hope to God they change it back for the 11 final.
[Google Pixel 4 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Jiggs82:
Is anyone else having issues as in the phone just reboots to fastboot and doesn't take the Android 11 2.5 patch ota after installling magisk to inactive slot?
[Google Pixel 4 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] steslatt:
Can someone tell me where we are up to with the latest beta 2.5, are most things working now? Specifically banking apps and gpay? Been holding off for a while due to bugs.
[Google Pixel 4 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] 100rabh7791:
Banking apps and gpay is working since beta 1 ??*♂️
[Google Pixel 4 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] ScrapMaker:
I have tried every version of Magisk available, including refreshing Canary as of yesterday, and still experience major problems.

Of note:

- I seem to have no problem passing Safetynet Check and CTS. Banking apps work just fine, including Google Pay, without any mods.

- Notifications are screwed up from MOST apps and system functions. Not just delayed--but never ever show up. I have to open these apps, and no they're not all selected under MagiskHide, (some are.)

- SMS messages are not arriving, (doesn't matter if I use default or Textra. They're just not there.

- Actions within Tasker and various tools do not seem to function as expected. It feels like a constant battle to be able to toggle hotspot and also mobile data settings.

- As soon as I flash the stock boot.img, all my notifications FLOOD back onto the phone within about 60 seconds, and within about 5 minutes, all my SMS roll in -- proving that it's not just hidden within the OS.... it's as though the root is causing the radio to refuse the SMS in the first place. I run dual-SIM, so that could be why not everyone is seeing this problem.

- Without root on Android 11 Beta 2, I cannot do hotspot on AT&T, toggle hotspot at all, or toggle mobile data, so it's rather frustrating.

I really need root to work. If these dang notifications would work properly, I'd be golden. Magisk on Android 10 is not a problem. Beta 1 was almost totally unusable for me, so we are at least moving in the right direction.

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This just popped up in my notifications...

RPB2.200611.012

I was using RPB2.200611.009, which was the most recent just a few days ago. Let's see if it does any good.

https://www.reddit.com/r/android_beta/comments/hvxhfh/android_11_beta_25_patch_now_available/
[Google Pixel 4 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] ScrapMaker:
Sweet, everything seems to work in 2.5. I was a bit surprised to see that Magisk Canary Manager seems to leave itself hiding somewhere, even after uninstallation. I couldn't reinstall without adb install -r -d. Then I upgraded to latest Canary channel version, and did the normal shiz. All my magiskHide settings were still set from before, including my tether module.
[Google Pixel 4 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] evilryry:
I just got on the beta and tried to root using canary patched IMG and got the same result. Were you able to find a solution?

Edit: nevermind I figured out what was happening. While I was in canary it was still trying to install stable 20.4. changed channel in settings and re-installed and it's fine
[Google Pixel 4 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Jiggs82:
I ended up just flashing the factory image without the -w then patched stock boot in Magisk then flashed Magisk and all good now.

But cool glad u got it sorted out ??
[Google Pixel 4 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] ScrapMaker:
I have never messed with active/inactive slots. Is there any benefit to this, like on-the-fly root-vs-factory?
[Google Pixel 4 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] tonyfiore75:
* nevermind
[Google Pixel 4 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] gianton:
Is sound from speakers fixed on 2.5? Anyone can confirm that please?
[Google Pixel 4 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] dukat0s:
I don't test em on beta 2. But in beta 2,5 sound normal same as Android 10 to me fella! Καλημ
[Google Pixel 4 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] arsenal74:
Launcher not sticking issue seems fixed for me. I might not want to revert to 10 now!
[Google Pixel 4 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] gianton:
Γειά σου φίλε μου. Actually it's not working as in Android 10, sound from speakers is tiny and with no bass. I upgraded to b2.5 straight from A10 and tested it myself.
[Google Pixel 4 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] dukat0s:
My bad then. Cause I hear music only for Spotify :( sorry for this. Hope you keep a backup so you can go back to 10
[Google Pixel 4 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] ScrapMaker:
Spotify sounds loud, and normal to me. I also watched a few YouTube music videos at full-blast. Sounds identical to Android 10 to me. Granted, I never noticed/had the issue in Beta 2.0. The speakers still sound like crap in general, so I don't normally listen to them. My HTC One M7 puts these to shame, so I mostly use externals.
[Google Pixel 4 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] TemplesOfSyrinx:
I'm on Tmobile. Opting into the beta works fine for me, however both times I have done it, I am no longer able to receive text messages on the Google Messaging app. Sending works fine. Not rooted. I don't see this being reported elsewhere, but it has happened to me on two different Pixel 4XL phones. As soon as I leave the beta and reinstall Android 10, Google Messages works fine.
[Google Pixel 4 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Haz3:
I just updated like 36 hours ago. I'm using TMO with a Google Store Unlocked 4XL. Before updating I was on android 10 June build, rooted. I flashed June's dtbo and boot img's, booted up and took the beta ota. Used my pixelbook to DL and unzip the beta package and sent the boot.img to the 4XL. Used magisk manager to patch it. Then flashed that patched .img... I only use Google Messages and haven't had any issues receiving or sending. Figured this could be a data point?*♂️
[Google Pixel 4 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] TemplesOfSyrinx:
My phone is locked to Tmobile and I did everything as OTA updates for the beta.
[Google Pixel 4 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Haz3:
Ahh ok sorry?
[Google Pixel 4 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] nuumuun:
I had the same issues. Tried clearing data of a few system apps. Nothing worked.

I ended up doing a clean wipe (factory reset). Now everything is working with magisk canary.
[Google Pixel 4 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] ScrapMaker:
Beta 2.5 worked great -- I always do clean installs, but in this case IIRC just doing the OTA from 2.0 to 2.5 fixed everything. I've slept and drank since then, so I can't promise that's accurate. Either way, my phone is pretty dang happy now.
[Google Pixel 4 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] EMJI79:
Did you root it ?
[Google Pixel 4 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] ScrapMaker:
You betcha
[Google Pixel 4 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] arsenal74:
Yes I have this issue, will not restore the backup
[Google Pixel 4 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] beache:
I had this, but I factory reset and it worked.
[Google Pixel 4 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] arsenal74:
If I have to factory reset again I'm going back to 10.

Wondering if copying the db folder to the pixel would get around this? might try that later.
[Google Pixel 4 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] beache:
Try reinstalling WhatsApp. Worth a shot
[Google Pixel 4 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] 100rabh7791:
Can we expect the new beta to drop today?
[Google Pixel 4 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Jiggs82:
It dropped today already flashed and rooted ??
[Google Pixel 4 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] 100rabh7791:
Yeah just downloaded! Wonder what's new.
[Google Pixel 4 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] i42o:
did you have any issues after flashing? im pretty savy with flashing.. but got a weird response after flashing... keeps rebooting to bootloader and says something about not being able to boot cause of slot or something
[Google Pixel 4 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Jiggs82:
How did u flash it? Because I have no issues I flashed factory without -w , patched boot and flash magisk patched.

Sounds like u have no os or because ur rooted?
[Google Pixel 4 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] gianton:
Anyone can confirm that sound quality/loudness from speakers is fixed on beta 3?
[Google Pixel 4 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] lapapunk:
Yeah, sounds good.
[Google Pixel 4 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] ScrapMaker:
There was no issue on Beta 2, or 2.5 that I could tell. I'm curious if you have a bad flash or something. People commented the same on this thread for the other versions as well.

Could you give a specific example/link that we could play to compare? To me, the 'speakers' sound the same as the day I bought it, as I shuffle through various audio sources.
[Google Pixel 4 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] 100rabh7791:
I feel the speakers sound better in this update.
[Google Pixel 4 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Jiggs82:
Yes sounds from the speakers sound way better/louder in beta 3
[Google Pixel 4 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] MultiCulti:
hmm ... i don´t have the google assistant in the clock app for alarms ... is this gone?
[Google Pixel 4 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] gianton:
Confirmed, sound from speakers is finally fixed on b3. Just installed over A10.
[Google Pixel 4 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] beache:
Mine is still there. It's also available on Android 10 too.
[Google Pixel 4 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] gettinwicked:
They did just happen to bring back app suggestions in recents in beta 3? I can't believe they would take away such a useful feature to replace it with screenshot and copy...

A different launcher could still include that, right? If yes, I think for the first time I'll be using a 3rd party launcher if one of those keeps it as an option.
[Google Pixel 4 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] 100rabh7791:
True! It feels like a step backward! I hate this change. It was such a useful feature.
[Google Pixel 4 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] MicroMod777:
It's camera fixed on beta 3? On beta 1 it would freeze and crash.
[Google Pixel 4 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] gianton:
No camera issues on B3 here.
[Google Pixel 4 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Mr. Droid:
Anyone having issues rooting?

I download the image and flashed without the -w from beta 2 to 3

I used magisk to patch the boot.img from beta 3. After flashing it with fastboot. My phone just boots back into bootloader mode never goes to the OS

What am I doing wrong?

Do I need to change slots maybe? Or flash in both slots?
[Google Pixel 4 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] j0nnyd:
I'm having the same issue. I tried updating without wiping and also tried a clean install. I've also seen others report the same issue so I don't think root has been achieved on Beta 3 as of yet. Hopefully there will be a fix soon.
[Google Pixel 4 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] CoOlSlY:
Similar here... Tried the latest Magisk Canary built without success. I've flashed the slots --all, a, b, still doesn't work so unless somebody helps me, I think root won't happen for now :crying:
[Google Pixel 4 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Jiggs82:
I've got root to work on first day of released, i just flashed factory image without the -w , patched the boot.img from it then fastboot flash magisk patched??
[Google Pixel 4 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] j0nnyd:
Interesting. If you still have your pre patched bootloader image, do you mind sharing?
[Google Pixel 4 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Jiggs82:
Sure here you go https://drive.google.com/file/d/1iBUABbvniqcHLJun4pj-bMRaU0EUStCZ/view?usp=drivesdk
[Google Pixel 4 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] j0nnyd:
Thanks but that didn't work. I tried flashing your bootloader image to both of my partitions and after it booted up I still don't have root. Not really sure what's going on.
[Google Pixel 4 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Atomregen:
I didn't have any problems with rooting either. I just dirty flashed beta 3 over the Android 10 August update and after reboot the magisk_patched.img to both slots.
[Google Pixel 4 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] sharpz811:
Your best bet is to patch the boot image your self because from my experience using other's patches boot image has always failed for me. Also make sure you're running the latest magisk canary APK. One more thing is to make sure you're running the latest platform tools and you should be good to go currently on beta 3 and rooted easy as pie.
[Google Pixel 4 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] j0nnyd:
Appreciate the help but I tried patching my own bootloader to no avail. Platform tools and Magisk Canary are also up to date. I figured I'd try a pre-patched bootloader that was known to be working to rule out any issues with Magisk. I'm open to try any other ideas you might have.
[Google Pixel 4 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Mr. Droid:
How can I do both slots? Can you share the command please?

Also what app is that ?

Thank you
[Google Pixel 4 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] liam_davenport:
fastboot flash --slot all

For flashing to _a and _b at once.
[Google Pixel 4 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Atomregen:
fastboot flash boot --slot=all
[Google Pixel 4 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] ScrapMaker:
I've never once flashed both slots. I flashed beta 3 by using the actual phone notification, just after fully-uninstalling Magisk. Once it came back up, I re-installed Canary APK, downloaded beta 3 image, patched, etc. No problem whatsoever.

US unlocked Pixel 4 XL.
[Google Pixel 4 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] sruel3216:
does anyone have the canary magisk link? all the ones online dont work anymore. or does regular magisk work for beta 3?
[Google Pixel 4 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] j0nnyd:
The builds are on GitHub https://github.com/topjohnwu/Magisk
[Google Pixel 4 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] j0nnyd:
I finally figured out was I was doing when I was trying to root Beta 3! In Magisk Manager Canary, I was selecting "Advanced" > "Recovery Mode" when patching my bootloader image, that was causing the "no valid boot slot to boot" error in fastboot. I have always selected that option when patching so I'm not sure what changed. Many thanks for everyone that helped me!
[Google Pixel 4 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] sruel3216:
Thank you. got root to work.
[Google Pixel 4 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 4 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] ScrapMaker:
Realistically the only feature I am enjoying over Android 10 is that you can now toggle auto-reconnect on wi-fi. Nothing else really stands out to me. The notification grouping is a tad different, but not really game-changing. Power menu is a tad different, but I don't use any of those features.

All-in-all, it's neat to be on the bleeding edge from a nerding-out perspective, but there's no tangible difference/benefit to putting up with the on-and-off again bugs we experience. Curious to see what other people say... seems a lot of people are kinda fanbois and worship Google and will focus on tiny little changes, exaggerating them.

Multitasking is way worse now, with the annoying buttons at the bottom of the screen, and screenshot is terrible. There are many trade-offs here. It's not all rainbows, lollipops, and unicorns on Android 11.